Senior Goalie of the Year top 10 finalists announced

 

 

MINNEAPOLIS ­­— Let’s Play Hockey newspaper announced today the 10 finalists for the 2009 Let’s Play Hockey Senior Goalie of the Year Award, presented to the top senior girls’ high school hockey goaltender in Minnesota.

 

The 10 finalists combine for a 2.38 goals-against average, a .919 save and a grade-point average of 3.56. The 10 finalists for the Let’s Play Hockey Senior Goalie of the Year Award are as follows, in alphabetical order:

 

Finalist                    School

Laura Bellamy           Duluth Northern Stars

Kaye Collier              Hibbing/Chisholm

Chelsey Froseth        Roseau

Cara Gulbronson       Edina

Jessica Havel           Grand Rapids/Greenway

Zinka Krivdic            Robbinsdale Armstrong

Kayla Lange             Anoka

Liz Maidl                  Rochester Century

Jessica Newstrom     Cambridge-Isanti/Mora/Pine City

Alexi Warnecke         Silver Bay/Cook Co./Two Harbors

 

The top five finalists for the Senior Goalie of the Year Award will be named in the Feb. 12 edition of Let’s Play Hockey with the winner announced at the Ms. Hockey Awards Banquet on Sunday, March 1 at 11 a.m., at the St. Paul RiverCentre. The top 10 finalists for the Ms. Hockey Award were also announced today. The five finalists for Ms. Hockey will be named in the Feb. 19 edition of Let’s Play Hockey. Both awards are sponsored by Let’s Play Hockey and the Minnesota Wild.

 

In addition to on-ice talent, criteria for the Senior Goalie of the Year Award include academics, community/extracurricular activities, citizenship and coachability.

 

The 2007 Let’s Play Hockey Senior Goalie of the Year Award winner was Alyssa Grogan of Eagan. Other past winners include: Ashley Nixon of Blaine (2007), Allana McCready of Centennial (2006), Johanna Ellison of Cloquet/Esko/Carlton (2005), Emily Brookshaw of Hill-Murray (2004), Robin Doepke of Chaska (2003), Amber Hasbargen of Warroad (2002), Jody Horak of Blaine (2001), Shari Vogt of River Lakes (2000) and Katie Beauduy of Blaine (1999).

 

Other awards that will be presented at the banquet include the Let’s Play Hockey Senior Goalie of the Year Award, which goes to the top senior goalie in girls’ high school hockey, as well as the Minnesota Girls High School Hockey Coaches Association’s Coach of the Year, and All-State and All-Academic Award winners for the 2007-08 season.

 

For more information on the Ms. Hockey banquet, call Let’s Play Hockey at 612-729-0023.