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Dec. 15, 2009 - Times Argus

The WOW! Girls of Central Vermont

Nothing stops the broomball gals of Central Vermont, I wrote three winters ago.

“Not treacherous driving conditions such as Sunday night’s micro-blizzard.

“Certainly not birthing. Melissa Richardson with the Ice Storms team had her baby in early November and by Sunday night was playing in her third game and scored a goal.

“And most assuredly not the prospect of playing the year-after-year indomitable Pro- Heat/VT Audiology team with their current 10-0 record, scoring 64 goals, with just four scored against them.

“It’s been a year since I last ventured to the Civic Center in Montpelier to catch a few broomball games, and Sunday night – braving the aforementioned slick roads – I caught two terrific matchups.

“The first saw Jan Ruta Electric survive a furious last-second assault by Ice Storms, prevailing 2-1, and the second was a battle between undefeated Pro-Heat and second-place Forest Green/The Alchemist, with just one loss.

“Pro-Heat beat the short-handed Forest Green team, 5-1, but the lone goal was an electrifying rarity nailed with just 42 seconds off the clock.”