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Rachel O'Toole will be a member of Team Manitoba competing at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships (NAHC) held in Whitehorse, Yukon May 6-14.  The Tournament is comprised of eight provincial and regional teams of elite female Aboriginal athletes, ages 15-18 years old.  The NAHC also aims to foster culture, unity and pride and has been held since 2002. This will be Rachels 4th year making team Manitoba, looking for their 3rd straight gold medal. 

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

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

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.

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.

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

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)

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.