Wolves girls hockey playoffs gets underway Feb 19

The North Star Wolves girls hockey team finished their regular season Feb. 9 with a good old-fashioned shootout in a game against Belle River.  

The Wolves won the game 8-6 at the Libro Centre.

The Wolves opened the scoring at 6:28 on a goal by Cierrah Carter assisted by Daphne MacInnes and Tyler Casey.  A minute-and-a-half later, Kierstyn Baillargeon scored an unassisted goal. 

The Wolves went up 3-1 on a goal by Tyler Casey assisted by Aria Pare

Belle River narrowed the gap at 2:31 and then the Wolves added to their scoring on a goal by Tyler Lamarche assisted by Ashley Mongeau and Zoey Deschamps at 1:37. Belle River scored their second with 1:06 to go. 

The Wolves answered with an early second period goal by Aria Pare, assisted by Tyler Lamarche to make it 5-2. Belle River then stormed back with four straight goals as the Wolves kind of fell asleep for a bit.

The Wolves woke from their slumber in the third with their own goal scoring blitz.  They tied it up at 10:31 on a goal by Zoey Deschamps assisted by Ashley Mongeau and Tyler Lamarche.  

Then the Wolves went ahead for good with two quick goals at 5:28 and 3:44. 

The first one scored by Zoey Deschamps, assisted by Tyler Lamarche and the second by Ashley Mongeau, assisted Zoey Deschamps.  

Our defence and goaltending locked it down in the third to secure the win that vaulted us into fourth place and guarantee them a home playoff game.  

Grace DeThomasis, in what was her final high school regular season game, made many key saves in the third to preserve the victory.  

Player of the game was Tyler Lamarche.  

The Wolves will now head into the playoffs on a bit of a high note with two straight victories. 

The WECSSAA “A/AA” playoffs get underway this Thursday, Feb. 19, at the Libro Centre against the Cardinal Carter Cougars. Faceoff is at 2:30 p.m.

Wolves girls hockey playoffs gets underway Feb 19

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