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) 1 www.durhamregion.com THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, JANUARY 15,2003 PAGE 11 Efjc Canabtan Statesman Sports ObfemSfHOCKEY • Fri., Jan. 17, 7:35 p.m. vs Brampton • Sun., Jan. 19, 6:35 p.m. vs Owen Sound MANY TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR BOTH GAMES! mm Oshawa Civic Auditorium fùE^SÉi] 99 Thornton Rd. S. iHpckevJ , n . . Qn =. 7 oo.= Info.: 905-728-5163 Clarington's Award-Winning Newspaper Since 1854 January 15,2003 infodurhamregion.com Rickard digging in as a Badger Bowmanville hockey player in junior year of scholarship at University of Wisconsin BY BRAD KELLY Staff Writer BOWMANVILLE - Statistics don't lie, but they don't necessarily tell the whole story either. That's the scenario that best describes describes the past two seasons for Bow- manville's Karen Rickard, who is in the third year of a four-year scholarship scholarship with the University of Wisconsin women's hockey team. ; After an impressive freshman season season in 2000-01 in which she potted •15 goals and added 12 assists in 33 games, her point production tailed off in her sophomore year.. In 35 games, she had 10-6-16 totals. ; But those totals can be attributed to the team's poor start to the season, stumbling out to an 8-8-2 mark before before finishing strong with a 22-11-2 record overall. The lower point totals Karen Rickard: Emerging as one of the leaders of the University of Wisconsin women's hockey team. were felt throughout the team, as her numbers placed her third on the team in goals, seventh in total points. "We just didn't have any offence the first half of the year, and I was playing a different role," says the 21- year-old while making a brief stop at her Bowmanville farm during a tour Mark Johnson: 'In the time I've had her she has made a lot of improvements in her game.' that took the team through New York, Montreal and Brampton. Included in the itinerary was a pit stop in Bowmanville Bowmanville last Thursday, where the entire entire team enjoyed a home-cooked meal at her home before departing for Toronto. In assessing her first two seasons of university hockey, Rickard doesn't use goals and assists to gauge how she has played. "If you go game by game and can say you played really well more times than you can say you didn't play well, then that's a good season." Life at the NCAA Division I school has been "a lot of fun" says Rickard, playing in the Western Collegiate Collegiate Hockey Association against Bemidji State, University of Minnesota, Minnesota, Minnesota-Duluth, Minnesota State, Ohio State University and St. Cloud State University. Currently in its fourth season, the women's program hired former NHLer Mark Johnson as head coach for this season, bringing a "whole new attitude to the game" says Rickard. His resume includes stops with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Minnesota North Stars, Hartford Whalers, St. Louis Blues and New Jersey Devils during an 11-year career. He was also a member of the 1980 Miracle On Ice team that captured a gold medal for the United States at the Olympic Games in Lake Placid, N.Y. He describes Rickard as a "strong player and excellent skater" who has "great work habits." All three elements have led to Rickard getting some extra time on the power play and penalty killing units. "I think the combination of those three things allows a coach to have confidence in her in a lot of different situations," says the 44-year-old. "In the time I've had her, she's made a lot of improvements in her game, and hopefully she'll continue to do that." When the agricultural business management student wraps up her collegiate career after next year, she's unsure what her future holds on the ice. But she has no thoughts of following following in the footsteps of Hayley Wickenheiser and playing professionally professionally in a men's league. "Right now I think people are pretty pretty content with what's being offered," she says of playing with the national women's team or professionally in the National Women's Hockey League. But in the case of Wickenheiser, "If she can play (in the men's league), let her play," Rickard shrugs. Eagles trade losing streak, not players Seven-game losing skid stopped with 5-2 win over Bancroft Hawks BY BRAD KELLY Staff Writer ; BOWMANVILLE - The Bowmanville Bowmanville Eagles didn't make any deals at the deadline, but did manage to make à trade probably even more important at this juncture of the season. ; The struggling Provincial Junior A 'Hockey League club traded a seven- game losing streak for a one-game winning winning streak with a much-needed 5-2 home ice victory over the Bancroft Hawks Sunday. • As last Friday's trade deadline came rind went, the Eagles decided to take a pass on making any moves, opting to head into the remaining seven games of the regular season and playoffs with what they've got. General manager Perry Bowles said he was proactive and had some deals pending prior to the Jan. 10 deadline. But all of that changed with the return of leading scorer Matt Caruana from the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles of the Quebec Major Junior League, and goal- Pcrry Bowles: Content with roster as trade deadline passed. tender Rick Miller from the Sudbury Wolves just prior to the trade deadline. "We had some interest from a team in the West (Conference) for (goaltender) Daryl (Bouchard), but they weren't offering offering anything that was of any interest to us," said Bowles. As the midnight deadline approached Friday, Bowles said there were some "sporadic" calls from other teams discussing discussing trade, but nothing of any significance. significance. Sunday's victory, that ended a losing streak dating back to Dec., 15, and the passing passing of the trade deadline had little correlation, said coach Curtis Hodgins. In fact, he said the uncertainty surrounding surrounding roster moves at the trade deadline wasn't a topic of discussion discussion in the dressing room. "The players know the deadline and how things work and they maybe were a little uptight," he offered. "We've got pretty good depth right now and are starting starting to get healthy. I'm pretty happy with what we've got. "We looked to see if there was anything we could add, but it would have been tough to let somebody else go be-t cause they are all good kids and guys we want for the future." future." Sunday's win improved the Eagles to 17-19-5-1 on the season as they trail the sixth place Hawks by three points in the East Conference standings. Games this weekend include include a stop in Syracuse to face the 3-35-1-1 Stars Friday, Friday, followed by a home date with, the 29-10-2-1 Trenton Sting Sunday at 6:30 p.m. THE SCOOP - Scoring in Sunday's win were Nick Stacey (11th, 12th), Jason Speight (25th), Derek McGrath McGrath (9th) and Sean Brackin (9th). 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