News

Paige Hubbard had two goals and Shaylee Scraba had two assists as the Westman Wildcats finished the Sport Schools Challenge on a positive note defeated the Vancouver Island Seals 3-1.  Jillian Szabo picked up the win in net.

1st Period

No scoring

Shots - 5-3 in favour of Vancouver Island

Penalties - 1 each

2nd Period 

13:50 - Wildcats goal - Hubbard from Scraba and O'Hara

8:33 - Wildcats goal - Hubbard from Scraba on the powerplay

Shots - 6-2 in favour of Westman

Penalties - 0

3rd Period

15:42 - Vancouver Island goal

0:32 - Wildcats goal - Lindberg, unassisted - Empty Net

Shots - 11-8 in favour of Vancouver Island

Penalties - 0

The Wildcats finish off the regular season this weekend with two games at home in Hartney.  The first game is Saturday night at 7:30 PM vs the Eastman Selects while the 2nd game is Sunday afternoon at 2:00 PM vs the Winnipeg Avros.

The Wildcats dominated the first half of the game and at one point were outshooting Calgary 16-6 but they were unable to capitalize on numerous scoring opportunities.  Calgary finally broke the goose egg midway through the period on the powerplayer to make it 1-0.  The Wildcats would tie it up a minute and a half later on their own powerplay to make it 1-1.  Three consecutive goals would be the Wildcats undoing, however over the next 12 minutes of the game to take a 4-1 lead.  The Wildcats would not recover.  Natalie Williamson suffered the loss in net.

1st Period

No scoring

Shots - 12-6 in favour of Westman

Penalties - Calgary - 3, Westman - 2

2nd Period

9:20 - Calgary goal on the powerplay

7:49 - Wildcats goal - Scraba from Hubbard and Hansen-Young on the powerplay

4:44 - Calgary goal

Shots - 8-5 in favour of Westman

Penalties - Calgary - 3, Westman - 2

3rd Period

16:21 - Calgary goal

15:43 - Calgary goal

Shots - 13-3 in favour of Calgary

Penalties - Westman - 1

Jori Hansen-Young was the shootout hero, scoring 2 goals off clean shots high blocker side to lead the Wildcats to a 3-2 shootout victory over Ancaster on Friday morning.  The game was a very fast and physical affair. Jillian Szabo picked up the victory in net.

1st Period

18:48 - Wildcats goal - Scraba from Hubbard and K. Shearer

Shots - 5 each

Penalties - Westman - 2, Ancaster - 1

2nd Period

16:03 - Ancaster goal

8:58 - Wildcats goal - Hubbard, unassisted

Shots - 8-6 in favour of Ancaster

Penalties - Ancaster - 1

3rd Period

17:15 - Ancaster goal

Shots - 6-4 in favour of Ancaster

Penalties - 1 each

OT

No Scoring

Shots - Westman - 3

Penalties - 1 each

Shootout

Wildcats                 Ancaster

Scraba - x                   x

Hansen-Young - √       √

Laba - √                     x

Hansen-Young - √       x

The Westman Wildcats were defeated 4-2 by the Winnipeg Ice in the opening game of the Sport School Challenge tournament in Winnipeg today.

1st Period

15:51 - Ice goal

Shots - 7-6 in favour of Westman

Penalties - Ice - 1

2nd Period

16:59 - Wildcats goal - Hansen-Young, unassisted

2:23 - Ice goal

Shots - 9 each

Penalties - 0

3rd Period

17:15 - Wildcats goal - Hubbard, unassisted

14:43 - Ice goal

10:25 - Ice goal

Shots - 15-10 in favour of Ice

Penalties - 1 each

The Wildcats next play the Ancaster Avalanche at 8:00 AM and the Calgary Fire at 4:15 PM on Friday.

After falling behind 1-0 on a powerplay goal early in the 2nd period the Westman Wildcats scored three unanswered goals to defeat the Interlake Lightning 3-1 this afternoon in Warren.  Jillian Szabo picked up the victory in net, stopping 17 of 18 shots on net.

1st Period

No Scoring

Shots - 13-8 in favour of Westman

Penalties - Westman - 2

2nd Period

18:32 - Interlake goal on the powerplay

15:57 - Wildcats goal - Scraba from Hubbard, shorthanded

1:00 - Wildcats goal - O'Hara from Lindberg and Rink

Shots - 14-6 in favour of Westman

Penalties - Interlake - 3, Westman - 1

3rd Period

10:44 - Wildcats goal - Rink from Lindberg and O'Hara

Shots - 16-4 in favour of Westman

Penalties - 2 each

The Westman Wildcats defeated the Yellowhead Chiefs 2-1 on Friday night in Shoal Lake.  Shaylee Scraba and Charly Lindberg each scored powerplay goals to lead the Wildcats to victory.  Jillian Szabo was solid in net, turning aside 25 of 26 shots.  

1st Period

11:53 - Wildcats goal - Scraba from Gervin and O'Toole on the powerplay

Shots - 8 each

Penalties - 2 each

2nd Period

17:02 - Yellowhead goal

11:20 - Wildcats goal - Lindberg from O'Toole and O'Hara on the powerplay

Shots - 15 - 6 in favour of Westman

Penalties - Yellowhead - 2

3rd Period

No Scoring

Shots - 12-7 in favour of Yellowhead

Penalties - Yellowhead - 1

The Wildcats next action is Sunday when they travel to Warren to face the Interlake Lightning.

The Westman Wildcats defeated the Interlake Lightning 4-2 on Sunday afternoon in Warren.  Paige Hubbard led the way with two goals while Aly O'Hara and Charly Lindberg each had a goal and an assist.  Gilly Gervin and Brynn each had two assists.  Jillian Szabo picked up the victory in net.

1st Period

10:16 - Wildcats goal - O'Hara from Lindberg, shorthanded

7:31 - Wildcats goal - Hubbard from Gervin and Tosh

0:26 - Lightning goal on the powerplay (5 on 3)

Shots - 15-6 in favour of Westman

Penalties - Wildcats - 3, Lightning - 1

2nd Period

12:22 - Lightning goal on the powerplay

4:28 - Wildcats goal - Lindberg from O'Hara on the powerplay

Shots - 8-3 in favour of Westman

Penalties - Wildcats - 3, Lightning - 2

3rd Period

16:49 - Wildcats goal - Hubbard from Gervin and Tosh

Shots - 10-1 in favour of Westman

Penalties - zero

The Wildcats next action will be Friday night in Shoal Lake vs Yellowhead at 7:30 PM.

The Westman Wildcats traveled to Ste. Anne on a cold Saturday night to face off against the Eastman Selects.  The 1st period was a back and forth affair with both teams generating quality scorying chances but the period ended 0-0.  

The Selects would get on the board early in the 2nd period on the powerplay.  It would be the first of 3 consecutive powerplay goals that the Wildcats would give up in the period to head into the 2nd period break down 3-0.

This Wildcats would score an early powerplay goal in the 3rd period as Aly O'Hara drove the net hard and scored off her own rebound to make it 3-1.  However, Eastman would respond with two more powerplay goals in the period to seasl the deal.  Natalie Williamson suffered the loss in net.

The Wildcats finish off the weekend trip with a 3:00 PM game in Warren against the Interlake Lightning.