ice hockey

Making waves
By Kaitlin Santanna
December 2, 2010 - 8:16pm
Isabel Menard is making quite the impression while playing for the Syracuse Women's Ice Hockey team, but with that she's also making noise on the international stage as well.

During the last drill of a vigorous 90-minute practice, a streak of golden light zips down the ice, blows past a defender and flicks the puck past the goalie and into the back of the net.

The golden skater, Isabel Menard, repeats the process three times, leaving three different defenders frustrated in her wake.

During the second run, the puck barely trickled over the goal line before the goalie swiped it away. The net-minder argued she made the save, but Menard bounced over to the coach and gave her energetic appeal.

Orange overwhelmed
By Kaitlin Santanna
November 7, 2010 - 5:00pm
The SU women's ice hockey team was overwhelmed by Clarkson, losing 3-2 at Tennity Ice Pavilion.

The band played fight songs and drummed marching beats while fans cheered for their team at Friday night’s Syracuse women’s ice hockey game. The fans, which filled half the bleachers at Tennity Ice Complex on Syracuse’s South Campus, sang fight songs and chanted cheers that helped lead their team to victory.

The oddity in this is that members of the band and accompanying fans were wearing green and yellow. They weren’t cheering for the Orange. They traveled from Clarkson University to support their players on the ice.

Sister act
By Kaitlin Santanna
October 2, 2010 - 6:04am
Stefanie Marty and her sister Julia face off as the SU women's hockey team tied Northeastern in its home opener.

In the stands of the Tennity Ice Pavilion stood the Marty family wearing orange and blue, holding a stuffed gray wolf. The entire game, the family cheered in thick Swiss accents.

Normally, a family rooting for both teams at an ice hockey game would be an unusual sighting. Except for the fact that the Syracuse women’s ice hockey team was playing the Northeastern Huskies.

The family had good reason to cheer for both teams. Stefanie Marty plays for Syracuse and her twin sister, Julia, plays for Northeastern.

Going for Orange
By Nick Brown
May 10, 2010 - 8:22pm
SU student athlete Stefanie Marty shares her experience of competing in two Winter Olympic Games.

Student athletes can be seen almost anywhere on the Syracuse University campus. Student athletes who have also represented their nation at the Olympic games are a rare sight.

Stefanie Marty is both. The junior economics major in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, has played sports her entire life. This commitment led to her inclusion in the Swiss Olympic ice hockey team for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, as well as the 2006 squad for the Torino Winter Olympics.

The Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation will launch this month
By Kelly Anne McCarthy
February 22, 2010 - 10:34am
Plus, Obama administration proposes to block increases in health care rates and USA defeats Canadian hockey in Olympic upset.

Attendees of the Syracuse vs. Villanova game this saturday will all receive an orange towel with the foundation's motto "Helping to Better our Communities." Jim and Juli Boeheim have thought about starting their own charitable foundation for years, but haven't had the time until now. According to The Post-Standard The couple filed paperwork for the nonprofit organization last June, and in September were granted tax-exempt status. 

The Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation will launch this month
By Kelly Anne McCarthy
February 22, 2010 - 10:34am
Plus, Obama administration proposes to block increases in health care rates and USA defeats Canadian hockey in Olympic upset.

Attendees of the Syracuse vs. Villanova game this saturday will all receive an orange towel with the foundation's motto "Helping to Better our Communities." Jim and Juli Boeheim have thought about starting their own charitable foundation for years, but haven't had the time until now. According to The Post-Standard The couple filed paperwork for the nonprofit organization last June, and in September were granted tax-exempt status. 

Five sports events to see in 2010
By Kyle C. Leach
February 2, 2010 - 8:36pm
Pull out your 2010 calendar and insert these five must-see Syracuse sporting events.

The 2010 sports schedule has the Winter Olympics, the World Cup and the imminent return of Tiger Woods. These events are more than a spin up the Thruway, so what can the local fan look forward to in 2010? Halftime Snack has five ideas: