Tag: iihf world championship

hazel3017:

Great Britain and the Netherlands opened their tournaments at the IIHF Division IIA Women’s World Championship on Sunday, with the Netherlands taking the game 5-4.

Dutch defender CloĂ« Keijzer’s team came away with the victory and British forward Katie Henry recorded two assists in a losing effort, but both of them came away winners.

After the game, 24-year-old Keijzer proposed to Henry, her longtime partner. As she got down on one knee, a group of her teammates pulled off their t-shirts to reveal warm-ups reading “#6 MARRY ME?”, prompting cheers from Dutch and British teammates as Henry accepted.

Though they face off against each other on the world stage, the pair are teammates more often than opponents.

The couple have played their club hockey together since 2012-13, their first of two seasons in the Swedish first division in Norrköping, Sweden. They moved to Stockholm-based SDE HF in the Riksserien (now SDHL), Sweden’s top league, in 2014-15 and have spent the past two years playing with the Solihull Vixens of the English Women’s Elite League, where Henry is team captain and Keijzer wears an ‘A.’

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yolowoho:

Hannah Bevis‏ has a great thread of articles you should read about what’s going down w/ the USWNT. You should definitely give her a follow and read those articles: 

Here’s the timeline on USWNT’s decision to sit out IIHF World Championships

Elite athlete funding in the U.S. and Canada: How national team players get paid

While the U.S. men’s hockey team sat in business class, the women sat in coach

It’s time for USA Hockey to wake up and support the women’s team

Who Do You Pay For: USA Hockey and the Undervaluing of Women Athletes

USA Hockey turned down potential USA/Canada rematch after the 2014 Olympics

Saying no to USAH: Q & A with University of Minnesota’s Cara Piazza

Women’s Hockey Notebook: Meghan Duggan Q&A; USWNT news; Men’s team boycott?

Women have already beaten USA Hockey at bargaining table

Auston Matthews vs. Makenna Newkirk: The case against USA Hockey

USA Hockey is trying to ice a team of scabs for the women’s world championship

U.S. Women’s Hockey Team Is Fighting For Your Daughter

Olympic Medalist Hockey Player Monique Lamoreux On The Julie DiCaro & Brian Hedger Show

USA Hockey, women’s team had a deal last week before it was voted down

Again, I’ve read all of these and they really are all great and give a lot of info and background on what’s going on. Also, follow Hannah Bevis‏ on twitter, she’s great!

letangier:

Goalie interference calls are completely subjective and the sooner we get rid of it the better because im tired of seeing goals that should not count, count, and goals that absolutely should get overturned. Either get a better standard that all refs understand or just make it illegal to touch a goalie at all.

This is why the IIHF rule of ‘you’re in the crease = goalie interference’ rule is better, IMHO.