DVHL-15U Phantoms Girls  2001-2002 Season

"When you're playing against a stacked deck, compete even harder.". . . . Don Coryell

"There are only two options regarding commitment. You're either IN or you're OUT.
There's no such thing in life as in-between.". . . . Unknown

DVHL-15U Phantoms Girls 2001-2002 Games
Date		Time	Game #	Opponent	Rink	Result
Sun	9/23/01	8:15 - 9:45 AM	Non-League	Quakers 15U	IceWorks	W	7	1
Sun	9/30/01	7:15 - 8:45 AM	Non-League	Quakers 15U	IceLine	W	8	2
Sun	10/7/01	10:30 AM - Noon	Non-League	Hershey 15U	Twin Ponds East	L	2	6
Sun	10/14/01	2:00 - 3:15 PM	League	Hershey Bears	IceWorks NHL4	W	2	1
Sat	10/20/01	7:15 - 8:30 AM	League	Quakers	IceWorks NHL1	W	7	0
Sun	10/28/01	8:45 - 10:15 AM	League	Hershey Bears	Twin Ponds East	W	4	3
Sat	11/3/01	10:15 - 11:45 AM	Non-League	Lawrence Ladybugs	IceWorks NHL4	L	1	6
Sun	11/4/01	5:45 - 7:00 PM	Non-League	Lawrence Ladybugs	IceLand, NJ	L	2	7
Sun	11/11/01	2:00 - 3:15 PM	Non-League	Reston	IceWorks NHL4	T	3	3
			November 23-25, 2001 2001 Hershey Bears Thanksgiving Holiday Tournament Hershey, Pennsylvania		Girls U15 Hershey Girls U15 Island Waves Delco Prince William Lawrence Montgomery
Fri	11/23/01	2:30 - 3:45 PM	Hershey Bears  Tournament	(15G1) Hershey/ Delco	HERSHEYPARK ARENA	L	2	4
Sat	11/24/01	1:30 - 2:45 PM	Hershey Bears  Tournament	(15G6) Delco/ Montgomery	HERSHEYPARK ARENA	L	1	2
Sun	11/25/01	12:45 - 2:00 PM	Hershey Bears  Tournament	(15G9) Delco/ Pr William	TWIN PONDS EAST (POND 2)	W	5	3
Sun	12/2/01	2:00 - 3:15 PM	League	Quakers	IceWorks NHL4	W	11	5
Sat	12/8/01	7:15 - 8:30 AM	Non-League	Nassau Wildfire	IceWorks NHL1	L	1	9
Sat	12/15/01	10:45 AM - Noon	Non-League	Reston	Skate Quest of Reston	W	3	1
Sun	12/16/01	2:00 - 3:15 PM	League	Hershey Bears	IceWorks NHL4	T	2	2
Sat	12/22/01	1:00 - 2:15 PM	Non-League	Chester County 15U	Upland Rink	W	6	3
			December 27-30, 2001 Connecticut Polar Bears Tournament   15 & Under B
Fri	12/28/01	7:00 AM	Central	Tidewater Ice Angels, VA	Loomis	L	0	1
Fri	12/28/01	12:00 PM	Central	CT Polar Bears White	Loomis	L	0	3
Sat	12/29/01	9:30 AM	Central	Chelmsford, MA	NH Coliseum	L	0	4
Sat	12/29/01	3:10 PM	Consolation	Lady Monarchs, NH	Northford	W	4	1
Sat	1/5/02	4:15 - 5:30 PM	League	Montgomery Blue Devils	IceWorks OLY	W	2	1
Sun	1/6/02	8:15 - 9:45 AM	League	Montgomery Blue Devils	IceWorks OLY	W	2	0
Sun	1/13/02	8:15 - 9:30 AM	Non-League	Nassau Wildfire	Iceland	L	2	7
Sun	1/20/02	7:30 - 9:00 AM	League	Quakers	IceLine	W	10	4
Sun	1/27/02	2:00 - 3:15 PM	Non-League	Chester County 15U	IceWorks NHL4	W	5	2
Sat	2/2/02	6:20 - 7:50 PM	League	Montgomery Blue Devils	Rockville/Arc	L	1	2
Sun	2/3/02	8:40 - 10:10 AM	League	Montgomery Blue Devils	Rockville/Arc	L	1	4
Sat	2/9/02	7:00 - 8:30 PM	League	Quakers	IceLine	W	7	0
Sun	2/10/02	11:45 AM - 1:15 PM	League	Hershey Bears	Hershey Arena	L	2	4
			February 16-18, 2002 Phantoms Girls President's Day Tournament Aston, Pennsylvania
Sat	2/16/02	1:00 PM	15U Division	Montgomery Blue Devils	IceWorks-1	T	3	3
Sat	2/17/02	12:30 PM	15U Division	Glaciers	IceWorks-1	L	1	6
Sun	2/18/02	10:00 AM	Playoff	Montgomery Blue Devils	IceWorks-2	W	2	0
Sun	2/18/02	2:00 PM	Championship	Glaciers	IceWorks-3	L	0	3
			DVHL PLAYOFFS (see table below for game line up and scores)
Sun	2/24/02	9:30 - 11:00 AM	DVHL PLAYOFFS	Hershey	Hollydell, NJ	L	2	3

"The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.". . . . Babe Ruth

"I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it.". . . . Gale Sayers

"A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.". . . . Unknown

Head Coach Nick Slagis	Background Coaching youth sports for the last eight years. Coaching women and girls for the last four years. One of the founders of the TWHL women’s developmental hockey league that plays out of Aston. Coached the Philadelphia Freeze A Team for the last two years. Last season the Freeze won the MAWHL championship, defeating the 2000 and the 2001 Women’s USA Hockey National Champions to win the MAWHL championship. In addition to coaching girls, Coach Slagis also has experience coaching boys elite travel hockey at both the squirt and pee wee levels. Certification as a USA Hockey Official. Favorite quote: "If that comes down, you've gotta game misconduct..."  King Clancy, legendary player and ref, to Babe Pratt after Pratt tossed his glove high into the air protesting Clancy's call.
Assistant Coach Mike Vito	Assistant Coach John Reiser	Student Coach Kaitlin Hein
Managers	Patty Fredricks Rick Zappa

GIRLS 15 & UNDER

    The 15 & under girls team had a memorable season. The girls finished first in the DVHL regular season standings, and were first runner up at the DVHL Championship. The players all contributed to our offense, and each player worked to hustle back on defense.
   Captained by Melissa Kelly, this team saw terrific play at both ends of the ice each game from alternate captains Mallory Zappa and Amanda Giampapa. The puck seldom ventured into our zone when Claire Slagis and Marina Meunier provided strong forechecking. Accurate passing by Amanda Fedrick, Sammy DiSabitino and Kaitlin Suplee helped our offensive plays. Katlin Suplee and Melissa Kelly both earned a playmaker patches for their outstanding puck movement. Our explosive offense was lead by strong shooting and stick handling of Samantha Navis, Marikate Letts, Erin McAliffe and Jamie Goldsmith. Samantha, Erin and Melissa all earned hat tricks patches this season for "Putting the biscuit in the basket."
   On defense, Christina Verdi, Emily Reiser, Alex Huestis, Caitlin Coppock, and Amanda Vito did a great job of keeping the puck a very long way from out net. Their strong positional play rarely allowed other teams to get a good look at our goalie. Additionally, their outstanding ability to get the puck out of the zone quickly enabled our offense to get a jump up the ice.
   Our goalies, Samantha DiSabitino and Erin McAuliffe stopped difficult shots, and breakaways for us all season. They were both rock solid and each recorded shutouts, earning them coveted shutout patches from USA Hockey.
   Mike Vito, John Rieser, and Caitlin Hem very ably helped coach the team. They brought a great sense of enthusiasm and energy to practices and games. They shared their knowledge of the game generously, and helped the girls develop good fundamental skills that they can build on for the rest of their hockey careers. I cannot thank them enough for the work that they did for the team.
   Rick Zappa and Bob Suplee were an enormous help getting all the nitty gritty details taken care of at practices and games. They insured that we had scorekeepers, penalty box help, pucks and water bottles at every game.
   The team was privileged to have a team manager who was without a doubt the best one I have ever had the good fortune to work with. Patty Fedrick was nothing short of remarkable.
   The girls began this season as a group of individuals with one thing in common, an unrelenting fondness for hard work. They finished the season a unified team, the kind of team the exemplifies why the Phantom's organization is a special place to be. They won with pride, and effort. The respected their opponents in each and every game. The times they lost, they did so with poise, congratulating their opponents and thanking them for giving us a good game. Most importantly though, the girls valued each other's abilities on the ice, and were fantastic friends with each other off it. They hung together through thick and thin, and everything in between.
   We ended every practice with a circle around the rink, and a cheer. Here the last cheer of the season, from your parents, the coaches and the club. . . "Well done girls! Very, Very, Well Done!"

Last updated 03/11/2004