LADY DUCKS FUNDRAISERS:  

CURRENT FUNDRAISER:  See's Candy Sales, ends this weekend!  

Late January Fundraiser:  Skate-a-thon.  Date and details TBA, soon. The Skate-a-thon fundraiser is a great way to raise funds for the District tournaments/Nationals and Spring tournaments for the younger teams.

All parents/players who are in need of financial assistance should be participating in every LD fundraiser. Every $50-100 helps you reach the goals for team and individual expenses for the season! 

GIRLS HOCKEY DAY = SUCCESS!!
We had 20+ girls attend Girls Hockey Day.  12 of them have since signed up for Initiation or Learn to Play Hockey sessions.  Looking forward to their participation as Lady Ducks in the future. We have the numbers to potentially do TWO 10u teams next year!! WOW!

PRACTICE AND GAME PRCEDURES: All Lady Ducks should be dressing in their locker rooms, even if they arrive late for any reason. We have locker attendants and the girls need to bond and organize themselves as a team. Proper LD attire should be worn at all LD practices and games. LD gear/spirit wear is an important part of being a TEAM!! Tournament souvenir sweatshirts, etc.. are acceptable too !!

LESSONS, STREGNTH & CONDITIONING AND CLINIC ATTENDANCE:
Contact Coach Caroline if you want to take part in Monday Night conditioning at Westminster ICE. The group works out from 7-8pm. She can be reached at caroline(at)marchanthockey.com  

Jessica Hawkins has been hired at Athletic Republic and is looking to form training groups for Lady Ducks and other hockey athletes.  If you would like more information, contact her at JessHawkins17(at)gmail.com  

Other Lessons/Instruction contacts:
Dani Ramirez:  Fridays 4:50-5:50 pm at WESTMINSTER,  danielle.ramirez28(at)gmail.com  

Kathy McGarrigle:  Mondays and Thursdays skating 4:00 - 4:40, sticktime 4:50-5:50 pm at WESTMINSTER  LadyDucksCoach(at)aol.com   714.342.7347  

Tracy Frazer:  Tuesdays, skating 4:00-4:40, sticktime 4:50-5:50 pm.  Traf17(at)aol.com  909.374.2105  

Jessica Hawkins: Skating and Sticktimes (various)  Jesshawkins17(at)gmail.com    

David Freeze:  Goalie Instruction, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Fridays.  dukla32(at)hotmail.com

Scores will be updated throughout the weekend on the Michigan Icebreakers Girls Hockey Club website. The link for the tournament page is:  http://www.michiganicebreakers.com/page/show/417426-manon-rheaume-invitational-tournament
 
You can follow the tournament on Twitter at:  http://twitter.com/#!/ManonTournament/  Scores, schedule updates, and other information will be posted throughout the tournament here.

ANAHEIM LADY DUCKS HEAD TO COLLEGE:
Congratulations to our former Lady Ducks players who have begun their college careers:

Amanda Simpson	Neumann College	Div III
Thea Sauca	Rainy River	Comm coll.
Alison Pankowski	Princeton Univ	Div. I
Camille Corbin	Union	Div. I
Jessica Hon	St. Lawrence U.	Div. I
Krista Manzanares	Holy Cross	Div III

Our very FIRST 8u team, the 1993, 94 & 95s are coming to college bound status, this year... look for about 10 LD Girls to head to colleges NEXT year!!  Way to GO LD !!  

Verbal Commitments:  So far,  Congrats are in order to Lauren Kilroy who has committed to Mercyhurst; Micayla Catanzariti, who has committed to Penn State who begin their first year Wmen's hockey Program!  Way to go Lady Ducks!  New Lady Ducks/Sharks 19u player Lexi Romanchuk has also committed to Providence.  Allie Hughes has made a verbal commitment to University of Connecticut, UCONN. Fantastic!!  Early Signing is in November... more info on others still to come.  

LADY DUCKS FUNDRAISERS:
All parents/players who are in need of financial assistance should be participating in every LD fundraiser.  Every $50-100 helps you reach the goals for team and individual expenses for the season!  Current fundraiser is: the ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS.  Look for the LD Skate-a-thon and others to help support your hockey !!!  

GIRLS HOCKEY DAY IS COMING!!!:
USAHockey has announced GIRLS HOCKEY DAY as October 2nd, Sunday. 
The Lady Ducks will be hosting an ADM clinic for girls ages 4-14 at ANAHEIM ICE on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2nd @ 11:40AM -12:40 PM.  Please invite any and ALL girls out to this clinic!!   

ANAHEIM DUCKS MINI 1-ON-1 TOURNAMENT:
Calling all youth hockey players! The Anaheim Ducks are looking for the best hockey players in Southern California for the 2nd annual Mini 1-on-1 Tournament. Shooters and Goalies will compete in a shootout competition with the chance to win great prizes including a trip to the NHL All-Star Game in Ottawa, Canada. Click here for more information.  

PRACTICE AND GAME PRCEDURES:
All Lady Ducks should be dressing in their locker rooms, even if they arrive late for any reason.  We have locker attendants and the girls need to bond and organize themselves as a team.  Proper LD attire should be worn at all LD practices and games. LD gear/spirit wear is an important part of being a TEAM!!  Tournament souvenir sweatshirts, etc.. are acceptable too !!    LESSONS, STREGNTH & CONDITIONING AND CLINIC ATTENDANCE: Contact Coach Caroline if you want to take part in Monday Night conditioning at Westminster ICE.  The group works out from 7-8pm.  She can be reached at caroline@marchanthockey.com  Both myself and David Freeze work with players at sticktime from 4:50 -5:50pm on several days, too.  You can reach David for his lesson schedule at dukla32@hotmail.com  

Coach Alaina and Dani are looking to restart lesson group on Fridays.  Contact them for more information.  Westminster Sticktime 4:50 -5:50pm.  

Good luck in YOUR SCAHA  and other league/exhibition games this weekend 12s, 14s, and 16s !!

U.S. Womens U18

August 18, 2011Photos from the gameCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Anne Pankowski (LagunaHills, Calif.) recorded a goal and an assist to lead the U.S. Women'sUnder-18 Team to a 3-2 win over Canada in the opening game of the 2011Women's Under-18 Series inRockland, Ont."Ithink the key tonight was the girls contained their excitement and played hard," saidHeather Linstad, head coach of the 2011 U.S. Women'sUnder-18 Team. "The team played composed and came out ready to skate.Even though we gave up two goals, I never thought we got back on ourheels."The U.S. struck first, just 1:02 into the opening period, when Pankowskiscored from just outside the crease. Team USA made it 2-0 off aKaliya Johnson (Chandler, Ariz.) slapshot from thepoint. Pankowski drew the lone assist on the play. Canada cut the leadin half thanks to a power-play goal by Meghan Dufault at 17:58, but theU.S. finished the opening 20 minutes with a 3-1advantage thanks to Paige Savage (Carrollton, Texas), who tipped inCourtney Burke's (Albany, N.Y.) shot from the point. Alex Carpenter (North Reading, Mass.) also drew an assist on the goal.After a scoreless second period, Canada came within a goal with 8:07left in regulation on Dufault's second power-play marker of the contest,but the U.S. maintained its advantage to capture the victory in gameone of the series.Sidney Peters (Geneva, Ill.) made 26 saves for the win for Team USA.The teams play game two of the series tomorrow (Aug. 19) at 7:00 p.m.EDT at the Canadian International Hockey Academy in Rockland, Ont.NOTES: The Women's Under-18 Series is in its fifthyear ... The U.S. roster includes 13 forwards, seven defensemen and twogoaltenders ... The 22 players on the U.S. roster represent 11 states,with Minnesota's six representativesleading the group ... Alex Carpenter is the daughter of U.S. Hockey Hall of Famer and Stanley Cup championBobby Carpenter... Sydney Daniels is the daughter of NHL Central Scout Scott Daniels, who played six seasons in the NHL ... For Team USA's full roster,click here...Heather Linstad, head women's icehockey coach at the University of Connecticut, is serving as head coachof the U.S. Women's National Under-18 Team for the 2011-12 season. Sheis assisted byHilary Witt, assistant women's ice hockey coach at Northeastern University, andJoel Johnson, assistant women's ice hockey coach at theUniversity of Minnesota ... The U.S. roster was selected during the USAHockey Women's National Festival in Blaine, Minn.GAME SUMMARYScoring By PeriodUSA3 -0 -0 -3CAN1 -0 -1 -2

Sunday August 21st is our 2nd annual LD Beach DAY!! We will be going to Corona Del Mar beach and HANGING OUT as one giant Family!! Lastyear was a great success with nearly 30 families and more than 50 playersenjoying the beach and all spending a few hours of theSummer in the SUN andSURF!! More details on this but each manager can ask a parentto make a FOOD SIGN UP list for a team potluck, and hopefully the 8u/10u and12u teams can plan to get to the beach early after theirpractices and gather 2 or 3 fire pits near each other for the DAYS events!!Older players finish practice by noon and will be down soon after.Moreinfo coming in a few days!