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| Joelle Fiala had a goal and an assist for the Stars on Sunday. |
The defending Saskatchewan Female Midget AAA Hockey League
champions have jumped out to a 2-0 start posting wins at the female midget AAA
hockey national championship tournament over the representatives from Ontario
and Quebec at the Lunenburg County Lifestyle Centre in Bridgewater, N.S. The
teams from Ontario and Quebec traditionally do well at the six-team national
championship tournament, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary
this year.
With those wins, the Stars improved their overall record to
40-6-1. They have won 40 or more games overall in three of the last four
seasons. Their lifetime record at the Esso Cup improved to 10-6 as well having
won a bronze medal at the 2015 tourney and finishing fourth at the 2016 event.
On Sunday, the Stars downed the Brampton Canadettes from
Ontario 5-0. Grace Shirley, Calli Arnold, Joelle Fiala, Kaitlin Jockims and
Kianna Dietz all netted singles for the Stars. Fiala had an assist to go along with
her goal, while Ashley Messier and Jayda Sachs both had two assists each.
Jordan Ivanco made 12 stops to pick up the shutout win in
goal for the Stars. Hannah Szczepanowski turned away 22 shots to take the
setback in goal for the Canadettes.
On Monday, the Stars blanked the Pionnieres de Lanaudiere
from Quebec 3-0. Mackenna Parker and Anna Leschyshyn each had a goal and an
assist, while Shirley had a goal for the second straight game.
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| Grace Shirley scored for the Stars on Monday. |
Arden Kliewer made 19 stops to pick up the shutout win in
goal for the Stars. Leila Cecilia Lotke Salinas turned away 43 shots to take
the setback in goal for the Pionnieres.
The Stars continue round robin play on Tuesday against the
defending Esso Cup champion St. Albert Slash from Alberta. The Slash defeated
the Pionnieres 3-2 after a tiebreaking shootout on Sunday and bombed the host
Metro Boston Pizza squad 8-0 on Monday.
The Slash are trying to become the first team ever to win
the Esso Cup in two straight years.
The Stars, who are 10-0 in this year’s post-season, are
trying to become the first Saskatchewan based team to win the title since the Weyburn
Gold Wings in 2014.
The round robin schedule for the Esso Cup runs through until
Thursday. The top four teams advance on to two semifinal games to be held Friday.
The tournament’s bronze and gold medal games are slated for Saturday, and the
gold medal final will be shown live at 4 p.m. Saskatchewan time on TSN.
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