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It was more of the same for the Wildcats as they were unable to capitalize on their chances, including a Jaycee Magwood penalty shot with 9 seconds remaining - and fell 2-1 to the Capitols. 

Jaedon Cooke scored the lone Wildcats goal on a partial breakaway. The Wildcats gave up two powerplay goals  and were forced to kill off 5 in a row before they had their own chance on the powerplay late in the game. 

Shots on goal were 26-23 in favour of Westman. Jenna Marshall suffered the loss in net.

The Wildcats played their first game of the Mayhem Showcase on Friday night in the Twin Cities. 

The Revolution got on the board first midway through the 1st period off a goofy bounce that managed to find its way to the back of the net.  Shots on goal in the period were 6-5 in favour of Westman.  

The Wildcats really began to press after that outshooting the Revolution 6-2 in the 2nd period. They were rewarded for their strong effort as Ashton Bell tied the game up on a partial breakaway midway through the period. Assists on the play went to Jaycee Magwood and Tori Williams. Shots in the period were 6-2 in favour of Westman. 

After a a slow couple of shifts to begin the 3rd, the Wildcats again began to take over the game and press for the go ahead goal. Ashton Bell sprung Jaycee Magwood on a clean breakaway with a great outlet pass but Magwood rang the shot off the crossbar.  Bell followed up the play with her own chance but was turned aside by a nice save from the Revolution goaltender.  The Wildcats had numerous quality chances on a couple of late powerplays as well but could not finish the deal and the Revolution ended up scoring two goals in the final two minutes to secure the win. Shots on goal in the 3rd were 10-7 in favour of Westman. 

Final shots were 22-14 in favour of Westman.  Michelle Kerdes suffered the loss in net.  The Wildcats play two games on Saturday vs the Madison Capitals and Team Illinois. 

The Winnipeg Avros scored two goals in the 1st period, including the eventual game winner late in the period, to defeat the Westman Wildcats 3-1 in Hartney on Sunday.  The loss marked the 3rd straight home loss in league play for the Wildcats who slipped down to 4th place in league standings.

Jaycee Magwood scored the lone Wildcats goal on the powerplay midway through the opening period with assists going to Ashton Bell and Missy Hunt.

Michelle Kerdes suffered the loss in net.

The Wildcats head to the Twin Cities this weekend to participate in the Minnesota Mayhem Showcase.  

The Westman Wildcats would like to extend its congratulations to Missy Hunt, a 5^th year Wildcat from Hartney, MB, who has committed to attend school at, and play hockey with, the Bemidji State University Beavers in the fall of 2015. The Beavers are a Division 1 team that competes in the WCHA (Western Collegiate Hockey Association).

Missy, a co-captain with the Wildcats this year, is coming off a 2013-14 season in which she was named a MFMHL 1^st Team All Star on defense and played for Team Manitoba at the U18 National Championships. In 28 league games last year she had 11 goals, 4 assists for 15 points. Overall, in 73 games last season, Missy scored 21 goals and added 16 assist for 37 points. She is a gifted skater and has a tireless work ethic. That work ethic paid off over the summer, as Missy tried out for and made the Team Canada U18 team which participated in a 3 game series vs Team USA.

Bemidji State University (BSU) is a public state university in Bemidji, Minnesota, USA. Its wooded, lakeside campus is located in the heart of northern Minnesota's lakes and forest region on the shores of Lake Bemidji, approximately four hours northwest of St. Paul-Minneapolis and three hours northeast of Fargo, ND. It has approximately 5,000 undergraduate and over 300 graduate students. It offers associatiate, bachelor’s, master’s and graduate certificates in

the arts, sciences, and select professional programs in a personal learning atmosphere focused on the environment, civic engagement, and the global family.

Missy Hunt scored the eventual game winning goal off a goal mouth scramble with 2:17 remaining in the 2nd period to lead the Wildcats to a 3-1 victory over the Capitals on Friday night in Portage.  Assists on the goal went to Jaedon Cooke and Kenzie Robinson.

Jaycee Magwood got the Wildcats going with her 6th goal in the last 5 games when she followed up a Lexie Kalynuk chance and buried her own rebound early in the 1st period. The lone assist went to Lexie Kalynuk.

Jaedon Cooke put the game out of reach at the 9:44 mark during a dominant 3rd period. KJ Wallace assisted on the play.

Michelle Kerdes picked of the victory in net stopping 18 of 19 shots.

The Wildcats will enjoy a little break now as they do not play until next Sunday, November 23rd at 3:30 PM in Hartney versus the Winnipeg Avros.

Jaycee Magwood scored two goals on the powerplay, but it wasn't enough as the Yellowhead Chiefs two powerplay goals of their own to earn a 3-2 victory in Shoal Lake on Remembrance Day.  Jaedon Cooke and Ashton Bell each had an assist.  

The Wildcats started poorly again, giving up an even strength goal in the first twenty seconds of the game. they never really seemed to recover from the poor beginning and struggled all game to get their feet moving consistently.

Jenna Marshall suffered the loss in net stopping 35 of 38 shots on net.  

The Wildcats travel to Portage on Friday night to face the Central Plains Capitals.  

Jaycee Magwood scored the winner with 56 seconds remaining in overtime to lead the Wildcats to a 4-3 victory over the St. Mary's Flames.

St. Mary's, with an extra attacker on the ice, tied the game with 10 seconds remaining in regulation after the Wildcats had missed two empty net chances that would have sealed the victory in regulation.

Jaedon Cooke scored the Wildcats first two goals of the game in the 1st period to stake the Wildcats to a 2-1 lead.  Tori Williams assisted on her first goal while her second goal was unassisted.

St. Mary's tied the game up late in the 2nd period.

Jaycee Magwood scored midway through the 3rd, assisted by Lexie Kalynuk to stake the Wildcats to a 3-2 lead.  

Michelle Kerdes picked up the victory in net, stopping 22 of 25 shots.

The Wildcats travel to Shoal Lake to face the Yellowhead Chiefs on Remembrance Day.  Game time is 2 PM.

Leandra Timmerman scored the only goal of the game on the powerplay with 5:23 remaining in the 1st period to lead the Central Plains Capitals to a 1-0 shutout victory over the Westman Wildcats on Saturday night in Hartney.

Kathleen Kosiar stopped all 20 shots she faced enroute to the victory. Jenna Marshall stopped 15 of the 16 shots she faced on the night.

The Wildcats face St. Mary's Flames in an exhibition tilt today at 2 PM in Hartney.