"I remember learning
how to skate on a backyard pond when I was 4,"
Jaime said. "I had a
straight Koho stick, red and white, and I could lean
on it. The pond was real secluded, so I could learn
to stick-handle and shoot. I'd go and get in pickup
games with my brother
[Justin]
where
I'd be the only girl playing, and then I played on
my first team with my brother."
By
the time the physical strength and speed of her
teammates [boys]
started
to show at the Bantam level, Jaime held back
defensively and began polishing her passing ability.
Then she joined the Minnesota Thoroughbreds, an
organization of select girls' hockey players for
under-15 and under-17 teams.
"I played for
the Thoroughbreds for three years, and it took me a
while to realize I didn't have to hang back, that I
could rush the puck," she said. "But passing has
always been my game, and I never had over 20 goals."
Until this
season. She could have returned to the
Thoroughbreds, but chose the opportunity to be a
pioneer in girls' high school hockey, and she has
scored 43 goals and
assisted on 35 more for 78
points.
From article by John Gilbert, Mpls Star-Tribune,
Published: February 23, 1995 |
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Her High
School Stats |
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Season |
G |
A |
Pts |
Comments |
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1994-95 |
43 |
35 |
78 |
First Year Minnesota
High School Girls
Hockey
* Co-Captain of the (First)
State Tournament
Champion,
Apple Valley.
* First Team All-State - in the (First)
All-State
Team.
* (First)
Player of the Year |
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Jaime DeGriselles
Senior, 1995
State Tournament |
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Jaime skating for
University of New Hampshire |
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A Final Tribute |
A
High-Scoring Defender
Forwards
usually do most of the scoring in hockey, and a hot
goalie is what every coach hopes for in the playoffs.
But no one can infuse a game or a tournament with
electricity the way a high-scoring defender can. [Jaime
was that kind of defender.]
Mike Fermoyle, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Feb
24, 1995 |
Whenever Apple Valley needed
offense during the team's 24-0-1 run to the first Girls
State Hockey Tournament Championship, Jaime DeGriselles
was there.
From her spot on the Eagle's blue
line, DeGriselles was the one feeding the puck to the
Apple Valley forwards, or directing the offense on the
way to their undefeated season and the crowning victory
at Aldrich Arena. For her efforts, she was
named the state's player of the year. Comments by Dayton Anders,
1996 |
Jaime was a defender, yet she led her team in scoring,
and was the No.3 scorer in the state.
Member of the Girls All-Time Top Players
listing because of
"Leading Pioneer, in Minnesota high school girls
hockey, with outstanding stats". |
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