Off their rock hockey!
The No. 1 ranked Sudbury Lady Wolves (SLW) U18 A team and Captain Delaney Bridgeman were in Toronto for a best 2 of 3 series in the first round of playoffs against the No. 4 North York Storm (NYS). Despite handily outplaying the NYS girls in Saturday’s first match up, a stellar goaltending performance by the NYS keeper kept it close, and the SLW side narrowly took the first game 2-1, with goals from Danika Gray and Erika MacNeill.
In the second game the girls faced the No. 2 keeper for NYS but a similar goaltending performance. Delaney managed a first period marker on a beautiful pass out from the corner by Claudia Castellanos. That sole goal proved to be the difference as the SLW emerged with a 1-0 victory, eliminating a very vocal and visibly disgruntled North York team and parent group, 2 games to none.
It’s Time for Spring Dance
Body Stories Dance Instructions has a lot of fun happening this spring! Here’s some highlights of what’s coming up in the next few months:
Kids spring dance includes weekly classes and a final public performance.
NEW! Weekly drop-in adult dance classes are starting in Little Current.
Seniors dance continues in Manitowaning.
Also their joint performance with Skate Canada Manitoulin is next week!
Manitoulin Minor playoffs!
Warning, this was supposed to be in last week’s column. It is a bit confusing, sorry!
Way back in October, as the minor hockey season was about to start up, the executive at Manitoulin Minor decided to forego a long, series driven first round playoff format in order to extend the regular season for every team by four games.
Given that here on the Manitoulin we have a limited window of available arena time, this move necessitated a shortened playoff season. After much discussion, the benefits that a longer regular season provided for the development of all players and teams outweighed the desire to maintain the 3 and 5 game series of the past, and in came the single game elimination first round!
All at the table knew this could make for some very exciting, very high stakes first round games. We were not to be disappointed.
In the U18 group, on Monday the 27th, No. 4 M’Chigeeng hosted No. 5 Wiky in the single game quarter final. The winner headed to Mindemoya on Tuesday to face No. 1 Thunder in the first single game semi. Then on Wednesday, No. 3 Gore Bay travels to NEMI to face No. 2 Little Current in what promises to be a spirited battle in the second semi, the winners heading to a best of 3 final, dates and times tbd. This one goes tonight, come on out to watch!
In U15, it was straight to the semis on Tuesday as No. 4 Manitowaning faced No. 1 Mindemoya at J H Burt, while Gore Bay traveled to Wiky with the winners heading to the finals, a best two out of three, dates and times of the finals tbd. In the B final, M’Chigeeng and Little Current go head to head in a best of three, starting Saturday, March 4.
In U13 No. 4 M’Chigeeng headed to Manitowaning to face the No. 1 Wolves on Monday with No. 3 Little Current in Mindemoya Thursday (tomorrow) to face the No. 2 Thunder, winners of each game heading to a time and date tbd final. In the B semis, No. 7 Gore Bay faced No. 6 Wiky Thunder Tuesday, the winner heading to a final series against the Wiky Lightning.
In U11, No. 4 Little Current White were in Gore Bay to face the No. 1 Bruins Tuesday, while No. 3 Mindemoya travelled to NEMI to face the No. 2 Little Current Orange side Monday. In the U11 B Series No. 6 Wiky travel to No. 5 Manitowaning to start their best of three series on Thursday.
The Manitowaning Wolves were winners too with U13 taking the A trophy and the U11 holding high the B trophy!
As most game results will be settled by the time this is published, come on out and cheer on dates when your favourite local heroes are available. And keep in touch with the series finals dates and times, which will be posted on the Manitoulin Minor website at manitoulinminorhockey.ca/Schedule. The outcomes of the above exciting matches will hopefully be posted right here next week!
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