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Wildcats Win West Title

The Westman Wildcats are on their way to the Esso Cup.

The Wildcats downed the Prince Albert A & W Bears 2-1 Saturday night to sweep the Best-of-Three Western Canadian Female Midget Championship Series 2-0.

Brigette Lacquette scored both goals for the Wildcats while Tara Lacquette stopped 22 shots in the Westman net.

The Wildcats will now represent the West at the inaugural National Female Midget Hockey Championship in Calgary from April 19th to 25th.

Wildcats take Game One 5-2 over Bears

The Westman Wildcats beat the Prince Albert A&W Bears 5-2 in the first game of the best of three Western Series.

The two teams played a scoreless tight first period with the shots being 5-3 in favour of the Cats.

The Wildcats got on the board first in the second and tallied three goals before P.A. responded with one of their own.

Brigette Lacquette scored twice while Brittany Phillips added a single.

Chelsey Sundby scored the Bears marker.  Westman outshot the Bears 11-3 in the second.

Prince Albert brought the score to three-two early in the third with a goal by Carlee Hrenkiw.

The Wildcats replied with two in the third by Amy Lee. Prince Albert outshot the Cats in the third ten- eight.

Game two is at 7:00 Saturday at the Hartney Arena.

Wildcats to Meet Prince Albert Bears in Westerns

The Westman Wildcats will host the Saskatchewan AAA League Champions, The Prince Albert Bears, in the Westerns for a berth in the Esso Cup Nationals.

The best of three series will begin Friday, April 3^rd in Hartney, with puck drop at 7:00pm. Game 2 will be Saturday at 7:00 and game three if needed will be Sunday at 1:00, all at the Hartney Arena.

The winner of this series will advance to the first ever Esso Cup in Calgary April 15^th-25^th.

Westman Wildcats Go .500 in Alberta

The Westman Wildcats female Regional midget hockey team went 2 and 2 on an Alberta trip this weekend.

The Westman squad travelled to Warner Alberta for a four game exhibition series with the CIS, University of Lethbridge and the Warner Warriors.

On Friday night the Westman squad had a very physical battle with the U of L Pronghorns and came away with a 1-0 loss.

Saturday morning had the Cats in their first of three against the Warner Hockey School Warriors and the Wildcats won a 4-1 victory.

Saturday's second match with Warner had the home squad rebounding from their morning defeat to give the Cats a 5-1 loss.

Sunday morning had the rubber match between the two programs and the Wildcats came out strong to secure weekend bragging rights with a 4-1 win.

The Westman Wildcats Win Provincials

The Westman Wildcats Regional Female Midget team claimed the Provincial Female Midget Title Sunday night with a 5-0 win over the Winnipeg Rangers in the Provincial Tournament in Hartney.

The tournament began Friday morning in Hartney with nine team vying for the Provincial crown and the right to represent Manitoba at the Western Regional's in April.

The Wildcats played the Winnipeg Marauders and Eastman Selects in their round robin portion of the tournament. Tying the Marauders 2-2 while beating the Eastman squad 8-0.

The Wildcats than had a rematch with the Marauders in the quarter final game and won by a 4-1 score to take them to the semi-finals Sunday Morning.

The Cats opponent in the semi's were the Pembina Valley Hawks and the Cats played to a 3-1 win to get them into the Gold Medal final Sunday evening.

In the Provincial Finals Sunday night the Cats Opponents were last year's provincial champs the Winnipeg Rangers and the Cats prevailed 5-0 to be this year's Provincial Gold Medalists.

The Wildcats now will face the Saskatchewan AAA Provincial Champions in the Western Regionals for the chance to go to Nationals.

The Wildcats will host this best of three series in Hartney April 3-6^th.

Westman South hosts Wildcats Jamboree at Hartney!  

On Saturday, February 28^th, Hartney and Area Arena was filled by girls ages 5-12 who were registered for the Female Hockey Jamboree organized and run by the Westman South Region with assistance from the Westman Wildcats Female Midget Hockey Team.   With over 80 participants registered, the Wildcats had their work cut out for them as they provided dryland training and on-ice training during the day. 

The primary focus of the event was to introduce the players to both on-ice and off-ice skating and stickhandling activities that they would be able to work on individually either at home or on the ice to improve skill development.  

Guest instructors from the Westman S outh region, as well as members of the Westman Wildcats female hockey team, led Jamboree participants throughout the day. The girls were split up into 3 groups based on age and skill level.    

Each participant received two ice sessions, one dryland training session, and a t-shirt.    

The large number of participants and the support shown from parents suggests the future looks bright for female hockey in the Westman South region.

Westman Wildcat's Amy Lee Commits to the University of Manitoba Bisons Women's Hockey

The Westman Wildcats are proud to announce the Amy Lee has committed to the University of Manitoba to play for the Bisons starting in the fall.

Amy Lee, a senior from Brandon, an assistant captain and forward for the Westman Wildcats will be joining fellow Wildcat Tara Lacquette in suiting up for the second place CIS west Bisons next season.

Lee is the fifth senior from the Westman Wildcats committing to a university hockey program for next season following teammates Brittany Phillips to Colgate University, Lacquette to the Bisons, Laura Williams to NAIT and JD Durnin to Lethbridge University.