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grantmentis · 1 year

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Women's Worlds 2023 Primer

The PHF season may be over, but many of the players we love will be playing in women's worlds this upcoming week alongside their peers from the PWHPA, SDHL, Naisten Liiga, NCAA, Usports, EWHL, and countless other fantatic women's hockey leagues or organizations from around the world!

When: April 5th - April 16th

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Where: Brampton, Ontario at CAA Center. Games will be in Eastern time

Click here for tickets

What Teams are playing:

Group A: Canada, USA, Switzerland, Czechia, Japan

Group B: Germany, Hungary, France, Finland, Sweden

How to Watch:

Canada: TSN will be broadcasting all games in the tournament for Canadians

USA: NHL Network will be broadcasting all of Team USA's and Team Canada's games, but not the rest of the tournament

Finland: Broadcast scheduling here

Germany: German games should be available at MagentaSport (and apparently free!)

France: Sport En France should have at least the French teams games

Sweden: SVT should carry Sweden's games

Switzerland: available to stream at srf.ch

Unfortunately I could not find broadcast information for Czechia, Hungary, or Japan, but that may be a language barrier issue on my end. If this is something you are familiar with please let me know!

Lastly, if you want to watch a game that's not available to you, feel free to message and I can see what I can do to help

Tournament format:

All of Group A makes it to the quarterfinals, so the preliminary games are just seeding for them. The top three seeds in Group B will move on as well. Then, the knock out stage looks like this:

Below the cut is rosters, notable storylines, and expectations for each team. These are in alphabetical order.

Canada

Roster

Notable changes: Natalie Spooner comes back after missing time with pregnancy. Danielle Serdachny makes her international senior team debut after having 71 points in 40 games as Colgates captain this year. Claire Thompson returns to the world stage after missing last world championships, comes off a spectacular olympic showing. Potomak is out, despite strong performance last world championship.

Player to watch/other fun things; Sarah Fillier. She has been one of the world's best goal scorers for over two year and, at only 22, will likely only get better

Goals: Win gold again! They've been dominate on the world stage again since the break from the pandemic, working extremely well with their new coach. They are the team to beat with a mix of vets and newcomers

Czechia

Roster

Notable changes: Klara Peslarova, star goalie for Czechia, is not here due to season ending knee injury. Michaela Hesova (who is only 17 years old!) makes her senior team debut in her place and Kateřina Zechovská comes back to the mix. Tereza Radová is out, Sára Čajanová returns. Klára Jandušíková makes her senior national team debut, one of the few ncaa dIII players to do so!

Players to watch: Tereza Vanišová is coming off a PHF championship where she scored the cup winning goal, and has been one of the Czech republics more creative offensive players that plays with an edge. Natálie Mlýnková just had a breakout year for University of Vermont that saw her have 42 points in 36 games.

Goals: Get a medal. Czechia has risen FAST on the national stage, going from not qualifying to medaling in their first wwc in just a few years. Thanks to a mix of a good core who's been playing together a long time like like Mills/Mrázová/Križová and talented youth like Čajanová, they have cemented themselves at one of the worlds threats.

Finland

Roster; http://leijonat.fi/index.php/maajoukkueet/naisleijonat/2022-23/mm2023/item/45144-naisleijonien-mm-joukkue-julkistettiin-taessae-kokoonpano ( no graphic :-( )

Notable changes: Elisa Holopainen will not play for Finland after a great showing last worlds due to injury. Susanna Tapani, who had five points in 6 worlds games last year, is also not on this roster. Sanni Ahola will make her senior national team debut as a goaltender for Finland. She had a .920 as the starter in St. Cloud state this year and could be interesting as they try to find their next starter. Emilia Kyrkkö is another new goalie, who played in Finland this year but will play at St. Cloud next year. I’d expect Ahola to get more time though. Michelle Karvinen not on roster. Lots of roster shakeup overall.

Players to watch: Noora Tulus has been a national team mainstay for some time, but the last two years she has found another gear. Coming off a club season in Sweden with 56 points in 32 games. Sini Karjalainen had a breakout season in Vermont, will be interested to see if she can translate in the world stage.

Goals:After a rough few tournaments and roster turmoil, and some coaching questions, Finland is trying to get back in Group A and compete for a medal. Competition will be fiercer than ever but they look to prove why they dominated so long.

France

Roster:

Notable changes: Marion Allemoz, who was the team captain, has retired. Morgane Rihet, who was also an assistant captain and mainstay, is not on the roster. Margot Desvignes makes her senior team debut after some strong showings in Sweden.

Players to watch: Chloe Aurard is /the/ player for this team, being a star over at Northeastern the past few years. Justine Crousy Theode, who plays in the mens division in France, will be interesting to see if she gets any starts. With no clear starting goaltender, the 22 is making her senior team debut after strong performances at the u18 level

Goals: Get their first top division win. After being promoted to Division IA in 2013, they've slowly risen to finally qualify for the primary WWC tournament for the first time since 2019! Despite tournament cancellations from the pandemic, they've kept their momentum as they look to establish themselves as a mainstay in the top division. In 2019, they did not get a win, so they hope to do so this time.

Germany

Roster: https://www.deb-online.de/2023/03/24/frauen-nationalmannschaft-finaler-kader-fuer-weltmeisterschaft-in-brampton-kanada-nominiert/ ( once again no graphic :( )

Notable changes: Going even younger in goal, swapping out lilly Uhrmann for Chiara Schultes, no Tanja Eisenschmid though her sister Nicola is there. We do have university of Maine twins Lilli and Louisa Welke still though!

Player to watch: Nina Jobst-Smith (listed as Katerina) had a breakout year in university of minnesota duluth, with 25 points in 39 games. Sandra Abstreiter is a goaltender who has proven she can steal a game.

Expectations: Similar to hungary below, finish top three in their division, hopefully with two decisive victories, to move on to the semifinals.

Hungary

Roster: https://www.jegkorongszovetseg.hu/noi-valogatott-megvan-a-vb-re-utazo-25-fos-keret

Notable Changes: Very much a run it back roster with little changes. Like its basically identical to their one from last year

Players to watch: Mira Seregély was already a steady contributor for Hungary, but after a breakout year in University of Maine, we may see her take another step. Same with Taylor Baker, a shutdown defender who had a solid season in montreal this year.

Goals: Finishing top three in Divison B to clinch a semifinal berth. They've done so their past two outings, but last time was on a tiebreaker. The past two tournaments they've only had one win in each preliminary round, so trying to secure two would be big. Keeping the group together to try t build on exisiting chemistry will be key.

Japan:

Roster: https://www.jihf.or.jp/common/img/info/info_20230324_153025.pdf

Notable changes: Similar to Hungary, they are running it back. Most of their changes come from adding some younger players to their forward group, including twin sisters Rio and Riri Noro making their national team debut after strong performances at the u18 level

players to watch: Haruka Toko is forever my answer here as I think she's one of my favorite players to watch in terms of her speed and shot, and she's coming off a season that saw her return to the SDHL and have 27 points in 29 games. Ayaka Hitosato also is coming off a successful first season in the SDHL, and it will be interesting to see how that affects her game.

Goals: make the semifinals! last year was a heartbreaking 2-1 shootout lost in the finals they hope to avenge, and have proven they are capable of it

Sweden:

Notable changes: Most notably, long time captain Michelle Löwenhielm is not on the roster. Sara Grahn returns after missing some time on the national team, will be interesting to see how they divide time between her and Söderberg. Ebba Berglund, Jessica Adolfsson, and several other no longer on the teams defense after being in the last few tournaments, so going for a new look there.

Player to watch: Maja Nylén Persson has become the #1 defender for the national team at 22 years old and is coming off a stellar SDHL season. Sara Hjalmarsson was over a point per game at providence college this year.

Goals: Win division B and try to make it to the semifinals. After a few rough years due to labor rights issues, the national team is trying to find some stability again and figure out their identity as they develop a young core.

Switzerland

Roster:

Notable changes: Not many, mostly concentrated in the forward group. Evelina Raselli has retired since last wwc, which is the big one.Sarah Forster makes her return after a strong season in the PHF.

Players to watch: For years, it has been the Lara Stalder and Alina Müller show, rightfully so as they are two of the best hockey players in the world and it is a gift to watch them together. We have also seen young defender Lara Christen have strong defensive performances in the past few tournaments, getting it done on both ends

Goals: Medal for Bronze again, hopefully by improved depth scoring and defense. In the past it has been their top line and Brändli who has carried them, so they hope to supplement their high end talent with a good supporting cast.

USA

Notable changes: A lot of babies! Players having babies, including Alex Cavallini and Kendall Coyne Schoffield. Then a lot of players who are very young, with 6 players being under 20, including new faces Abbey Levy, Gabbie Hughes, and Tessa Janecke to name a few. Brianna Decker has retired. No Hannah Brandt, grace zumwinkle, jincy dunne, maddie Rooney, or Jesse compher. HUGE shakeups here.

player to watch: Taylor Heise won player of the tournament last year, and has continued to dominate at the NCAA level, she may only be just beginning. Gabbie Hughes makes her senior team debut after several great years at Minnesota Duluth, and will be interesting to see how she fits into the roster.

Goals: Win gold again, especially with a new look with John Wroblewski at coach. He was the coach last tournament, but only had a few months to work with there. They looked improved under him already, so we will see how they look with a full cycle

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itsworn · 6 years

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This 1966 Nova is a Race-Engineered Daily Driver

David “Dang” Marin is an unsung hero behind the Le Mans-conquering, championship-winning Corvette Racing program. He’s one of the team’s superstar race mechanics who keep the C7.R Corvettes at the front of the pack with meticulous preparation and lightning-fast pit stops. Skills honed in the most demanding environment, a circle of friends with equally mad skills, and access to a wide array of “obsolete” racing parts from cars designed and fabricated at Pratt & Miller Engineering, all proved invaluable when Marin decided to build a wickedly cool daily driver out of this 1966 Nova.

“A few things drove all of the choices I made with this car,” explains Marin. “I want to participate in the HOT ROD Power Tour, so it was built to drive, to be super reliable, and to be easy to fix roadside if a problem does arise. In about an hour, using a jack and simple handtools, I can have the nose off the car and the entire front chassis clip off. The way we built it, I can do killer burnouts, comfortably run down the highway at high speed, get through corners quickly, and most important by far, do road trips with my sister.” Marin’s sister is disabled, he’s her caretaker, and she gets immense joy from cruising around in this Nova.

A 0.50:1 overdrive Sixth gear delivers 85 mph cruising at only 2,400 rpm, making for a great highway cruiser.

When Marin bought the car a little over a year ago, it was a worn-out shell, complete with vintage ladder bars, a massive hoodscoop, and other remnants of its early drag-racing days. His initial plan was to replace some scabby sheetmetal, get an engine and drivetrain into the car, and go cruising. For some expert help with the sheetmetal, he turned to pal Bryan Barker, a master fabricator at Pratt & Miller. Barker took one look at the car and suggested addressing all of its functional deficiencies before tackling the bodywork and paint, and Marin agreed.

For motivation, Marin wanted to install a ferocious, old-school big-block, but then someone he works with suggested he take a look at an LS3 that was sitting unloved on a shelf in the restoration department at Pratt & Miller. It was believed to have come originally in a Camaro SS that got transformed into an IMSA GTD–class road racer, though nobody remembered for sure. It looked a little rough on the outside, so Marin was able to buy it for an excellent price and was delighted to discover that it was definitely a new car take-out once he opened it up.

Forgeline ZX3R wheels, which completed the 24 Hours at Daytona on a Pontiac GXP.R, were modified to work on Marin’s Nova.

One important aspect of the engine Marin was not so delighted with was its OEM sound. “LS motors sound too refined for me, and I really wanted it to sound like the car looks, so I asked Kevin Pranger for some help,” he recalls. “I was hoping he could come up with a cam that would make an LS3 sound more like a vintage big-block.” Pranger is the lead engine genius at Katech, one of the country’s foremost engine development and build facilities, and he happened to have exactly what Marin wanted. It was a lightly used, custom grind that Katech had utilized for development work. “All Kevin told me was it’s going to sound awesome at idle, pull like a mean mother from 3,500 rpm up, and it’s as big as you can go without valve-relief pockets in the pistons. It was too aggressive for the consumer engine package Katech was putting together, and it found a home with me, much like my dog rescues!” The cam in question features a 0.621-inch intake and 0.624-inch exhaust lift, 235/251 duration at 0.050, and a lobe-separation angle of 113-degrees. Comp Cams rockers and dual valve springs complete the package.

To feed the LS3, Marin installed a K&N inlet and filter sourced from the GT4.R Camaro racer and put together a custom fuel system using a 21-gallon Aeromotive Stealth tank fitted with a high-flow 340 Stealth in-tank pump. Camaro GT4.R-spec fuel lines produced by Brown & Miller Racing Solutions links the tank to Holley fuel rails via an Aeromotive regulator, and a Bosch filter setup borrowed from a Corvette C7.R keeps the flow scrupulously clean. A Chevrolet Performance 525 engine controller kit manages fuel and other crucial engine parameters.

The ride height was lowered 4.5 inches in the front and 5.5 inches in the rear.

Waste gasses are channeled out of the engine via ceramic-coated TCI long-tube headers. A 3-inch X-pipe from Pratt & Miller’s C6RS Corvette test car, 3-inch pipes, and glasspack mufflers complete the dual exhaust system. That same C6RS test car also donated its twin SPAL Automotive electric fan setup, which works with a DeWitts aluminum radiator to keep engine temperature in check.

Marin was able to buy an orphaned Tremec TR 6060 six-speed gearbox that came out of a new Cadillac CTS-V. The Caddy had been transformed into a Pirelli World Challenge racer with a race-only transmission. Joe Dunn at D&D Transmission reworked the original CTS-V gearbox to accept a slip-yoke and a Magnum shifter. He also changed Sixth gear to a 0.50:1 overdrive. An integral pump and transmission cooler in the car’s DeWitts radiator keep the Tremec’s gear-oil temperature under control. The transmission cooler lines started life as high-pressure air-conditioning lines in a C6.R Corvette race car. A McLeod RST clutch assembly and McLeod aluminum flywheel inside the CTS-V bellhousing firmly link the Tremec to the LS3.

To get the power to the ground, Marin installed a Chevy 12-bolt rear axle from DTS. It uses an Eaton limited-slip, Moser 35-spline billet axles with 5X5 5/8-inch NASCAR wheel studs, and an aluminum preload cover. A 3-inch aluminum DTS driveshaft marries the rearend and gearbox. The differential is fitted with a 4.56 ring-and- pinion set, which gives great off-the-line acceleration and fantastic high-speed cruising performance, thanks to that 0.50 overdrive Sixth gear. At 85 mph in Sixth, the engine is turning only 2,400 rpm.

Wicked, smoky burnouts are a big part of the joy Marin gets from his Nova.

Marin wanted this car to be equally at home on a highway, a road course, a dragstrip, or Michigan’s awful, pothole-scarred streets, so the chassis and suspension would need a serious makeover. This is where he really benefitted from the expertise and fabrication skills of friend Bryan Barker. The two modified an older TCI subframe to accept Mustang II–style Viking double-adjustable coilovers. They also modified TCI control arms and fitted drop links originally fabricated for a GT3-spec Cadillac ATS-V.R to work with a 1-inch TCI sway bar. TCI drop spindles carry hubs designed and fabricated by Pratt & Miller for GT class Pontiacs that raced in Grand Am. As with the Moser axles in the rear, the P&M front hubs were fitted with 5/8-inch NASCAR studs.

For easy cruising, Marin installed a Ford steering rack that’s fed by a Corvette C6.R hydraulic pump. The system uses a reservoir that came out of the Corvette C7.R that caught fire at the Daytona ROAR test in 2017.

This Nova was built to drive, and Marin uses it almost every day.

Stopping power comes from a Wilwood brake setup. Six-piston Superlite calipers clamp 13-inch slotted and drilled rotors at all four corners, and high-performance, street-compound Wilwood BP-10 pads provide smooth engagement, a flat torque curve, and relatively low dust levels.

Forgeline ZX3R wheels deliver both the performance and look Marin wanted. The three-piece wheels have 6061 T6 forged centers and spun rim halves. With Chevy truck hats on the rotors, the wheels clear those big Wilwood brakes. The fronts measure 18×10 inches with a 7-inch backspace, and the rears are 18×11.5 inches with a 6-inch backspace. They started life as race wheels for the Pratt & Miller–built Pontiac GXP.Rs, and the particular set on this Nova completed the 24 Hours at Daytona about ten years ago. Steve and Dave Schardt, owners of Forgeline Motorsports, modified them to properly fit Marin’s car. They wear Continental ExtremeContact DW tires sized at 265/35-18 in the front and 295/35-18 in the rear.

Master fabricator Bryan Barker (left) and David “Dang” Marin put a lot of time, thought, and effort into Marin’s Nova.

Though Marin initially planned to attack the body first, to date he still hasn’t done most of what’s needed. Parts of the floor and the transmission tunnel were cut out and replaced with new sections that pal Bryan Barker made to provide adequate clearance for the new drivetrain, and a new 2-inch cowl hood replaced the original, which had been cut up for a giant scoop back in the day. Under the hood, Marin installed carbon-fiber inner fenders fabricated at Pratt & Miller with sample material that otherwise would have gone unused.

In keeping with the build’s overall ambiance, interior work has been primarily limited to improving performance. Low-back, big bolster seats are upholstered in black vinyl, and insulating Boom Mat covers the floor and firewall. The billet steering wheel is from Eddie Motorsports, and a Racepak IQ3 digital dash display tells Marin everything he needs to know. For safety sake, the six-point rollcage was made with removable door bars using Corvette Daytona Prototype rear-engine brace mounts as couplers. All electrical functions are controlled with the help of a modified American Autowire harness. For his sister’s sake, Marin installed a Vintage Air A/C system.

An Aeromotive bypass regulator and BMRS lines deliver fuel to the Holley rails.

Though there’s still plenty he plans to do with his Nova, Marin is having too much fun driving it to do anything big that would take it off the road for an extended stretch. “It’s our cruiser,” he says, “and it brings so much happiness to my sister. I drive it whenever and wherever I can. It’s fast, handles well, stops well, does killer burnouts, and motors down the highway in total comfort. A lot of people went above and beyond to help get it to this point, including Gary Pratt, who loved watching old, obsolete race parts get off the shelves and on the car. I owe a huge thank you to Gary and all of the friends who helped out. The whole project was special because of everyone who got involved, everyone who went to extremes to help me get this car built. I simply can’t thank each and every one of them enough. I love driving the car, and it puts a giant smile on my sister’s face, which is the most important thing of all!”

The power-steering fluid reservoir came off the Corvette C7.R that burned at a Daytona test in 2017.

The original trim tag tells us, among other things, that this Danube Blue/blue interior Nova was built the fourth week of December at the Norwood Assembly Plant.

The K&N inlet and air filter were sourced from a GT4.R Camaro racer.

This LS3 came out of a Camaro SS that was converted to a GT4.R class race car.

Much of the plumbing and wiring was sourced from the obsolete parts bins at Pratt & Miller, including this battery cable.

The Chevrolet Performance 525 engine controller is commonly used for LS engine installations in older cars.

One of Pratt & Miller’s composite specialists built the front wheelwells from carbon, working on his own time to help out Marin.

Racepak’s Data Systems IQ3 display dash puts all critical information right where the driver needs it.

The mostly Spartan interior features custom seats, a six-point rollcage, and Boom Mat insulation.

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