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Westman Wildcats Complete First Half Of Season
The Westman Wildcats Female Midget Team completed their first half of the Season at the Calgary International Mac's Invitational tournament with a 2-2 record.
This being the inaugural year for Westman having a regional Female Midget program, the team gained allot of experience and laid a good legacy for years to come at the first large tournaments these young ladies attended.
The season kicked off with their home tournament were Westman beat Regina, Eastman and Yellowhead in the round robin before losing the final to Balmoral Hall, Canada's top female prep team.
Westman's first road tournament was at the Minnesota Thoroughbreds Annual Thanksgiving Tournament were the Cats faced the host team, Anchorage Alaska, San Jose California and Sault Ste. Marie going 2-2 in the process.
The Wildcats started December off attending the Notre Dame Hounds Annual Showcase with 16 other Female Midget Teams from across the country. The Cats squared off against South Island from Victoria, Okitoks, Regina, Prince Albert as well as the host Hounds gaining a 3-2 record in this tournament.
The Westman squad finished off the year at The Mac's in Calgary at Christmas. The Wildcats faced Vancouver, Calgary, Red Deer and Melville just missing the playoffs.
The Westman Wildcats have proven that these rural hockey players are as good as any of the North American programs around. Many of the senior players have garnered attention from Colleges in Canada as well as the US with over 20 different colleges contacting the program about players since first taking the ice in September.
The Wildcats have also played exhibition games in the first half of the season against teams from the Saskatchewan AAA league, Winnipeg AA league and other Manitoba regional teams.
After 22 games the Wildcats have a record of 15-7 with 105 goals for and 48 goals against.
The Wildcats open up the second half of their season at home with Eastman and Parkland visiting Hartney on Saturday 12 th and Winnipeg Rangers coming out for a double header on the 19th and 20th.
Westman will attend the Saskatoon Comets Showcase, Eastman Selects Tournament and have a series with Shattuck's St Mary's in Faribault, Mn before hosting the Provincial Female Midget Championship at the end of February. Jan 1, 2008, 1:39 pm Westman Wildcats travelled to Calgary over the Holidays to play in The Mac's International Midget Tournament.
Boxing Day saw the Westman Squad up against the Calgary Chaos and the Cats skated away with a 3-1 win.
On the 27th the Cats were facing off against the Vancouver Fussion and beat their Pacific oponents 4-0
The Wildcats than dropped there next 2 games 5-1 to the Red Deer Sutter Chiefs and 3-2 to Prarie Fire.
The Wildcats finished just out of the playoffs.
The Cats next action is at home in Hartney on Feb 12th against Parkland and Eastman. Dec 19, 2007, 9:03 am The Westman Wildcats are opening up their optional Dec 23rd practice to all former "Cats".
With so many Alumni home for the Xmas wishing to keep "on the blades" , the Cats are inviting all out for a 11:00am skate in Hartney.
This will be Westmans final skate before heading off to Calgary and The Mac's International Midget Hockey Tournament.
With former players home from their College teams in Wisconsin, Alberta, Saskatchewan , Maine and Minnesota it should prove to be a fun skate.
Dec 16, 2007, 8:57 am Wildcats Roar Through Parkland
Westman went up to play in an exhibition series on Saturday and came away with 2 convincing victories.
The Cats first action saw them up against the host Parkland Panthers. The Wildcats beat their northern hosts by an 8-0 score and distributed the scoring around the roster.
The Wildcats second game of the day was against Stonewall and again the Cats owned every part of the game by downing the Interlake club 12-0.
With both Adams and Jory sharing two shutouts and the scoring been spread throughout the team the Cats hope this have them ready to go West over Christmas to compete in the Mac's International in Calgary. Dec 14, 2007, 9:42 am
2007 MAC's AAA MIDGET HOCKEY TOURNAMENT
"Celebrating 30 Years"
“We are pleased today to begin this year's Mac's Tournament, Celebrating 30 Years, with the announcement of the participants for the 2007 Mac's Tournament. When this tournament began in 1978, people wanted to bring the best competition to the city and play a leadership role in advancing midget hockey. We believe that our Recruitment Team has assembled a tremendous group of teams from around the world to participate in this year's Tournament that will provide excellent competition as well as entertainment for the many fans of midget hockey†said Neil Robertson, Mac's Committee Chairman. “We continue to recruit the top midget-aged teams that meet the Hockey Canada age requirements which provides our
The 30th annual Mac's Tournament will be held in
“Mac's Convenience Stores are proud to be the major sponsor of this event. The Mac's Tournament is known worldwide as the best hockey tournament for midget-aged hockey players and this year's Tournament will be no exception,†said Ron Thompson, Western Canada Marketing Manager for Mac's Convenience Stores. “We look forward to the upcoming Tournament.â€
The Tournament will again feature 25 of the top male midget teams from across North America and
Participating Teams in the 2007 Mac's Tournament
Male Division
Female Division
Dec 10, 2007, 3:47 pm Westman Wildcats return home from the Notre Dame Hounds North America Showcase weekend with a 3 and 2 record.
This 16 team Invitational Showcase have many of the top AAA Female Midget programs participating.
Thursday night the Wildcats started the tournament off against the defending Western Canadian Champions the Notre Dame Hounds. The Wildcats started off a little slow and had to play themselves out of a hole. Once the Cats got their legs they gave the Hounds a great game losing 6-4.
Friday saw the Wildcats playing the South Island Breakers. This proved to be a good fast paced game with the Westman team earning a 5-3 win over the BC team.
The Cats second game Friday against Okotoks was a rough hard fought game with the Cats coming up a bit short 3-2.
Saturday the Westman crew was pitted against Regina and played a good solid game handed their Saskatchewan foes a 4-1 loss.
The skills competition on Saturday night had the Westman Shooting-goalie tandems coming in 2nd in a 16-team pool, while the accuracy shooting and the speed skating acquitted themselves quit nicely.
On Sunday Westman was up against the Prince Albert Bears who had only had one defeat this season coming into this weekend. The Cats played their smartest game of the season and handed the PA squad a 5-1 drubbing.
The Wildcats will play a couple of exhibition games this weekend before heading out to play in the International Mac's Invitational Midget Tournament over Xmas in Calgary. Nov 26, 2007, 7:11 pm The Westman Wildcats returned from the Minnesota Thoroughbreds Tournament with a 2 and 2 record.
Westman opened the tournament on Friday against the host Minnesota Thoroughbreds and lost 5-0 in a tough well played game.
The Wildcats second game saw them up against the Anchorage Northstars. The Cats played a great game and skated away with a 3-0 win.
The Wildcats second game on Saturday was against the San Jose Sharks. In an exciting game the Westman squad came up a little short in a 3-2 loss.
The Cats were in a consolation game on Sunday against Sault Ste. Marie and took it to their opposition with a convincing 7-1 win.
The Westman team finished in the top third of this 16 team North American Tournament and gained alot of experience for their next big tournament, The Notre Dame Hounds Showcase Tournament in early December. Nov 19, 2007, 11:37 am The Westman Wildcats travelled to Winnipeg on Sunday and battled the APHA Rangers of the Winnipeg AA Female Midget league.
The Wildcats came out firing in the first and built a three one lead on a pair of markers by Jen Durnin and goal from Laura Williams from Brit Phillips.
There was no scoring in the second with the Cats scoring the loan goal in the third with Phillips scoring from Amy Lee.
Cat Paws: Wildcats took 32 shots while Cat goalies turned aside 12, Lacey Adams stopped 6 of 7 shots while Kim Jory blocked all 5 directed at her.
The Cats took 3 of 7 minors handed out. The Cats next action is In St Paul next weekend at the Thuroughobred Tourny.
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