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Westman Wildcats Tara Lacquette Commits to the University Of Manitoba Bisons

The Westman Wildcat Regional Female Midget Team is proud to announce that goaltender Tara Lacquette has committed to the University of Manitoba Bisons.

Lacquette, from Mallard, is a standout goalie that has established herself as one of the premier goalie her age in Canada. Lacquette backstopped the Team Manitoba U18 team at the last two Nationals and was invited to Hockey Canada's Identification camp last summer in Calgary.

Lacquette is the second Wildcat committing this season following Brittany Phillips commitment to the NCAA DI Colgate Raiders.

Lacquette will join the Canada West leading University of Manitoba Bisons next fall and will join fellow Westman product Nellie Minshull in their quest for a CIS National Championship.

Wildcats Win Bronze at Notre Dame Hounds Showcase Tournament

The Westman Wildcats Regional Female Midget Team claimed bronze at the 16 team Notre Dame Hounds Annual Showcase Tournament over the weekend.

The Wildcats first action was on Thursday afternoon against Melville AAA Prairie Fire. The Cats came out strong and hard and were up 7-1 after one period. The Westman squad finished up the game 10-1 with Britt Phillips, JD Durnin and Brigette Lacquette each scoring a pair.

The second game in their pool brought the Wildcats up against the AAA Red Deer Chiefs. The Cats took this game 5-1 with Meg Bailey leading the way with a pair of goals.

The Westman squad's second action Friday had them against the AAA Alberta North Division leading Edmonton Thunder. The Cats really found their scoring touch for this game, taking the game 11-2. Phillips led the scoring netting the hat trick.

The Cats won their pool with a 3-0 record and were off to the semis against the Saskatchewan AAA league leading Swift Current Wildcats. This was by far the most exciting game of the entire tournament with the two teams locked at two after regulation. A ten minute sudden death solved nothing and the two teams were off to the shoot-out. The teams were still tied after one round of shooting. The Swift Current team was able to defeat the Manitoba namesakes in the second round sending Westman to the Bronze game.

Sunday had the Westman club taking on the AAA Prince Albert Bears in the third place game. The Cats outplayed their opponents in all three frames and secured the win 4-1. Brigette Lacquette notched two in the win.

The Wildcats next action is Sunday December 14^th in Hartney with the Winnipeg Titans in town for a two o'clock start.

Wildcats go 3-1 in Annual Minnesota Thanksgiving Tournament

The Westman Wildcat Female regional midget team travelled down to the Minnesota Thoroughbreds Annual Thanksgiving U19 tournament in the Twin Cities over this past weekend.

Westman battled the home squad Minnesota Thoroughbreds in the tournament opener in the first game on Friday and won a thrilling 2-1 game.

On Saturday the Cats faced the powerhouse Chicago Mission which feature four Team USA players and lost 6-2.

The Westman squad's second game Saturday brought them up against Team Alaska and the Wildcats won 5-0.

Westman Wildcats Head to the Minnesota Thoroughbreds Thanksgiving Tournament

The Westman Wildcats Regional Female Midget hockey team head to Minneapolis to compete in the Minnesota Thoroughbreds Annual Thanksgiving U19 International Tournament this weekend.

This highly scouted 12 team tournament is considered one of North Americas premier U19 event.

The Wildcats are in a Pool with the Chicago Mission, Team Alaska and the Minnesota Thoroughbreds.

The Cats will play round robin games on Friday and Saturday with finals slated for Sunday.