U18 B Ice Cats - the Pandemic Team of Winning 2021-22, Accomplishments (Brantford Girls Hockey Association)

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U18 B Ice Cats - the Pandemic Team of Winning 2021-22
Despite 2 years of lockdowns, screenings, restrictions, challenges and interruptions, this team was not going to let anything stop them this season from excelling in female hockey!     
This season the team played in the Central West division with 7 other teams in the pod.  Overall this team has had 32 wins; 2 losses and 5 ties this season.  Amazing     
1b_U18B_Barrie_Sharkfest_GOLD_Banner_2021-2022.jpg    In November 2021, these Cats played their first tournament in Barrie - the Barrie Sharkfest.
The team played 3 games in the Round Robin:
  • Game 1 was a win against the Barrie Sharks (5-1)
  • Game 2 was a tie against the Napanee Crunch team (2-2)
  • Game 3 against the Collingwood Lightning team was won 2-1.
This put the team in the Championship final game against the Napanee Crunch team.  It was going to be a tough game but the Cats won 3-2 to bring home the GOLD!
 
After Christmas 2021, hockey went into shutdown until late January 2022.     Covid_Lockdown.jpg 
Once the games started again, it took the team a couple of games to get their groove back - and boy, did they ever!
As of February 13th, this team did not lose any regular season games - a total of 8 games.   
   
Included in this run of wins for these Ice Cats was the 40th Annual Walter Gretzky Tournament.  
The team was in a pool of six teams:  Grand River Mustangs, North Durham Blades, Gloucester-Cumberland Stars, Mississauga Hurricanes, Scarborough Sharks and our Ice Cats.
Our team was amazing!  Five games and five wins!!
Game 1:  Scarborough Sharks vs Ice Cats (W) 2-0
Game 2:  G-C Stars vs Ice Cats (W) 4-1
Game 3:  North Durham Blades vs Ice Cats (W) 5-1
Game 4:  Mississauga Hurricanes vs Ice Cats (W) 5-0
and the nail-bitter Championship game was won against the North Durham Blades (1-0)
What a weekend!
 
  U18B_Gretzky_Tournament_GOLD_2021-2022_a.jpg 
    Playdowns
The team played five games for this season's playdowns. 
The team played the Cambridge Roadrunners twice winning both games:  2-0 and 5-1
They also played the Wilmot Wolverines twice winning one game and tying the other:  4-1 and 1-1
The one game against the Kitchener Lady Rangers was won 1-0

Needless to say - with all this winning the U18 B team ended up first in their division!!
Provincials
The team is now off to the provincials in April!

   
The Team:
#4:    Peyton Martin
#6:    Adella Smith
#8:    Avery Tyers
#9:    Grace Carson
#10:  Joey Gamble
#11:  Ashley Carmichael
#12:  Petra Keefe
#15:  Kierin Martin
#16:  Ellie Silvia
#17:  Cara Carver
#19:  Sophie Carson
#31:  Kahstaweyakon Green
#33:  Julia Tenklooster
#87:  Alexa Kuranc
   
    The Coaching Team: 
Head Coach:           John Imola
Assistant Coaches:  Jason Carver
                             Eric Imola
Trainer:                  Christine Carmichael
Manager:

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