TEAM MANITOBA TO PLAY FOR GOLD
Team Manitoba defeated British Columbia 4-1 in the semi-final at the U18 National Championship behind the 2 goal performance of Larissa Martyniuk and the solid netminding of Brittni Mowat (Pembina Valley Hawks) who stopped 29 0f 30 shots. To see entire game sheet click on link below:
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TEAM MANITOBA EARNS PLAYOFF SPOT
Led by Haley Studler's 2 goal performance and a third period unassisted winner by Danielle Krzyszczyk Team Manitoba defeated Quebec 3-2 and earned a spot in the Semi-finals. Briitni Mowat of the MFMHL's Pembina Valley Hawks continued to backstop Team Manitoba and started her 3rd straight game between the pipes stopping 18 of 20 shots fired her while Manitoba fired 30 at the Quebec netminder.
TEAM MANITOBA REBOUNDS WITH BIG WIN OVER ONTARIO
Courtlyn Oswald of the MFMHL's Central Plains Capitals scored the game winning goal midway through the third period as Team Manitoba came up with a must 2-1 victory over Ontario Blue. Nicole Carswell of the MFMHL's Winnipeg Avros opened the scoring giving Team Manitoba a 1-0 lead until Ontario equalized in the second period setting the stage for an exciting and fast paced third period. Brittni Mowat of the MFMHL's Pembina Hawks picked up the win in net stopping 27 of 28 shots. Team Manitoba outshot Ontario 30 to 28 in an exciting back and forth contest.
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TEAM MANITOBA LOSES FIRST GAME AT U18 NATIONALS
Team Manitoba got off to a slow start against Alberta in their first game at the U18 Nationals in Dawson Creek BC. Falling behind by 3 goals in the first 25 minutes of the game Team Manitoba could not recover although they were probably the better team in the 2nd half of the game. Ashleigh Brykaliuk from the MFMHL's Westman Wildcats had the only goal for Manitoba while Pembina Valley's Brittni Mowat took the loss in net. They next play vs. Ontario Blue on Thursday in what now appears to be a must win game for Team Manitoba.
Team Manitoba outshot Alberta 33-24 however Head Coach Ashley van Aggelen felt the team played to much perimeter hockey and needs to get the puck to the net more and get more traffic in front the goalie not letting them get such a good look at the puck. Coach van Aggelen felt that they were definitely picking up momentum throughout the game after a nervius start and need to build on the fact that they were the better team in the 3rd period.
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