Forrige helg sikret jentene fra Stavanger gull i serien (andre året på rad), og de fulgte opp med å bli Norgesmestere denne helgen!
Stavanger møtte VIF i finalen. Dette gjorde de også i fjor, men da var det VIF som gikk av med seieren. VIF har, så lenge det har vært arrangert NM for kvinner, kun gitt fra seg NM-tittelen 4 ganger tidligere.
I finalekampen var det VIF som gikk først ut i ledelsen ved å score det første målet i 2. periode. Stavanger fulgte opp drøye 5 minutter senere med å utlikne til 1-1, og dette resultatet holdt seg ut perioden. Stavanger scoret, det som viste seg å være det avgjørende målet, tidlig i 3. periode. Sluttresultatet ble da 2-1.
Vi gratulerer Stavangers damelag med sitt første NM-gull!
Noen ord fra treneren
Vi ba treneren gi oss noen ord om jentenes vei til NM-gull, og hvordan det står til med rekruttering av jenter i klubben:
We started laying the foundation for this last season. Our group of girls has always been very committed from the start and after winning Seriemester last season and ending up second in NM, we all felt that we have plenty more to prove and we could still improve our performance and have better result in following season. The girls put in a lot of hard work from August with countless hours on and off the ice in order to improve their game and become better hockey players.
Our goal for this season was to build on the success we had in last and win the double this season. Girls have been doing great in practice, working hard on every single part of their game and we have improved more and more with every practice and game, which payed off on the end and brought us the result that we wanted.
All the players we have on the team have been fully committed on making the team better and putting their personal interests down in order to achieve success for the team and in the end that is what got us these results.
Their hard work and dedication is also proved by the amount of our players in National teams (U16 Olympics, U18 WM, Women team) Stavanger Hockey is fortunately a club that includes everybody, regardless of nationality or gender and with girls teams coming all the way from U7 to Women team, we have large base of players that keeps growing and our teams are able to get better and bigger every year.
At the moment in Stavanger Hockey we have around 150 female players which makes us very proud and also confident about future of our team. We have a lot of up and coming talents on the girls side, and lot of players currently playing in 1. Division close to making a Elite team. We keep working with all of our players to keep them playing and get the better and provide them opportunity to enjoy sport for the long time and also ensure future of our team.