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Lightning Update

GRG visits North Saint Paul and AA ranked foe Andover beginning on 1/27 & 1/28.

4 regular season games remain...

JV Tourney in Chisholm Friday the 20th (6:00) & Saturday the 21st (2:00).

enter below for GRAHA

Lightning Hockey

Lightning Youth Girl's Hockey

Results and Stats

Results and Statistics

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GR G Team Page on MSHSL

Schedule, Results, Roster etc.

GR G Team Page on MN Hockey Hub

Schedule, Results, Statistics, Roster etc.

Lightning Hockey

GRG Schedules

Team Calendar

November

N O V E M B E R

*calendar download below

Tue 1: Tryouts 3:30-5:00 E

Wed 2: Intra-Squad Scrimmage 3:30-5:00 W

Thu 3: Practice V 3:30-5:00 W, JV 3:30-4:40 E

Fri 4: Lightning Scrimmages

Sat 5: Lightning Scrimmages

Mon 7: Practice V 3:30-5:00 W, JV/14 3:30-4:40 E

Tue 8: Practice V 3:30-5:00 W, JV 3:30-4:40 E

Wed 9: Practice... V/JV 3:30-5:00 W Parent Meeting, Timberlake 7:00

Thu 10: Practice V 3:30-5:00 W, JV 3:30-4:40 E

Fri 11: Hibbing Scrimmages 3:00-6:30 (Leave 1:00)

Sat 12: OFF

Mon 14: Practice V 3:30-5:00 E, JV/14 5:10-6:10 E

Tue 15: Practice V 3:30-5:00 E, JV 5:10-6:10 E

Wed 16: Practice V 3:30-5:00 E

Thu 17: Practice V 3:30-5:00 W, JV 5:10-6:10 W -- Pictures

Fri 18: Roseville/ Home JV 5:30, V 7:30

Sat 19: Irondale/ Home JV 12:00, V 2:00

Mon 21: Practice V 3:30-5:00 E, JV/14 5:10-6:10 E

Tue 22: Practice V 3:30-5:00 E, JV 5:10-6:10 E

Wed 23: Practice V 3:30-5:00 W

Thu 24: Thanksgiving Alumni Game 9:00-11:00 E

Fri 25: Rochester Mayo/ Home JV 5:00 E, V 7:00

Sat 26: Blaine/ Home JV 11:30 E, V 1:30

Mon 28: Practice V 3:30-5:00 E, JV/14 5:10-6:10 E

Tue 29: Cloquet/ Away JV 5:30, V 7:30 (leave 2:30)

Wed 30: Practice V 3:30-5:00 E

December

D E C E M B E R

*calendar download below

Thu 1: Practice V 3:30-5:00 E, JV 5:10-6:10 E

Fri 2: Eden Prairie/ Away JV 5:00, V 7:00 (leave 10:30)

Sat 3: Chaska/ Away JV 1:00, V 3:00

Mon 5: Practice V 3:30-5:00 W, JV 5:10-6:10 W

Tue 6: Eveleth/ Home JV 5:30, V 7:30

Wed 7: Practice V 3:30-5:00 W

Thu 8: Bemidji/ Home JV 5:30, V 7:30

Fri 9: Practice V 3:30-5:00 W, JV 3:30-4:40 E

Sat 10: OFF

Mon 12: Practice V 3:30-5:00 E, JV 5:10-6:10 E

Tue 13: Practice V 3:30-5:00 E, JV 5:10-6:10 E

Wed 14: Practice V 3:30-5:00 E

Thu 15: Practice V 3:30-5:00 W, JV 3:30-4:40 E

Fri 16: Mound-Westonka/ Home JV 5:00, V 7:00

Sat 17: Off

Mon 19: Practice V 3:30-5:00 W, JV 5:10-6:10 W

Tue 20: Duluth/ Home JV 5:30, V 7:30

Wed 21: Practice V 3:30-5:00 E

Thu 22: Practice

Fri 23: Practice

Sat 24: OFF

Mon 26: Practice/ Edina Tournament

Tue 27: Edina Tournament

Wed 28: Edina Tournamnet

Thu 29: Practice

Fri 30: Practice

Sat 31: OFF

January

J A N U A R Y

*calendar download below

Mon 2: Practice

Tue 3: Hibbing/ Home

Wed 4: Practice

Thu 5: Brainerd-Little Falls/ Away

Fri 6: Practice

Sat 7: Prior Lake/ Home

Mon 9: Practice

Tue 10: Practice

Wed 11: Practice

Thu 12: Practice

Fri 13: Elk River/ Home

Sat 14: Bemidji/ Away

Mon 16: Practice

Tue 17: Proctor-Hermantown-Marshall/ Home

Wed 18: Practice

Thu 19: Cloquet/ Home

Fri 20: Practice

Sat 21: Off

Mon 23: Practice

Tue 24: Practice

Wed 25: Practice

Thu 26: Practice

Fri 27: North Saint Paul/ Away

Sat 28: Andover/ Away

Mon 30: Practice

Tue 31: Duluth/ Away

February

F E B R U A R Y

*calendar download below

Wed 1: Practice

Thu 2: Practice

Fri 3: Hibbing/ Away

Sat 4: OFF

Mon 6: Practice

Tue 7: Practice

Wed 8: Practice

Thu 9: Section Quarter Finals

Fri 10: Practice

Sat 11: Section Semi-Finals

Mon 13: Practice

Tue 14: Practice

Wed 15: Practice

Thu 16: Section Final

Fri 17: Practice

Sat 18: OFF

Mon 20: Practice

Tue 21: Practice

Wed 22: Practice

Thu 23: State Tournament

Fri 24: State Tournament

Sat 25: State Tournament

November

December

January

February

Downloads...

GRG captains practice.doc

ABRA Bracket 2011.xls

11-12 Calendar.doc

SpringHill Suites

2011 GRG srimmagefest.doc

Meet the Lightning

Meet the Lightning!

Lightning 11-12

5 - Alta Brown

7 - Sydney Anderson

8 - Bethaney Giles

9 - Chantal Holum

11 - Kaya Baker

12 - Delaney Kohorst

13 - Aspen Anderson

16 - Meaghan Cemensky

17 - Rachael Schulte

18 - Jessica Stejskal

20 - Mackenzie Dumm

21 - Molly Illikainen

23 - Danielle Heitkamp

25 - Kinsey McCaughtry

28 - Hannah Schmoll

29 - Sydney Helmbrecht

34 - Chanelle Snyder

35 - Olivia Havel

36 - Morgan Bruns

Lightning Hockey

History

GRG History

2007

2008

State

State

2nd Place

Participant

Statistical Leaders

Career Scoring Leaders

goals/ assists/ points

Emily Erickson (04-08) 162/ 122/ 284

Dana Gallop (05-10) 109/ 112/ 221

Molly Illikainen (06-cur) 77/ 95/ 172

Molly Arola (06-09) 69/ 100/ 169

Morgan Illikainen (06-11) 37/ 76/ 113

Natalie Newton (04-07) 45/ 59/ 104

Heather Horgen (04-08) 25/ 62/ 87

Bailey Rasmussen (07-11) 23/ 30/ 53

Kayla Clafton (04-08) 14/ 38/ 52

Bethany Murphy (04-05) 19/ 27/ 46

Markie DeGrio (06-09) 14/ 20/ 34

Season Scoring Leaders

goals/ assists/ points

Emily Erickson ('08) 45/ 35/ 80

Emily Erickson ('07) 48/ 27/ 75

Emily Erickson ('06) 39/ 27/ 66

Emily Erickson ('05) 30/ 33/ 63

Dana Gallop ('09) 31/ 25/ 56

Dana Gallop ('08) 22/ 33/ 55

Molly Illikainen ('10) 27/ 26/ 53

Molly Arola ('08) 26/ 26/ 52

Molly Arola ('09) 23/ 27/ 50

Dana Gallop ('10) 31/ 19/ 50

Molly Illikainen ('11) 19/ 30/ 49

Natalie Newton ('06) 17/ 29/ 46

Bethany Murphy ('05) 19/ 27/ 46

Career Goaltending Leaders

W-L-T/ saves %/ goals against average

Jessica Havel (06-09)

54-14-5/ 91.1/ 2.05

Sydney Helmbrecht (08-cur)

25-24-6/ 90.6/ 2.43

Season Goaltending Leaders

games/ saves %/ goals against average

Jessica Havel (07-08) 31/ 91.3/ 1.81

Jessica Havel (06-07) 18/ 91.7/ 1.84

Sydney Helmbrecht (10-11) 28/ 91.1/ 2.29

Jessica Havel (08-09) 25/ 90.5/ 2.53

Lisa Rantala (05-06) 18/ 89.4/ 2.60

Sydney Helmbrecht (09-10) 27/ 89.9/ 2.61

Sara Hammann (06-07) 13/ 86.5/ 2.76

Team History

Year Record ( W-L-T ) Coach

'04-'05 16-10-1 Pat Rendle

'05-'06 15-13-0 Pat Rendle

'06-'07 21-9-0 Pat Rendle

'07-'08 25-4-2 Chris Granley

'08-'09 15-7-3 Chris Granley

'09-'10 11-14-2 Chris Granley

'10-'11 14-10-4 Hyduke & Illikainen

'11-'12 Hyduke & Illikainen

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total record: 117 - 67 - 12

College Alumni

Division 1

Emily Erickson '08 -- Bemidji St.

Molly Arola '09 -- Bemidji St.

Jessica Havel '09 -- Bemidji St.

Dana Gallop '10 -- MN Duluth

Morgan Illikainen '11 -- Dartmouth

Molly Illikainen '12 -- Providence

Division 3

coming soon...

Boosters

Boosters

GR G Booster Board

.

President: Brenda Havel

blhavel_aol.com

(218) 327-3274

Vice President: Kelly Brown

mikekellybrown_msn.com

(218) 326-9000

Secretary: Sandy Anderson

sandy_lakehomes.com

(218) 327-9696

Treasurer: Gerri Bruns

gwbruns_hotmail.com

(218) 327-1002

Fundraising Coordinator: Deb Baker

deb.baker_mx3.com

(218) 259-0231

"To support the Lightning hockey team today, and promote girl's youth hockey for the future."

Booster Timeline of Events

________________

Summer...

- Resignations & New Board Members

- Fundraising Opportunities

- Ordering, etc.

August...

- Order Region/ State Banners

- Lightning Apparel Overview

- Review Budget

- Set Player Assessment Fee

- Review Dates for Scrimmages, Thanksgiving Tourney & Senior Night

- Schedule Parent Meeting/ Mixer

- Letter to Parents

September...

- Discuss Pie Sales

- Plan Parent Meeting: where, time, volunteer sign-up sheets, refreshments, apparel sales, etc.

October...

- Recruit Chuck-a-Puck Coordinators (2)

- Finalize Plans for Pie Sales, Parent Mixer & Scrimmage Fest Hospitality Room

- Plan for Thanksgiving Tourney

- Order Thank-You Cards

November...

- Pie Sales (first week of November): order forms to players during player assessments

- Scrimmage Fest (first weekend in November): hospitality room

- Parent Meeting (second Wednesday of November): message from coaches, player assessment fee collected, volunteer sign-up sheets, player information sheets completed, etc.

- Thanksgiving Tourney (Thanksgiving Weekend)

- Collect Past-Due Fees

December...

- Plan Senior/ Parent Night

January...

- Senior/ Parent Night

- Concession Volunteers

- Begin Plans for End-of-the-Season Banquet/ Meet with Captains

- Team Event

- Senior Scholarships

February...

- Sections

- State Tournament

- Finalize Plans for Banquet: invites sent to families

March...

- Banquet

April...

- Finalize Budget

- Recruit New Members

- Eagles Meat Raffle Volunteers

- Summer Fundraiser Ideas

Next Meeting:

Tuesday February 7th, 5:30PM

Grand Rapids State Bank

Financial Services Center

2nd Ave. Entrance

Lightning Hockey

Hockey Training

Hockey Training

Strength Training

Nutrition

Hockey Training

GRG Summer Training

Strength Training

Strength Training...

XL Athlete : provides outstanding strength training information, workouts, sport-specific drills, and exercise videos for athletes and coaches at the high school and collegiate levels. The strength and speed training information available on this website has been developed by strength coaches working with athletes from the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, the Olympics, and the NCAA.

* click on XL Athlete above to enter the site.

Nutrition

Nutrition...

Nancy Clark RD : Nancy is a registered dietitian (RD) and board certified specialist in sports dietetics (CSSD). Nancy's experience with working with sports-active people is evident in her writing. She knows what nutrition information people need and want. She has written popular books for the serious athlete or active person who wants to eat optimally for health and energy. Her books offer the "how to's" of sports nutrition, including sample meal plans and recipes that will become part of your daily sports diet.

* click on Nancy Clark RD above to enter the site.

Hockey Training

Hockey Training...

Total Female Hockey : Kim McCullough, Director & Founder of Total Female Hockey, has trained, coached and consulted with over 5000 players, 1000 coaches and 100 teams, from novice to National teams, on how to take their on-ice performance to the next level through on and off-ice player development. Article Page

* click on Total Female Hockey above to enter the site.

GRG Summer Training

GRG Summer Training

Top 5 Needs for Summer Training:

Cross Training -- Upper Body Strength

Cross Training -- Quick Feet Drills

Shooting Pucks

Cross Training -- Lower Body Strength/ explosion

Summer Teams/ Games

Download the Lightning Summer Hockey brochure

sports nutrition tips.pdf

sports nutrition tips part 2.pdf

11 GRG training.doc

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GRG Links

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Grand Rapids High School Hockey Online

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Greenway Public Schools

Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce

Grand Rapids Tourism

City of Grand Rapids

Lets Play Hockey

Lightning Hockey

Coach Contact

Coach Contact

SpringHill Suites Link

Brad Hyduke, co-head coach

bhyduke_isd318.org

(218) 213.6338

Darin Illikainen, co-head coach

dillikainen_isd318.org

(218) 259.8877

Dale Gunderson, assistant coach

dgunderson_isd318.org

(218) 259.2184

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