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How She Got Started
Many people
have believed that Ashley
Albrecht must have been born with skates. This "belief"
is supported by a
Albrecht home movie that shows Ashley as a 2-year-old in a
pink snowsuit on skates on a South St. Paul pond.
Her mother,
Judy, remembers the first skating lessons, when Ashley,
at 2 1/2, was the youngest one present. "Beginning
figure skating lessons. Everyone else was using a
walker, but she refused. She could skate right
away. She could glide."
As a
seventh-grader, Ashley was good enough to play for the
South St. Paul girls varsity. But her parents were
concerned about mixing her with girls as much as five
years older. So she joined the 15-and-under team
in South St. Paul that won the first girls state Pee-Wee
title. |
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Her High
School Stats |
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Year |
All-State Team |
GP |
G |
A |
Pts |
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1997-98 |
Honorable Mention |
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21 (25) |
17 (20) |
38 (45) |
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1998-99 |
Honorable Mention |
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16 (20) |
28 (33) |
44 (53) |
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1999-2000 |
First Team |
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16 |
24 |
40 |
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2000-01 |
First Team |
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20 (25) |
27 (33) |
47 (58) |
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2001-02 |
First Team |
- - |
24 |
40 |
(64) |
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Totals |
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110 |
150 |
260 |
(x) actual figure, (x)
estimated-assessed figure |
Packers
assistant coach Pete Edlund recalled the decision to
move Ashley to defense, "We though she could be our
Bobby Orr. She got the puck put of our end all
the time and created so much offense for us.
She really exceeded our expectations."
In 8th
grade, Ashley was Honorable Mention All-State as a
forward. |
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Ashley Albrecht, Soph
2000 First Team All-State |
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Ashley defends
the
puck against
a White Bear Lake player
during the
2002 Class AA
championship game. |
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A Final Tribute |
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Ashley was the first Minnesota
girls hockey defender to score 100 career goals when she
scored four times in an 11-0
victory over Mahtomedi.
January 19, 2002 |
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scored the winning goal in South St.Paul's 2-1 victory
over White Bear Lake for their first state hockey
championship.
February 24, 2002 |
South
St.Paul just had won its first state hockey title, and
already Packer fans wanted more.
As
Ashley skated off the ice the crowd began chanting,
"Ms
Hockey,
Ms Hockey, . . .", in reference to the award
given the top senior player in the state.
Maybe
the fans seemed a little greedy at the time. As it
turned out, they were merely prophetic. Ashley
added the Ms.Hockey award in a presentation the
following evening.
From article by Michael Rand,
St.Paul Pioneer
Press, Feb 25, 2002 |
"She could
have scored much more than she did this year, but she
sacrificed points --- to get something done."
After
the Packer brought home the school's first state hockey
title: "You have to have a great one to win a
state championship."
Tim Dittberner,
South St. Paul athletic director. |
All-Tournament
Team in
1999, 2001, and 2002.
2000 First Team All-State
2001 First Team All-State
2002 First Team All-State
2002 Ms Hockey
2002 Player of the
Year.
Member of the
Girls All-Time Top Players listing because of
three times
"First Team All-State". |
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