Mission 2000 Super Series, Vancouver, BC

Minnesota Junior Stars Win Tourney


Becky Fisher starts a break out with a pass up ice


7/10/2000 Minnesota Junior Stars "Gold" 8, Minnesota Jr. Stars "Green" 3

Defender Andrea Jensrud scored two goals to lead the Minnesota Junior Stars "Gold" to an 8-3 victory over the Minnesota Junior Stars "Green" in the opening game for both teams in the Mission Hockey Superseries Hockey Tournament in Burnaby, British Columbia. Also scoring for the Gold were Caty Ezati, Becca Perez, Tanaya Reitz, Allison Schaber, Brittany Richardson and Crystal Sorenson. St. Paul's Shelby James got the win in goal for the Gold. 
The tourney's 17 & Under division has four teams:
	British Columbia Mission Hockey
	Vancouver Rockets
	Minnesota Junior Stars Gold
	Minnesota Junior Stars Green.
The teams will play a six-game, double-round robin schedule to determine the two teams who will face off in the championship game on Saturday, July 15. Identification of individual players has been hampered by the fact that three of the four teams arrived in Burnaby with identical jerseys, thus sending each game's visiting team to their hockey bags for "any dark jersey" they had with.



7/11/2000 Minnesota Junior Stars "Gold" 8, Mission Hockey British Columbia 1

An impressive win put the Junior Stars Gold in first place in the standings with a 2-0 record. Amanda Leisenheimer got the win in goal for the Gold, as eight different players scored to register the victory.

7/12/2000 Minnesota Junior Stars "Gold" 6, Mission Hockey British Columbia 1
Game 3 Box Score

7/12/2000 Minnesota Junior Stars "Gold" 12, BC Rockets 8
Game 4 Box Score

7/13/2000 Minnesota Junior Stars "Gold" 8, Minnesota Junior Stars "Green" 4
Game 5 Box Score

7/14/2000 Minnesota Junior Stars "Gold" 7, BC Rockets 3

Susannah Brokl (19) Shoots


Game 6 Box Score

Final Double Round Robin Standings

                                       W   L   T   GF   GA
    Minnesota Junior Stars Gold        6   0   0   49   20
    British Columbia Mission Hockey    3   3   0   30   28
    Minnesota Junior Stars Green       1   3   2   21   30
    Vancouver Rockets                  0   4   2   13   35

Championship Game

7/15/2000 Minnesota Junior Stars "Gold" 5, BC Rockets 2

Lyndsay James (St. Paul) got the Junior Stars started with a wicked slap shot for a goal early in the first period. Tanaya Reitz (Moorhead) followed with a nifty bit of stickhandling to break in alone on goal for a 2-0 Junior Stars lead. The Rockets got one back early in the second period to make it 2-1. Junior Star right wing Allison Schaber (St. Paul) pushed the lead to 3-1 with a brilliant individual rush and shot from a near impossible angle. The Rockets came back though to cut the lead to 3-2 with just 5.4 seconds remaining in the second period. 

With Caty Ezati (18) looking on, Becca Perez and Kristina Bruehl of the Minnesota Junior Stars
celebrate Bruehl's goal during the Championship Game of the Junior Girls Division at Great Pacific 
Forum on July 15, 2000

The third period was dominated by great goaltending until seven minutes remained when Kristina Bruehl (Maple Grove) scored from just inside the blueline to make the score 4-2. Becky Fisher (Duluth) promptly followed Bruehl's goal with a booming slapshot to make the final score a convincing 5-2 championship game win for the Minnesota Junior Stars "Gold".

Championship Game Box Score


Final Official Scoring Stats


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Links to related Sites:
Breck High School Girls Hockey
AAA Team Minnesota Elite Girls Hockey