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stouffville suntribune saturday june 23 2007 15 knox on national teams radar university goalie faces star players at calgary camp by mike hayakawa staff writer uz knox enrolled at wilfrid laurier university last fall and played for the schools womens hockey team for two reasons the 19yearold stouffville resident who tended goal for the golden hawks did so because the school has a strong tradition in canadian womens ranks as evidenced by its participation in the canadian interuniversity champion ships this year also golden hawks head coach rick osborne had some strong connections with the national team program that link proved beneficial for knox the stouffville district secondary school graduate was one of 17 goalkeep ers from across canada invited to the inaugural national womens program goaltending camp in calgary alta eight of the netminders were in the under19 age category while anoth er eight including knox were in the under22 category the other was sami jo small a member of the national team it was a great opportunity it was incredible and i thought it went well knox said of the fourday liz knox stouffville district sec ondary school grad tends goal for sir wilfrid laurier university camp that concluded sunday the invite came after her lastmin ute participation in the programs initial camp a month ago another invitee got hurt one day before the camp commenced and knox received a call from hockey canada ask ing if she would like to fill the voids he quickly agreed and boarded a flight to calgary the next day there were eight goalies from that camp and all eight were asked to come back knox said knox speculates osborne suggested her name to hockey canada not just because she played for him but dur ing her freshman year knox sported a respectable 131 goals against average in 12 games when i went to wilfrid laurier i knew the team excelled on the ice and our coach has a strong affiliation with the national team it was a good foot in the door she said the biggest thing knox learned at the camps was to put her diminutive five- foot fiveinch frame to good use i learned a few little tricks she said at the camp they told me how to use it to my advantage in terms of cutting down a lot of depth so shooters cant see as much of the net just as important knox felt she gave a good account of herself against some shooters from the starry national team including gillian ferrari vicki sunohara and hayley wickenheiser when they first stepped out onto the ice i was a little in awe it was like liv ing a childhood dream but from there it was just a matter of stopping pucks knox said four goalkeepers from the under22 grouping will be asked to attend another camp in august from there two will be picked for the under22 national team knox feels her chances are as good as any to be one of the two to be chosen i thought i held my own and i left it all on the ice knox said but if i dont get the call i know ill have to work harder del zotto to team canada under18 auditions stouffvilles michael del zotto has been invited to audi tion for the canadian under18 squad hockey team aug 49 in calgary forty players will be compering for 22 spots on team canada which will compete at the under18 memorial of ivan hlmka formerly the junior world cup from aug 1418 in the czech republic and slovakia del zotto 16 the second player chosen in the 2006 ontario hockey league draft by the oshawa generals had 10 goals and 47 assists in 64 games in his rookie season he played minor hockey in the whitchurchstouflville and markham waxers organizations for more information go to hockeycanadaca watch for your official arrive alive please dont drink and drive this message brought to you as a community service of the economist suntribune wcim guide in this edition today m stouffville i suntnbune some mosquitoes carry west nile virus and their bites may lead to west nile virus infection clean up the best way to keep mosquitoes away is to clean up areas of stagnant water around your home where they like to breed what you can do sfef fifes fm cms iswisr pts ec oarage wof er m hki ms eety eeissie wafer ffcjj sjss cm pel wms tara m hem smk s wadfog gads wfegdotows and small fexss osac feawes mi fwfgs kom esvsmshsstasm mi md uuda i mi ssfs ddtes ss ffest vraf gr urns frees make me smmmm pool pump is d mi fatuxg ew sot dfease shmhhesf wfesre hiskprefoes fife f rest ism aw gjfsjkjsf feqses fill m fswcfepfgssfqfis m fern arses qigde cfacr awi wnnfew sarssis me for more information about west nile virus contact york region health services health connection 18003615653 wwwyorkca on