NewsPage 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 Feb 18, 2019, 10:54 pm After dropping game 3 at home on Sunday the Westman Wildcats had to travel back to Interlake to play their 3rd game in 3 days. Jori Hansen-Young led the way for the Wildcats, scoring two 1st period goals, both off the rush to stake the Wildcats to a 2-0 lead. Charly Lindberg would add a goal in the 2nd period and Shaylee Scraba would score into the empty net late in the 3rd period. Natalie Williamson picked up the victory in net. The Wildcats will now wait to see who their 2nd round opponent will be. Round 2 will begin the week of March 4th after the completion of the Canada Winter Games 1st Period 14:14 - Wildcats goal - Hansen-Young from Gervin 4:42 - Wildcats goal - Hansen-Young from Spence and Martin Shots - 8-4 in favour of Westman Penalties - Interlake - 3 2nd Period 14:14 - Lindberg from J. Shearer Shots - 10-8 in favour of Westman Penalties - 1 each 3rd Period 0:48 - Wildcats goal - Scraba from Hubbard and Gervin Shots - 14-11 in favour of Interlake Penalties - Interlake - 2, Wildcats - 1
Feb 17, 2019, 6:11 pm After outshooting Interlake 11-0 to open the game the Westman Wildcats - for the 3rd consecutive game - gave up the opening goal. But unlike the previous two games they also gave up the 2nd goal of the game. It was a lead that they could not overcome as they would fall 2-1 to the Lightning in a penalty-filled affair in Hartney this afternoon. Jillian Szabo suffered the loss in net. Game 4 will be on Monday at 4:30 PM in Stonewall. 1st Period 3:00 - Lightning goal - 4 on 4 Shots - 16-5 in favour of Westman Penalties - Interlake - 3, Westman - 2 2nd Period 19:21 - Ligtning goal - 5 on 3 powerplay 1:13 - Wildcats goal - Hansen-Young from O'Toole and O'Hara on the powerplay Shots - 14-8 in favour of Westman Penalties - Westman - 5, Interlake - 4 3rd Period No scoring Shots - 10-9 in favour of Interlake Penalties - 2 each Feb 17, 2019, 12:13 am The Wildcats traveled to Warren on Saturday afternoon to face the Interlake Lightning in Game 2 of their quarterfinal series. Interlake got on the board 23 seconds into the game when a bouncing puck from below the goal line went off a Wildcats defeners shin pad and into the net. The game would remain that way until the Wildcats scored two goals 44 seconds apart late in the 2nd period to take a 2-1 lead. This is how the game would end. Natalie Williamson picked up the victory in net. 1st Period 19:37 - Interlake goal Shots - 10-7 in favour of Westman Penalties - Interlake - 1 2nd Period 3:44 - Wildcats goal - O'Hara from Lindberg 3:00 - Wildcats goal - Gervin from Hubbard and Hansen-Young on the powerplay Shots - 12-8 in favour of Westman Penalties - 2 each 3rd Period No scoring Shots - 11-9 in favour of Interlake Penalties - Westman - 3, Interlake - 1 Game 3 will be played on Sunday, Feb 17th, at 2:00 PM in Hartney. Feb 12, 2019, 11:23 pm Paige Hubbard scored 4 goals to lead the Westman Wildcats to a 6-2 victory over the Interlake Lightning in Hartney on Tuesday night to take a 1-0 series lead in the MFMHL quarterfinals. The Lightning push the Wildcars hard in the opening period and scored the 1st goal of the game. Hubbard would tie it up to send both teams into the dressing room knotted up at 1-1. Interlake would once again take the lead midway through the 2nd period. This finally seemed to provide the Wildcats with a sense of desperation and they went on to score 5 unanswered goals, two in the 2nd period and three in the 3rd period. Natalie Williamson came on in relief of Jillian Szabo and picked up the win in net. 1st Period 13:32 - Interlake goal 7:45 - Wildcats goal - Hubbard from Hansen-Young and Scraba Shots - 15-7 in favour of Westman Penalties - Wildcats - 1 2nd Period 11:48 - Interlake goal 7:42 - Wildcats goal - Hubbard from Scraba and Gervin 0:49 - Wildcats goal - Hubbard from Hansen-Young Shots - 15-9 in favour of Westman Penalties - 0 3rd Period 18:26 - Wildcats goal - Lindberg, unassisted 14:56 - Wildcats goal - Hubbard from Hansen-Young 8:38 - Wildcats goal - O'Hara from Hobbs Shots - 11-4 in favour of Westman Penalties - Westman - 2, Interlake - 1 Game 2 is Saturday at 4:30 PM in Warren. Game 3 is Sunday at 2:00 PM in Hartney. Feb 10, 2019, 6:12 pm The Westman Wildcats came into the final game of the season versus the Winnipeg Avros with a chance to clinch 1st place in the league standings. Going into the tilt the Wildcats held a two point lead and needed a minimum tie to clinch. Aly O'Hara and Paige Hubbard got the Wildcats going on the opening shift with a strong forecheck. The puck landed on O'Hara's stick and she scored from a tough angle on the goal line only 27 seconds into the game. The Avros pushed hard for the next 5 minutes but the Wildcats were able to weather the storm. The play would continue back and forth with each team trading chances until Paige Hubbard would score with 1:56 remaining in the opening frame off another strong forecheck from O'Hara and Rink to make it 2-0. The 2nd period saw the Avros carry the play through tight forechecking and physical play. They would be rewarded late in the period with a goal off a well-placed shot on the powerplay to make it 2-1. The 3rd period began with the Wildcats having to kill off an early minor penalty. They got back to work and kept the game in the neutral zone until a solid forecheck led to a Wildcats insurance marker with 8:49 to play off the stick of Hubbard to make it 3-1. That is how the game would end. Natalie Williamson picked up the win in net stopping 28 of 29 shots. The Wildcats clinched 1st place in the league, having held onto that position since the opening game of the season. They will now face the Interlake Lightning in the opening round of the playoffs. Game 1 will be Tuesday night at 7:30 PM in Hartney with game 2 in Warren on Saturday at 3:00 PM and game 3 in Hartney on Sunday at 2:00 PM. Game 4 and 5, if necessary, will be the following Tuesday and Wednesday. 1st Period 19:33 - Wildcats goal - O'Hara, unassisted 1:56 - Wildcats goal - Hubbard from Rink and O'Hara Shots - 12-5 in favour of Westman Penalties - 1 each 2nd Period 2:25 - Avros goal on the powerplay Shots - 13-6 in favour of the Avros Penalties - Westman - 3, Avros - 1 3rd Period 8:49 - Wildcats goal - Hubbard from Gervin and Scraba Shots - 11-6 in favour of the Avros Penalties - Avros - 3, Wildcats - 2 Feb 9, 2019, 11:32 pm The Westman Wildcats fell 2-1 to the Eastman Selects on Saturday night in Hartney. Both teams scored in the 1st period and were then unable to bulge the twine for the rest of regulation time and overtime. Jillian Szabo was superb in net, stopping 16 of 17 shots in regulation and 15 of 18 shooters in the shootout. 1st Period 15:09 - Eastman goal 7:50 - Wildcats goal - Rink from O'Hara Shots - 7-4 in favour of Westman Penalties - Westman - 2, Eastman - 1 2nd Period No Scoring Shots - 10-4 in favour of Westman Penalties - Eastman - 4, Westman - 2 3rd Period No Scoring Shots - 8-6 in favour of Westman Penalties - Eastman - 2 Overtime No Scoring Shootout Eastman's Vigier wins it on the 18th shot (3-2 in the shootout)
Feb 3, 2019, 10:02 am 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. Feb 1, 2019, 8:13 pm 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 |