2005 Southeastern District Championship Tournament
Ashburn, VA
March 11 - 13, 2005

The Lady Thrashers are the 2005 Southeastern District Women's Division "C" Champions!

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Photographs by Beth Lenz

Record: 3-0-1
Game 1 vs Baltimore Blizzard: 2-2 T
Game 2 vs North Carolina Trailblazers: 4-0 W
Game 3 vs Florida Lady Everblades: 8-0 W
Championship vs Baltimore: 2-1 W
On-Ice Highlights
  • Never trailing during the entire tournament
  • Alpa's kick save
  • Ana's shot through traffic, off the post and in against Florida
  • Andi's beautiful wrist shot goal against Florida
  • Ashley playing D and wing
  • Laura winning the opening faceoff in the first game, which led to...
  • Ann's goal 10 seconds into the first game (just like we drew it up)
  • Bev's 2 shutouts and 0.75 GAA, including a game-stealing performance in the Championship game
  • Debbie's short-handed tournament-winning goal
  • Kat's hustle and team-first attitude
  • Shelley's return from an awful case of food poisoning to lead the team in points
  • Taby's 5-point game vs Florida
  • Heather making the trip and her unwavering support
  • Heather's fetus (a.k.a "Heather Jr.") scoring a goal (see Official USA Hockey Scoring)
  • Marty's suit
  • The Pig Pile of Celebration™ after the final buzzer sounded in the Championship Game

    On-Ice Lowlights:
  • One opposing team's love of diving
  • The goal that squirted in at the end of the first Baltimore game

    Off-Ice Highlights:
  • Wegmans
  • Team lunch at Amphora's
  • Food sampling at Balducci's

    Off-Ice Lowlights:
  • Trying to figure out which white Chevy Impala rental car was yours

    Starbucks Visit? Yes

    Food of the Tournament: Wine and ice cream

    Stuckey's Pecan Log Roll of Honor (high scorer):
    Shelley (4G, 4A)

    The Goon Award: Shelley and Alpa (4 PIM each)

    Quote of the Tournament Runner-up: "Just keep skating... Just keep skating..." (See: "Finding Nemo")
    Quote of the Tournament Winner: *Unintelligible screaming and cheering* (after our first ever SE District Championship)

    Infirmary:
  • Shelley - Food poisoning
  • Taby - chest/lungs
  • Andi - broken finger


    • Thanks to all the families that came out and cheered us on to victory.  Special thanks to Heather Bloom, our teammate and team manager, who was unable to play due to pregnancy but still came out to support the team.

    We would like to dedicate this win to:

    All of the members of previous Travel Teams. Your hard work and success was visible every time this year's team stepped onto the ice.

    And of course, our founder, Dawn Mehler, without whom none of this would even exist. This one's for you, Dawn!

    Green Bay here we come!

    #
    Name
    GP
    G
    A
    Pts
    PIM
    12
    		 Taby Ahsan
    3
    2
    4
    6
    0
    58
    		 Ana Collantes
    4
    2
    1
    3
    2
    66
    		 Ashley Dinkel
    4
    0
    1
    1
    0
    15
    		 Andrea Dunn
    4
    1
    1
    2
    0
    9
    		 Shelley Lebrun
    4
    4
    4
    8
    4
    82
    		 Ann Mahasaen
    4
    3
    2
    5
    2
    71
    		 Kat Martin
    4
    0
    0
    0
    0
    7
    		 Debbie Parker
    4
    4
    3
    7
    2
    97
    		 Alpa Patel
    4
    0
    0
    0
    4
    8
    		 Laura Taylor
    4
    0
    2
    2
    2
    68
    		 Beverly Maurice
    4
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