Here's what she had to say...
Where are you from?
Flint, MI
Women's ice hockey along with many other women's sports continues to live in the shadow of men's sports. Do you feel that women's sports will ever be viewed as equal?
Will women's sports and men's sports ever be viewed as equal, no I do not think so. However, there is a continual rise each year in the amount of women participating in "men's" sports. I do not think that women get the respect that they deserve among male athletes who play the same sport as them. However, there is always the debate about how men are just bigger, faster and stronger. Which in fact, when it comes down to it, is completely true. Will a WNBA game ever be sold out, I highly doubt it but the fact that more and more fans are going to the games at least, makes a huge statement about women in sports in general.
What has been your greatest accomplishment in your hockey career and in your college career?
My greatest accomplishment in my hockey career has been skating with the USA National Under 22 Team. It was a great honor and privilege to be thought of as one of the top 40 skaters in the nation. As far as goes, I was picked anomalously to be on the all rookie team for Hockey East, and received Rookie of the year, for Northeastern. Last year I was also awarded the Reggie Lewis Award. Then about a day after that I was informed that I was a nominee for the Black Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in Canada..so that was awesome.
With your upcoming weekend with Niagara, on paper, your team should dominate, however last year you split the series. How do you prepare to play at the level you know your team is capable of playing?
This week has been focusing on our power play and our transition game. After coming back from a very successful road trip in Minnesota, our team realized that we can compete with anyone. The hard thing about that is now, we must maintain that mind set throughout the rest of the season. We have to buy into the game plan that we have set for our team.
What are your plans after graduation?
After graduation I plan to be working for a major pharmaceutical company or within one such as Johnson and Johnson..either within drug retail, research or chemical makeup.
What is your best memory of Northeastern to this point?
It was a very humbling experience to receive the Reggie Lewis Award. I mean I will always remember the goals I scored or the awesome plays, but to receive that award was truly a humbling experience.
Something you'd like other's to know about you:
I have two younger brothers, Mani 16, Raurie 12, a dog named Riley and a bird named Carlsie. My favorite color is red, my favorite number is 11 because of Mark Messier..And i have been that number since I started playing hockey when i was 5 because of him...
Lady Huskies fall to Niagara in weekend series
On paper and after a promising weekend in Minneapolis one would like to think that the Lady Huskies would run the table on this weeks opponent, the Niagara Eagles. After traveling over 8 hours on a bus the Eagles swooped into Boston this weekend to sweep the Lady Huskies in a two game set. Saturday afternoon the Lady Huskies took one on the nose 6 to 4. The Huskies got two goals from Senior Captain Nikki Petrich. Freshmen forward Kristi Kehoe (below left) notched her second goal of the season while the Massachusett's native, Annie Hogan grabbed her first of the season early in the third period. The Huskies entered the third period of Saturday's game down 2-1, but were able to find the back of the net three times to take the lead 4 to 3 with 12:30 left. But 30 seconds later Niagara's Venla Heikkila tied the score at 4 each, then, only 19 seconds later the Eagles Frances McPhail slipped one by Senior goalie Sarah Belliveau to take the lead for good. Niagara added an empty net goal late in the period to top off the Huskies for the night.
The Lady Huskies luck didn't fair any better Sunday afternoon at Matthews Arena. The Niagara Eagles came to play once again and beat the Huskies 5-2. The Huskies got goals, again, from Nikki Petrich and Kristi Kehoe, but the action came from the Eagles Junior left winger Ashley Riggs. Riggs scored all 5 goals for the Eagles and that gave her a total of 6 goals on the weekend. Husky Freshmen goalie Leah Sulyma made 16 saves in the effort this afternoon. The one-two punch of Petrich and Kehoe seemed to be working for Northeastern this weekend as they combined for 8 points in battle with the Niagara Eagles. This weekend dropped the Lady Huskies overall record to 0-4-1. Northeastern returns to action next Saturday at Matthews Arena at 2pm when Hockey East foe University of Connecticut comes to town. The Lady Huskies only play one game next weekend before traveling to upstate New York the first weekend in November to play RPI.
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