12UAA
Emily Russo

10U
Madelyn Son

8U
Ella Shephard

Allison Girard - Allison "Allie" Girard was selected as the 19U LD of December because “Allie gives 100 percent every time she is on the ice. She has a positive attitude and is always ready to get back on the ice. She also makes her presence known on the ice. She understands the game and we appreciate her hard work.” Congratulations Allie!

Allie is from Folsom, CA (a suburb of Sacramento) and is in her junior year at Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, NH. Allie’s hockey resume, in addition to the Lady Ducks for 3 seasons includes: Brewster Academy Varsity Prep, Team Pittsburg U16, Lady Sharks, and various boys teams. Allie also is a member of the Brewster golf team and completed this season as the number one seed.

Allie plans on attending college back East and hopes to have the opportunity to play both sports.

Kiyono Cox - Kiyono in her 3rd season as a Duck and has enjoyed every year of it. Prior to moving to California in 2008, Kiyono started her hockey "career" as a second year Squirt player in Chicago after trading in her figure skates for hockey ones. Kiyono was born in Vancouver, Canada, but left when she was 3 and moved to Japan. While living there, she learned to skate before moving on to Chicago and the US. Kiyono is bilingual and holds Japanese citizenship and this past summer skated for 10 weeks with the club team that forms the core of the Japan national team. For the first time this year, she is eligible for US development camp and is looking forward to attending the CAHA camp.

Kiyono is a full time grade 10 student at the California Virtual Academy (CAVA) an internet based Charter School. All classes and material are delivered over the internet and she works at home on her computer or laptop to get the work done. The Ducks are more than a hockey program for her, it is her community of friends and she has made lots of them playing here. Besides hockey, Kiyono enjoys movies, listening to music, and checking in on the Chicago Blackhawks when they are in town.

Amy Templeman - Amy Templeman was selected as the 14AAA Lady Duck of December because of her hard work and improvement so far this season. As a veteran Lady Duck, Amy has continued to challenge herself to be her best, perhaps more so this year than as a younger player. She is very competitive and works hard to never lose a battle on the ice. Congratulations!

Amy has tried a few other sports, but nothing has stuck like the passion she has for hockey. She began skating on the ice right before her 2nd birthday and hasn’t stopped since. She got her first taste of competitive girls’ hockey with the Lady Ducks 10U team. It was during that first year with the Lady Ducks that she developed her strong skating skills. Over the next few years Amy played both boys and girls hockey and developed her skills as a defenseman. She was chosen to attend Pacific District Camp last year and was inspired to compete with the best of the best. This year she has committed herself to just the girls team and hopes to continue her improvement as a strong defenseman and valuable teammate.

Amy is a freshman at Mission Viejo High School. She has one older brother who also plays hockey. She hopes to one day play college or even Olympic hockey. When Amy is off the ice (or not in a car on the way to a practice) she enjoys painting and drawing.

Elenitsa Rannis -

Paris Suzuki - Paris is the 12AAA LD for December because she is the most improved player of the month showing improvement in skating skills, conditioning, and understanding game situations. This is Paris's first year as a Lady Duck and she has had to step in and learn so much about the LD game. She has responded with outstanding effort and coachability. Paris comes to practice ready to learn something new, accepts the challenge of correcting her mistakes, and improves at something every time she steps on the ice. Way to go Paris! Keep up the good work!

Paris started playing hockey at the age of four. She started with roller, then transitioned to ice at seven years old. She has played all positions, including goalie.

Paris is in 7th grade and is in all Honor classes. She enjoys photography, and has won several awards for her photos. She also enjoys baton twirling and short flag.

Paris grows and donates her hair for youths in need of wigs. She has donated her hair 4 times in the past six years, for a total of 60” of length! Paris participated in George Parros’ “Cut for the Kids.” She shared with Mr. Parros that he is her favorite player, and that she wears #16 like he does and shadows his style of play.

Paris has really liked her first year with the Lady Ducks, and hopes to continue with the program.

Emily Russo - Emily Russo-This will be Emily’s second season with the Lady Ducks. This year Emily has earned the job of being a Co-Captain for Lady Ducks 12aa! Emily constantly puts forth 100% effort to make a difference in games and practices. Emily hopes to continue playing hockey though out college. Emily works to sharpen and excel her hockey skills as much as possible, at home and on the ice. She attends multiple hockey camps during the summer and continues to grow in her hockey career.

When Emily is not playing hockey she is listening to music, hanging out with friends, or having fun with her family. Emily is a sixth grade student at Acacia School where she lives in Fullerton. She gets lots of homework and tries as hard as she can to balance school and sports. She has taken part in many sports along the way. Sports have been a major role in Emily’s life and she hopes they continue to.

Way to go Emily! Keep up the good work.

Madelyn Son - Madelyn Son was born in Calgary, Alberta, and is now 9 years old. After watching her little brother play hockey for several months, Maddy finally decided that it was time she stepped in and started with the Sunday Hockey Initiation classes. That was exactly a year ago. Since then, Maddy has focused her attention on improving her skating and stick handling skills.

After joining the Lady Ducks 10U this season, she was voted by her coach as one of the Assistant Captains for her speed and stick handling abilities. She has enjoyed her time playing with the other 10U's and looks forward to finishing the season a stronger player and devoted teammate.

Maddy's passion is hockey, but she also excels at swimming where in her first year she place 15th overall in breaststroke and 14th in backstroke out of 270+ swimmers in the region. She was also voted Rookie of the Year by her coaches for her strong placement and leadership in the pool. Maddy is also learning the Cello at school and is on track to finish the school year as an A student.

Awesome job Maddy! Keep up the good work!

Ella Shephard - Ella is a brand new and very proud member of the Lady Ducks organization. She started into hockey with some skating lessons in the “Old” Pasadena rink, and really enjoyed her instructor Sasha. Her first hockey highlight came in Pasadena when Los Angeles King Jack Johnson gave Ella his personally autographed stick for her extra effort in the hockey clinic. Someday she may grow into this stick, but most likely it will simply be a great memory. Her favorite NHL player is Montreal goaltender Carey Price. This has absolutely nothing to do with her father’s passion for Montreal Canadiens’ hockey good or bad.

Ella is often lovingly referred to as Little "E" after her 10 year old sister Iman who plays for the 12 AA's. She also has a brother who is playing with the Jr.Ducks PWAA team. She enjoys playing mini hockey with her siblings in our indoor hockey rink aka our living room- where she's been put in net since the tender age of 2. Ella is 7 and attends Valentine Elementary in San Marino. Her favorite subject in school is recess followed by lunch. Other sports she enjoys are soccer (where she scored 5 goals this year) and, in the spring, baseball - where her specialty is a quick glove and fast base running. Her non-sport passions are learning to play the guitar and playing rough with our Frenchie “Jackie”.

Congratulations Ella! Continue to play strong!

12UAA
Marissa Gebauer

10U
Kaya Wall

8U
Paikea Wall

Kelly Leslie - Kelly Leslie was selected as the 19U Lady Duck of the Month for November because “Kelly been constantly improving her play since the beginning of the season. She always comes to the rink with a positive attitude and a smile on her face. Kelly has been an impact player on the penalty kill and has even scored some clutch goals in big games. She works hard every practice and game and we know we can throw her in to any situation. We can also count on Kelly for any medical supplies, as she carries a first aid kit in her hockey bag!” Keep up the good work Kelly!

Kelly started playing hockey when she was 5 and has played for the SJ Jr. Sharks since she was 10. This year, as a Lady Duck, she has enjoyed getting to know her new teammates. For the past 3 seasons, Kelly has been a Student Coach for the Jr. Shark Girls 8U team. Kelly is planning on majoring in nursing in college. She is looking forward to turning 18 in a few weeks so she can play hockey with her mom and so she can be on the bench coaching the 8Us without having to wear her helmet.

Congratulations Kelly!

Kara Drexler - This will be Kara's 6th season with the Lady Ducks (her second family). Her hard work and dedication has earned her the job of Co-Captain. She gives 100% on and off the ice and has been very fortunate to be able to attend the USA Girl's Development Camp for the last two summers. Kara wants to keep learning and improving in hopes of playing for a D1 college and maybe even for the US team. She tries to get on the ice five to six days a week and likes to watch NHL or NCAA games on TV, even when she should be doing her homework! If she had her way, she'd be on the ice seven days a week! :^)

When Kara is not on the ice or training, she spends most of her time studying, but also enjoys listening to music, watching tv (Tosh.0 and Toddlers & Tiaras are her faves!), surfing or hanging out with friends. She is a sophomore, honor student, at Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach. When she has time, Kara helps out at a girls’ developmental hockey clinic at the local ice rink. Off season, if Kara is not attending a hockey camp, you can find her at the beach working at Kanoa Surf Camp. She is an instructor and teaches the little kids to surf. Kara was even able to teach some kids from the Braille Institute to surf, she was very inspired by their courage and determination and tries to think of them when things get tough.

Way to go Kara! Keep up the good work.

Kateri McClellan - The 14U AAA Lady Duck Player of the month is Kateri McClellan #00. She has been playing hockey for 6 ½ years, five of them with the Lady Ducks. She is a defender that can get physical on the boards and will dig and fight for puck possession. Kateri is very protective of her goalie as well as her teammates.

Kateri tried skating in rental figure skates at her birthday party when she was 6 years old. She only tried it a couple times and lost interest. She got a pair of new figure skates and she refused to wear white foo-foo skates. A year later her older brother coaxed her into learning to skate – he told her he would put her on his boys’ team if she would learn to skate and play hockey. One weekend she put on her older brother’s hockey skates and equipment and started playing in-house hockey. She became a dominant player almost immediately, so quickly that her coach put her on his Mite travel hockey team although she had only been skating for a few months. The Coach soon noticed she was fastest skater on his team – Kateri was 7 years old.

Even in the beginning as a forward, Kateri was known as a scrappy player and would not back down from the puck. Taking bumps and bruises while trying to keep pace with her older brother and other older boy players, Kateri toughened up, learned the game, and became one of the better position players on the team. Her team went to the SCAHA playoffs and took 3rd place.

She then was noticed by the Lady Ducks. At 8 years old she was put on the 10U team as one of the three 1998 forwards on a 1996-1997 team. She was part of the all 98 forward line and made her presence known.

The next season Kateri played on both the Lady Ducks (10U) and Jr. Ducks (Boys’ Squirt-A). Her coach entered her in the “Fastest Skater” (squirt division) contest at Anaheim Ice, and she won! It was then that her coaches decided to use her speed as a dominant defensive player and she was soon after moved to the defensive position where she plays today. She uses her speed and experience to disrupt her opponents and has great vision of the ice for breaking out of her zone; by passing or skating the puck up the ice.

Kateri has always been a good student and enjoys going to Ridge Crest Middle School. Though originally very shy and quiet, she has developed a more social personality and likes being around her friends and team-mates. She loves animals and her best friend is her dog, a sheppard/husky named Xena.

Kateri wants to attend and play hockey for UCONN Husky’s (University of Connecticut) and possibly try out for the Olympic hockey team.

We are and have always been so very proud of you, Kateri. Play hard; Keep having fun and GREAT JOB!!!

Hunter Yoak - Hunter is excited and honored to be Lady Duck of the Month for November!

This is Hunter’s second season as a Lady Duck, and her first as part of a SCAHA team. Hunter played a few seasons of in-house hockey before joining the Lady Ducks, but her love for the game really blossomed when she joined the Lady Ducks program. In fact, when Hunter was an in-house player, she also played fall soccer (goalie) and spring softball (pitcher), but now we can’t seem to get her away from the rink!

In her first year as a Lady Duck, Hunter worked incredibly hard to develop her skills so that she could contribute to her team’s success. This year, not only has she continued to develop her skills by leaps and bounds under Coaches Andy, Paul, and Bob; she has developed into a leader on and off the ice. As Coach Andy said, “I chose Hunter because of her dedication to her improving her personal and team skills. She is at all practices and games and is a person I can depend on. Even though she does not wear a letter, she is very much a leader on the team.”

Outside of the rink, Hunter is in 8th Grade. She is 13 years old, with two younger sisters (Maddy, age 5; Sidney, age 3), who each want to follow in Hunter’s footsteps. When Hunter scores a goal, makes a pass, or merely skates on the ice, Hunter’s sisters tell everyone in the stands how proud they are of her. Hunter is grateful for everything she has learned and accomplished as a Lady Duck, but the friendships she has developed will be what travels with her for the rest of her life.

Congratulations, Hunter!!

Daniella Dror - The 12AAA Lady Duck of November is Daniella Dror. Her coaches said, "Daniella is a standout offensive defenseman on the team. Daniella consistently makes heads up plays and works to outlet the puck with accurate passing and calm and patient playmaking. Daniella is working on developing her drive to the net and has a hard, accurate shot to create more offense for the team. Congratulations, Daniella on such strong play and team leadership this month!"

Daniella is 11 years old and is in the 6th grade at Tarbut V'Torah in Irvine. She first started playing roller hockey when she was seven. She then tried ice hockey with the Lady Ducks 10U as a tournament player. Last year, she made the commitment to play for the Lady Ducks 12AAA. This will make her second year playing for Lady Ducks 12AAA. 2010-2011 was an amazing season for Daniella. She played at the Lady Reign tournament for 10U & 12U, and won in both divisions. She had the experience of travelling to tournaments with her team to Rochester, Connecticut, San Jose, and finally Detroit for Nationals. She is looking forward to going to nationals a second time with her team. So far, this year proves to be another amazing year. Daniella loves playing hockey, ice or roller. Last June, she represented Team USA West, at the AAU Roller Junior Olympics and won gold against a team from China. During that tournament she was chosen as one of the five All American players, the only girl. She also played in that tournament in the Girl's/Woman's division, where her team took Silver. And in that same tournament she played with her club team, Mission Rink Rats, and took gold. In July, her 2000 roller team, Mission Rink Rats, went to the North American Roller Hockey Championship in Florida and won gold in the platinum division. She also had the opportunity to play ice hockey in the Spring on Ice tournament last spring with the Junior Ducks boys team and won championship. She was proud to wear her LD jersey while playing with the boys.

Daniella lives in Corona Del Mar, with her parents, and brother, Jared, who also started playing ice hockey last year. Jared plays for the Junior Ducks organization as a Midget 16U A. Daniella currently has straight A's. She has a thirst for learning, enjoys reading, being on her computer with friends, mastering Rubik's cube, and playing the piano. In March, she will be testing for the Certificate of Merit for piano, level 4.

Daniella's goal is to go to Providence College and play D1 hockey. Hopefully, under the guidance of her Lady Ducks coaches, this will be a dream come true. Lady Ducks has provided Daniella with great friendships and wonderful memories that she will never forget. Congratulations, Daniella! Lady Ducks Rule!

Marissa Gebauer - With two older brothers playing hockey, Marissa has been a frequent visitor of hockey rinks since she was very young. So it was of little surprise a few years ago when she informed us that she was ready to put on the skates and hit the ice! After a few months of skating, Marissa decided she was ready for the big league and joined the Lady Ducks in the summer of 2008. She has played 8U, 10U and 12U and this season Marissa also has joined the Jr. Ducks Squirt team which doubles her fun! Marissa loves to play hockey and is a tough competitor. She often disappears into the garage where she practices shooting pucks or playing mini-hockey and with two older brothers at home there is never a shortage of competition around the house. Marissa also attended the last two Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments to watch her brothers play and was able to participate and enjoy all the team activities including a lot of skating on the outdoor rinks. When Marissa is not playing hockey she enjoys listening to music and playing with her cats. Marissa also enjoys school especially math where she scored a perfect “600” on this year’s STAR testing! Marissa is always the first to answer the door, pick up the phone or get into the car when it’s time to go somewhere. No matter the time of day or what she’s up to, it’s a rare moment when you find Marissa without a big smile on her face!

Kaya Wall - Kaya, recently moved to California from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She is 10 years old and attends Bryant Ranch Elementary School where she is in fifth grade. She loves to play the flute and is involved in the school play Cinderella with a lead role of the wicked step-sister Joy. Kaya also loves to play the piano, softball, and ski, and spend time with her family pets, Rocky, Jake, Tank, and Chin Chin.

She has an older sister Stephanie and a younger sister Paikea (who plays hockey on the Lady Ducks 8U team). Kaya learned to love the game of hockey by watching her older brother Josh play midget for the Dartmouth AAA Subways. Kaya is enjoying her first season as a Lady Duck and being part of an all-girls hockey team. She has been playing hockey since the age of 5 with the boys and finds the girls a welcoming change. She is enjoying making new friends and getting to enjoy hockey in sunny California!

Pikea Wall - Paikea, also recently nicknamed “The Chinook Wind” by her coaches, moved from Calgary, Alberta, Canada in September of this year. Paikea is loving California and isn’t missing the cold and snow, although she can’t wait to wax up her skis and hit the slopes soon with her Dad.

Paikea is 7 years old in second grade at Bryant Ranch Elementary School. Paikea loves school and her favorite subjects are Science and Math. Paikea also loves to play soccer, ride her bike and roller blade and play hockey in the house. Her favorite color is orange (great match with LD!) and her favorite hockey player is her brother Josh. Paikea also has an older sister Kaya, on the LD 10U team, who Paikea likes playing hockey with.

Paikea has been playing hockey for 2 years with the boys and says she likes playing on the Lady Ducks with the girls because they have so much fun.

Paikea wants to become a great hockey player and hopefully one day play on Team Canada and go to the Olympics.

12UAA
Erin Beck

10U
Sevilla Hawthorn

8U
Laura Faynor

Megan Servaes -

Savannah Sommers -

Justine Reyes - 14aaa LD player of the month is Justine Reyes. Justine led the 14aaa Lady Ducks in points at the CAHA girls’ tournament in Riverside, and demonstrated dominant play at every shift, every game, throughout the month. Justine has recently stepped up her shooting game to compliment her strong passing and vision skills on the ice, to become even more dangerous as a player. We are looking forward to a great season.

This is Justine’s (Reyrey) 5th season with the girls. She enjoyed playing hockey with the boys for five seasons before joining the Lady Ducks. Last year, Justine spent 5 ½ months on the bench due to a broken arm that occurred at the beginning of the season. Even though she spent most of the season off the ice, she supported her team by going to every game and almost every practice. She attended the Pacific District Camp for the 1st time last year and earned herself a spot as an Alternate for USA National Development Camp. This season, she was named Assistant Captain for her team and dedicates days where she is not on the ice to improving her physical conditioning, shooting and stickhandling skills.

Justine is currently a freshman at Chino Hills High School where she is taking Chemistry Honors, Algebra II Honors and English Honors classes, maintaining a 3.8 G.P.A. She enjoys listening to music, reading and loving her cats.

Justine is looking forward to a fun year of hockey and plans to play hockey for a long time. Her dream is to earn a scholarship to continue playing at the collegiate level.

Great work, Justine! Keep it up!

Madison Villa - Many people know Madison as "Mad" or "Maddie"- an out-going, fun-loving, sweet, and goofy girl who loves to play goalie. Madison started playing hockey at age 11 when she skated a few times in hockey initiation with her brother Alex. A few months later she decided goalie was her calling. She played two seasons of in-house and then joined the Lady Ducks 14 AA team last year.

Off the ice, Madison is a Freshman at Canyon High School. Her favorite subjects are math and art. Mad enjoys drawing cartoons, molding clay, and painting. She also loves music. You may see her around the rink, ear buds in, bopping around, and singing out loud. When she is not working on school work or on the ice, she works at her dad's brewery to earn money to help pay for her tournaments. Madison washes dishes, mops the floors, takes out trash, and even cleans inside the mash ton and kettle. She is a great helper!

Hockey has been a great opportunity for Madison to meet new people, make new friends, and explore different cities. It has made her a stronger and more independent person. She never stresses out in games. She knows her job in net and loves to work hard for her team. Congratulations Maddie!! Keep up the good work!!

Ashley Marchant - The 12aaa Lady Duck of the month for October is Ashley Marchant. Ashley demonstrated hard work and good vision on the ice, making strong outlet passes throughout the CAHA girls’ tournament in Riverside. She played a strong role at the blue line and was a positive teammate at all times. Ashley also improved her body contact and gap skills which made an impact on the 12's winning the 14aa Championship for CAHA.

Ashley is 11 years old and has one sister, Lilli (who plays on the Anaheim Lady Ducks 14U team) and two brothers, Tim (who plays on the Squirt A2 Anaheim Jr. Ducks) and Bradley (who hopes to play hockey someday soon). She is a 6th grader at Pioneer Middle School in Tustin, CA. Ashley enjoys playing with her younger brother Bradley, hanging out with her hockey teammates and friends from school. Ash has been playing hockey since the age of 4 and has been a member of the Lady Ducks organization for 4 years. She is a leader both on and off the ice. Her goal this season is to help the Lady Ducks 12U AAA team win a National Title, something her Mom or Dad have never been able to do. Go Ashley!! Go Lady Ducks!!!!

Erin Beck - Erin is a 2nd year Lady Duck who is in her 3rd year overall of playing hockey. Erin started as a figure skater, but after 4 months decided it was boring and that she wanted to play hockey! The figure work did help develop Erin’s excellent skating skills. During her 1st two years she played tournament hockey with coed teams in San Diego. She decided she wanted to play on a girls’ team rather than continue skating with the boys, so she tried out for and joined the Lady Ducks 10U last year.

Erin is a talented player with a great overall understanding of the game. Erin’s coaches selected her for her drive, motivation, and work ethic during practice as well as the games. Erin is a great teammate who works hard at all times. Her dedication and true passion for the game has brought her skills to a new level this year.

Competitively, Erin is also on a swim team and continues to excel in swimming. Erin’s other interests include reading, drawing, listening to music, and her pets (dog, cat, and fish). Erin is a straight A student in the 6th grade down in Solana Beach whose favorite subjects include science and math. She makes use of the time spent in the car driving up from San Diego County to games and practices by either doing homework or getting some extra sleep for those early morning time slots!

Congratulations Erin!!

Sevilla Hawthorn - Sevilla (or “Villa” as we tend to yell during games) is a first year Lady Duck. She started her hockey career at the age of 5 on the El Segundo Inline Hockey League. At the age of 7 she progressed to the LA Jr Kings in-house team where she became a strong leader, bossing all of the boys around on the ice and in the locker room.

She is so happy to be on an all-girls team and is finally finding the camaraderie that has been missing all these years. Her favorite hockey team is The Ducks. She plays the flute, loves to bake, play with American Girls, listen to her favorite song Stereo Heart by Gym Class Heroes, play with her Siberian Huskie “Spirit” and travel with her family and friends. Her dream is to get a scholarship to Stanford and become a Hair Stylist or Makeup Artist.

Sevilla was picked as the 10U Lady Duck of the Month of October for her outstanding defensive play over the month. Keep up the good work Sevilla!

Laura Faynor - Laura’s coaches selected her as the 8U Lady Duck for October because of “her hard work in net!”

“I like to play hockey, because it is rough,” says Laura. She watched a lot of hockey while learning how to figure skate, and for over a year begged her skeptical mom to let her try hockey. Finally, her mom said, “If you are willing to give up all of your Christmas presents from everyone for hockey gear, then I will let you play.” That was December 2011. That same month, she started Hockey Technique classes. In May 2012, she played her first hockey game. In July, she started practicing as goalie for the Lady Ducks U8 team.

As soon as the 2011 NHL Playoffs aired on our television and caught Brooke's eye, she was hooked! Enthralled by the sport, her enthusiasm for watching the game led to her playing street hockey with her friends. After a quick beginners course in ice skating, followed by "hockey camp", she was eager to join a team. Her coaches picked Brook as the 8U Lady Duck of September "for her hard work at practice and for coming prepared and ready to learn." Keep up the good work Brook!

“I like playing goalie, because the whole team depends on me,” says 8-year-old Laura who still likes to skate out. She also loves playing wiffle ball and football with her older brother, playing with her friends, playing chess, and learning math. She looks forward to playing Flag Football in the spring.

Keep up the good work Laura!!

12UAA
Erin Beck

10U
Sevilla Hawthorn

8U
Laura Faynor

Megan Servaes -

Savannah Sommers -

Justine Reyes - 14aaa LD player of the month is Justine Reyes. Justine led the 14aaa Lady Ducks in points at the CAHA girls’ tournament in Riverside, and demonstrated dominant play at every shift, every game, throughout the month. Justine has recently stepped up her shooting game to compliment her strong passing and vision skills on the ice, to become even more dangerous as a player. We are looking forward to a great season.

This is Justine’s (Reyrey) 5th season with the girls. She enjoyed playing hockey with the boys for five seasons before joining the Lady Ducks. Last year, Justine spent 5 ½ months on the bench due to a broken arm that occurred at the beginning of the season. Even though she spent most of the season off the ice, she supported her team by going to every game and almost every practice. She attended the Pacific District Camp for the 1st time last year and earned herself a spot as an Alternate for USA National Development Camp. This season, she was named Assistant Captain for her team and dedicates days where she is not on the ice to improving her physical conditioning, shooting and stickhandling skills.

Justine is currently a freshman at Chino Hills High School where she is taking Chemistry Honors, Algebra II Honors and English Honors classes, maintaining a 3.8 G.P.A. She enjoys listening to music, reading and loving her cats.

Justine is looking forward to a fun year of hockey and plans to play hockey for a long time. Her dream is to earn a scholarship to continue playing at the collegiate level.

Great work, Justine! Keep it up!

Madison Villa - Many people know Madison as "Mad" or "Maddie"- an out-going, fun-loving, sweet, and goofy girl who loves to play goalie. Madison started playing hockey at age 11 when she skated a few times in hockey initiation with her brother Alex. A few months later she decided goalie was her calling. She played two seasons of in-house and then joined the Lady Ducks 14 AA team last year.

Off the ice, Madison is a Freshman at Canyon High School. Her favorite subjects are math and art. Mad enjoys drawing cartoons, molding clay, and painting. She also loves music. You may see her around the rink, ear buds in, bopping around, and singing out loud. When she is not working on school work or on the ice, she works at her dad's brewery to earn money to help pay for her tournaments. Madison washes dishes, mops the floors, takes out trash, and even cleans inside the mash ton and kettle. She is a great helper!

Hockey has been a great opportunity for Madison to meet new people, make new friends, and explore different cities. It has made her a stronger and more independent person. She never stresses out in games. She knows her job in net and loves to work hard for her team. Congratulations Maddie!! Keep up the good work!!

Ashley Marchant - The 12aaa Lady Duck of the month for October is Ashley Marchant. Ashley demonstrated hard work and good vision on the ice, making strong outlet passes throughout the CAHA girls’ tournament in Riverside. She played a strong role at the blue line and was a positive teammate at all times. Ashley also improved her body contact and gap skills which made an impact on the 12's winning the 14aa Championship for CAHA.

Ashley is 11 years old and has one sister, Lilli (who plays on the Anaheim Lady Ducks 14U team) and two brothers, Tim (who plays on the Squirt A2 Anaheim Jr. Ducks) and Bradley (who hopes to play hockey someday soon). She is a 6th grader at Pioneer Middle School in Tustin, CA. Ashley enjoys playing with her younger brother Bradley, hanging out with her hockey teammates and friends from school. Ash has been playing hockey since the age of 4 and has been a member of the Lady Ducks organization for 4 years. She is a leader both on and off the ice. Her goal this season is to help the Lady Ducks 12U AAA team win a National Title, something her Mom or Dad have never been able to do. Go Ashley!! Go Lady Ducks!!!!

Erin Beck - Erin is a 2nd year Lady Duck who is in her 3rd year overall of playing hockey. Erin started as a figure skater, but after 4 months decided it was boring and that she wanted to play hockey! The figure work did help develop Erin’s excellent skating skills. During her 1st two years she played tournament hockey with coed teams in San Diego. She decided she wanted to play on a girls’ team rather than continue skating with the boys, so she tried out for and joined the Lady Ducks 10U last year.

Erin is a talented player with a great overall understanding of the game. Erin’s coaches selected her for her drive, motivation, and work ethic during practice as well as the games. Erin is a great teammate who works hard at all times. Her dedication and true passion for the game has brought her skills to a new level this year.

Competitively, Erin is also on a swim team and continues to excel in swimming. Erin’s other interests include reading, drawing, listening to music, and her pets (dog, cat, and fish). Erin is a straight A student in the 6th grade down in Solana Beach whose favorite subjects include science and math. She makes use of the time spent in the car driving up from San Diego County to games and practices by either doing homework or getting some extra sleep for those early morning time slots!

Congratulations Erin!!

Sevilla Hawthorn - Sevilla (or “Villa” as we tend to yell during games) is a first year Lady Duck. She started her hockey career at the age of 5 on the El Segundo Inline Hockey League. At the age of 7 she progressed to the LA Jr Kings in-house team where she became a strong leader, bossing all of the boys around on the ice and in the locker room.

She is so happy to be on an all-girls team and is finally finding the camaraderie that has been missing all these years. Her favorite hockey team is The Ducks. She plays the flute, loves to bake, play with American Girls, listen to her favorite song Stereo Heart by Gym Class Heroes, play with her Siberian Huskie “Spirit” and travel with her family and friends. Her dream is to get a scholarship to Stanford and become a Hair Stylist or Makeup Artist.

Sevilla was picked as the 10U Lady Duck of the Month of October for her outstanding defensive play over the month. Keep up the good work Sevilla!

Laura Faynor - Laura’s coaches selected her as the 8U Lady Duck for October because of “her hard work in net!”

“I like to play hockey, because it is rough,” says Laura. She watched a lot of hockey while learning how to figure skate, and for over a year begged her skeptical mom to let her try hockey. Finally, her mom said, “If you are willing to give up all of your Christmas presents from everyone for hockey gear, then I will let you play.” That was December 2011. That same month, she started Hockey Technique classes. In May 2012, she played her first hockey game. In July, she started practicing as goalie for the Lady Ducks U8 team.

As soon as the 2011 NHL Playoffs aired on our television and caught Brooke's eye, she was hooked! Enthralled by the sport, her enthusiasm for watching the game led to her playing street hockey with her friends. After a quick beginners course in ice skating, followed by "hockey camp", she was eager to join a team. Her coaches picked Brook as the 8U Lady Duck of September "for her hard work at practice and for coming prepared and ready to learn." Keep up the good work Brook!

“I like playing goalie, because the whole team depends on me,” says 8-year-old Laura who still likes to skate out. She also loves playing wiffle ball and football with her older brother, playing with her friends, playing chess, and learning math. She looks forward to playing Flag Football in the spring.

Keep up the good work Laura!!

12UAA
Sophia DiAntonio

10U
Abigail Shepherd

8U
Brooke Marella

Whitney Thomas - This is Whitney's second tour of duty as a Lady Duck, her first was way back in 2004 when she was just 10 years old. Since then she has played for a host of different teams and twice been selected to attend the Pacific District Select camp in Kent, Washington. Returning this season to play for the Lady Ducks is very special for Whitney as it is where she began her hockey journey. To be selected as Lady Duck of the month for her team is a testament to her tireless work ethic, her positive attitude and her determination to be the best player she can be.

Whitney’s coaches explained they selected her because, among other things, she was recently asked to move from playing defense to forward. Her coaches said, “Not only has she accepted the new role, she has done very well at it, making her look like a natural forward. She always comes to practice with a positive attitude and leaves everything out on the ice whether it be during practice or games. Whitney played exceptionally well during our first tournament in Stoney Creek, Ontario and we can't wait to see what she brings to the table this season.” Good job Whitney!

Because she lives in Las Vegas Whitney spends much of her free time navigating security check points, rescheduling flights and configuring wifi passwords at airport gates. Still she has found a way to maintain a perfect report card every year since she started public school in the 9th grade (she was home schooled prior to HS). Most of Whitney's time away from her team is spent listening to music, doing homework (while listening to music), going to the gym (yes, more music), playing guitar, riding her bike and battling in the corners against her brother whenever she gets the chance. All in all, Whitney (aka "The Fire") is one cool chick!

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Rebecca Graham - Rebecca is a third year Lady Duck who has made excellent progress the past two years. Her speed and hard work have been recognized by her coaches. Specifically, her coaches said: “Rebecca has shown her team already that she is going to be dangerous on the ice every shift. Her 100% effort and focus on drills at practice set the tone for her teammates for the season. Recently named an Assistant Captain, Rebecca has only 2 1/2 years ice hockey experience but stands out as a leader on defense for the 14AAA team!” She switched to ice hockey 3 years ago after playing roller for 6 years. She is a strong all-around player who enjoys and excels playing with and against both girls and boys.

Rebecca is a freshman straight ‘A’ student at Trabuco High School. She loves and excels in math and is talented in athletics. When Rebecca’s not playing hockey, she enjoys listening to music, reading, SHOPPING, and spending time with her “Westie” Scottie. Keep up the hard work and dedication to both school and hockey and soon you may earn a scholarship to play hockey at the collegiate level. Go Rebecca!

Delainey Fitzgerald - Delainey is excited and honored to have been chosen by her coach as Lady Duck of the month for the 14AA team. Coach Andy said he chose her “because of her hard work ethic, and her very upbeat personality. She is always the first to volunteer on and off the ice, working hard to improve her skills and is a great motivator.” This is Delainey's first year with the Lady Ducks and only her second year playing hockey. Before this, she spent several years as a figure skater and had two years with the Ice 'Kateer sychronized skating team. As a figure skater, she spent a lot of time watching and talking about the hockey teams, and eventually the transition was made and she hasn't looked back. Delainey loves to be on the ice and is happy to have the opportunity to play with the Lady Ducks.

Outside of the rink, Delainey is in 8th grade. While she enjoys all of her classes at school, her favorite subject is math. She is also an avid reader. She enjoys listening to music, texting with her friends, and watching sports and playing games with her family. Delainey also likes to volunteer her time to help others. Over the past several years, she has volunteered at the library to help with the summer reading program and volunteered during summer at local elementary schools to help teachers and tutor students. She has volunteered at the local food shelter and has worked at the cold weather shelter cooking and serving dinner to the homeless in our community. She also just finished a mission trip to Peru where she helped a local church/school by working in the classroom and on small construction projects.

Even though Delainey enjoys many things outside the rink, her favorite thing to do is play hockey! Keep up the good work Delainey!

Savannah Gutierrez - 11 year old Savannah is a very hard worker at whatever task she is given school, hockey, girls scouts, cotillion, cooking, arts and crafts. She always wants to do well and be at the top if she can. She is not afraid to ask questions or for help.

She started playing hockey before the age of 6 and always wanted to be a goalie – she loved the gear. We put her off as long as we could because of the pressure that comes with being a goalie, but finally gave in at almost 9 years old. She has never stopped loving to play hockey and never complains about going to practice or to games. She likes her coaches and team mates and wants to please and be a part of a team. Savannah loves life and all that comes with it, she is a joy to be around almost all of the time (we all have our moments)!

Savannah’s coaches picked her as the 12AAA Lady Duck of September because: “Savannah is a friendly teammate and is as hardworking at practice as she is in the games. Savannah has brought a strong competitive spirit to the net and uses strong fundamentals to make routine as well as BIG saves every game. Her talent, hard work, and passion for her position allows her teammates to grow and improve around her while doing her best to support her team playing PeeWee A hockey!”

Keep it up Savannah!

Sophia DiAntonio - Sophia began figure skating at 5 years old and continued until age 9, but after an injury to her knee, Sophia decided to take a break. After hanging out with mom at many of her brother's hockey practices, at age 10 she decided she wanted to try ice hockey. She started taking lessons, began the in-house program at Anaheim Ice and played with the Lady Reign's tournament 10U team. She LOVED it and in 2011 decided that she was ready for SCAHA and the rigors of travel hockey.

It's been a whirlwind year, and now Sophia proudly plays defense for the Lady Ducks 12UAA team and wears number 10 to mark the beginning of her hockey career. She loves her team and her coaches and can't wait to get out on the ice and work hard ... and play!

Sophia is in 6th grade and when she is not on the ice, she loves cooking (she makes her own pizza and pretzels!), watching the Food Network, listening to music and hanging out with friends.

Congratulations Sophia!

Abigail Shepherd - When Abigail “Abbie” Shepherd put a hockey stick in her hands for the first time, she instantly knew she wanted to play hockey! She skated in her first hockey skates in October 2010 and quickly discovered a new passion. Abbie researched the Lady Ducks program and set her goal to be a part of that program. Her determination to become a better skater led her onto a spring in-house mite team where she scored her first goal and an assist. By attending a summer 2011 hockey camp, she sharpened her skills, practiced diligently, and succeeded in reaching her goal as a player for the Lady Ducks 10U team.

The 10U coaches selected Abigail as the September 10U Player of the Month for her hard work and effort during practice. Coach Tracy stated, “I believe if she continues to show the same effort every time she is on the ice she will become that dangerous player the opposition hates to play against.” Keep up the good work Abbie!

Abbie is a bright, humorous, fun-loving fourth-grader who loves spending time with her fraternal twin sister, Harlow, who is an enthusiastic figure skater. Abbie also enjoys reading (favoring the Percy Jackson series), writing stories, creating music on her keyboard, and having fun with her teammates and coaches!

Brooke Marella - Brooke is an enthusiastic, vivacious, and energetic 8 year old. Always positive, determined and hardworking, Brooke shines at school and is loved by her peers and teachers. Her favorite subjects are math and language arts, which earn her top grades in class. She is quite the scholar!

When Brooke isn't busy spending time with her friends, she enjoys acting, singing, and dancing. Watch out American Idol! When she is not in the rink, Brooke belongs at the beach. She's an avid swimmer and is looking forward to taking surf lessons this summer.

As soon as the 2011 NHL Playoffs aired on our television and caught Brooke's eye, she was hooked! Enthralled by the sport, her enthusiasm for watching the game led to her playing street hockey with her friends. After a quick beginners course in ice skating, followed by "hockey camp", she was eager to join a team. Her coaches picked Brook as the 8U Lady Duck of September "for her hard work at practice and for coming prepared and ready to learn." Keep up the good work Brook!

Brooke wants all of her coaches and teammates to know that she is extremely proud and honored to be a member of such a wonderful group of girls, who call themselves the Lady Ducks!

GO #17!

12UAA
Julieana Tarantino

10U
Elisa Mejia

8U
Reese Sunada

Alexandra "Lexi" Romanchuk - The 19AAA coaches picked Lexi as the first 19AAA Lady Duck of the Month for the 2011-12 season because “[she] has exhibited great work ethic on and off the ice and her positive attitude makes her well liked among her teammates.”

Lexi has been playing hockey since she was 10 years old, all with the San Jose Jr. Sharks. She participated in two National tournaments and has been selected to the US Development camp twice! Lexi has committed to play college hockey at Providence after she completes this year with the Lady Ducks 19 AAA Girls team. Great job Lexi!

Michaela Kyte -

Kendra Farole - Kendra is 13 years old, in the 8th grade and a first year defenseman on the 14uAAA Lady Ducks. She has been playing hockey for the last six years. It is Kendra's dream to attend college and play ice hockey. She started playing with boys at age 9 with a tournament team. Her coach and the boys all welcomed her like a family and were sad when she left for the Lady Ducks. She made many friends that still keep in touch and play for the OC Hockey Club. Her favorite moments include her first trip to the USA Nationals in Green Bay (2010), USA Nationals in Detroit (2011), and of course making all of her closest friends with the Lady Ducks.

Besides playing hockey and going to school, Kendra's hobbies include, hanging out with friends and swimming. She attends Middle School, is a performer in the drama plays, and her favorite subject is Spanish. Her favorite hockey team is the LA Kings – she has been going to Kings games since she was a young girl. Kendra really enjoys playing hockey and will always remember the close friends she makes with the Lady Ducks.

Juliette Bordier-Johnson - Juliette, aka “JET”, is honored to have been chosen as Lady Duck of the Month for August! She has worked diligently over the past couple of years to improve her skills since her first ice skating class ever in 2009. Since then, she has been under the care of the Rinks’ fabulous hockey staff and has advanced exponentially in a very short period of time. If you know JET, you know that she is tenacious, enthusiastic, and has a very humorous spirit. One of her favorite hockey sayings is, “Ya wonna go”? She often says this jokingly with a smile on her face as she throws down her gloves in front of a buddy who is also playfully messing with her. She has made many friends within the Rinks system and has both female and male hockey friends at all levels of play. She loves helping out and likes to mentor any “newbie’s” that she encounters. Juliette has learned discipline and teamwork from other sport activities of her past, such as Soccer (as the #1 requested goalie in her league) and Softball (3rd base). Now, she is “all in” for Ice Hockey and loving it! Like many other dedicated hockey players, she has a great study record and carries a GPA of 3.83 at Corona del Mar High School. When she sets her mind to something, she gets it done! We are very proud of her and all of her efforts and achievements. Her favorite NHL Anaheim Duck and role-model, is Lubomir Visnovsky with his incredible Slap Shot and Friendly Disposition! JET is looking forward to taking on a bigger role with her team this coming season as they advance to play in SCAHA. Keep It Soaring, JET!!!

Maria Coleman - Maria loves hockey. She comes from a hockey family and follows the Anaheim Ducks and Boston Bruins with a passion. At the age of 8 Maria followed in her older brother’s footsteps and joined the youth hockey program at Anaheim Ice leading her to join the Lady Ducks program. With the Lady Ducks she has improved her abilities over the years through hard work and listening to her coaches. Maria always has a smile on her face and she loves to be with her teammates. She shows team spirit and leadership by helping others and making new players feel welcome. Maria had the privilege of being on the 12U Lady Ducks Team at Nationals in Rochester, Michigan this past year and looks forward to guiding her team to Nationals again this year. Besides Teemu Selanne her favorite professional hockey player is Sidney Crosby.

Outside of hockey Maria participates in many other sports including volleyball, soccer, basketball, and softball. She also has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. In school she is on the Student Council and is an Honor Roll Student. She enjoys the outdoors and loves horses.

Julieana Tarantino - The 12AA coaches picked Julieana as the first 12AA Lady Duck of the Month for the 2011-12 season because “she has a great work ethic.”

Julieana is a 12 year old 7th grader. She lives in San Diego with her parents, two older sisters, a cat, and two dogs. Julieana has always been athletic, beginning at 2 years old tumbling and becoming an award winning competitive dancer. She then discovered soccer and softball. Julieana was introduced to ice hockey six years ago by her sister's boyfriend and mentor (she wears his number) and has been dedicated ever since. In addition to playing hockey year round, Julieana plays football and basketball for her school. She quarterbacked her team to championship and led her basketball team in points to championship as well, earning her MVP for both sports at year's end!

Aside from her athletic ability, her love of the Lord first and foremost shines, thru her great personality and quirky sense of humor. She is an honor roll student and her desire to learn and do things correctly has made her an asset to her coaches and peers. Julieana is a true Blessing to her family.

We thank you so much for recognizing Julieana with this honor and for welcoming us all into your Ducks family!

Elisa Mejia - This is Elisa’s first year with the Lady Ducks. As a matter of fact, Elisa has only been playing hockey less than a year! It all started last December when she laced up her first pair of roller blades and soon began the winter inline season at The Rinks in Corona. She quickly developed from a ‘beginning skater” to a key player, eventually scoring the winning goal for her team in the last 30 seconds of the Championship game.

Not knowing how to ice skate, she made the jump to ice hockey and played this past spring season for the Ontario boys squirt team. She took to the ice like a natural, with her coaches complementing her constant hustle and on-ice thinking. Her aggressive play and never-give-up attitude often earned her double and triple shifts throughout the season.

When Elisa isn’t on the ice she enjoys playing soccer, is an avid snowboarder, and recently began learning how to surf. At home Elisa enjoys reading, writing, and drawing as well as being the best big sister she can to her little brother Luca and baby sister Italia. At school, she maintains straight A’s and has earned her spot on the Honor Roll.

Proud to be a Lady Duck, Elisa is looking forward to “traveling for tournaments, making friends, and getting better.” Elisa wears the number 44, “because it’s the number of my dad’s fire station.”

Reese Sunada - Reese began skating lessons in Pasadena at the age of 4 and started hockey classes at the age of 6. This past spring, she attended the Lady Ducks development clinics where her interest and love for hockey has grown. She made a lot of new friends and enjoyed playing in a spring league with them where she scored her first goal in a game! Since then it has become her passion to play hockey for the Lady Ducks.

This school year, Reese is a 3rd grader at Fremont Elementary School. She is a very fun-loving, down-to-earth and energetic girl. She makes friends very easily and loves meeting new people. She is just as passionate about school as she is about hockey. She enjoys reading and writing and was chosen twice as "Writer of the Month" in the last school year. Her current obsession, besides hockey, is anything and everything "Angry Birds".

Reese is excited and proud to be part of the Lady Ducks team and looks forward to a fun and awesome season with her teammates!

16UAAA
Morgan Braniff

14UAAA
Justine "Teenie" Silva

14UAA
Maisie Boric

12UAA
Ivy Boric

10U
Genevieve Lai

8U
Alexandra Lalonde

Ana-Sophia Brande - Ana-Sophia’s first encounter with girls (women’s) hockey was when she was on the LD’s 12U team that won nationals. After a couple with the LA Selects, she returned to play with the 19U team last year, and again this year. Ana Sophia has been skating since she was 18 months old, competing in many figure skating tournaments nation-wide. Sophia has been playing hockey since she was 9, and always enjoys giving 100% on the ice whether it is playing spring league, or competing for the medals.

Sophia loves music and taking pictures. It is not unusual for her to listen to Credence Clearwater Revival one minute, and My Chemical Romance the other. Sophia always uses her camera to capture a moment be it a cloud in the sky, or a friend having fun.

Morgan Braniff - Since Morgan was born she has been at the hockey rink. She has 4 older brothers that all play hockey. Morgan has been with the Lady Ducks for 4 seasons and has earned 3 bronze medals with her team. Before that she was with Cal Selects and also played on boys teams.

This year Morgan was named Captain of the 16AAA team. She has devoted this year to training hard off the ice as well as on and has made great improvements in her game. Morgan enjoys working out and watching the Food Channel. Future plans include playing college hockey.

Justine "Teenie" Silva - Justine, a.k.a. Teenie, has been backstopping for the Lady Ducks since 8u and has been a strong part of the 4-time Pacific District Champion teams (12s and 14s). A freshman at Arroyo High School, Justine is a motivated athlete who played both Varsity Soccer and Softball as a 9th grader. She is an honor student with a 3.9 gpa while taking advanced/honors courses.

Teenie, enjoys coaching her mite sister's 8u LD team and helping beginning goalies learn the basics. She also enjoys playing Angry Birds "Rio" in her spare time. Justine made her first trip to USAHockey's National Development Camp last summer and is looking forward to District camp again this year, in hopes to return again this summer. She hopes that with her grades and dedication to hockey that the opportunity to play at an Ivy League college will be there for her in the future.

Maisie Boric - Maisie has been involved in the Lady Ducks program for several years but only came to play competitively with the 14uAA team this season. She has demonstrated throughout this year that she is willing to work hard to improve, she is incredibly loyal to her teammates and is a feisty player on every shift. Maisie has improved her stick handling and shooting and was one of the most improved players on the team this season.

Maisie is an 8th grader at Waldorf School of O.C. Outside of school, her favorite things include reading and playing hockey. Her favorite band is Led Zeppelin, and favorite movie is Princess Mononoke. Maisie's favorite NHL players are Todd Marchant and Teemu Selanne.

Nicole Dunbar - Nicole Dunbar (aka Jet, Knuckles, Dunny, Pinky) first donned the silver blades at the tender age of 2 years. She played her first roller hockey game at the age of three and scored a hat trick against 5 and 6 year old boys. She has never looked back since.

When Nicole turned seven, she played on her first travel ice team for the Mite B Junior Ducks. Since then she has played Mite A Wildcats, Squirt A Blackhawks and most recently, PeeWee AA OCHC. This is Nicole's third year with the Lady Ducks organization and currently plays for the 12UAAA squad. She is looking forward to making her second Nationals appearance with the team.

In addition to hockey, Nicole is a gold level All-Star softball player at catcher and short-stop. Thanks to her early hockey training, she bats lefty and has the highest on-base percentage of any player for each of her past 4 teams. Additionally, she plays club soccer for the Rancho Heat as a midfielder and occasional goalie. She also plays for two lacrosse teams (SoCal and Gold Coast), and is the top scorer on both squads. In her spare time, she subs in for her school's roller hockey team at Las Flores Middle School where she attends seventh grade. Her favorite players are: Sidney Crosby, Mario Lemieux and Evgeni Malkin.

Hockey has taught Nicole that perseverance and dedication are a winning combination. Speed and aggressiveness don't hurt, either. Most of all, hockey has provided her with some great friendships and lasting memories with her Lady Ducks pals over the past 3 years.

Ivy Boric - Ivy was chosen as the Player of the month by her coaches because of her all-around skills and commitment to a high level of play. Ivy plays BOTH goalie and defense for the team and has recently been learning the powerplay. She has been a Lady Ducks player since age 7 and has a keen sense of the game and sees the ice very well.

Ivy is in 4th grade at Waldorf School of O.C. Her favorite lessons in school are PE, Spanish, and Japanese. Ivy loves to read and her favorite books are the Percy Jackson series. She is a fan of many types of music, but really likes M.I.A., Oingo Boingo, Mumford & Sons, and Black Sabbath. Her favorite activities outside of school are playing soccer and hockey. Her favorite Anaheim Ducks player is Todd Marchant.

Genevieve Lai - After two years of asking her parents to let her play hockey, Genevieve got her wish... sort of. In April 2008, she had her first Learn to Skate class. After the 10-week class was over, she thought it was great, but wondered why she wasn't playing hockey yet. By that summer, she was practicing with the Lady Ducks 8U team and played with them during tournaments in the 2008-09 season. Now, two years later, she is in her third year of being a proud Lady Duck, and loves skating and hockey. Although she began playing hockey at a later age than many of other players, she's determined to go as far as she can in the sport. She wears the #20 in honor of Luc Robitaille, the highest scoring left wing in NHL history. Her favorite professional team is the Los Angeles Kings. Her favorite moment of her hockey career was scoring her very first goal when she was a Pasadena Maple Leaf.

Outside of hockey, Genevieve is a girl of many interests and talents. She loves singing, reading, and cooking, in addition to being on the ice. In fact, in the Summer of 2009, she attended the Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls in Los Angeles (a camp designed to empower all girls through music). In the kitchen, she is just as likely to be found whipping up a batch of blueberry scones as cutting tofu for a tofu scramble. A vegan for health and ethical reasons, she loves eating anything her dad cooks, but FreeSoulCaffe in Tustin is her favorite vegan restaurant. She attends fifth grade at Robert C. Fisler School, a 1:1 laptop school in Fullerton School District, and lists reading and social studies as her favorite topics. She reads all types of books but especially enjoys science fiction and fantasy stories. She listens to a variety of music from Sara Bareilles Glee to OneRepublic. Her favorite color is blue. Go Lady Ducks!

Alexandra Lalonde - Alexandra started playing hockey at the age of 5. She is now six and joined the Lady Ducks this year. She played in the MLK tournament and loved the experience and getting to know some of the other girls. Allie started playing hockey after coming to see her twin brother learning hockey. Allie then started playing hockey at home by her brother's side constantly! She's hooked! Secretively at home Allie loves to play goalie and has a wild wing mask that she wears.

Allie is in Kindergarten and loves school and all her friends. She also loves the game of soccer and also can be found figure skating at Anaheim Ice. Congratulations Allie!!

16UAAA
Andrea St. Onge

14UAAA
Bridget Gonzalez

14UAA
Mackenzie Kennedy

12UAA
Emily Russo

10U
Anna Gallagher

8U
Sandrine Ponnath

Samantha Thomsen - Samantha has only played one season as a Lady Duck. This is her fourth year playing Hockey; she started when she was 16 and immediately picked up the art of skating. Last season she played for the rival club team LA Selects where she made her very first National Championship debut in the AAA level in Green Bay, WI. This will be Samantha’s second season with a girl’s team. Samantha is Assistant Captain of the 19U team and really takes her role of leader to another level as she is relentlessly trying to pump up the team and inspire them with her passionate speeches, pushing her teammates to their limits to physically and mentally better themselves on and off the ice. Although her experience with the club is not extensive it seems as if she has been with the team for years as she has built such a strong bond with her teammates and other players in the LD program.

Although Hockey has only been in her life for a short time, Samantha is a well-rounded athlete. She is from Whittier, Ca. where she attended La Serna High School and participated in a variety of athletics ranging from swim, dive, (del rio league champions all four years), to basketball. Samantha was the winner of the outstanding, Lance Award, given to the most involved, athletic, admirable and brightest individuals of La Serna High School. While in high school Samantha was a prestigious art student, studying AP Art History and enjoyed ceramics spending a whole semester teaching ceramics to others and has received many awards and has had numerous pieces of work put on display in art shows school wide, city wide and state wide. Samantha now attends Rio Hondo College & Coastline College where she is planning to obtain her Associates degree in Art History. Samantha once had high hopes of playing college Ice Hockey but has decided to pursue her education locally and has recently joined, the Lady Ducks Women’s team. Samantha plans to continue with the Lady Ducks Club next season on the Women’s team. Hockey will easily, always be a part of Samantha’s life.

Andrea St. Onge - Andrea is in her 6th season of playing girls’ ice hockey and her 2nd year with the Lady Ducks program. Last season, while playing on the LD U19AA’s, her coach asked her if she had ever played defense, accepting the challenge, she made the switch to defense after playing as a forward for 4 years. Defense seemed to come naturally for her, even as a forward she was always in the corner digging a puck out or using her size to her advantage. Soon after the season began, she was name Alternate Captain of the LD U19 AA team. A letter she was very proud to have earned and wore. Andrea was Named JUNIOR DUCK of the month in December, 2009. Honored, she and her dad attended a Ducks game together and the plaque is proudly displayed on her wall.

This season, Andrea plays for the Lady Ducks U16 AAA team. New to the LD U16 AAA team, the level of play has definitely challenged her to work harder. Under the guidance of her coaches, she has continued to improve in her defensive game, and enjoys being more productive on the scoresheet. Andrea is very excited to be playing hockey and looks forward to winning Pacific Districts, so she can attend the Tier I Nationals in Detroit with her team this year! Her future plans include playing college hockey somewhere back east and studying psychology. She loves being a part of a team and loves the challenge of playing hockey!!

Bridget Gonzalez - Bridget started hockey as a five year old. She began in roller at the Brea Hockey Club where she played as both a skater and a goalie. She moved to ice and started playing with the Lady Ducks when she was eight years old. Bridget was the 10u team's leading scorer in 2007 where she played both defense and forward. This strong beginning and Bridget's hard work, steadily over the last 6 years has earned her second trip to the USAHockey Pacific District Selection Camp this spring.

Mack is very active, and when not on the ice, she is a craft-aholic, an amazing baker and chef. She is also very active at her church. Mack has also played soccer and volleyball for her school. Mack is a great kid, and possibly one of the most entertaining humans, ever. Have you heard her seal impression?? Congratulations Mack, great effort!

Mackenzie Kennedy - Mack, Mac-n-Cheese, Macaroni, DD, is in the 8th grade at Brea Jr. High School. Mack is all Lady Duck, right down to her red hair, and mismatched socks. Mack has been a Lady Duck since 2004 (8u) and is a very dedicated team player. She even stepped up and played goalie for the LD10U in 2007-08 when the team was without one. That year, the LD10U team went farther in the Connecticut Polar Bears tournament than any Lady Ducks team ever had, to that point. In 2009, she scored a hat trick for the LD12U team against the Alaska Firebirds at Pacific Districts, and last year was second in points and scoring, despite missing a game, at the Lady Ducks Fall Classic. This season, Mack serves as the Captain for the LD14UAA team. She loves her teammates and coaches, and with the team constantly improving on the ice, and having a ton of fun off the ice, she is really looking forward to the team making a strong showing at Nationals this year.

Before our hockey life started Maddie did tap, ballet, jazz, and mixed martial arts. She loves to spend time with her great grandma, who cheers her and her teammates on at games and tournaments, and her grandparents. Maddie also likes to play card games and dominos with her family...or should I say she like to beat her family at card games and dominos :). She's a great kid, we are so lucky!

Kai Lilly Karpman - Kai-Lilly Kane Karpman started playing roller hockey at age six. About half way through her first season, she covered for a sick goalie, and since then she has guarded the net in every game she has played. The following year she switched to ice hockey, and has dreamed of being the first woman to play in the NHL. Kai has demonstrated an excellent work ethic, strong attention to skills and technique development and is always working to improve something about her game. In January, at the MLK tournament, Kai allowed only 4 goals in 5 games (0.80 GAA) on the way to the Championship Shutout!

It is not a surprise to those who are close to Karpman that she took so readily to protecting the net. Since her toddler years, she spent much of her time protecting and rescuing those in need. She saved birds, frogs, and stray cats. She forbade the killing of bugs in the garden, and even saved her little brother from drowning when she was seven. On and off the ice, Karpman stays aware of the specifics of her environment and by nature “keeps guard.” Congratulations Kai-Lilly!

Emily Russo - Emily is eleven years old and is currently a 5th grader at Acacia Elementary school. She is an assistant captain for the 12AA team. Emily learned to skate after she received skating lessons for her tenth birthday. She decided to give hockey a try last year by participating in spring squirt in house. When she’s not playing hockey, she is on the soccer field playing for the Fullerton Rangers. She wants to play soccer and hockey in high school then college.

Emily has enjoyed the many experiences hockey has brought her. Traveling to tournaments has been very fun. She especially enjoyed the Connecticut Polar Bear tournament and all the snowball fights with her teammates. She likes hanging out with her big buddy Emily W. and her Team. Emily is working hard to get ready for Nationals. She has already made great progress this season! Her goal is to be a good assistant captain. GO LD!!

Anna Gallagher - Anna lives in Hermosa Beach and is a third grader at the Hermosa Valley Elementary School. She is a great student who loves school almost as much as hockey. She started ice skating at age 4 and began playing hockey at age 5, after watching her older bother play. She has been playing hockey with a boys travel team for the past two years and this is her second year playing with the Lady Ducks. Although Anna is the leading scorer for the 8u team, she also led all scorers on the 10u team this past MLK weekend! Anna was able to compete in 8 games that weekend and did a great job playmaking and working hard for her teams.

Anna also plays competitive soccer in the Spring and Fall. When she is not studying, skating, or playing soccer she loves spending time at the beach, swimming, reading, and riding her bike. She also loves spending time with her family and her dog, Misty. Anna loves to travel with her hockey team and with her family. She spends part of the Summer visiting family in New Jersey and Rhode Island and attending hockey camp in Minnesota. Anna hopes to be a part of the Lady Ducks program for many years to come.

Sandrine Ponnath - Sandrine joined the Lady Ducks in 2009. She was skating as a forward until March of 2010 when she decided she wanted to try goalie position. Since then, she loves being goalie, she’s come a long way and has an amazing attitude. She has good work ethic and has a positive attitude at every game. She enjoys hanging with her teammates before and after games and enjoys traveling for tournaments. Sandrine is currently in 2nd grade and is an outstanding student!

She enjoys hockey, playing outside with her friends, playing with our dog Simpson, playing video games with her big brother, watching cartoons with her daddy and cooking with her mommy! When she grows up, she says she wants to be a Pediatrician and a great cook! Her favorite NHL goalie is Craig Anderson #41 of the Colorado Avalanche. Congratulations, Sandrine!

16UAAA
Megan Crandell

14UAAA
Rachael Goodrow

14UAA
Madison Villa

12UAA
Aubrey Pritchett

10U
Lindsay Reyes

8U
Caroline Ford

Amanda Simpson - Amanda returns to the Lady Ducks program this year after a few seasons off while completing rigorous academics in private preparatory school. She is one of the leaders on the 19s team, is a senior at Oxford Academy and is looking forward to a future collegiate hockey career. Her parents are excited about having even more children in college!! ha ha....

Amanda is known for her great speed on the ice and competitive nature. She is well liked by her teammates, always skates hard and is works hard to improve and be coachable. She has contributed to the Lady Ducks program helping the team to two births at Nationals and a bronze medal in 2006. She looks forward to attending Nationals this spring as the LD program will host the rest of USAHockey! Great work Amanda and congrats!!

Megan Crandell - Megan has been a Lady Duck for 3 years. She started off playing Roller Hockey when she was 5 and wanted to switch to ice 3 years ago. She spent many hours enduring clinics and lessons (do you all remember her when she used to practice with the team, yikes?) before making the team.

Megan LOVES her Lady Duck Friends and when she is not with them, she is playing high school volleyball, throwing the discus for track at Troy High School. Roller Hockey is still a passion for her when she can find time. She plays goalie and is a defenseman. She would love to continue to play hockey in college. Her parents are thrilled that she will be getting her driver's license soon!

Rachael Goodrow - Rachael Goodrow - Rachael Goodrow is now in her 7th year as a lady duck. She plays right wing and center. She has made it to the National Championships 3 times and has even taken home a bronze metal. Rachael also took gold in the Roller Hockey Jr. Olympics. Rachael Attends Trabuco Hills High School (GO BLUE!). Rachael is a freshman and has a 3.7 GPA. In her little free time off from training and homework, Rachael enjoys hanging out with her friends. But she really enjoys her teammates, and how close they all are. Congratulations Rachael and all of your hard work! GO LADY DUCKS!

Madison Villa - Madison is in 8th grade at El Rancho Charter School in Anaheim Hills. After skating a few times in the initiation program with her younger brother, Maddie decided she wanted to play goalie. We thought for sure after a couple of shots at clinic she would change her mind. Wow, were we wrong! When she came off the ice smiling I knew we were in trouble. Two seasons of in-house, several goalie lesson with David Freeze, and here we are. Maddie loves playing with the Lady Ducks 14 AA team. She's always smiling and laughing at the rink. Her teammates are great!!! They are ALL very supportive and positive...which every goalie needs, but hardly gets. She is so lucky!

Before our hockey life started Maddie did tap, ballet, jazz, and mixed martial arts. She loves to spend time with her great grandma, who cheers her and her teammates on at games and tournaments, and her grandparents. Maddie also likes to play card games and dominos with her family...or should I say she like to beat her family at card games and dominos :). She's a great kid, we are so lucky!

Lillian Marchant - Lilli is 12 years old, in 7th grade at Pioneer Middle School in Tustin. She has one sister, Ashley (LD 10u and 12aa teams) and two brothers, Tim (Jr. Ducks Squirt B) and Bradley (who hopes to play hockey as soon as he is 2 years old). It is Lilli's dream to attend college and play Division I women's ice hockey.

This year, Lilli was names Captain of the Lady Ducks 12AAA team. She wants to be a leader on and off the ice. Lilli started playing hockey at the age of 4 and has been part of the Lady Ducks organization 4 years. Her goal this season is to lead the Lady Ducks 12AAA team all the way to a National Title, something her mom or dad have never been able to do. :) Go Lady Ducks!!

Aubrey Pritchett - Aubrey has always been an active fun- spirited spunky girl. She started a mommy and me gymnastics class at the age of 2 and has never stopped moving. She started competing in gymnastics and figure skating at the age of 5 and participated in dance classes and recitals.She continued mainly in gymnastics and dance until she called it quits last January. After trying a handful of other sports she made the announcement that it was HER turn to pick a sport and as a great surprise to her family picked ice hockey, which none of us were familiar with. So in March, after being off skates almost 3 years, she put on hockey skates for the first time, geared up and has never looked back. She loves the fast pace, speed, and quick moves in hockey and is challenged by learning the game and handling the stick and puck. She played a season of in-house and it was such a fun time for her as she was just learning hockey. That's when she asked to play defense because she wanted to help him out and stay close to her cousin. They ended up winning first place in the in-house league and she received her first trophy. That's when she realized how much she loved the sport and wanted to be part of a girls' team.

As a Lady Duck she plays defense and the experiences have been very positive, even when the coaches yell corrections at her. She is learning to accept the criticisms and embrace the challenges because she loves to play hockey. She enjoys the social time with the friends she has met and the locker room talks. The first tournament in Riverside was a welcome to hockey experience, the Christmas party at the Marchant's was a real treat and she had a great time and a good learning experience in Connecticut which turned out to be a fun family vacation. San Jose was a road trip adventure with some fun activities thrown in with all that early morning hockey. The team did great and she received her first hockey award as a Lady Duck. She hopes to continue to improve so she can help the team have a successful season.

When Aubrey isn't skating she enjoys watching movies,listening to music, playing the piano, drawing with her dad,and spending time on her computer and i-pod. She also enjoys riding her bike and is learning how to use her skateboard. She likes to ski and wants to learn how to snowboard. Helping her brother practice baseball and basketball is part of her routine as well as learning how to cook and bake. Aubrey also loves animals and makes weekly trips to the pet store. Never a dull moment with Aubrey!

Lindsay Reyes - Lindsay Reyes - Lindsay is currently a 5th grad Gold Honor Roll student at Wickman Elementary School in Chino Hills. This is her 3rd year with the Lady Ducks. After beginning ice hockey as an 8u in house player, Lindsay now is an Assistant Captain for the 10u team. This past summer she won a bronze medal at the Narth American Roller Hockey Championships and the GOLD medal at the AAU Jr. Olympics.

"Lindsay has great vision on the ice", says coach Kathy. Shen she isn't practicing her shooting or stickhandling, Lindsay enjoys playing outside or talking with friends. Congratualtions, for a strong season so far!

Caroline Ford - Caroline started skating in the spring of 2009 at the age of 6. When her brother was at hockey camp that summer, she met Coach Vicky, who said she should play hockey too, and asked her if she wanted to come to Girls Camp. From there, she was hooked; these girls are cool! She played in-house and with the Lady Ducks last year, and was thrilled to score her first goal in last fall’s Girls Tournament in Riverside. Playing defense suits her territorial spirit well, but she is eager to try out other positions, too. She is very happy to be with the girls and part of the Lady Ducks family.

Caroline just turned eight this past December, and is a second grader at Red Hill Lutheran School in Tustin. At school, she loves to read, play soccer with the boys, and cheerleading. She also loves dancing, and music. You can find her before and after school (every day!), in the driveway with her 12 year-old brother, battling for the puck, and taking shots in the net.

16UAAA
Jennifer Jones

14UAAA
Kara Drexler

14UAA
Natalie Dusterhoff

12UAA
Alyssa Dennis

10U
Kamryn Kennedy

8U
Lauren Wasserman

Thea-Marie Sauca - Thea-Marie is a Lady Ducks player for the last four years. As the captain of the 19U team, she takes her responsibilities very seriously; motivating and pushing her teammates to perform at a higher level. She is taking this opportunity as prep to be a leader in the real world. She wishes to play college hockey and strives everyday to achieve her goal.

Thea is very much in love with the sport of hockey. She volunteers at Aliso Viejo ice rink teaching 4-6 years old children the skills of hockey. She also holds a part-time job at the rink, promoting and introducing the skills of skating and hockey to families in the area. She is a senior at Calvary chapel high school in Costa Mesa.

Her work ethic is seen through her accomplishments over the years such as being an honor student in school as well as becoming captain of her team and junior coach at the rink in Aliso. Children at school, church and the rink view her as a mentor and role model because she has a compassionate heart towards kids and a strong dedication toward success in whatever she chooses to pursue. Great effort so far this season!

Jennifer Jones - Jenny is a sophomore at Yorba Linda High School and a first-year 16s player for the Lady Ducks. She has been a Lady Duck since age 9, after playing 2 seasons of in-house and learning to skate in figure skates. Jonesy has made the trip to USAHockey Nationals four times, earning 3 Bronze Medals with her LD teammates! She hopes to pursue her hockey dreams to college, or National team levels!

Jonesy has played EVERY position, including a 2-year stint at goalie. She enjoys singing photography, fashion design, medeling and is involved in Dance at school. She also likes spending time with her best friend Sarah Robello :). Jenny has 2 brothers and one sister, who she is working on every day to become a Lady Duck in a couple more years, when she is 5. Jonesy is well liked by her teammates and has shown great passing and play making skills this fall, in addition to her sharp wit and great attitude on and off the ice. Congratulations on being named the 16s Lady Duck of the month!

Kara Drexler - Kara is in her 5th year with the Lady Ducks, making three trips to USA Hockey Nationals and earning a Bronze medal. She was selected to attend the USA Hockey National Development camp this summer and had an amazing time. She made new “hockey” friends from all across the country and looks forward to tournaments so she can see and play against them. Anyone who knows Kara, knows that she has two different personalities… off the ice, she is a sweet, shy and wouldn’t hurt a fly (literally) kind of girl and on the ice, she is total opposite! She loves her teammates and considers them as family and will do almost anything for them.

When she is not on the ice, Kara enjoys surfing, hanging out with friends, listening to music and sometimes just doing nothing. She is a freshman at Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach. In the summer, Kara volunteers her days at a local surf camp, where she teaches kids to surf.

Natalie Dusterhoff - Natalie is in the 8th grade at Suzanne Middle School. This is her first season on ice and with the Lady Ducks. It is her first time out of the net. She started roller hockey 2yrs ago as a goalie in West Covina and Corona. Outside of hockey she plays softball, soccer, and golf. She enjoys relaxing by reading or watching T.V. But when it is time for hockey practice or games, she wants to get to the rink early. She really likes being around her Lady Duck teammates. Natalie has really improved her skating skills with the help of Coach Caitlin, Coach Jessica Hawkins, and attending the clinics has much as possible. She is looking forward to the Connecticut Polar Bear Tournament in December. We are very proud of Natalie, and she seems to be having a great time.

Kendra Farole - Kendra has followed BIG Sister McKenna (LD 16u's) as a Blue Liner for the Lady Ducks. This year she was selected Alternate Captain to help lead the National bound LD 12u's. Kendra started out a figure skater at age 8 only to turn to the Hockey skates after one year. She started playing with the Boys at age 9 with a tournament team. Her coach and the boys all welcomed her like family and were sad when she left for the Lady Ducks. She made many friends that still keep in touch and play for the OC Hockey Club. Her favorite Moments include her first trip to the USA Nationals in Green Bay (2010), Scoring her first goal with future team mates Pee Wee Trani and Cierra San Roman on team "Human League" Anaheim Ice In-house league (yes, that was 80's band- season!).

Her hobbies include Rock climbing, Bike Riding, Swimming and Go-Kart racing with Dad(still has a long way to go to beat him). She attends Middle School, loves Drama (One of the Stars in the upcoming school play) and Spanish. Her Favorite Hockey team is the LA Kings and has been going to games with her family since she was in diapers.

Alyssa Dennis - Alyssa Dennis is a forward on the 12UAA Lady Ducks team. She has been playing hockey for a little less than a year and can't remember why she spent so many years doing figure skating, gymnastics and dance. (Yeah, why was that????) She really enjoys hockey because it is challenging, fast paced and fun. Alyssa is always trying to sharpen her skills while learning new ones. She loves the fact that hockey isn't about what you look like but how you play.

Alyssa goes to Sowers Middle School in Huntington Beach and she is a straight A student. When she isn't doing homework or playing hockey she is usually playing with her dogs, relaxing, or hanging out with her friends.

Alyssa has a brother who plays goal for the Junior Ducks Hockey program. She claims that she is the reason he plays. They love to take their frustrations with each other out on the ice during stick time. Hockey is definitely Alyssa's favorite sport and she plans to be playing it for a long time. She really enjoys the camaraderie that hockey and her team have to offer and she looks forward to the opportunities and memories that hockey will provide.

Kamryn Kennedy - Kamryn “Kami” Kennedy is in the third grade at Country Hills Elementary School in Brea. Kami is an excellent student; an avid reader who loves to play handball, and tetherball, in addition to playing hockey. Kami earned a CHAMPS patch this year for scholastic achievement. Her sister, Mack, 13, plays on the Lady Ducks 14UAA team, and her brother, Jack, 16, is a former Jr. Duck, now playing on the BCL 16UAA team.

Kami has played two seasons with the Lady Ducks 8U team and is in her first year of SCAHA play with the Lady Ducks 10U team. Kami is still young, but is working hard to get better. She is transitioning from playing defense in the in-house league, to playing forward on the 10U team. She loves to play, hustle, and protect her goalie. Kami scored her first travel hockey goal at the Lady Reign Fall Classic this past October, and looks forward to working hard, and scoring many more goals for the Lady Ducks. She proudly wears jersey number “4,” in memory of her Uncle Mark.

Kami loves going to the rink for practices and games, and likes hanging out with the folks in the pro shop. Kami also enjoys her teammates, and an “occasional” bag of The Rinks’ finest salt and vinegar chips…Ha ha ha ha.... if she can hide them from Coach Kathy!!!

Lauren "Smiley" Wasserman - Lauren is a first year Lady Ducks player who is being recognized by her coach because she works hard and volunteers to play other positions (goalie last game and defense when needed). She is always on time and does whatever assignments she is given to help the team. Lauren is always smiling and has a great attitude, which is how she got the nickname "Smiley" !!! She is in 3rd grade at Villa Park Elementary. Outside of school, Lauren loves reading, playing video games and playing hockey.

Lauren learned to skate when she was 4, and started hockey at age 6. Now at age 8, she enjoys playing street hockey with friends, even when she isn't on the ICE. Lauren's goals for the rest of the season are to learn to skate fast, even when she doesn't have the puck ! Congratulations, Lauren!

16UAAA
Celine Whitlinger

14UAAA
Rebecca Graham

14UAA
Brooke Maggy

12UAA
Devyn Gilman

10U
Ivy Boric

8U
Miya Silva

Nicole Scheu - Nicole started playing ice hockey when she was 12 years old. This is Nikki's first season with the Anaheim Lady Ducks 19U Division, where she has already built great friendships with her teammates. Previously, She played for the Valencia Lady Vipers for two seasons being the top scorer and points leader and also earning the MVP award at the Pacific District Championships in San Jose in 2006. Nikki joined the LA Selects for three seasons, where she continued to be one of the top scorers on her team. Nikki was also featured in the hockey "California Rubber" magazine as a gritty-goal scorer and playmaker in the December 2009 edition. Roller was Nikki's first hockey experience at the age of six and has played on all boys’ teams and with the Calabasas high school hockey team in 2010. She still plays competitive roller hockey with her older brothers, Mark and Brian, in the Advanced Men's Division at the Tri Valley Roller Hockey League in Calabasas, where she is on top of the leader board. Nikki plays basketball and enjoys snowboarding, music, and keeping-up with her friends on "Facebook."

Nikki is a senior at William S. Hart Charter School in Castaic and has a 3.80 GPA. Hockey is her passion, and one of her goals is to play college hockey while studying Earth Science and Meteorology. She volunteers at the Basset/Mix Rescue Ranch in Acton, was a leader with the volunteer group "Put the Biscuit in the Basket," that helps new hockey players learn the sport, and was a youth hockey instructor at the YMCA for four years, earning the "Sportsmanship Award." Nikki has five dogs at home, one Chocolate Lab and four Beagles named Bear, Tiger, Cheetah, Otter and Tonto. Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is her favorite NHL player!

Celine Whitlinger - Celine has played goalie for 4 years. The last three have been with the Lady Ducks. Celine first started playing roller hockey at age 8 as a skater in Oceanside and has grown into a solid goalie. She has been one of the top netminders for the Lady Ducks program for the last 3 seasons and has been selected to the USAHockey National camp in 2009 and 2010. She is a junior at Marina High School in Huntington Beach, CA, where she is taking Honors and AP classes and carries a 3.8 GPA while playing for the Lady Ducks. At the end of her junior year she will be 2 classes shy of her course requirements.

Celine volunteers at the Connections Club which works with special needs children. Her goal in hockey is to have a great time playing a sport she loves and to get a scholarship to an Ivy league college in order to get the best education possible. After college she wants to get a good paying job and get her PHD.

Rebecca Graham - Rebecca is a second year Lady Duck’s player who has made excellent progress these past 2 years. Her speed and hard work have been recognized by coaches this year, already. She switched to ice hockey 2 years ago after playing roller for 6 years. She is a strong defensive player who enjoys and excels playing with and against both girls and boys.

Rebecca is an 8th grade straight ‘A’ student at Santa Margarita Middle School. She loves and excels in Math and is talented in athletics. When Rebecca’s not playing hockey, she enjoys listening to music, reading, SHOPPING and spending time with her new “Westie” Scottie. Keep up the hard work and dedication to both school and hockey and soon you may earn a scholarship to play college hockey. Go Rebecca and Team USA 2018!

Brooke Maggy - Brooke is a first year player in the Lady Ducks program. She has recently moved back to California from Texas and has stepped up as a leader on the 14AA squad. Brooke got her start in hockey after exploring several different activities such as modeling, acting, dance, softball, and soccer. Brooke finally started playing hockey at age 10, where she stepped in and was a natural; as if she had been playing for years. She started playing with an in house league in Arlington Texas called the “Arlington Flyers”. Brooke started in a defense position, then played goalie for a while, then found her passion as a forward. After two seasons of playing with the Flyers, she went on to play with the “Predators” at the Dr. Pepper Stars Center in Euless, Texas. Brooke played left wing and center with the Predators. Prior to our moving back to California, Brooke was chosen to be on a select team, which was the Dallas Stars 14U Boys select.

Brooke was born in Arlington Texas, so moving back to California was a tough decision to make because she had her friends, a great school, and hockey! When we made the final decision as a family, the only question Brooke asked was “can I still play hockey”! When arriving in California the search for a good hockey program for Brooke was a tough one. It was our luck that we were put in contact with Coach Kathy with the Anaheim Lady Ducks. We were very impressed with the program and the time Kathy took with us. Brooke was very excited to also be joining an all-girls team. She has played both forward and defense with the Lady Ducks, with her favorite position being center. She has been with the 14U AA team for only a short time, but the bonding and teamwork that has come into play has been a great experience. Brooke is very focused on her academics. She is in the 8th grade honors program, straight A student, but the minute school is out and the homework is done, she is thinking about when the next time she gets to play Hockey! Her dreams are to play hockey in college and play on the women’s USA Olympic hockey team.

Tia Stoddard - Tia, 12 years old, is the youngest of five kids. She has three sisters and one brother who she takes after when it comes to hockey. She is a 7th grader at Parkway Middle School in La Mesa (SD County). Her favorite subjects are PE and Spanish. Besides having fun with her Lady Ducks teammates, her spare time involves drawing, playing outside with friends, and shooting pucks and hoops. Her aspirations are to someday play for the USA National Women’s Hockey Team and to play for a D1 College. At four years old, she was introduced to developmental hockey which opened the doorway for her love of hockey.

Her first association with the Lady Ducks was when the Lady Ducks 12U team became the 2007 National Champions. Seeing their picture in the USA Hockey magazine, she asked if she could play on a team like this. Having a friend associated with the Jr. Ducks Club, lead us to Coach Kathy. She invited Tia to come to some “drop in” practices which after several times, by surprise, was invited to play with the Lady Ducks at the Connecticut Polar Bears Ice Hockey Tournament on the 10u team. The rest is history. She joins the Lady Ducks for a 4th season. Tia is looking forward to playing with her teammates and bringing home a National Title.

Devyn Gilman - Devyn Gilman is in her first season playing for the Lady Ducks, actually, this is Devyn’s first season playing hockey ever. Devyn has been skating for the past 8 years; however she trained as a figure skater. Devyn has been at Anaheim Ice since she was 3 ½ years old where she has competed as an individual competitor at the regional level and won a sectional championship with her synchronized skating team. Devyn was recognized by her coaches as one of the most improved players on the team and with less than 6 months hockey experience, she is stepping into a strong role for the 12aa squad!

Devyn is 11 years old and is a 6th grader who works hard on her school work and shows a great deal of maturity with all her responsibilities. Devyn’s brother Bryan also plays travel hockey and her involvement with her brother’s hockey and thanks to his Coach, Vicky, she realized playing hockey was something that she would really enjoy doing. After taking up hockey at the in house level, Devyn quit figure skating over the summer and has moved solely to training on her hockey. Devyn is having the time of her life playing for the Lady Ducks she likes her coaches and enjoys all the friends she has made.

Ivy Boric - Ivy is a fourth grader at Waldorf School of Orange County, where Japanese, Spanish, and P.E. are her favorite subjects. An avid reader, she particularly enjoys fantasy books like The Lightning Thief.

She has been playing hockey since she was 4, mostly as a defenseman, picking up goaltending in the last couple of years. She has also been playing soccer the last two years. Ivy has been a standout for the 8u and 10u Lady Ducks for the last 3 seasons. This year she is playing both Defense and goalie and has been dominant in both areas of her game! Great start to the season, Ivy!

Miya Silva - Miya is the youngest of 3 sisters who have all come through the Lady Ducks program. At age 7, Miya is a first year Lady Duck and has already stepped up as a hard worker, hustling to loose pucks, as well as shown the promise of a few fancy moves! After watching her oldest sister Nicole leave for Buffalo State this year as a defenseman, and her sister Justine block the NET for the 14u LD team, Miya took up the forward position, in a sign of independence and has been making solid improvement all summer and early this fall!

Look for Miya to dangle in the Anaheim Ice league this fall and at the next 8u Lady Ducks tournament in January!! Great job Miya.

16U
Annie Pankowski

14U
Jennifer Jones

10U
Ashley Marchant

Amanda Durrer - Amanda Durrer has been playing hockey for 8 years now and has always been inspired to do her best and try new teams by her coach, personal trainer and long time friend Alec Benson-Dunn. This past year was Amanda's first year on a girl's team and it was everything she could have hoped for. The first year Lady Ducks 19s got off to a slow start, but developed consistently throughout the whole season. When Pacific Districts came around Amanda was playing as if it were the Stanley Cup playoffs. Amanda completed Districts weekend with a goals against average of .33 and a save percentage of .991. Amanda continued her stellar performance at Nationals in Lansing, MI letting in only 3 goals in 4 games and shutting out her first opponent. She was selected to compete in the skill's competition as well.

Amanda felt that playing for a girl's team her senior year of high school was vital to her getting noticed by college coaches. As a result Amanda will be attending Clarkson University next year. She hopes to walk on to the hockey team and help Clarkson to another Final Four appearance. She looks forward to school and plans to major in mechanical or aeronautical engineering. Amanda was accepted to the Honors program and plans to partake in a five-week research experience over the summer at Clarkson. In addition to school and hockey, Amanda spends a lot of time and energy giving back to the community with her involvement in her school's Gay-Straight Alliance.

Amanda is just another kid who loves to have fun and laugh with her friends. She is grateful for the awesome experience she had with the Ducks and cannot thank her teammates enough for such a wonderful season.

Annie Pankowski - Annie has been a Lady Duck since the 8u program first began in 2002. While playing, soccer, softball, roller hockey, and mite and squirt boys hockey for the Jr. Ducks Annie managed to find time to jump into the Lady Ducks development teams at both mite and squirt eventually leading to our first 10u team. Fast forward to today and she is in proud possession of 5 USAHockey Nationals medals (including a dominating performance at the 2007 National Championships, helping her team win Gold)!

As a Freshman Honor student at Santa Margarita Catholic High School and first-year 16u player, Annie was one of her team's captains and has continued to elevate her game and the game of her teammates with play-making skills and a dominant scoring touch. Her development and performance this season has led her to return this summer in her 3rd trip to the Girls' National Development Camps and has a shot at making the 18u National team. The upcoming season will have her following in her big sister's footsteps to play on two teams: NAHA and the 16u Lady Ducks. She looks forward to the daily training and intense commitment to her goal of playing for the United States, in the near future and being part of another Lady Ducks team that returns to the National Championships in 2011.

Jennifer Jones - Jenny Jones has been a part of the Lady Ducks since she was age 9. She has been a proud member of 3 Bronze medal winning Lady Ducks teams at USAHockey National Championships. She was a captain of the 14u this past season and has demonstrated excellent leadership by mixing fun, hard work and the idea of team work and unity into making her team the best they could be. Jenny is known for her mild mannered personality but a funny and dry sense of humor. Not only was she strong on the ice but, made a point of bringing her team together and cheering them on when she wasn't out on a shift. Next season Jenny will step up right away into a big role on the 16u team.

Jenny started hockey after converting from being a figure skater at age 6 or 7. She followed in her older brother's footsteps and first skated out, but then took to playing goalie. Jenny is not the only one that is hooked on hockey. She has three dogs, two brothers, and one sister. Her younger brother, James, plays for OC Hockey club, and her older brother, Jaime, used to play goalie. Jenny has played every position from wing all the way to even playing goalie. She has even refereed a couple games. Her little Sister Juliana will be the youngest Lady Duck in History, when she starts skating next year. :) at age 3.

When she isn't at the hockey rink, Jenny likes to hangout with friends, text (wow! surprising!), sing and dance. She is a freshman at Yorba Linda High School. Jenny also loves Disneyland. She would love to play on the US hockey team in the Olympics. She also really likes fashion design and modeling.

Justine Reyes - Justine Reyes is currently a 7th grade student at Townsend Jr. High School in Chino Hills, where she is a straight A student taking honors classes. She enjoys spending her time reading, playing with her cats and playing hockey. She has played roller hockey since 4 years old and started playing travel ice hockey at 5. She just completed her 8th ice hockey season. Her first 5 years she played on a boys team and 3 years ago, she became a Lady Duck.

Justine has made many great friends playing with the Lady Ducks including forming friendships at Nationals with girls from other teams. "Reyrey" as she is affectionately called, is known for her quiet leadership and is very wise beyond her years. She led her team with Gretzky-like vision on the ice, heads up passing and more than 15 games with multiple points. Reyrey has always been known to lead by example and work hard to be coachable and make everyone around her better. She enjoys going to the rink each day, smiles through the practices and pushes herself to be better. Her goal is to play hockey in college and someday for Team USA, perhaps 2018?

Ashley Marchant - Ashley Marchant is a defenseman who plays on the 10U Lady Ducks hockey team. She has been with the Lady Ducks organization for the past 3 years. She loves the game of hockey and looks forward to going to the rink for practice or games. Ashley is a defensive defenseman who thinks of her team and teammates before herself which has been a great example to her whole team. She always has a smile on her face win or lose. Her skill set has taken a huge step forward in her development as a hockey player. Ashley stepped up big this whole season by taking what the coach would say on the bench and working to apply that idea or skill on her very next shift. This is a big risk for every player who wants to become better (and the core philosophy of developmental sports) and Ash set the example of this at every opportunity.

Ashley is a third grader at Peters Canyon Elementary School in Tustin, California. She enjoys reading and spending time with her family. Ashley plays softball when she isn't playing hockey. She has a sister Lilli who is on the Lady Ducks 12U AAA team, a brother who is on the Anaheim Junior Ducks Mite team and a brother named Bradley who just turned 1 year old.

Ashley loves the game of hockey. She truly enjoys going to the rink. Congratulations for your hard work and enthusiasm all year!

16U
Sarah Robello

14U
Nicole Langley

10U
Cierra SanRoman

8U
Lizzie Johnson

Hannah Smith - Hannah has played hockey for 12 years and this was her first year playing for the Lady Ducks after playing previous 3 years for a U19 AA team out of Portland, OR. This year Hannah led the Lady Ducks 19's in goal scoring and total points but did so stepping into the team as a tournament player most of the time and missing out on the week to week schedule. She was integral in the team's 5-0 run at the Pacific District Championships and a 3-2 effort at USA Hockey Nationals, leading to a Bronze Medal Finish!

Hannah is finishing her senior in high school as well as attend Eastern Washington University in Cheney, WA as a Running Start student. She is dual enrolled so as to begin to earn college credits and high school credits at the same time. When she graduates from high school in June Hannah will already have her AA (general requirement package). It has changed my high school experience but allowed me to get my first two years of college done with, free of charge. She currently holds a 3.8 GPA in college as a full time student with 18 credits

Hannah enjoys working at her family's hockey store and working at Starbucks. Both jobs have given her some great experiences. She also enjoys doing outdoor activities like playing golf, roller blading, hiking, and playing softball. Hannah has been thrilled with her experience as a Lady Duck this season and is grateful for the opportunities which she has been given. This was a great season! Congratulations to Hannah on a great season and good luck at North Dakota next year!

Sarah Robello - Sarah has been a standout in both her years as a Lady Duck, helping her team to their last two Bronze Medal finishes at USAH Nationals (14u and 16u). Sarah plays forward and is known for her stickhandling and quick hands around the net. She worked hard developing her playmaking skills and power play success. This has been a big year for Sarah and her hard work has paid off, leading to a lot of interest among colleges in the east as the future looks bright for her academic and hockey opportunities.

Sarah has finally moved to Southern California after an exhausting commute to and from Las Vegas for the last 5 years. She now attends high school in South Orange County, living in Laguna Hills. Most weeks Sarah can be seen working on her skills on the ice and is often seen off ice studying Spanish to perfect her accent and chatting on FB with her teammates and friends.

Nicole Langley - Nicole has been playing hockey since age 5 and has been a Lady Duck since 10 and under. She has skated both defense and goalie over the last 5 seasons but goalie is her favorite position. Nikki had her best season to date, improving her Goals against average during the second half of the season to 2.2 gaa. Nikki has worked hard to develop her game and although she's quiet, she has let her glove and blocker do the talking, making the Pacific District Select 14s camp this spring.

Nikki lives in Huntington Beach and loves spending time at the beach , surfing and hanging out with her friends. Nikki enjoy playing beach volleyball and participates in the Huntington Beach City Jr. lifeguard program every summer. In school she enjoys participating in all the school sports and played on the 7th grade volleyball team, basketball team, cross country and track and field teams, all while maintaining a 3.7 gpa. When not at school or the beach she likes to hang with friends and listen to music or watch movies. Congratulations Nikki on a great Spring!

Baylee Trani - Baylee Trani has been a part of the Lady Ducks program since the beginning of the 8u program back in 2005! Baylee has played 3 years of 8u, 3 years at 10u and just finished her 2nd year at 12u (often playing on two age groups at once!). Baylee has spent most of the last 6 years setting an example of hard work and high skills

Baylee is 12 years old and is 6th grader at Sowers Middle School in Huntington Beach with a grade point average of 3.85. Baylee earned her nickname the day she was born weighing 1 Pound 12 Ounces born at not quite 6 months. She was in the NICU in Pomona Valley for 86 long days, coming home at a whole 4 Pounds 10 Ounces on a heart monitor and oxygen. The doctors told her family that she had 80% chance of not making it, but little did they know she had a lot of life left in her!

Peewee has played for the Lady Ducks program since she was 7 ½ years old playing on the first ever Lady Ducks 8U in-house team. Baylee is very competitive and runs Cross Country at her school and earned MVP for the 6 th through 8 th Grade Girls, as well as, First Place in her two meets. She practices her wrestling moves with her brother, as well as shoots 50 pucks every day in the driveway. Mimicking the smallest player on the 2009-2010 Women's National Olympic Team, Erika Lawler, who is rostered at a whole 5'0" tall, Peewee too aspires to play in the Olympics one day. Baylee loves to cook, her favorite hockey player is Teemu Selanne, favorite television show is Wizards of Waverly Place, and one of her favorite songs is "Bottom of the Ocean" by Miley Cyrus.

Cierra SanRoman - "CC" was three months old when she saw her first Ducks game. Little did her parents know that those expensive season seats would turn into an even more expensive hobby. At four years of age she asked her Mom if she could play hockey. Mom said, "Sure you can", and signed her up at then Disney Ice for learn to skate classes naturally believing that she would gravitate into figure skating. Much to her parents' surprise, after several months of lessons she continued to insist that she wanted to play hockey. So Mom signed her up for Hockey Tot classes with Coach Mike thinking it would last maybe two weeks at most. Well 6 years later the only thing that has changed is our one day a week trip to the rink has turned into a seven day affair.

This season Cierra goalied for the Lady Ducks 10U team; played forward, defense, and goalie for her Anaheim Wildcats Squirt A team; and played forward and defense on the Lady Ducks 12UAA team. She also expanded her horizons this year by playing softball and basketball at her school and was awarded the "Rising Star" award by her basketball coach for most improved player. Cierra continues to be active in Girls Scouts where she is working toward her Bronze Award and despite her many activities she continues to work hard at her studies where she has maintained a 4.0 grade point average at Holy Family Cathedral School. Mom and Dad are proud of you "CC"!

Lizzie Johnson - Lizzie started ice initiation last year in April. This year she played on in-house team and in the 8U tournaments. She started skating at age of 5. When she is not playing hockey she enjoys figure skating, ballet and taekwondo. Her twin brother also plays hockey. The Lady Ducks coaches are especially proud of her hard work in hockey and her willingness to learn new things and listen to her coaches. Although Lizzie is quiet, coach Kathy once heard her say something funny at a game 3 months ago. (ha ha...). We are sure that will wear off eventually.

Lizzie is eight years old and a second grader at Villa Park Elementary. She is a top speller and likes writing and art. Her favorite color is pink and her favorite song is Love Story by Taylor Swift. Congratulations on a great season this year!

16U
Celine Whitlinger

14U
Paige Gast

10U
Ivy Boric

8U
Maddie King

Allison Collins - This is Allison's fourth season with the Lady Ducks. She is a senior at Murrieta Valley High School where she takes AP and advanced courses. Has a 3.5 GPA. Will be attending Plymouth State University next year and playing hockey at their new rink. During the summers she goes home to Newton,MA to lifeguard,and teach swimming lessons. She also enjoys playing nightly badminton games during the summer. She volunteers every week at the Iceoplex in Escondido teaching hockey to little kids. She has an older brother who plays lacrosse for New England College and a younger brother who plays for the 16AAA gulls along with 2 dogs. Allison has loved playing on Lady Ducks.

Celine Whitlinger - Celine has played goalie for 4 years. She spent her first year with Cal Selects and then came to the Lady Ducks and has played here for three years. Celine first started playing roller hockey at age 8 as a skater in Oceanside and has grown into a solid goalie. She is a sophomore at Marina High School in Huntington Beach, CA. She is taking honors and AP classes and carries a 3.7 GPA while playing for the Lady Ducks. She volunteers at the Connections Club which works with special needs children.

Her goal in hockey is to get a scholarship to an Ivey league college and get a good education. After college she wants to get a good paying job and maybe go to the Olympics

Paige Gast - This is Paige's 4 th year in ice hockey and 3 rd year as a Lady Duck where she was chosen to be one of the Captains two if the three years. She has been to Nationals three times and very proud to have brought home a bronze medal. She enjoys dancing and listening to music in the locker room with her teammates but when her skates hit the ice, it's all business as she's very competitive. Paige is a freshman at Fountain Valley High School where she maintains a 3.0 GPA and has enjoyed picking up a new sport this past year, field hockey. She still continues to play soccer, loves snowboarding and would like to add La Cross to her list of sports.

Cayla Barnes - Cayla is proud to say she has been involved in the Lady Ducks Program for the past 6 years, the last 3 years as a full time player. She also plays for the Squirt A Stars. She is an offensive Defenseman for both her teams and has tried to pattern her game after Scott Neidermeyer of the Anaheim Ducks. He just happens to be her favorite Ducks player with Ryan Getzlaf a close second. In her free time she plays travel soccer for the Foothill Storm U11 team. She Currently attends Clara Barton Elementary school in Corona where she is a 4.0 G.P.A. student.

Cayla's hobbies include drawing, playing all sports and being active, and playing with her dog GiGi. Her favorite color is Purple. She is excited to go to Green Bay, Wisconsin for 12U National Championships to compete against some of the best talent in the U.S. and bring home a National Championship to Anaheim.

Ivy Boric - Ivy, who has been playing hockey since she was 4, enjoyed her time this season playing for both the Lady Ducks 10u and 12uAA teams. The past two seasons, she has also tried her hand at playing in net on two in-house teams. One of the highlights of her season was getting to stand on the ice next to Jonas Hiller for the national anthem at Honda Center for California Hockey Day.

Ivy is a third grader at Waldorf School of Orange County, where her favorite classes are P.E. and Spanish. When she's not practicing her stick handling, most of her free time is spent reading and listening to music. Favorite bands include Modest Mouse, White Stripes, Queen, and Journey. Ivy's favorite Ducks are Todd Marchant and James Wisniewski, whom she watches to learn positioning.

Maddie King - I have been playing for the Lady Ducks for 3 seasons now and loving it. I was happy to play with the 8's and 10's this season. My most exciting moment is when I scored the game winner against the Sharks in one of the 8's games in Sam Jose. I had my 9th birthay in February and I'm in third grade. My favorite subject is math and I am a straight "A" student now that I am actually getting grades. I love all types of music but Taylor Swift and Paramore are my favorites.

16U
Courtney Burns

14U
Bailey Robertson

10U
Julia Freeman

8U
Sophia Cloonan

Theresa Thompson - Theresa is a first year Lady Duck, and is currently playing on the 19u AA team. She started playing hockey when she was six years old. When Theresa received a Top Scorer and MVP award in roller hockey, at the age of ten, she decided it was time for a new challenge and switched to ice hockey. She always shows up to her hockey games and practices with a smile on her face and eager to play and practice. She is currently a freshman at San Dimas High School, and maintains a 4.2 GPA. Theresa hopes to major in pre-law and become a sports attorney, and play college hockey. During the summer, Theresa plays volleyball and basketball to help her stay in shape for hockey. She also plays tennis and is on her high school tennis team.

Theresa has played in many hockey tournaments, including the “Stick It To Cancer” tournament in Minnesota to support the fight against breast cancer. Although Theresa is relatively short for her age, she plays with the determination and mindset that allows her to compete against players of any age or size. Theresa is always mindful that, despite all of her individual effort, her success is due in large part to the support of her coaches and her team players (and of course the past couple of years of training with Don Johnson).

Courtney Burns - Courtney is a Sophomore at Desert Christian High School, in the home school department. She is 15 and will be able to start driving soon. She is the youngest of three children. She is very active and since she was little would climb a tree and jump from it. She was the daredevil of the three of them.

She has been playing hockey since she was three when her skates were too big because they didn't make them as small as her foot. She began in roller and switched to ice in 2004. She has always played forward and loves being on the ice. We always joke that if she were cut open she will bleed hockey....she has a passion for the game. This is her fourth year playing club ice hockey. Her first year was playing up on the U14 Lady Vipers, then 2 yrs on the U14 LA Selects. This is her first year with the Lady Ducks, and she is improving every time she hits the ice.

Bailey Robertson - Bailey started playing roller hockey at 9 years old and moved to playing on ice by age 11. She really loves the sport and has enjoyed the last 4 seasons playing on girls’ teams. When not on the ice Bailey is always working on her shot or her stick handling. This season has been a break out year for Bailey who has begun playmaking with greater consistency and earning more ice time, penalty kill time and raising her individual skills in all areas.

Bailey is very active and has played basketball, soccer, softball and most recently ran cross country for Villa Park High School where she is a freshman. She also studies hard and maintains a 3.5 GPA. Bailey hopes to play ice hockey for the Lady Ducks through high school and continue playing in college.

Alyssa Valentine - Alyssa Valentine is in her 5th season with the Lady Ducks. Still a month away from her 13th birthday she is already over 5’8”, which is one of the tallest girls on any of the Lady Ducks teams. As a 9 year old, playing on the 10s/squirt B team, another SCAHA parent was once overheard saying, "they allow the 12 year old girls to play down in the squirts, so the girls teams are competitive". ha ha ha ha ha....Alyssa was 9.

She was first on the ice at 15 months old and she was actually able to stand on her own. She began skating regularly while she was 2 years old and first played hockey when she was 4 years old. Alyssa has received coaching from a number of different people, including former NHLers Craig Johnson & Daryl Evans, over the years and worked extensively with Lady Ducks coach Vicky Wang the past several years refining her edge control and shooting techniques. Originally a defenseman, Alyssa now usually plays forward. She possesses a strong scoring ability and a powerful shot while always being mindful of back checking and covering the defensive zone. In her most recent tournament in San Jose Alyssa had 7 goals including a hat trick against a team from Vancouver. She also put in the tying goal, with 5 seconds left, in the Championship game against St. Louis.

She attends the Pegasus School in Huntington Beach where she is on the honor roll and is also a standout volleyball player. congratulations, Alyssa and I think you are 5'9" this week!

Julia Freeman - Julia Freeman is thrilled to be chosen as a Lady Duck of the month. Julia is 10 years old and in the 4th grade APAAS program at Turtle Rock Elementary in Irvine. Her favorite subjects in school are reading and writing (although she enjoys PE and music too). In addition to hockey, Julia also plays soccer and piano.

Because of her brothers Julia has been around hockey for most of her life, but she didn’t try it herself until a year ago last summer. Getting off the ice in Aliso after that first 3-on-3 clinic she declared hockey to be “AWESOME!” She loves playing winger and passing the puck to her line-mates. One of her favorite parts of the game is back-checking and popping the opponents’ sticks to mess up their play. When cheering on the Ducks she always watches for Corey Perry, George Parros, and, of course, Trainer Todd. She feels lucky to be part of the Lady Ducks program and hopes to graduate to 12U next season. Because of her involvement with the Lady Ducks, Julia (along with some of her team-mates), had the opportunity to appear in a commercial for the Chevrolet Traverse crossover vehicle. The commercial features young hockey players and was filmed over the last couple of weeks. Watch for it to be aired during the Olympics.

Sophia Cloonan - Sophia has been surrounded by hockey since before she was born. With both her older brother and sister playing hockey it was only natural for the "rink rat" to join her siblings and play the game she learned to enjoy. Sophia started ice skating when she was 3 years old in hockey gear of course and has been playing ever since. Her first team she played on was the San Diego Saints in-house mini-mite team. She has been "hooked" ever since. She could not hide her excitement when we asked her if she wanted to play on the Lady Ducks 8U team. She realized at that point that she would finally play in a tournament and get to put her hockey bag on a plane to San Jose. After being a spectator for her siblings so many times she finally felt the excitement of being the player.

Sophia is quite competitive and has a drive to win not only in sports but in school as well. She has played baseball for 2 years and had the opportunity to be the only girl in the league that played in the championship game taking second place. But, give her a challenge in school and she will do everything she can to win there as well. Sophia enjoys reading many different types of books and has exceeded all her reading goals to this point. She has also received numerous awards in school; Super Student and reading awards. Sophia's other interests include riding rollercoasters, Wii sports, fishing and cooking (she makes the BEST pancakes!).

16U
Thea-Marie Sauca

14U
Rachael Goodrow

10U
McKenna Webster

8U
Hannah Labbe

Justine Duran - Justine is a sophomore at Alhambra High School. This is her 4th season playing hockey. She played 3 years as a Pasadena Maple Leaf and 1 year on the LA Select team. Two years as a Leaf, her team won SCAHA which was a great experience for her. Justine has demonstrated a strong work ethic this season and has improved every month this season. Justine is enjoying her first season as a Lady Duck and just loves playing hockey! Keep up the good work and set your goals higher and higher. Congratulations.

Thea-Marie Sauca - Thea-Marie started playing hockey when she was 10 years old. She has been with the Lady Ducks for the last three years. Thea loves the sport passionately. She volunteers at a local ice rink to coach 4-7 year old children, teaching them the skills needed to become hockey players. A junior in high school, she maintains a 3.7 GPA putting her on the honor roll for school while holding down a part time job at the Ice Palace in Aliso Viejo and competing nationally in martial arts. On top of her sports and academic responsibilities, she also hopes to start volunteering at local hospitals to help out however she can.

Thea-Marie is a brown belt in American kenpo; undefeated in her division. However, opponents are difficult to find since there is a “mean girl from hockey” dominating the division….

Thea hopes to play college hockey in the future and keeps her grades up in order to do so. She also loves playing in the adult league during the summer, competing against college level male hockey players and enjoying every minute of it.

Rachael Goodrow - Rachael has been a Lady Duck for 6 seasons! She started in the 8u development program in 2002 and has not looked back. After starting in roller hockey in Kindergarten, Rachael moved to ice and learned quickly that she needed to switch from being a right shot to a Left shot... so she switched her shooting curve and her wheels for blades and took her crazy legs onto the ice. Good things have happened as Rachael has been a positive team role model and a smiling face on the ice and in the locker room. She is a member of the last two Pacific District 12u Champion teams, and helped her team earn a bronze medal at Nationals in 2009.

Rachael is solid in the classroom and has a 3.78 gpa which hopefully will take her to UCI for college (or maybe RPI, or Colgate where they have a hockey team?!). Rachael particularly likes the backdoor passing plays, and her cool studder step move that she has been working on (nice goal on Saturday!) and hopes someday to use her dazzling skills in the court room as an attorney. Great effort out there!

Rebecca Graham - Rebecca is a first year Lady Duck’s player who has made excellent progress this past year. She switched to ice hockey after playing roller for 6 years. Rebecca is a 7th grade straight ‘A’ student at Rancho Santa Margarita Middle School. She loves and excels in Math and of course P.E. She is a strong student in school and is a versatile player who enjoys and excels in both offense and defense. In the spring and summer, the boys seem to enjoy having Rebecca play on their Gold roller NARCh team. When Rebecca’s not playing hockey, she enjoys listening to music, snowboarding and spending time with her new “Westie” Scottie. Keep up the hard work and dedication to both school and hockey!!

McKenna Webster - McKenna Webster is 10 years old and in 5th Grade at Robinson Ranch Elementary School in Trabuco Canyon. Her favorite subjects are math and science. She first started skating when she was 5. At 7 she skated the Ottawa canal 5 miles with her family. She got her first stick that winter and started hockey at Aliso. The next season she found the Lady Ducks and played on the 8U team. This is her second year with the 10U and loves hockey more every year. She plays tough defense and loves to help out her teammates. Her favorite players on the Ducks are Scott Niedermayer, JS Giquere and of course Trainer Todd . She plays softball in the off season and keeps busy camping and hiking with her family.

Hannah Labbe - Hannah is 8 years old and is in second grade. This is her first year with the Lady Ducks and she is loving every minute of it. She was so excited to play with an all girls team of her own age. She has played hockey for two years (with the boys) and started skating at the age of 5. She has two brothers, one older and one younger, that also play. Her first goal was scored in a tournament last year with her Mite B team, a wrist shot off a nice pass from the corner. Her most memorable hockey moments are skating at Staples Center between periods at the Kings game, and having Brian Salcido (Ducks Defenseman) tie her skates at a power skating clinic. When she’s not playing hockey, Hannah likes to play with her dog “Z” (zamboni), jump on the trampoline and read. Her favorite subjects in school are Math and P.E.

16U
Lynndy Smith

14U
Jenny Jones

10U
Ashley Sabers

8U
Iman Shepard

Amanda Forsyth - Amanda is in her 4th season with the Lady Ducks. She is Captain this year and hopes to lead her team to a 19uAA National Title. Amanda has shown strong leadership qualities this season and is not only a leader on this ice, putting the puck in the net and play-making but, she is also doing a great job bringing her team together. Amanda is a senior at Ayala High School where she maintains a 3.70 G.P.A. while taking honor classes. She is on the Cross Country team and the Track and Field team at her school. She works hard to keep in shape and runs 7-9 miles a day with her Cross Country team.

She plans on attending a college where she can continue playing hockey and run cross country. Her plans are to major in Child Psychology and Criminal Psychology and earn her Masters. Great work this season, Amanda

Lynndy Smith - Lynndy is a first year Lady Duck player, coming out of Arizona and driving to CA on weekends to play with the team. Lynndy started playing hockey near her home when she was about 6 years old, was invited to a birthday party, along with her brothers, at that same building. I think the moment her skates touched the ice, she was hooked. Lynndy started figure skating and advanced quickly through the learn to skate program. With her dad coaxing her to, “come play hockey so you can beat up the boys” and her having TWO older brothers, was just too much for her to pass up. She was asked to try-out for a Mite travel team and Lynndy never looked back. She would figure-skate in the mornings from 6:30 to 8:30 am and then get to school a little late a few days a week. Then she would play hockey in the evenings a couple of times a week with games on the weekend.

She eventually gave up figure-skating when she was about 9 or so. Her commitment to hockey had grown and she would rather go to stick-time as opposed to practice figure-skating moves. Everyone could tell, she just loved hockey so much more and she loved playing with the boys. Her Peewee AA year she was asked to compete in the “Got Skills” competition for Arizona, she was the only girl there. She won her division in Fastest Skater and 2nd place in Hardest Shot. That entitled her to advance to the National Competition, where again, she was the only girl. In the Fastest Skater she placed 3rd overall and that was with a 1 second penalty for a re-do after having fallen during the 1st go, otherwise she would have won the National Fastest Skater title. When she was eligible for the U.S.A. Development Camp, she’s qualified at both the state and regional level and advanced to the National Camp in Rochester, NY for her 14th and 15th years.

In school, Lynndy attends a charter school, Arizona Conservatory for Arts and Academics where she has a 4.5 grade point average due to her advanced classes. She is president of her schools National Honor Society and was just chosen as Citizen of the Month. She is in the advanced arts class and one of her drawings was used for the school’s 2008-09 yearbook. She plays the in the advanced drums and guitar classes, although she’s completely shy about playing for anyone. She’s committed to playing hockey at the highest level available to her and is not afraid to work hard to get to where she wants to go. She played Mite through Bantam AAA with the boys and currently continues to practice with local teams in Arizona while playing for the Anaheim Ducks. She misses playing with her male friends, but is elated with the new friends she’s made on her new Ducks team and girls from the National Camps. Regardless where the opportunities in hockey take Lynndy, I know she will be a better person for having been a part of this team.

Jenny Jones - Jenny has played for the Lady Ducks since 10u and is the captain of the 14u team this season. She is a Freshman at Elsinore High school and has a 3.3 gpa. Jenny has been part of five USAHockey National Bound teams and earned three bronze medals with those teams, which is a great accomplishment. She started in hockey after moving over from figure skating for a couple years as a 6 and 7 year old.

Jenny enjoys dancing and is involved with a dance group at school. She enjoys hanging out with friends and reading when she's not on her way to and from the rink on the long drive from the Inland Empire.

Gabbie Monaco - Gabby has been playing with the Lady Ducks and SCAHA youth hockey on and off for a few years now. She is enjoying playing and has shown hard work on the blue line this year. As far as short-term goals for hockey, Gabby wants the Lady Ducks to win Nationals this year. A long-term hockey goal of hers is to play in the Olympics. Gabby had a funny thing happen to her during her first year playing ice hockey. Her squirt team won the essay contest to skate with the Ducks. Of course she was thrilled! I believe that was Ryan Getzlaf's first season. Anyway, they were doing a quick scrimmage with a few of the players, and somehow Getzlaf ended up down on the ice in front of the net. Gabby landed on top of him, and remained there, not letting him get up! Luckily Ryan was a good sport about it, and they both sat there and laughed. That's one hockey memory that will stay with her for quite some time.

Gabby's favorite subject in school...math (she originally said P.E. ...not sure why she changed it.) A goal that Gabby has set for herself in school is to get A's in spelling (somewhat of a challenge for her :o) Gabby hates tomatoes and fish, and her favorite color is yellow.

Ashley Sabers - Ashley Sabers is 10 years old, and is a 5th grader at Carden Academy of Huntington Beach. Her favorite subject is science. Ashley started playing roller hockey around the age of 6 and then decided to follow her big brother over to ice hockey. She started in the Lady Ducks 8U program and has made great progress in her two years as a Lady Duck. Outside of hockey she loves to cook, read and ride her bike with friends.

This is her second year on the 10U’s and she loves every minute of it!! Ashley loves her friends and teammates and her favorite LD memory is the sleepover at Coach Caroline’s house.

Iman Shepard - Iman is a new addition to the Lady Ducks 8u program this season and comes with more than a year's hockey experience! She is a speedy stay at home defenseman (not if coach Kathy can get her to jump up into the play!!). Iman listens well and tries hard on every shift (including practices). Iman was seen smiling endlessly during the Lady Ducks Fall tournament and really enjoyed the friendships she has started playing with the girls. She began figure skating at age 6 but decided to move over to the hockey world instead because of the Team competition.

Iman attends the 3rd grade at Valentine Elementary School, where her favorite subjects are Art and Physical Education. Iman's favorite hockey moment was when she stopped a break away in a play off game last season in the final seconds. Her team went on to win the GAME! Her favorite Ducks Player is Saku Koivu and she loves playing hockey with her girl's team because her boys team likes to tease her... silly boys!!! When she's not playing hockey, Iman enjoys soccer, reading ("The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" and the "Dear Dumb Diary" series) and art.

16U
Megan Crandell

14U
Kiyono Cox

10U
Cannady Talegheni

8U
Marissa Gebauer

Amanda Durrer - Amanda is a 17 year old senior at The Archer School for Girls in Los Angeles. She has played organized hockey for 7 years, and goalie for all of those except one. In the last two years, she has led her team to a runner up spot in the SCAHA finals and the CAHA playoffs. She has multiple shut-outs to her credit. Her first game as a Duck was against her former boys' team, the West Valley Wolves, and although the Lady Ducks lost, Amanda faced 61 shots in the first 2 periods and only allowed 7 goals.
Amanda not only looks awesome in her Ducks goalie equipment and custom painted goalie mask but she's dominating in the net and aspires to play Division I college hockey and looks forward to a great season with the Lady Ducks. Congratulations, Amanda, on a great first month of the season!

Megan Crandell - Megan has been playing hockey for almost 10 years. She switched to ice hockey last year. This is her second season with the Lady Ducks. Since retiring her "backwards hat" over the season, Megan spends lots of her time straightening her hair and finding ways to decorate with pre-wrap.
When not playing for the Lady Ducks, Megan attends Troy High School and is "captain" of her volleyball team. She loves to snowboard in the winter, BMX, and still plays roller hockey in the summer with the boys and plays goalie for her mom's team (no threat Katie and Celine). Megan would love to play college hockey and plans on becoming a trauma room surgeon.

Kiyono Cox - Kiyono is half Japanese (named after her great grandmother). Kiyono was born in Vancouver, Canada, but moved to Japan when she was 2 until she was 7. She learned to skate there and upon coming to the US (Chicago) she spent the first 2 years figure skating before switching to hockey as a second year squirt. In addition, she can be found frequently visiting her Canadian cousins in Winnipeg for some of that freezing "au naturale" kind of hockey. She moved to LA in the summer of 2008 and goes to Culver City Middle School.
Kiyono Shoots Left and has a knack for playing a more offensive style from the Blue line. She played last year for the Peewee A Jr. Kings and the prior 3 years for the Northwest Chargers in Chicago. Kiyono has quickly stepped into girls' hockey as a strong player and has made a big impact on her team already this season. Congratulations, Kiyono!

Cami Sullivan - Cami is 11 years old, and is a 6th grader in California Virtual Academy, L.A. She donned her first pair of hockey skates at age 4 and continues to love to play the game of hockey. This will be Cami's third year with the Lady Ducks and she has made many good friends from this experience. Her most memorable times spent with her team are the "sleepovers". Cami's favorite championship win was last season with the LD 10U Team in Connecticut. This season, she is proving on the ice that "size doesn't matter".
Cami is known for her enforcer-like attitude and hard work on every shift. She is very coachable and demonstrates that hard work pays off as the most improved player on the team, early in the season. Way to go, Cam!

Cannady Talegheni - Cannady Taleghani is a 10 year old from Rancho Santa Margarita, CA. She discovered ice hockey during the Ducks 2007-2008 season when they brought the Stanley Cup to Anaheim, CA. She got her first stick and rollerblades that Christmas and by spring, 2008 was on her first roller hockey team with California Street Hockey. She advanced that summer to 949. In the spring of 2009, she followed her brother’s footsteps onto the ice and played in house at Aliso Ice Palace. It was there she developed her love for the ice, and when it was suggested to her she should be a Lady Duck, she knew that was what she wanted to do.
This is her first season with the Lady Ducks on the 10U team, and she has loved every minute of it. Cannady is a great listener and is the most improved player on the 10s so far this season, even earning a "Hat Trick" in her first girls' tournament! Great effort, Cannady!

Marissa Gebauer - Having two older brothers that play hockey, Marissa has been a frequent visitor of hockey rinks since she was very young. So it was of little surprise when about two years ago Marissa informed us that it was time to buy her a hockey stick. Beginning with her first few steps on the ice, Marissa has had nothing but fun and her love for the game grows every time she puts on her skates. Becoming a member of the Lady Ducks has doubled her enjoyment and opened the door to a world of friendships and memories that have only just begun.
At home Marissa is busy with school, her friends and her cat. She’s always the first to answer the door, pick up the phone or get into the car when it’s time to go somewhere. She often disappears into the garage where she practices shooting pucks or playing mini-hockey. When Marissa teams up with her brothers she’s frequently forced to put on the goalie gear which probably explains why one of her favorite players is Jonas Hiller. No matter the time of day or what she’s up to, it’s a rare moment when you find Marissa without a big smile on her face!