The South East GoldWings midget AA female hockey team, which boasts players from Estevan, Weyburn and other southeast Saskatchewan communities, went 2-2 at Hayley Wickenheiser’s female world hockey festival in Calgary on the weekend.
Competing in the midget elite division, the GoldWings went 1-1 in Friday’s action, beating the B.C.’s Surrey Falcons 4-2, but losing 4-2 to Alberta’s St. Albert Sharks.
Their only game on Saturday was a 4-1 defeat against the GHC Fire White out of Calgary. It was a close game through two periods, as the Fire had just a 1-0 lead, but then they tallied three times in the opening eight minutes of the third period to take a commanding 4-0 advantage.
Kaycee Mullinger had the GoldWings lone goal, a power play tally with 8:42 to play in the third period.
Kara Zelyck was the GoldWings goalie for the game.
The final game was a 6-4 triumph over the Edmonton Pandas Elite. Khloe Bedore and Marci LeBlanc scored in the final eight minutes of the first period to give the GoldWings a 2-0 advantage after the first period.
The Pandas struck three times in the second period to seize a 3-2 lead, but Bailey Farr’s goal with 3:58 to play in the middle frame tied the contest.
Bedore, LeBlanc and Mullinger scored in the third to lift the GoldWings to a 6-3 lead; LeBlanc and Mullinger’s goals came 83 seconds apart in the later stages of the third. Edmonton would score just once more, with that goal coming in the final minute.
Taryn McKinney was in goal for the game.
