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Westman Starts Season with Pair of Wins

The Westman Wildcats female  midget hockey team took a swing through Melville and Weyburn on the weekend and came away with two wins.

The Cats started their 2008-09 campaign on the road in Melville against the Prairie Fire squad of the Saskatchewan Female Midget AAA league on Saturday.  

The Wildcats graduated seven players from last season's team and along with some injuries to veteran players and college visits going on the Cats had a lot of new faces in the uniforms for the first weekend.

The Westman squad played consistent throughout the game, keeping it relatively simple but working hard. The Cats scored one in each period. Amy Lee, Laura Williams and Dani Maxwell lit the lamp for the Cats while Kiara Dekezel, Kelsie Scott and Williams tallied helpers.

Darby Peaslee went the distance between the pipes and gave up a lone goal on 18 shots to give Westman the 3-1 victory.

The Wildcats headed south on Sunday to battle the Weyburn Penta Gold Wings also of the Sask AAA loop. The Cats fought out another “W” 2-0 to complete the weekend sweep of their Sask neighbours.

Lee did all the scoring damage in this game, scoring twice with assists going to Maxwell, Scott and Dekezel. Peaslee stopped all 20 shots to record the shutout in the Cats net.

The Wildcats head to Swift Current next weekend for a double header against the Swift Current Wildcats Saturday and Sunday.

Amy Vanbuskirk (Brandon, MB) made an exceptional debut for the Horns and was named the Pronghorn female athlete of the week. This past weekend at the Icebreaker Tournament in Saskatoon, Vanbuskirk led the Horns offensively as they went 3-0, winning the tournament.

The first year defender registered a goal and five assists in the three games, which saw the Horns beat the Huskies 2-1, NAIT Ooks 6-0 and the SAIT Trojans 5-1.

Westman Wildcats Announce Assistant Coaches for 08-09

The Westman Wildcat  Female Midget hockey team announced their assistant coaches for the 2008-2009 season.

Joining the team this season are Dan Dekezel and Dave Scott.

Dan Dekezel, from Deloraine, will be looking after the defence this season. Dekezel has been coaching minor hockey for many years and in the last few years has been working with female hockey in Deloraine as well as been a coach of Westman South's female Bantam Challenge for the last two seasons.

Dave Scott, from Souris, will be looking after the offence this coming season. Dave also has an extensive background in minor hockey coaching in both the male and female programs.

Both of these coaches will join Head Coach Dwight Pollock to lead the Wildcats this season.

Wildcats Name Captains For 2008-2009 Season

The Westman Wildcats  Female Midget Hockey Team has announced their captains to lead the 2008-2009 team.

Brittany Phillips of Lauder, Mb has been named Captain of the program for the upcoming season.  

Phillips is a Senior and third year member of the program. She brings an enormous amount of experience to the position as a two time member of Team Manitoba U18 Team and a member of Team Canada's U18 squad.

Amy Lee of Brandon was named as assistant captain for the upcoming season. Lee is also a senior and is in her second season with the Cats. Lee also brings her experience as a two time member of Team Manitoba's U18 team to the program.

The Wildcats will be playing in the Provincial Female Midget league as well as playing in numerous international tournaments in Western Canada and the United States. The Cats have their first exhibition game on Sept 27^th in Melville against the AAA Prairie Fire followed by a match on the 28^th in Weyburn against the AAA Wings.

WESTMAN WILDCATS NEW LOOK, NEW LOGO

The Westman Wildcat will be unveiling their new logo in the near future.

The team will be sporting a new logo and new look for the 2008-2009 season. The program will have New Jersey's with the new logo to start their season.

This updated NHL version jersey will be unveiled here on their website along with the new Logo.

The Wildcat program is going to sell off the old Wildcat jerseys to any alumni, parent or fan that would like their old jersey. You can chose from either the white or blue and select your number.

The jerseys are a first come first served bases, so order now to make sure you get the sweater you want.

The cost of the Jersey is $20 and this will go to offset the price of the new jerseys.

Westman Wildcat's Brittany Phillips Named to Team Canada

Brittany Phillips of Lauder, Mb was named to Hockey Canada'a U18 National Team ..

Hockey Canada announced on Friday the 22-player roster for Canada's National Women's Under-18 Team. The team is made up of the top Canadian female hockey players born in 1991 or later, and will gather for a three-game series against the USA's Women's Under-18 Select Team from August 20-23 in Lake Placid, New York.

The players were selected to the roster following a national conditioning camp in May and an evaluation camp in July, both held in Calgary. They were also evaluated over the course of the 2007-08 season by Hockey Canada's regional scouts, based on their performances at national camps, the 2007 National Women's Under-18 Championship and with their club teams. Both goaltenders also took part in a National Women's Program goaltending camp in June.

“The selection camp we held in Calgary showed us the depth that women's hockey has in Canada,” says Julie Healy, director of female hockey for Hockey Canada. “We are excited about the 22 players we have chosen, and are confident they will represent Canada well in Lake Placid.”

Canada's National Women's Summer Under-18 Team includes two goaltenders, seven defencemen and 13 forwards. Eighteen of the 22 players participated in the 2008 National Women's Under-18 Championship in Kitchener, ON, including four members of Team Ontario Red, which captured its fourth consecutive gold medal. Aside from games against Team Japan during the evaluation camp, only six of the players have any previous international experience.

The 2008-09 season for Canada's National Women's Under-18 Team will include the three-game series against the USA in Lake Placid, NY from August 20-23, as well as the 2009 IIHF World Women's Under-18 Championship from January 5-10 in Füssen, Germany.

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