Reusse: Minnesota's girls, women impressive in the state of hockey
This is being based on general observation and not expert analysis on the subject, but here it is: No sport in the 50 years since Title IX started ...
This is being based on general observation and not expert analysis on the subject, but here it is: No sport in the 50 years since Title IX started to open scholastic competition to women has improved as much in a relatively short period of time as has girls and women's hockey. The first girls high school game in Minnesota was played on Nov. 19, 1994 — South St. Paul vs. Holy Angels — and two decades after girls basketball had state tournaments. I watched a game now and then. Covered the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City, and watched our legends, Natalie Darwitz and Krissy Wendell, drop a 3-2 heartbreaker to Canada (almost always Canada-U.