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Senchuk Atom Bearcats win Mandan tournament

The Estevan Senchuk atom Bearcats female hockey team won the Schwan Cadillac Cup in Mandan, N.D., on the weekend. The Senchuk Bearcats went 4-0 during the weekend, They opened the tournament with a 6-0 shutout victory over Dickenson.
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The Estevan Senchuk atom Bearcats won a tournament in North Dakota on the weekend. Photo submitted

The Estevan Senchuk atom Bearcats female hockey team won the Schwan Cadillac Cup in Mandan, N.D., on the weekend.

The Senchuk Bearcats went 4-0 during the weekend, They opened the tournament with a 6-0 shutout victory over Dickenson. Then they doubled up Minot 8-4, and earned another shutout, 17-0 over Watford City. Their final game was an 8-3 win over the host Mandan team in what proved to be the gold medal game.

Coach Shawn Madsen said the games against Minot and Mandan were tough, despite the score.

“You see some scores like that, and you sometimes think that was an easy game. No, they weren’t easy games. You get a few late goals, and it makes the score look a little differently than the game actually was.”

Madsen was pleased with how they pressured the opponents in all ends of the rink.

“If they have the puck, go get it. And it’s been paying off. Right in the beginning of the season, that’s what we’ve been trying to drill into them.”

The tournament used a round robin to determine the champion, although the six teams only had four games each, which meant they didn’t play one team once. In the case of the Senchuk Bearcats, the team they didn’t face was their cross-town rivals, the Estevan atom Bearcats, who also entered and wound up third.

The next edition of the Mercury will have more on this story.