Game Report 713 Esso Cup
PLAYED AT: Gateway Ice Centre
Date: Apr 26, 2014
GAME NOTES: GOLD WINGS ARE GOLDEN by Wendy Graves STONEY CREEK, Ont. – The Weyburn Gold Wings are the 2014 Esso Cup champions. Tessa Wilson (Mazenod, Sask.) and Bailee Bourassa (Weyburn, Sask.) scored and Jane Kish (Weyburn, Sask.) made 29 saves as their team defeated the Edmonton Thunder 2-1 Saturday afternoon and earned the right to be called the best female Midget team in the country. Brett Campbell (Edmonton, Alta.) had the lone goal for the Thunder. Goalie Tracie Kikuchi (Edmonton, Alta.) made 23 saves. “I’m absolutely overjoyed,” said Kish. “Words can’t express how I feel right now.” In the early going it was Edmonton creating the most chances. After four minutes, the Thunder had registered five shots on net while the Gold Wings had barely seen the offensive zone. It took until 14 minutes in for Weyburn to finds its rhythm. End-to-end action two minutes later led to the game’s first goal. Caitlin Dempsey’s (Heward, Sask.) initial shot on the rush was blocked, but a streaking Wilson fired from between the top of the face-off circles. Her shot went off of Kikuchi’s glove and trickled in. Weyburn doubled its lead less than two minutes into the second. Bourassa broke down the right wing on a three-on-one, held and went high. Campbell finally got Edmonton on the board seven minutes in. A scramble in front of the net led to Weyburn’s net coming off its pegs, but not before the puck had crossed the goal line. Seven minutes into the third Edmonton found itself on an extended five-on-three. You had a feeling this would be the turning point of the game. Kish had been her team’s best player all week – and named Top Goaltender for the tournament – and she stood tall with several big saves on the penalty kill. Unlike the other five teams here, the Gold Wings came to Stoney Creek as bit of an unknown entity. The Thunder was looking to win its first Esso Cup in six tries. The Sabres wanted to prove they belonged at nationals as competitors, not just hosts. Even the Moncton Rockets (chasing Atlantic’s first medal), Fraser Valley Phantom (last year’s host) and Sudbury Lady Wolves (shortest layoff; lots of momentum) had storylines to follow at the beginning of the week. What we did know was the Gold Wings were coming in on a roll. With eight games left in its regular season, the team sat at 10-6-1-3. Since then they’d gone 24-4. It was the last team anyone should want to face. “I think we realized what we needed to do to win,” said Wilson. “We believed in each other,” said Kish. “We told ourselves we have an opportunity to be national champions.” 		Visiting Team: Edmonton Thunder
 Home Team: Weyburn Gold Wings
EDMONTON THUNDER LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G31  Kikuchi, Tracie
G38  Rusnak, Keelyn
 3  Emerson, Raylene
 5  Dillon, Cayle
 7  Healey, Jessica
 8  Hitchings, Diane
 9  Giorgi, Kathryn
 10  Campbell, Brett
 11  Becks, Kennedy
 12  Barnett, Alison
 13  Boucher, Amy
 14  Casson, Morgan
 15  Reiter, Alix
 16  Poznikoff, Alexandra
 17  Scharpegge, Kennedi
 18  Padgett, Madison
 19  Gorda, Nicole
 20  McMillan, Alexa
 21  Lloyd, Taegan
 23  Laplante, Madison
EDMONTON THUNDER PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
2nd13 2:00 (auto) Interference minor 2:291 2:2919:31
3rd10 2:00 Slashing minor 8:201 8:2013:40
3rd10 2:00 Tripping minor 17:411 17:414:19
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
WEYBURN GOLD WINGS LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G1  Irwin, Tamara
G31  Kish, Jane
 2  Liebreich, Macy
 4  Bourassa, Bailee
 5  Sinclair, Ashten
 6  Sjostrand, Kassidy
 7  Thorp, Whitney
 8  Smith, Paige
 9  Wilson, Tessa
 10  Jensen, Karlee
 12  Colbow, Madison
 14  Smith, Raine
 15  Pirlot, Cassidy
 16  Whitrow, Jenica
 17  Solie, Madison
 18  Hammer, Jensen
 19  Dempsey, Caitlin
   
   
   
WEYBURN GOLD WINGS PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st12 2:00 (auto) minor 7:411 7:4114:19
2nd7 2:00 (auto) Interference minor 2:291 2:2919:31
2nd12 2:00 Playing with Too Many Sticks minor 3:311 3:3118:29
2nd6 2:00 (auto) Cross-Checking minor 6:211 6:2115:39
3rd6 2:00 (auto) Head Contact minor 6:241 6:2415:36
3rd9 2:00 Tripping minor 7:001 7:0015:00
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
EDMONTON THUNDER Goals EDMONTON THUNDER PLAYERS (plus) WEYBURN GOLD WINGS PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
2nd7:01 PP 10-16            
                
WEYBURN GOLD WINGS Goals WEYBURN GOLD WINGS PLAYERS (plus) EDMONTON THUNDER PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
1st16:01  9-19            
2nd1:50  4-16            
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
EDMONTON THUNDER 1 / 6
WEYBURN GOLD WINGS 0 / 3
PENALTY SUMMARY
EDMONTON THUNDER 6 min / 3 inf
WEYBURN GOLD WINGS 12 min / 6 inf
POINT SUMMARY
EDMONTON THUNDER 1 G + 1 A = 2 Pts
WEYBURN GOLD WINGS 2 G + 2 A = 4 Pts
SCORING 1 2 3 Total
EDMONTON THUNDER0101
WEYBURN GOLD WINGS1102
GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off
EDM - Kikuchi (60:00) (L)107623/0:003rd/20:00
WEY - Kish (60:00) (W)1091029/0:003rd/20:00
Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:
  -  Start: 4:00 PM
  -  End: 4:00 PM
  -  Attendance: 0 
OFFICIALS
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CERTIFIED CORRECT
 
This report has been checked and verified against the Official Esso Cup Game Report.

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