"I grew up playing with the boys, and when my brother
started playing, I joined in," Holly said. "They
were pretty tough on me. But I've been playing
boys hockey my whole life. The guys' game is so
fast-paced, and if you don't keep your head up, you get
leveled. But I've had my share of hits, too."
In the 2000-01 season, she was assistant captain on the
boys St. Cloud Pee Wee A team.
She joined the St. Cloud Tech girls'
varsity as an 8th grader. Her skills and talent
were evident immediately. She had the attitude of
an old-fashioned "rink rat". At the end of the
season, the St. Cloud Times voted her Girls' Hockey
Player of the Year. |
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Her High
School Stats |
|
Year |
School |
All-State Team |
GP |
G |
A |
Pts |
|
2001-02 |
St. Cloud Tech |
- - - |
|
20 |
22 |
42 |
|
2002-03 |
St. Cloud Tech |
- - - |
|
42 |
31 |
73 |
|
2003-04 |
Warroad |
Honorable Mention |
|
61 |
35 |
96 |
|
2004-05 |
Warroad |
Honorable Mention |
|
56 |
52 |
108 |
|
2005-06 |
Warroad |
First Team |
|
70 |
30 |
100 |
|
Totals |
|
249 |
170 |
419 |
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Holly Roberts transfers to
Warroad.
At St. Cloud Tech,
she scored 115 points in two years. She was chosen
St. Cloud Times girls hockey Player of the Year, twice.
But she didn't get the sense she was improving as much
as she liked. Holly wanted to take her game to new
levels, and figured Warroad would be the place to do it.
"Up here [in hockey tradition-rich Warroad], it's
all about hockey and I wanted to get better.
Playing for Tech, It didn't seem like I was going
anywhere."
[In Warroad:] "Everyone is all about hockey
here. In St. Cloud, some players didn't play
because they loved it. It was just the thing to
do. Here, everyone puts their heart into it."
Excerpts from St. Cloud Times article,
Dec 11,
2003, by Tom Fenton |
St.
Cloud Tech vs Warroad
Freshman Holly Roberts had two goals as Tech skated past
Warroad 5-1, on
December 2, 2002.
On
December 13, 2003, Tech traveled north to play against Warroad and sophomore Holly
Roberts . . .
Warroad won 9-0.
At St. Cloud, Holly was the go-to player.
At Warroad, she was just one of several
good players. |
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St. Cloud
State forward
Holly Roberts
(6) takes control of the puck
Friday after upending
an Ohio State
player |
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Holly Roberts,
Soph
No.6, St.Cloud State
at the SCSU Women's Hockey
U-14 free hockey clinic |
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Holly Roberts, No.6
Junior, Warroad.
On the receiving end of a check in a game
against Elk River. |
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2006 First Team All-State
Holly
is No.7 on the Top Career Scorers listing
with 419 points.
Member
of the Girls All-Time Top Players listing
because of "First Team All-State" plus "Exceptional
career stats".
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