ARCTIC FOXES: 2003-2004 NEWS ARCHIVE

"Hotels of Choice" for the Annual Cross-Checking Colon Cancer Women's Ice Hockey Tournament

2003-2004 NEWS ARCHIVE

ARCTIC FOX JAMIE ULION ORGANIZES THE FIRST ANNUAL COLON CLUB CONCERT

RESULTS ANNOUNCED FOR 4TH ANNUAL CHAMPLAIN SHOOTOUT SENIOR WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT FINALS BY TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR AIMEE VIEIRA

Novice division:
1-2 The Saratoga Storm defeated the DFO Octopucks 3-0 for the championship.
3-4 Middlebury Mystix defeated Northern Lightning in a shoot-out after regulation ended in a 3-3 tie.
5-6 TFS Dingo was awarded a forfeit win against the Arctic Foxes Rec, who won 3-0 during the game. The forfeit win was awarded because the Foxes had to borrow three players from their D division team in order to play the game.

D Division:
1-2 Team Kelsen defeated the Arctic Foxes 2-0 in a close fought match, where the second goal was an empty-netter scored in the last 30 seconds.
3-4 Cutting Edge defeated the Westchester Wildcats 3-1 to take third place.
5-6 The Sting defeated the Americans 3-0 in the consolation bracket.

C/DD Division:
1-2 The Adirondack Avalanche defeated the Ravens in a shootout after a 0-0 tie in regulation. WOW!
3-4 Tuckerman's Breakaways defeated the Syracuse Blades in a shootout after a 2-2 tie in regulation. Wow!
5-6 The MA Storm team defeated the Philadelphia Freeze C team 4-1.
7-8 The Hatfield Predators defeated the Delaware Phoenix 4-0.

CC Division:
1-2 Spax-Bourret defeated the Rochester Susan B's 7-0.
3-4 The Rhode Island Panthers defeated the MA Nighthawks

B Division:
1-2 The Blues of Dorval defeated the Motherpuckers in a shootout after a 1-1 tie in regulation.
3-4 The Mosquitos defeated the Philadelphia Freeze B team 8-1.

BB Division:
1-2 The Cheetahs defeated the Lightning 3-2.
3-4 The Merrimack Valley NoStars defeated the Middlebury Otters 3-0.

THE TEAM SPIRIT AWARD GOES TO THE DELAWARE PHOENIX, as does recognition for the coolest jerseys!

THE HAPPIEST TEAM AWARD GOES TO THE ARCTIC FOXES REC, who smiled, laughed, and had fun, even when they lost by big margins!

THE BEST POST-GAME LOCKER ROOM BEVERAGE AWARD goes to Team Kelsen, for Sunday morning mimosas!

STORM ROLLS ON

A revamped Saratoga Storm team rained on the Arctic Foxes Travel Team's parade on Sunday, March 28 at the Vernon Arena in Saratoga Springs, NY. The Foxes were held scoreless in the 3-0 loss to end the regular season schedule with a record of 2-5-1. Always spirited matches, the two teams may get a chance to revisit their rivalry at the 4th Annual Champlain Shootout Senior Women's Tournament in Burlington, VT.

SHORT BENCH, TALL ORDER

Only eight skaters and a goalie were able to make the trip to Cairns Arena in South Burlington, VT on Saturday, March 13 to face the Northern Lightning, but those who went were glad they did. Despite the lack of manpower, the Arctic Foxes Travel Team played an exciting game and were able to keep pace with the Lightning for most of the 45-minute match-up. Goalie Denise Krohn made some key saves to keep the Foxes in the game while Therese Van Stralen lit the lamp for the Foxes' lone goal in a valiant 3-1 effort. Carrie Sullivan had a strong game at wing in her debut with the Travel Team. Both teams celebrated afterwards at The Windjammer and made plans for at least two more contests over the summer.

DEJA VU FOR FOXES

In their second meeting this season, the Arctic Foxes Travel Team was shut out 1-0 by the Syracuse Blades at the Clifton Park Ice Arena on Saturday, February 28. The highly anticipated rematch saw goalie Kim Morrissette put in another tremendous effort with 29 saves. In special teams, the penalty kiling unit remains at 100% while the power play unit continues to show some sparks.

FOXES FALL TO GRIZZLIES

The Arctic Foxes Travel Team fell to the Utica Grizzlies 6-0 at the JFK Arena in Utica, NY on Sunday, February 22. After a rough first period allowing three goals on 16 shots, the defensive corps, led by the inspired play of Sue Karpovich, held Utica to only eight shots in the remaining two periods.

MCMASTER BRINGS HOME THE SILVER

Arctic Foxes Travel Team defenseman Molly McMaster helped the Adirondack team capture the silver medal at the Empire State Games in Lake Placid, NY on Sunday, February 22.

KROHN GETS BIG WIN

Goalie Denise Krohn came up big in net with a 7-3 win against the Saratoga Storm on Sunday, February 15, at the Vernon Rink in Saratoga Springs, NY. Krohn had 20 saves in her first full game in net for the Arctic Foxes Travel Team. The flurry of Foxes goals came from Stacey Caruso-Sharpe, Sue Davis, Deb Jackson, Therese Van Stralen, and included a hat trick by Molly McMaster.

FOXES SUFFER FIRST LOSS

In a nail-biter, the Actic Foxes Travel Team fell to the Syracuse Blades 1-0, in Cicero, NY, on January 24. Kim Morrissette was stellar in goal for the Foxes with 28 saves. The Foxes couldn't find the back of the net despite some good scoring chances and pulling their goalie in the last 1:30. The Blades visit the Foxes for what is sure to be an exciting rematch on Saturday, February 28, at 5:15pm, at the Clifton Park Ice Arena.

AS SEEN ON PAGE 58 OF THE JANUARY 2004 ISSUE OF AMERICAN HOCKEY MAGAZINE "DISTRICT DOINGS"

FOXES FEATURED IN RAT TALES THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE ALBANY RIVER RATS BOOSTER CLUB

FOXES RALLY FOR A TIE

The Arctic Foxes Travel Team battled back from a two goal deficit to tie the Rome Grizzlies on December 20 at the Clifton Park Ice Arena. Therese Van Stralen put the Foxes on the board with a goal in the first period. After trailing the Grizzlies 3-1 for 15 minutes, Amy Graham and Molly McMaster each added a goal in the third period to tie the game giving the Foxes a two game unbeaten streak.

FOXES WIN HOME OPENER

On November 22, the Arctic Foxes Travel Team started the season with a 7-1 win at home against Northway rival Saratoga Storm. Goalie Kim Morrissette was solid between the pipes, while center Karen Foster led the scoring with a career-high four goals, right wing Jamie Ulion assisting on two of them.

River Rats Booster Club

THE FIRST ANNUAL CROSS-CHECKING COLON CANCER WOMEN'S ICE HOCKEY TOURNAMENT A SUCCESS

The Arctic Foxes hosted The First Annual Cross-Checking Colon Cancer Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, November 7-9, 2003, at The Clifton Park Ice Arena in Clifton Park, NY. The USA Hockey Sanctioned event was played in memory of Lisa Dunbar, a South Glens Falls native who recently lost her battle with stage IV colon cancer. Over $6,000 was raised to benefit the Colon Club founded by Molly McMaster, a 27 year-old colon cancer survivor and Arctic Foxes defenseman. Molly's goal is to teach others about colon cancer with "out-of-the-box" methods since it is a disease that no one really wants to talk about. For her work, she received the 2001 American Cancer Society's Hope, Progress, Answers Award, the Adirondack Athlete of the Year, the 2002 Rotary Citizen of the Year, the 2003 Colon Cancer Alliance "Voices" Award, the 2003 Colorectal Cancer Network's "90 in 9" Advocacy Award, the Memorial Sloan-Kettering's 2003 Tavel-Reznik Award for excellence in cancer awareness and education, has appeared on NBC's Today Show, and her story has been featured on the cover of American Hockey Magazine. Molly's brainchild, the Colossal Colon, is a 40-foot long, 4-foot tall model of the human colon. "CoCo" recently completed a 20-city national tour that wrapped up on November 1, 2003, in New York City. Her latest project is the Rollin' Colon, a combination of the Colossal Colon and the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile, a vehicle that looks like a human colon inside and out.

A huge THANK YOU to all the teams, sponsors, officials, vendors, volunteers, and fans for making this event an extraordinary success.

Tournament results can be found here.

Tournament program can be found here.

3 with Medal

Check out more pictures from the tournament on the PHOTOS page.

EXHIBITION GAME AT THE PEPSI ARENA

The Arctic Foxes kicked off the countdown to The First Annual Cross-Checking Colon Cancer Women's Ice Hockey Tournament with an exhibition game against the New England Dream Team of Westchester County on October 25 at 2pm at the Pepsi Arena in Albany, NY. The Foxes fell 5-2 in an exciting hard-fought effort. Both teams celebrated at Jillian's and later at the Pepsi Arena where the Albany River Rats faced conference rival Springfield Falcons. Thanks to all fans who visited the Arctic Foxes table on the concourse for tournament information, merchandise, and the raffle to benefit The Colon Club provided by the Albany River Rats and the New Jersey Devils.

Pepsi Arena

The official gets the OK from Arctic Foxes goalie Denise Krohn while coach Eric Launer checks the lines before the first face-off at the Pepsi Arena.

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Walter Robb (Albany River Rats Chairman of the Board/ Owner/Governor) and S. Garen Szablewski (Albany River Rats President/CEO/Alternate Governor) visit the Arctic Foxes information table at the Albany River Rats home opener block party on Monday, October 13.

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Putting a disease on ice

JASON SCAVONE , The Saratogian

11/06/2003

Molly McMaster once skated the roads of America from her hometown of Glens Falls to Greeley, Colo., to raise public awareness of colon cancer. Now she'll just have to skate the ice in the area to help raise some money for her fledgling Colon Club.

The 27-year-old cancer survivor, as a member of the Arctic Foxes adult women's recreational hockey team, will be part of the Cross-Checking Colon Cancer ice hockey tournament, which features teams from Saratoga Springs, Burlington, Vt., Cranston, R.I., Rome and Brooklyn.

McMaster raised $60,000 for the American Cancer Society in her cross-country inline skating trek, Rolling to Recovery, but gained national headlines with her Colossal Colon project. The Colossal Colon is a 40-foot long, 4-foot tall model of a human colon that visitors can crawl through. The colon and McMaster have been featured on the 'Today' show, as well as in SELF and Parade magazines.

Although McMaster has dedicated herself to making people aware of the dangers and means of colon cancer prevention, she isn't behind the hockey tournament.

A day after Arctic Foxes president Lisa Soeller read an article about McMaster that mentioned she played hockey, Soeller knew she wanted McMaster on her squad. A day later, it was McMaster who called Soeller looking to join the team.

'We ended up talking on the phone, and she gave me her history,' Soeller said. 'I said, 'You know what? We're going to do a tournament for you.' '

Three years later, the tournament is coming to fruition. Soeller has enlisted more than 128 skaters and officials to come and hopes to raise $3,000 to $4,000 for The Colon Club through raffles at the games.

Two divisions will play at the Clifton Park Ice Arena Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Recreation House League, with the Arctic Foxes, Burlington Sting, Full Stride Wreckers of Burlington and Saratoga Storm and the Recreation C division o fthe Brooklyn Blades, Rhode Island Panthers, Rome Grizzlies and Adirondack Avalanche of Saratoga will face off in a round-robin points tourney with the championships being decided on Sunday.

McMaster has been playing hockey since 1995 and was part of the gold-medal winning Empire State Games Adirondack team in 2000, a year after she was diagnosed with colon cancer.

'I used to figure skate when I was little with the Glens Falls Figure Skating Club,' McMaster said. 'I'm a little bit more of a brute, so I thought hockey would be more my thing, and it was. I picked it really quickly because I already knew how to skate. The Foxes are an awesome group to work with, because they're so fun.'

The Colon Club is a new project for McMaster, who had been doing her work for through the Glens Falls Hospital.

'We started it to raise awareness of colon cancer, especially in young people, in out-of-the-box ways,' McMaster said. 'Like building 40-foot colons.'

Up next for McMaster and The Colon Club is the Rolling Colon.

'You have to think Colossal Colon meets Oscar-Meyer weiner mobile,' she said. 'The idea is just to go places where we can get people that are ready-made crowds. We can go to sporting events or we can go to schools, or things like that.'

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