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Welcome to the
Pittsburgh Puffins site!
The Pittsburgh Puffins are a recreational women's ice hockey team
made up of women ages 20 to 63 with various ability levels. We play to learn and
have fun! The Puffins began in 1998 and are a founding member of the
Pennsylvania-Ohio Women's Hockey Association (POWHA). We compete in its lower
division as well as play games against area teams and travel to tournaments
around the US and Canada.
For more information about the Puffins, please check out
our About Us section.
Puffin merchandise can be purchased at the
Team Store (red items) or
SHOP NOW (10th anniversary items).
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2009-2010 Puffins |
2009-2010 POWHA League Record 0-8-2
Overall Record 3-14-3
Pow-Pow-POWHA
April 10 and 11, 2010
The Puffins gathered in Columbus for the POWHA Tournament as they traveled by car and plane from Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Peru. The Chiller North Ice Rink, a wonderful new arena with clean bathrooms and a safe in each locker room, hosted the weekend games.
Game one was against a very familiar opponent, the Cincinnati Rising Stars II. It was an exciting offensive showdown, despite the 8:30am start time. In this evenly matched contest, goalie Nicole Redmond faced 23 shots while the Puffins had 22 and each team had one penalty. It was 1-1 after one period with a goal by Ginger Morris on an assist by Marcia Metz. This dynamic duo did it again with help from Amanda Thornton this time to make it 3-2. With crossing passes from Kaysie Strang, and Janine Maxeiner, Amanda scored to tie the game. The RSII kept scoring and took a 5-3 lead into the last minute. With 37.9 seconds left in the game, Coach Carlson pulled Nicole and sent in an extra attacker. In a hard fought battle in front of the net that lasted 34 seconds, Ginger, assisted by Amanda and the rest of team, scored her third goal for a hat trick. The Puffins were unable to score again in the final 3.3 seconds so the game ended 5-4 and the Puffins fell into the consolation game bracket the next morning (8:30am again!).
Game two was played against the Dayton Fangs, who also lost the day before. This penalty-plagued game was tied 1-1 (Amanda unassisted) in the middle of the first period. The Fangs outworked the Puffins for three more goals- shorthanded, even, and power play- to take command of the game by the middle of the third. The action got more physical at the blue line and continued until a Puffin was intentionally checked from behind into the boards, resulting in an injury to Kaysie and a game misconduct for the Fangs player. The Puffins season ended a few seconds later as a 5-1 loss.
At the tournament banquet Saturday night, Amanda was recognized as a POWHA all-star. Congratulations, Amanda, on your 26 point season of 19 goals and 7 assists! In the banquet raffles, Marcia won a set of beer “stains” and Carolyn Kitchens won some toiletries. Champps and Applebees were honored with our presence for team meals. Do all restaurants with double p’s have slow service and confused wait staff?
Many thanks to Mikki, Kelley, Jenn, Sue and Ron, unofficially known as our traveling PUF-FANS. It wouldn’t be half as much fun without you.
Marcia, can you hear me? If you were in Columbus, you know what I mean.
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