We finally finished up MIAC play against Hamline, the same week we had a tough road game with Point. We ended up tying Stevens Point on their home ice 0-0. There was no scoring if you could believe it! Both goalies played well and though we weren't content with coming home with a tie, we all understood that it was just one game out of many in the season. I actually didn't ride the bus home with my team that night as I had job interviews the next day in Minneapolis. There was a terrible snow storm that same night and on our way back west my mom, dad and I had to get a motel off the freeway and stay until the weather cleared up. My teammates told me they ended up getting home at 4 a.m.! Long night for the Gusties! My interviews went well and it was great to get some practice doing that sort of thing. That practice will definitely come in handy with graduation right around the corner.

We finished out the regular conference season playing Hamline. We actually found out we clinched the conference on Friday night after our first series game against Hamline because St. Thomas had tied that same night. Hamline actually gave us a great game on Saturday and we were glad to end our regular season with a victory.

We have the first seed in the MIAC Playoffs and played St. Olaf in the semi-final on Saturday. We ended up winning the game 5-0 and I think that big win was a confidence booster for us going into the MIAC Championship game. 

We will host the Championship game on Wednesday at 4 p.m. This is kind of a weird time for us to have a game, but because the boys team also plays at home in their MIAC Championship game that same night (at 8), we had to find a way to schedule both games with adequate time between them. We will be playing St. Thomas in the late afternoon and I really look forward to it. Since I work in the sports information department at Gustavus, I learned today that this will be the sixth consecutive time that the St. Thomas and Gustavus women's hockey teams are meeting to play in the championship game. Not only that, but this will be the fourth consecutive year that we have hosted the championship game against the Tommies. We have quite the rivalry going and I have no doubt that Wednesday night will be a very exciting game to play in.

This year our hockey team decided to make up a Relay for Life team, and we will be walking the relay this spring. We are currently raising money for the cause and decided to set up a stand at our games for donations. We were impressed with how generous all of our fans are, not only with supporting our team during the games themselves, but for helping us support a cause like The American Cancer Society. I lost my grandpa to cancer when I was in high school so I think supporting such a cause is really important. It seems so many people are affected by it.

We were able to have Sunday off, but are going back to work on the ice today to prepare for the Tommies. I had an issue with my elbow in the last game, where it got hit at the spot where the nerve was and my whole forearm went numb. Luckily this was at the end of the game. It was pretty swollen afterwards, but thankfully it has gotten ten times better in the day that we had off. Injuries are always a concern especially as we have bigger and better games toward the end of the season. I hope that everyone stays healthy and is able to contribute and we get into these games.