PLAYED AT: Evraz Place
Date: Nov 11, 2016
GAME NOTES: B.C. BEATS ALBERTA TO ADVANCE TO SEMIFINALS
WENDY GRAVES
REGINA, Sask. – It was simple: win and advance to the semifinals of the 2016 National Women’s Under-18 Championship.
Thanks to goals from Maegan Beres (Lions Bay, B.C./North American Hockey Academy, JWHL), Courtney Vorster (Richmond, B.C./Shattuck-St. Mary’s, USHS) and Olivia Knowles (Campbell River, B.C./Okanagan Hockey Academy, CSSHL) – and 41 saves by Kate Stuart (Chilliwack, B.C./Pursuit of Excellence, CSSHL) – British Columbia scored a 3-1 victory over Alberta to remain in medal contention.
British Columbia advanced to the semifinals for the second straight year; it marks the first time the team will make back-to-back appearances in the medal round.
It was a game defined by special teams. After 40 minutes the teams had already been whistled for a combined 22 penalty minutes. The two sides finished with 32 penalty minutes in total.
B.C. jumped out to an early lead in the first period with a power play goal. What seemed like a harmless dump-in behind the Alberta net turned into an adventure when goaltender Amanda Zeglen (Calgary, Alta./Pursuit of Excellence, CSSHL) tripped while trying to play the puck. Amongst a mass of bodies in front of the net, Beres scored.
Another Alberta penalty resulted in a second power play goal for B.C. With the puck down low, Vorster poached in unnoticed from the blue-line and scored from the low slot off a pass from Miranda Gaudet (West Kelowna, B.C./Okanagan Hockey Academy, CSSHL).
Less than four minutes later, though, Alberta had a reply. On the power play, Ireland Perrott (Sturgeon County, Alta./Pursuit of Excellence, CSSHL) – set up in the crease – redirected a pass from Rachel Weiss (Calgary, Alta./Rocky Mountain, ABMAAA).
B.C. got some insurance 7:39 into the third period, scoring for the first time at even strength. After an icing call resulted in a face-off in the Alberta zone, B.C. was able to create traffic – and some chaos – down low. The puck found its way back to the face-off dot, where Knowles shot it in over the sprawled bodies in front.
B.C. now leads the all-time head-to-head matchup 5-1.
The loss means Alberta will play in the fifth-place game on Saturday. |
Visiting Team: British Columbia
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Home Team: Alberta
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BRITISH COLUMBIA LINEUP
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Pos |
No. |
Name |
G | 1 | Stuart, Kate | G | 31 | Woodland, Kendra | | 2 | Allan, Alex | | 3 | Box, Molly | | 4 | Knowles, Olivia | | 7 | Beres, Maegan | | 8 | Borrow, Allison | | 10 | Gaudet, Miranda | | 12 | Wallace, Stefanie | | 13 | Vorster, Courtney | | 14 | Reilly, Kate | | 16 | Potomak, Amy | | 17 | McCabe, Ashley | | 19 | Hall, Emma | | 20 | MacDonald, Maryna | | 21 | Hunt, Reece | | 22 | Capelle, Mikayla | | 23 | Sanghe, Jesse | | 24 | McConnell, Shay-lee | | | |
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BRITISH COLUMBIA PENALTIES
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Per. |
No. |
Min |
Offence |
Off |
PP |
PS |
Start |
On |
1st | 4 | 2:00 | Tripping | 5:12 | 1 | | 5:12 | 7:12 | 1st | 16 | 2:00 | Holding | 12:03 | 1 | | 12:03 | 13:17 | 1st | 24 | 2:00 | Body-Checking | 15:31 | 1 | | 15:31 | 17:31 | 2nd | 20 | 2:00 | Interference | 2:53 | 1 | | 2:53 | 4:53 | 2nd | 24 | 2:00 | Body-Checking | 12:15 | 1 | | 12:15 | 14:15 | 3rd | 17 | 2:00 | Body-Checking | 2:26 | 1 | | 2:26 | 4:26 | 3rd | 7 | 2:00 | Hooking | 13:50 | 1 | | 13:50 | 15:50 | 3rd | 22 | 2:00 | Body-Checking | 19:22 | 1 | | 19:22 | 20:00 | 3rd | 24 | 2:00 | Holding | 19:55 | 1 | | 19:55 | 20:00 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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ALBERTA LINEUP
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Pos |
No. |
Name |
G | 1 | Drever, Camryn | G | 31 | Zeglen, Amanda | | 2 | Kondas, Jessica | | 4 | Brown, Kennedy | | 5 | Duncan, Katie | | 6 | Markowski, Stephanie | | 7 | Laplante, Madison | | 8 | Kollman, Courtney | | 9 | Thorpe, Jayden | | 10 | McMillan, Alexa | | 11 | Hewett, McKenzie | | 12 | Meropoulis, Tyra | | 13 | Puddifant, Chloé | | 14 | Jacobs, Jane | | 16 | Moore, Emily | | 17 | Greig, Dara | | 19 | Weiss, Rachel | | 20 | Pejkovic, Caitlin | | 21 | Sawka, Taylor | | 23 | Perrott, Ireland |
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ALBERTA PENALTIES
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Per. |
No. |
Min |
Offence |
Off |
PP |
PS |
Start |
On |
1st | 6 | 2:00 | Interference | 2:32 | 1 | | 2:32 | 3:21 | 1st | 23 | 2:00 | Hit to the Head | 9:09 | 1 | | 9:09 | 9:38 | 1st | 2 | 2:00 | Tripping | 18:18 | 1 | | 18:18 | 0:18 | 2nd | 11 | 2:00 | Tripping | 2:59 | 1 | | 2:59 | 4:59 | 2nd | 6 | 2:00 | Slashing | 3:31 | 1 | | 3:31 | 5:31 | 2nd | 5 | 2:00 | Body-Checking | 15:47 | 1 | | 15:47 | 17:47 | 3rd | 17 | 2:00 | Tripping | 10:08 | 1 | | 10:08 | 12:08 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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