Sarah Joy Carlson has played hockey in Pacific District for many years.  She has won the Humanitarian Award and in our opinion is just an awesome person.  She is an Emergency Room nurse traveling overseas to Africa for a year to do medical missions and has provided us with her blog address which is http://www.sarahjoycarlson.blogspot.com/.

Sarah says, "I grew up, the oldest of seven kids, in Kenny Lake Alaska, a population of about 400 people.  Hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, playing hockey, climbing mountains, Triathlons, playing the guitar and piano, singing, watching the northern lights, and pretty much any adventure are some of my favorite activities.  I moved to Boston to play Ice Hockey at Boston college.  After graduation stayed in Boston and have been working in the ER downtown, as well as volunteering as an assistant Women's Ice Hockey coach at BC.  I am a follower of Jesus and am so excited for a year volunteering overseas with medical missions to see what God teaches me and where he will lead and guide me.

News about an opportunity for women to try out ice hockey in the San Francisco bay area. The women's hockey league, the Northern California Women's Hockey League (NCWHL), hosts an event called "Give Hockey a Try Day" (GHATD) twice each year to introduce more women to our sport. GHATD is usually a 1.5 to 2 hour event where the league provides donated gear to all participants and coaches to teach them how to skate, pass, and shoot. During the second half of the event, players are divided into 2 groups and have a full-ice pickup game so everyone can try out all their new skills. There are also have a few spots for women who'd like to try out being a goalie (the league provides donated gear for this also), and there is a dedicated goalie coach who leads them through drills before the pickup game.  Click here for a copy of the flyer:
Give hockey a try

Or go to www.ncwhl.com for more information

Female Pacific District Tournament – March 5 – 8, 2009 in Fairbanks, Alaska

Bring your winter clothes!!!!  We are going up North this year.  The last time Fairbanks hosted this tournament, the crew up there did a remarkable job.   I don’t doubt that the same experience (maybe even better than before) will be had by all the participants again this year! 

Girl's /Women Tournament Update (Games/Scores) 

Girl's / Women Schedule 

The mandatory coaches meeting will be held Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at the Big Dipper Ice Arena at 7:15 p.m.  Yumi McCulloch is the tournament chairperson and can be reached at 907-978-2627.  Her email address is Mcculloch@acsalaska.net.  All games will be played at:

1. Big Dipper Ice Arena, 1920 Lathrop Street, Fairbanks, Alaska.  Contact: Linda Ingham  907-459-1068 or lingham@co.fairbanks.ak.us
2. UAF Patty Center Ice, 803 Alumni Drive, Fairbanks, Alaska.  Contact: Kara Armstrong 907-474-6888 or karmstrong@fs.uaf.edu
3. Polar Ice Center, 1087 Dennis Road, North Pole, Alaska.  Contact: Bill Master  907-488-9525 or polarice@alaska.net

The 2008 Pacific District Female Select Camp took place  May 8 - 11, in Mountlake Terrace, WA.  The best US players from California, Alaska, Nevada, Oregon and Washington born in year groups 1994, 1993, 1992 and 1991 were invited by their respective State affiliates to this year's event.  The girls all worked hard to impress the evaluators in consideration of invitations to the National Select camp to be held later this summer.

Those selected are listed on our Select Camp section:

Pacific District Select Camp

Alaska Affiliate Female Select Tryout Date – January 3 – 4, 2009 at Dempsey Ice Arena, Anchorage, Alaska

Once again this year this tryout will take place at the Dempsey Ice Arena in Anchorage.  All USA hockey registered girls will be eligible to participate with the birth years of 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992.  Registration will be online with payment made via paypal.  The cost of the tryout will be $60.00 per skater.  You must declare one position in which to skate – there will be no opportunity to switch once the registration has been completed.  If you are unable to attend the affiliate tryout, you must tryout in either another District or within another affiliate in our District.