Prince Albert’s mightiest Bear

Ashe follows in Manson’s strides in “Hockey Town North”

Jordan Ashe is a force on defence for the P.A. Northern Bears.

    PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Jordan Ashe originally wanted to be like number four Bobby Orr.

    When you play for one of Prince Albert’s elite hockey programs, number four takes on a whole different meaning. At the start of the 2014-15 season, Ashe cracked the roster of the Prince Albert Northern Bears of the Saskatchewan Female Midget AAA Hockey League on a full-time basis and chose to wear number four.

    Ashe knew a little bit of Prince Albert’s hockey history and was aware Dave Manson donned number four and played defence for the WHL’s Raiders in the 1980s helping them win the Memorial Cup in 1985. The Raiders retired Manson’s number on Feb. 12, 2016, so Ashe has skated under his number four banner at the Art Hauser Centre for practices and games for almost two years now.

    She was aware Manson went on to have a lengthy career in the NHL that spanned 16 seasons, and in both the WHL and NHL, Manson became famous for his toughness. He wore number four at various times during his NHL days as well.

Jordan Ashe (#4) often finds herself around physical action.

    In her four complete seasons with the Bears, Ashe developed a reputation as being one of the toughest defenders in the SFMAAAHL. Standing 5-foot-9 and weighing a fit 171 pounds, the 17-year-old rearguard often physically overwhelms her opponents, and she isn’t afraid to throw the odd timely hit to get her team pumped up, even though bodychecking is penalized in the female game.

    Ashe never thought she would become a rugged defender when she joined the Bears, but she has enjoyed trying to emulate one of Prince Albert’s biggest hockey heroes in Manson, who is currently an associate coach with the Raiders.

    “If you think about it, it is like actually pretty cool,” said Ashe, who topped the Bears with 47 penalty minutes in 23 regular season games in 2016-17. “It is like it is kind of meant to happen I guess.

Jordan Ashe has career highs in goals and assists this season.

    “Coming to P.A., it was a good choice for me. I really like it here.”

    Ashe started playing minor hockey in her hometown of Debden, which is about 94 kilometres northwest of Prince Albert, at age 10 after following her younger brother, Dylan, into the sport. Jordan quickly discovered hockey was her true calling.

    “It seemed like way more fun than doing dance, which is what my parents put me in originally,” said Ashe. “I like the adrenaline rushes like going down the ice and making rushes.

    “I used to be a forward. I used to score lots of goals, not so much anymore, but that is OK. I still get to rush the puck.”

Jordan Ashe improved her all-around game since joining the Bears.

    During her minor hockey days in Debden, Ashe switched over to defence due to the fact her ability to skate backwards was better than any of her teammates. She hoped her offensive production would follow to her new position, which led to visions of emulating Orr.

    Ashe played on boys teams up through and including the 2013-14 campaign, when she also joined the female midget A team that was started up in town by her father, Mike.

    She gained her first experience of playing with the Bears in 2013-14, when she was called up for three regular season and seven playoff contests as an associate player.

    Ashe played more of a physical style during her early time with the Bears to compensate for the fact her skill set wasn’t as strong as her teammates.

Jordan Ashe recently played in her 100th career SFMAAAHL game.

    “I’ve always been a bigger player,” said Ashe, who has lived at a billet home in Prince Albert since joining the Bears full time. “You need to use that to your advantage.

    “I used to like not have that great a shot, not have the best hands. That (physical play) was just like an aspect of my game that was just always there for me, because I was always the taller, stronger player.”

    In her last two off-seasons, Ashe, whose family relocated to Warman, Sask., before the start of her first full season with the Bears, trained at Sadoway Conditioning in Saskatoon. Ashe said she felt way stronger physically on the ice last season and this season than she did in her first two full campaigns with the Bears.

    Her skill set on the ice has also advanced. In helping the Bears post a 17-3 regular season record in the current campaign, Ashe has posted career highs with seven goals and six assists.

Jordan Ashe, second from left, celebrates a Bears playoff goal last season.

    Ashe helped the Bears advance the female final at the Mac’s Tournament in Calgary on Monday. The Bears fell in that contest 6-2 to the Alberta based Rocky Mountain Raiders. Individually, Ashe was named to the tournament’s second all-star team on the female side.

    “Jordan (Ashe) has come along really nicely, especially this year,” said Bears head coach Jeff Willoughby. “Her offensive game has really blossomed.

    “She has always been a responsible defensive player, but her offensive game has just come along really nicely for her, so that is nice to see.”

    Willoughby said Ashe’s physical toughness is still one of her biggest assets of her game.

Jordan Ashe is solid at controlling the play with the puck on the back end.

    “You see her say go on a rush or defend our corner in our end (and) not too many players have their way with her,” said Willoughby. “She is not going to get beat out of the corner.
    “She is a definitely plus for our team.”

    By improving her all-around game, Ashe, who is an assistant captain with the Bears this season, actually began mirror Manson even more.

    While Manson was best known for piling up 2,792 penalty minutes in 1,103 NHL regular season games, his toughness reputation overshadowed the fact he was a good all-around player.

    A solid defensive defenceman, Manson was strong at controlling the play by bringing the puck up ice, could make a strong first pass to start an offensive rush, had a good shot, was popular among his teammates and was great in the dressing room.

Jordan Ashe has always been popular with her teammates.

    Ashe is also strong in her own zone and at controlling the play when she brings the puck up ice. She can make a strong first pass to start an offensive rush, has a good shot, is popular with her teammates and is great in the dressing room.

    Actually, Ashe has always gotten along well with teammates on any team she has been on or with other players at any hockey camp she has attended.

    “I think it is like my ability to have a conversation with somebody and be understanding to like whether they are sad or happy to be able to like joke with them and know my limits with that too,” said Ashe. “I think I’m just like good at having a conversation.”

    Ashe’s most memorable moment with the Bears came during their playoff run last season, where they won the SFMAAAHL championship and advanced to the Esso Cup female midget AAA national championship tournament.

Jordan Ashe, front centre, enjoyed the Bears run to the Esso Cup in 2017.

    In Game 2 of a best-of-three Western regional playdown series played on April 1, 2017 against the Hartney, Man., based Westman Wildcats, the Bears were behind 6-3 in the third period before rallying for a 7-6 victory to sweep the series 2-0. Ashe’s point shot with two minutes to play in the third period was tipped home by forward Brooklyn Anderson for the winning goal before a crowd of 1,200 at the Art Hauser Centre.

    Ashe couldn’t believe what it was like to play in the Esso Cup later that same month in Morden, Man.

    “I remember like walking into the dressing room at nationals, and it was all set up,” said Ashe, whose Bears went 2-3 at nationals. “We all had nametags.

    “I was like, ‘Holy cow this is actually happening.’ I think that is when it sunk in when we were going there.”

Jordan Ashe will join the Nipissing University Lakers next season.

    Next season, Ashe has committed to joining the Nipissing University Lakers women’s hockey team located in North Bay, Ont. The Lakers are one of the stronger clubs in U Sports’ Ontario University Athletics conference and are guided former NHL player Darren Turcotte as head coach.

    “I am extremely excited to get going with that,” said Ashe. “I love the school, and I love the girls there.

    “I went out for a couple of weeks visit, and the girls were all so nice, and everybody was so welcoming. I loved Darren (Turcotte) as a coach, because I skated with him a few times as well. I’m just overall really excited to get going.”

    While she is looking ahead to her university days, Ashe isn’t sure what it is going to be like when her career concludes with the Bears.

    “It is going to be really weird,” said Ashe, who has 12 goals and 15 assists in 100 career regular season games with the Bears. “It feels like I am still in my first year to be completely honest.

Jordan Ashe plans to soak in her final months with the Bears.

    “I’m going to cry a lot, and it is going to take me a while to move on I guess and leave the girls, especially like my good friends Alli (Soyko) and Abby (Soyko).

    “It is going to be tough, but time has to come I guess.”

    Until then, she still has eight regular season games and a last playoff run to look forward to with the Bears.
    They resume their regular season schedule on Jan. 13, when they travel to Melville to take on the Prairie Fire.

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Blades run winning streak to five games

Nolan Maier won his eighth straight start playing goal for the Blades.

    The Saskatoon Blades rang in the new year with a victory.

    On Monday, the Blades ran their winning streak to five games downing the visiting Swift Current Broncos 4-2. The Blades have won eight of their last night outings and their current winning streak is their longest of the season.

    Saskatoon and Swift Current traded goals to exit the opening frame locked in a 1-1 tie with Dryden Michaud scoring for the Blades and Ethan Regnier replying for the Broncos. The two sides traded goals in the second exiting that frame locked in a 2-2 tie with captain Evan Fiala scoring for the Blades and Kole Gable replying for the Broncos.

    Winger Josh Paterson scored the winner for the Blades at the 5:36 mark of the third. The Edmonton product has been on fire recording points in each of the Blades last five games recording eight goals and three assists over that stretch.

Captain Evan Fiala scored for the Blades in Monday’s game.

    Overage winger Braylon Shmyr sealed the win with an empty-net goal with 1:44 remaining in the third. Shmyr also had a helper on Fiala’s goal.

    Nolan Maier turned away 20 shots to pick up the win in goal for the Blades. The 16-year-old rookie has won his last eight straight starts for Saskatoon.

    Overager Logan Flodell stopped 38-of-41 shots taking the setback in goal for the Broncos.

    The Blades improved to 19-17-2-1 to hold one of the two wildcard playoff spots in the WHL’s Eastern Conference. The Broncos have lost three straight falling to 26-10-2.

    The Blades return to action on Friday, when the host the Red Deer Rebels at 7 p.m. at the SaskTel Centre.

Bears fall in Mac’s final

Camryn Amundson scored for the Bears in the Mac’s final.

    The Prince Albert Northern Bears came away with a silver medal finish at the prestigious Mac’s Midget AAA Hockey Tournament in Calgary.

    The Bears made it to the final of the Female Division and fell 6-2 to the Alberta based Rocky Mountain Raiders at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Monday. The Raiders won the Mac’s final for a second straight year having downed the Saskatoon Stars 5-4 in overtime in last year’s championship game.

    In Monday’s championship game, the Bears got out to a good start as speedy star forward Camryn Amundson scored 79 seconds into the first period to give Prince Albert a 1-0 lead.

    The Raiders responded with five straight goals to take a 2-1 into the first intermission and 5-1 edge into the second intermission.

    Kassidy Kicia scored early in the third for the Bears to cut the Raiders edge to 5-2 before the Alberta side rounded out the scoring with a goal late in the third.

    Kara Kondrat scored twice for the Raiders, while Isabella Pozzi, Chloe Puddifant, Josie McLeod and Nicole Fry netted singles. Gabriella Durante turned away 19 shots to pick up the win in goal for the Raiders.

    Ryan Fontaine took the setback in goal for the Bears.

    The Raiders posted a 6-0 record at the tournament, while the Bears went 3-2-1.

    Prince Albert went into the title game have downed the Regina Rebels 5-4 in a marathon double overtime game on Sunday. Kate Ball netted the winner for the Bears in that encounter.

    The Bears had three players named to the tournament’s two all-star teams. Defender Hannah Koroll was named to the first all-star team, while Amundson and defender Jordan Ashe were named to the second all-star team.
    Koroll was named the top defender in the tourney on the female side, while Bears head coach Jeff Willoughby was named the top coach among the teams in the female field.

    The Bears resume their Saskatchewan Female Midget AAA Hockey League regular season schedule on Jan. 13, when they travel to Melville to take on the Prairie Fire.

Clouston moves to top of Tigers career wins list

Shaun Clouston, centre, became the Tigers leader in coaching victories.

    Shaun Clouston moved into the top spot on the Medicine Hat Tigers career coaching wins list on Saturday.

    Clouston, who is the Tigers head coach and general manager, picked up his 324^th career regular season win behind the Medicine Hat bench, when the Tigers downed the visiting Red Deer Rebels 4-3 in overtime before 3,361 spectators at the Canalta Centre. Willie Desjardins, who guided the Tigers as head coach from 2002 to 2010, is second on the Tigers career regular seasons wins list with 323 victories. Desjardins was also the Tigers general manager from 2005 to 2010 as well as the club’s head coach.

    In Saturday’s game with the Rebels, Tigers captain Mark Rassell scored twice including the winner in overtime, while Gary Haden and Tyler Preziuso had singles for Medicine Hat. Michael Bullion turned away 23 shots to pick up the win in goal for the Tigers.

    River Fahey, Arshdeep Bains and Mason McCarty replied with singles for the Rebels. Ethan Anders started the game in goal for Red Deer and turned away 23 of 26 shots in the game’s first two periods. Riley Lamb played the third period and overtime in a relief appearance turning away 16 of 17 shots sent his way.

    On Monday, the Tigers traveled to Cranbrook, B.C., and downed the Kootenay Ice 5-4 in overtime for Clouston’s 325^th victory as the Tigers head coach. Kristians Rubins netted the overtime winner for Medicine Hat. James Hamblin scored twice for the Tigers, while Ryan Chyzowski and Rassell had singles.

    Alec Baer scored twice for the Ice, while Brett Davis and Cameron Hausinger had singles.

    Jordan Hollett turned away 35 shots to pick up the win in goal for the Tigers (21-15-2). Bailey Brkin turned away 31 shots to take the setback in goal for the Ice (18-17-3) before 2,426 spectators at Western Financial Place.

    The Tigers return to action on Wednesday, when they travel to Calgary to take on the Hitmen.

Clark assists Huskies in “Play for a Cure” game

Come on out to our Play For A Cure game Jan 5th vs Lethbridge for your chance to bid on this @HC_Women signed Breast Cancer Awareness stick donated by @emclark13. Thank you Emily. pic.twitter.com/HyO7Z3uU9I

— UofS Women's Hockey (@HuskiesWHKY) December 31, 2017

    The University of Saskatchewan Huskies women’s hockey received a sweet assist from Emily Clark in their upcoming “Play for a Cure” game.

    Clark, who is a member of Canada’s senior national women’s hockey team and will play in the upcoming Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea in February, donated a stick autographed by all the members of the women’s senior national team to be used for the silent auction at the Huskies “Play for a Cure” game. The Huskies will hold their 10^th annual “Play for a Cure” game on Friday at 7 p.m. against the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns at the ancient Rutherford Rink.

    The Huskies will be wearing special pink jerseys for that contest which will be silent auctioned off as well. The Huskies are raising money for breast cancer research.

    Clark, who is from Saskatoon, never played for the Huskies but is friends with numerous members of the team. The skilled forward used to be teammates with current fifth-year Huskies forwards Kennedy Harris and Kori Herner, when all three were members of the Saskatoon Stars female midget AAA team.

    At the university level, Clark has played three season with the University of Wisconsin Badgers women’s team and is slated to return to the Badgers for her final campaign with the team in 2018-19 in the National Collegiate Athletic Association ranks.

    The Huskies sit fourth in the Canada West Conference of U Sports with a 9-6-1 record, while the Pronghorns are seventh with a 5-9-2 mark.

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Bears edge Stars in marquee SFMAAAHL showdown

Bears goalie Ryan Fontaine tracks the action around her net.

    PRINCE ALBERT – Jeff Willoughby didn’t want any doubt to linger in his players’ heads, when it came to taking on the Saskatoon Stars.

    So far this season, the head coach of the Prince Albert Northern Bears saw his side fall three times in regulation to the Stars. On Wednesday night at the Art Hauser Centre, the Bears, who are the defending Saskatchewan Female Midget AAA Hockey League champions, pulled out a 2-1 victory in a tight checking battle with their biggest rival.

    “It means more than the three points in the standings,” said Willoughby. “It gives confidence for the girls.

Goalie Arden Kliewer makes a stop for the Stars.

    “We’ve play everybody up until this point, all seven other teams. Heading into playoffs, I’ve seen it happen before where a team hasn’t had success against another team and it spills over to the playoffs. Getting this win for us is huge.”

    The victory gives the Bears some breathing room on the Stars with regards to the race for first place in the SFMAAAHL standings. The Bears improved to 17-3 to sit in top spot with the win and hold an 11-point edge over the second place Stars, who fell to 14-2.

    Prince Albert has recorded all its wins in regulation time for 51 standings points, while Saskatoon has 40 standings points recorded on 12 regulation victories and two overtime wins. The Stars, who have topped the SFMAAAHL standings in each of the past three seasons, have four games in hand on the Bears.

Captain Hannah Koroll had two assists for the Bears.

    In Wednesday’s clash, the two sides entered the third period locked in a 0-0 tie. Arden Kliewer turned away 17 shots over the first two frames for the Stars, while Ryan Fontaine stopped 14 shots over the opening 40 minutes for the Bears.

    Tough as nails 17-year-old Bears defender Jordan Ashe was pleased with how her side handed the Stars vast number of high flying forwards like captain Mackenna Parker, Grace Shirley, Anna Leschyshyn and Joelle Fiala.

    “I think we did pretty good,” said Ashe. “I think we need to work on our head manning the puck, (and) being more firm on the blue-line making sure we don’t fumble pucks.

    “Overall, we were pretty solid. (Bears captain) Hannah (Koroll) was really solid as well.”

    Koroll ultimately picked up helpers on both Bears goals.

    At the 3:07 mark of the third, the Bears went ahead 1-0, when 14-year-old rookie forward Rhea Peterson flipped home the puck into the Saskatoon goal over top of Kliewer.

    With 7:22 to play in the third, the Bears capitalized on another break to go ahead 2-0 after killing off a Stars power play. Kliewer mishandled the puck resulting in a goal from Bears forward Alli Soyko.

Joelle Fiala (#27) scored the Stars lone goal on Wednesday.

    Saskatoon came with a hard push back. With 5:44 to play in the third, Fiala scored on the power play to cut the Bears lead to 2-1.

    Shirley thought she collected the equalizer during a net scramble with 1:37 to play in the third, but the officials waved off her goal saying she knocked the puck into the Prince Albert net with a high stick.
    Inside of the final minute of the third, Stars defender Chace Sperling wired a shot off the crossbar of the Prince Albert goal to just miss netting the equalize for Saskatoon.

    Fontaine made 22 stops to pick up the win in goal for the Bears. Kliewer turned away 20 shots to take the setback in goal for the Stars.

    Ashe said she like the atmosphere in her team’s dressing room, when the Bears were getting ready before the game.

Defender Jordan Ashe played her 100th regular season game for the Bears.

    She believes her side did a good job in not getting over-hyped to play the Stars and came with the same approach they would for any opponent.

    “In all honesty, it is not a big difference,” said Ashe. “We need to treat them like everyone else and not put extra expectations on top of that.”

    Overall, Willoughby thought this fourth and final meeting between the two sides in the 2017-18 regular season would be a competitive one, and the veteran bench boss said both sides delivered a tight contest.  

    “I thought there was a lot of back and forth play, not a high shot amount,” said Willoughby. “There was lots of blocked shots. There was lots of tight checking.

    “Those teams were tight gap all over the place, and that is what we expected. It was just a battle back and forth. Our second goal came with good timing.”

Defender Chace Sperling just missed scoring the equalizer for the Stars.

    Both teams now have to wait a bit for their next respective regular season games.

The Stars return to action on Jan. 6 in the new year, when they travel to Wilcox, Sask., to face the Notre Dame Hounds (10-3).

    The Bears head to Calgary for the prestigious Mac’s Tournament, which begins this coming Tuesday. They return to regular season play on Jan. 13 in the new year, when they travel to Melville to face the Prairie Fire (7-11).

    100-CLUB – A combined four players in Wednesday’s contest hit the ice for their 100^th career SFMAAAHL regular season game. Ashe and forward Abby Soyko played their 100^th career regular season games with the Bears, while forward Jordyn Gerlitz skated in her 100^th career regular season contest with the Stars.

The Bears celebrate their 2-1 victory over the Stars.

    Stars forward Jayda Sachs also played her 100^th career regular season game, and her total included making 56 appearances with the Bears in her first two campaigns in the league.

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Stars had magical three-year run, now guard starts to change

Saskatoon graduates trio that were key to success

From left, Julia Rongve, Willow Slobodzian and Dana Wood reflect on a loss.

    It feels like an era is transitioning to a close for the Saskatoon Stars.

    On Tuesday, the Stars 2016-17 campaign came to an end with a 4-2 loss to the Prince Albert Northern Bears at the Agriplace Arena in Game 3 of the Saskatchewan Female Midget AAA Hockey League championship series. The Bears swept the best-of-five SFMAAAHL championship series 3-0 and captured their second league title in team history.

    Saskatoon saw its two-year run of winning consecutive league titles and advancing to the final four of the Esso Cup national championship tournament come to an end. From 2014 to 2016, the Stars posted a 90-18 overall record, won two SFMAAAHL titles, two Western regional banners and a Mac’s Tournament title.

Julia Rongve jets up ice for the Stars.

    In 2016-17, they topped the SFMAAAHL standings for a third straight year after posting a 25-2-1 mark. The Stars also set a new team record for most points collected in the standings at 76.

    Saskatoon made the final of the Mac’s Tournament in Calgary falling 5-4 in overtime to the Alberta based Rocky Mountain Raiders, while posting a 5-1 record at that event in the process. 

    The Stars won six straight playoff games sweeping the Weyburn Southern Range Gold Wings in a quarter-final series and the Swift Current Diamond Energy Wildcats in a semifinal series. The run of success came to an end against a talented and well-coached Prince Albert side.

    One of the cool things about female midget AAA hockey is you get to build teams where you can have a core group of players around for like three years. In midget AAA hockey on the boys side, you usually only return on average six players from the previous season due to losing players to the major junior ranks and the junior A ranks.

    While the Stars can return most of the players from their team this past season, they will lose three key pieces from their run of success to graduation in forwards Julia Rongve and Abby Shirley as well as offensive defender Willow Slobodzian. Those three were the consistent cogs throughout the whole run of success the Stars had the past three seasons and their departure feels like a chapter in team history is coming to a close.

Abby Shirley played with grit and skill.

    Rongve played an unsung hero role for the Stars for four seasons appearing in 112 career regular season games posting 24 goals and 52 assists. During her 15-year-old season in 2014-15, she was the third part of a dynamic scoring line that includes Sophie Shirley and Nara Elia, who both moved on to play for Canada’s under-18 women’s team.

    Rongve’s efforts were often overshadowed by the spectacular performances of her linemates, but she still netted six goals and 17 assists in 28 regular season games. Her production didn’t drop after Shirley and Elia left the Stars. In her final campaign with the Stars, Rongve, who stands 5-foot-8, picked up career highs in goals (nine) and assists (20), and she appeared in all 28 regular season games for a fourth straight campaign.

    She was still often overshadowed by the work of one of her other teammates, and you almost took it for granted that she would come out and give a strong performance. No matter who was on the Stars team, Rongve was always one of the club’s top six forwards.

    Abby Shirley grew into one of the Stars top offensive threats during her three campaigns with the team. The Delisle product appeared in 77 career regular season games posting 31 goals and 32 assists.

    In her final campaign with the Stars, Shirley dressed in 25 regular season games and set career highs for goals (14) and assists (18). On the ice, Shirley played with great speed and tenacity. She wasn’t afraid to battle in the corners and the hard areas, even though she stands just 5-foot-5.

    She often displayed great skill, when she worked in the offensive zone. 

Willow Slobodzian was one of the Stars most dynamic players.

    With her combination of grit and finesse, Shirley will be a good addition to the University of Saskatchewan Huskies women’s hockey team in the fall.

    Slobodzian, who the Stars captain this past season, was arguably the team’s most exciting player, and she was worth the price of admission to watch on a night in and night out basis. She helped control the blue-line for the Stars for three seasons appearing in 84 career regular season games collecting 15 goals and 46 assists.

    In her final campaign with the Stars, Slobodzian, who stands 5-foot-7, appeared in all 28 regular season games for a third straight year, matched her career high in goals at six and set a new career high in assists at 21. 

    Slobodzian was named the top defender in the SFMAAAHL in the 2015-16 campaign, and she made creative plays no one else could make through her entire career.

    An extremely smooth skater on the ice, Slobodzian might be the most polite and well-manner person you could meet off the ice. 

The Stars celebrate an SFMAAAHL semifinal series win. 

    Those characteristics are very prominent when you talk with her. She will no doubt be a great addition to the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks women’s hockey team in the fall.

    The Stars will still have a good team next season returning a number of players possessing high-end talent. Potential returnees include forwards Mackenna Parker, Grace Shirley, Joelle Fiala, Anna Leschyshyn and Kaitlin Jockims, veteran grinders Jordyn Gerlitz, Kianna Dietz and Jordyn Holmes, defenders Abby DeCorby, Chace Sperling and Ashley Messier, and goaltenders Jordan Ivanco and Arden Kliewer.

    Still, the dynamics of the team will be different without Rongve, Abby Shirley and Slobodzian. It will up to the returnees to carry the torch that is being passed on.

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