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Ewes Finish 4th in WACH Mountain Division Tournament

Apr 7, 2009, 8:32 pm

Members of the 2008-2009 Puck Ewes pose before the Mountain Division Tournament in Eagle, CO 2009.

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The Craig Puck Ewes started out strong, starting out 3-0 in the tournament after a convincing 4-0 opening night win against the Aspen Motherpuckers 2, a tough 3-1 finish against the Edge (who proved to be a very tough opponent afterall, stepping up their play), and finally a tight 3-2 defeat of the Vail Twin Peaks on Saturday night... after Vail made a comeback attempt with just 24 seconds left in the game when they scored twice.

Terri Jourgensen competed in the fastest skater competition on Saturday and nearly zipped her way into a first place finish until she had an incident on the last turn of the rink, costing her some time. Gayle Criswell competed in accuracy contest, while Jamie Eckroth donned her "Little Bo Peep" outfit and tried to score as many goals in 1 minute as she could against goalie Marie Menk of the Storm. Goalie Kandice Torno stopped all of the breakaway goals attempted on her and even scored a goal of her own on a goalie-on-goalie attempt. The Puck Ewes also won the Kit Rice Team Spirit Award.

At 8:00 Sunday morning, the Ewes faced their biggest rivals for a chance to advance into the championship game. Right away, the game got chippy and the Storm scored a couple of goals within the first few minutes of the game. Penalties on both sides of the ice were common during the first two periods of play. The Ewes fell to the Storm 6-0 and found themselves facing the Fattys Fury in the consolation game.

The 4:30 game was an even match until the last few minutes of the third period when the Fury set up a nice play around the Ewes' net. A stick to stick pass by the Fury, from behind the net to in front of it, resulted in a quick goal and ended up being the game winning goal as well. For the second year in a row, the Ewes lost 1-0 in the consolation game to finish in 4th place.

Though a disappointing end to the 2008-2009 season, the Ewes are already looking forward to the upcoming 2009-2010 year.

Keep checking back for game stats from the tournament!

Puck Ewes Ready to Battle

Apr 2, 2009, 8:43 pm

The Puck Ewes pose before the tournament last year in Vail.

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The Puck Ewes are ready. They have logged the ice time, travel time, out-of-state tournament play, hosted their own Mardi Gras, smelled the fresh fragrance of overcooked hotel bacon, drank a Bud or two, mixed a Margarita, pulled out the Poker cards, listened to a hockey bag dry out all night long, traveled through snowstorms, been turned around in snowstorms, and even sacrificed a green hat for the good of the team. All for this one weekend to chase around a 6 oz, disc-shaped, frozen piece of rubber to fight for the right to be named the 2009 Mountain Division Champion.

Quick history lesson. In 2005-2006, the Ewes took down a tough Storm team 3-2 on Steamboat ice and won their first ever title. The following season, 2006-2007, the Ewes did it again in a 1-0 defeat against the Vail Twin Peaks on Aspen ice. Last year, the Ewes fell just short of a shot at the championship game when the Twin Peaks enacted a bit of revenge in their own 1-0 defeat of the Ewes less than a minute into the game. 1^st place division leader Craig brought home 4^th place last year as the 4^thplace division ranked Storm went on to beat the Aspen Motherpuckers 2 in a shootout on Vail ice.

So far, the only name that doesn't play into the Ewes first three games of the Mountain Division Tournament this year is the Storm; they play in the other pool with the Divas, Ice Queens, Fattys Fury . The Ewes are the last game Friday night with a 10:00 pm matchup versus the Motherpuckers 2.

The Match-Ups

Friday 10:00pm EPIR

The 9-4-1 Ewes against the 7-6-1 MP2 looks to be a good contest. Craig is 1-0-1 against Aspen during league play. Despite being outshot 41-39, Craig has outscored Aspen 5-3. In the second game of the season, Craig dropped the second home game of the season in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Puckers. In Aspen, the Ewes won 3-0 with the shots darn-near even at 19-18 in favor of Craig.

Saturday 12:00pm EPIR

The 3-11-0 Steamboat Edge have had a rough season since before it began. Goaltender and friend Kit Rice passed away, leaving the Edge scrambling for a goalie. They found one in Tanya Ferguson (who got a 1-0 shutout against the Vail Twin Peaks, despite being outshot 25-5) who had to be replaced by Tami Jenkins later in the season due to injury. This year the Edge dispatched tough rival Storm 2-1, and also picked up a 3-2 win against Glenwood. The Ewes were 2-0-0 against the Edge this season, outshooting them 72-34 and outscoring them 13-2. Lopsided numbers mean nothing, however, as the Edge have proven to be a team to watch out for against tougher clubs.

Saturday 7:00pm EPIR

The 7-5-2 Vail Twin Peaks are a team the Ewes have not beaten yet this season. The Twin Peaks tied the Ewes on Moffat County ice 1-1 the first game of the season on November 15^thand are 0-1-1 against Vail this season. In the second game at Dobson, the Ewes found themselves playing in a very “off” game where everything went wrong from warm-ups to the final buzzer. Vail won that game 3-1, breaking the Ewes' five-game win streak. The Twin Peaks have outscored Craig 2-4 this season, although the Ewes have the shot advantage by a count of 36-33. The Ewes are hungry for a win against the Peaks and play this team Saturday night at 7:00pm.

The Other Stuff

Participating in the Super Skills Competition this weekend will be Annie Abdella (Fastest Skater), who led the Mountain Division in penalty minutes, Stephanie Beckett (Sharp Shooter) with 6 goals and 2 assists this season, Jamie Eckroth (Break-Away Relay) who led the Mountain Division in scoring and was also 4^th in penalty minutes, Shannon Young (Shoot-out Star), 10^th in scoring with 13 points and 3^rd in penalty minutes, and finally goalie Kandice Torno, who had the best goals against average 1.41 and save percentage .926%, out of total games played.

Other team notables: Lani Cleverly was 5^th in scoring with 16 points, Terri Jourgensen managed 11 points, and Charlene Abdella put up 10 points. For full stats, please visit the stat link on the left or

http://www.pointstreak.com/players/players-division-leaders.html?divisionid=23394&seasonid=3376.

The Ewes finished 2^nd in points for in-division games, ended up ranked as a 3^rd seed, led the Mountain in scoring with 62 goals, led the Mountain in goals against with only 20, and led in penalty minutes with 67. Craig is looking to having a strong showing this weekend in Eagle.

Down Valley Divas	Glenwood Springs Ice Queens	Fri, Apr 03	5:30 pm	EPIR
Vail Twin Peaks	Steamboat Edge	Fri, Apr 03	7:00 pm	EPIR
Steamboat Storm	Fattys Fury	Fri, Apr 03	8:30 pm	EPIR
Craig Puck Ewes	Aspen MP2	Fri, Apr 03	10:00 pm	EPIR
Fattys Fury	Glenwood Springs Ice Queens	Sat, Apr 04	7:30 am	EPIR
Down Valley Divas	Steamboat Storm	Sat, Apr 04	9:00 am	EPIR
Vail Twin Peaks	Aspen MP2	Sat, Apr 04	10:30 am	EPIR
Steamboat Edge	Craig Puck Ewes	Sat, Apr 04	12:00 pm	EPIR
Glenwood Springs Ice Queens	Steamboat Storm	Sat, Apr 04	2:30 pm	EPIR
Fattys Fury	Down Valley Divas	Sat, Apr 04	4:00 pm	EPIR
Aspen MP2	Steamboat Edge	Sat, Apr 04	5:30 pm	EPIR
Craig Puck Ewes	Vail Twin Peaks	Sat, Apr 04	7:00 pm	EPIR

Ram it home!