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1999-00 St. Ben's's Women's Hockey Preview
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Last year 11-15 Overall, 4-6 MIAC, 4th Place

College College Information

School: College of Saint Benedict
Chartered/Founded:  1887/1913
Location: St. Joseph, Minn.
Enrollment: 1,940
President:  Mary Lyons, Ph.D.
Athletic Director: Carol Howe-Veenstra
Team nickname:  Blazers
Colors:  Red and white
Arena name (capacity): Claire Lynch Hall, 1,000

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Coaching Staff
Head Coach: Tom Peart (first year)
St. Cloud St. '81
E-mail to: tpeart@csbsju.edu
Assistant Coaches: Bill Kelly, Ben Shanahan

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Sports Information
Mike Durbin
Office phone:  320-363-5073
Home phone:320-252-5999
Fax:  320-363-6098
Email:  mdurbin@csbsju.edu
www.csbsju.edu/csbsports/sbteam.html

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 1998-99 game by game results |
11-15 Overall, 4-6 MIAC, 4th Place
Dec. 7 Monday St. Cloud State A W, 3-1
Dec. 9 Wednesday Gustavus H L, 2-1
Dec. 14 Monday UW- River Falls H W, 9-0 KJNB
Dec. 31 - Jan. 2 East Meets West New Year's Hockey Celebration   Augsburg Ice Arena
Dec. 31 Thursday Bemidji State University Augsburg W, 6-1
Jan. 1 Friday Weleyan A L, 0-4
Jan. 2 Saturday RPI A L, 2-7
Jan. 9 Saturday St. Catherine's A W, 9-0
Jan. 15 Friday Gustavus A L, 6-2
Jan. 23 Saturday UM- Duluth A W, 3-2 (OT)
Jan. 24 Sunday UM- Duluth A L, 3-2
Feb. 3 Wednesday St. Catherine's H W, 9-1
Feb. 5 Friday Augsburg A L, 4-2
Feb. 13 Saturday St. Mary's H L, 4-3 (OT)
Feb. 14 Sunday St. Mary's H L, 1-0 KJNB
Feb. 27-28 Saturday-Sunday MIAC Final Four Augsburg Ice Arena
  Sat. Augsburg vs. St. Mary's   St. Mary's 3 Augsburg 2 (2OT)
  Sat. Gustavus vs. St. Benedict   L, 4-1
  Sun. St. Benedict vs. Augsburg   L, 5-2 Tournament Boxscores
  Sun. Gustavus vs. St. Mary's  Gustavus 10 St. Mary's 4

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1999-2000 Schedule |
Saturday November 6 Bemidji State A 2:05 PM
Friday November 12 UW-River Falls H 7:30 PM
Saturday November 13 UW-River Falls A 3:05 PM
Tuesday November 16 St. Cloud State A 7:05 PM
Wednesday November 24 UW-Superior H 7:30 PM
Wednesday December 1 St. Catherine's A 7:30 PM
Saturday December 4 St. Catherine's H 3:00 PM
Friday December 10 Hamline H 7:30 PM
Saturday December 11 Hamline A 7:05 PM
Friday December 31 RPI (NY) A 11:00 AM
Sunday January 2 Union A 12:00 PM
Monday January 3 Findlay A 3:00 PM
Saturday January 8 UW-Superior A 7:00 PM
Friday January 14 Concordia H 7:30 PM
Saturday January 15 Concordia H 1:00 PM
Friday January 21 Augsburg A 7:05 PM
Saturday January 22 Augsburg H 2:00 PM
Friday February 4 Bethel H 7:30 PM
Saturday February 5 Bethel A 7:30 PM
Friday February 11 Gustavus H 5:00 PM
Saturday February 12 Gustavus A 7:00 PM
Friday February 18 St. Thomas A 7:30 PM
Saturday February 19 St. Thomas H 3:00 PM
Friday February 25 St. Mary's A 7:05 PM
Saturday February 26 St. Mary's A 12:05 PM
Friday-Saturday March 3-4 MIAC Play-offs TBA TBA
Friday-Saturday March 10-11 MIAC Play-offs TBA TBA

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Brief Player & Team Information
Last year 11-15 Overall, 4-6 MIAC, 4th Place
 

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Returning Players
C-Paula Vogt, D-Elizabeth Hancock, RW-Katy Rollwagen, C-Shannon Kegley, LW-Aggie
Wawra, G-Kristen Blumberg, D-Katie Dierkhising, LW-Kelly Wegwerth, RW-Allison
Notermann, RW-Amber Wegwerth.

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Key Newcomers
D-Alison Holland, RW-Caitlin Kelly, C-Lauren Silus, G-Maluszka Slabinski.

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Key Player Losses
D-Anne Joswiak
 

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Season Outlook/Notes:
by School's SID

The College of St. Benedict Blazers move into their third season of play with an extremely positive outlook.  Following a successful inaugural season and a second season that saw the program grow in leaps and bounds the Blazers look to build on a 22-23-2 overall record.  The Blazers also have a new look behind the bench as Bill Kelly and Tom Peart have switched roles. Peart and Kelly, along with student assistant coach Ben Shanahan put great effort into recruiting and brought in 10 talented first year players to go with 10 returning letter winners.

The new Blazers add a great deal of speed, scoring ability and mobility, as well as creativeness in the attacking zone and solid play in the defensive zone.  St. Ben's will throw two new forechecks and a new power play at their opponents this coming season.  Fans of the game will see a great deal of puck movement and aggressiveness all over the ice, but they will also recognize the legacy of the past teams, namely- tenacity, an incredible work ethic and the ability to have fun playing the great game of hockey.  St. Ben's is ready to step up and become one of the premier women's Division III College ice hockey programs in the state.

The Blazers open up their season on November 6th, with a non-conference game at Division I Bemidji State University and the first home game is November 12th, versus the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. St. Ben's first conference opponent is the College of St. Catherine on December 1st.  The favorites in the MIAC are Augsburg College, the first ever varsity team in the state of Minnesota, Gustavus Adolphus College, and St. Mary's University.  All three are returning a core group of players that have great skills and extensive experience and all three tied for the first ever MIAC Championship. St. Ben's, with their experienced returning players and influx of new talent, look to challenge for the conference title in the 1999-2000 season. St. Thomas and St. Catherine look to be improved this season and Bethel and Concordia-Moorhead will join the conference as first year teams.

Next year the MIAC will have at least one new team added to the conference, as Hamline has stated that they will compete as a varsity team in the 2000-2001 season.  The top four teams, based on the season long standings, will compete in the first ever MIAC Women's Ice Hockey play-offs at the end of the regular season.  An added incentive is that the winner of the MIAC play-offs gains an automatic berth in the National Championship sponsored by the American Women's College Hockey Alliance, which will be held in Boston in late March.

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Preseason Roster
Preseason Roster
# Name Yr. Position Hometown/High School

1 Kristen Blumberg So. Goaltender St. Paul, MN./Cretin-Derham Hall
2 Elizabeth Hancock So. Defense Minnetonka, MN./Minnetonka
4 Caitlin Kelly Fy. Forward Minnetonka, MN./Hopkins
5 Lauren Silus Fy. Forward Long Lake, MN./Orono
6 Amber Wegwerth So. Forward Maplewood, MN./Roseville
7 Katie Wenck Fy. Defense Eden Prairie, MN./Eden Prairie
8 Tara Krohn Fy. Forward Bemidji, MN./Bemidji
9 Shannon Kegley So. Forward St. Paul, MN./South St. Paul
10 Katie Dierkhising So. Defense Blaine, MN./Blaine
11 Kelly Wegwerth So. Forward Maplewood, MN./Roseville
14 Beth Podvin Fy. Forward New Brighton, MN./Totino-Grace
15 Liz Farrell Fy. Defense St. Paul, MN./Cretin-Derham Hall
16 Katy Rollwagen So. Forward St. Paul, MN./Visitation
17 Stacy Roers Fy. Defense Fargo, ND./West Fargo
18 Aggie Wawra So. Forward Corcoran, MN./Rockford
19 Alison Holland Fy. Defense White Bear Lake, MN./White Bear Lake
22 Paula Vogt Jr. Forward Richmond, MN./Rocori
25 Allison Notermann So. Forward Shakopee, MN./Shakopee
30 Maluszka Slabinski Fy. Goaltender Arlington, VA./Bishop Ireton

Head Coach: Tom Peart (1st Year)
Assistant Coach: Bill Kelly
Assistant Coach: Ben Shanahan
 
 
 
 
 

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