NSA Girls First JWHL Weekend

Slow and Steady Wins the Race

By: Maggie Cross

BOSTON- Girl’s hockey put away the skates early this weekend after going 1-1-1 at the Assabet tournament, a record that was not successful enough to advance them through to the quarterfinals. 

The first game against OHA, Ontario Hockey Academy, and ex teammate Sushi Allen, was a great start to the competitive weekend. NSA emerged victorious by a score of 8-1.

NSA Girls looking sharp for a fresh new season

Martha Smith was a brick wall in net allowing only 1 goal.

Unfortunately, Taylar Cianfarano was demolished in the corner while battling giving her a weekend ending concussion.

Due to the dreaded ACTs and TT’s concussion, the NSA girls’ team was down 4 players for the second game on Saturday morning verse Assabet U16. The girls were able to overcome adversity and grind out a 0-0 tie.

Although the girls battled hard, nobody was able to slide the puck past the goal line. Sarah Foss played an amazing game never allowing Assabet to celebrate in front of a home crowd.

Defenseman Kali Flanagan separated her shoulder after being hit by two Assabet goons at the same time, putting her out for a two week minimum.

Saturday night, the girls faced off against their rivals NAHA. Some of the girls felt as though their legs were in “quicksand” and that showed during the first period. NAHA dominated scoring, 4 goals to NSA’s 0.

During the second period NSA started moving their feet but was unable to score a goal. On the bright side, the girls were able to contain NAHA so that they did not put up another number on the scoreboard.



Coach Vossler and Bill Ward try to instill
some fire into the team between periods



A little into the third period, on a power play goal, NSA’s Denisa Krizova managed to ruined the opposing goalie’s shutout but NAHA was not down and out, they came back flying scoring 2 goals to win not only the period but also the game by a score of 6-1.

Foss stood on her head in net keeping the girls from being completely blown out of the water saving 60 of the 66 shots against.

Altogether the weekend did not turn out as the team had hoped but, they hit the ice against NAHA again in a mere two weeks. Until then there is a lot of preparing they have to do.

Coach Kelli Vossler is not discouraged “I think of us as a train” she says “we may start slow but once we get going nobody can stop us.”