European Hockey Tour: West Coast Selects vs Finland Blue C

The second game the girls played today (4/10/2009) was against the Finland Blue C team. When this team made the long walk from their locker room to the rink, even the parents were a little intimidated by their size … at least us moms were. The girls on this team ranged in age between 14 and 16-years old. Our girls, however, were un-phased by the size of the Finland team and it showed on the ice. The Fins struck first scoring an early goal in the 1st period (half) of the game, but our girls fought back and scored one of the prettiest goals of the tournament. Rose Krasofsky skated the puck down to the net fighting off a defender twice her size the entire way. As she skated in front of the net, she pulled the goalie to the left, and made a back-handed pass to Brianna Tuuri-Cesarz who easily scored. The period ended in a 1-1 tie.

The game remained tied for much of the second period (half) until Molly Slowe passed the puck from behind the net out to the point, and Emma Turbyville stepped up to score what was to end up being the game winning goal. Hannah Baker was stellar in the net blocking several shots and preventing a Fin goal on a break-away. The girls beat the Finland Blue C team by a score of 2-1. Hannah received the Fighting Spirit award for our team, and Molly Slowe received the Fair Player Of The Game award.

Hannah Baker receiving the Fighting Spirit award.