Wolves girls hockey team staysbusy over the past week

North Star’s Aria Pare carries the puck over the Essex blue line Feb. 4 at the Libro Centre. Essex won the game 3-0 but North Star rebounded the next day on the road with a 3-2 win over Cardinal Carter.

The North Star Wolves girls hockey team were busy to wrap up the regular

season.

The most recent game was this past Monday at the Libro Centre against the visiting Belle River Nobles. North Star won the hockey game 8-6 with the Wolves now finishing the regular season with a record of 4-5-1. The week opened last Wednesday (Feb. 4) on home ice against the visiting Essex Red Raiders. The Wolves lost that game by a 3-0 final score. North Star coach Dan Pettypiece said they played tentative against Essex but didn’t offer excuses. He said the coaches would have wanted to see more aggressiveness out of the girls, particularly since the Red Raiders are a really good team this year. “We have to start making girls on the other team work harder,” he said.

While they have to play with more aggressiveness, Pettypiece said the girls still try very hard when on the ice.

“The effort is there,” he said. “We never have to worry about effort.”

“I think we played pretty good,” said Wolves’ winger Rayah Crawford. Crawford added they need to work on their passing and getting in front of the net to try and create scoring opportunities. Teammate Zoey Deschamps added she believed they played fine but the Wolves have to get the puck into their opponent’s end and keep it in there.

North Star had an afternoon game in Leamington last Thursday (Feb. 5)

against Cardinal Carter where the home team’s fans were able to buy their way out of school. The Wolves spoiled the party for the Cougars, winning the game 3-2. Tyler Lamarche had two goals for North Star with Deschamps getting the game winning goal.

The Wolves await their first round WECSSAA “AA” playoff opponent.

Wolves girls hockey team staysbusy over the past week

By Ron Giofu