Wildcats take action to Chief’s net in 3-1 PWHL playoff win
A fired up Leaside Wildcats squad staged a strong performance at Leaside arena Wednesday night to defeat arch rival Mississauga Chiefs 3-1 in their PWHL best of five playoff series. The Wildcats needed the win to stay in the hunt and they got it. Local fans and moms and dads got what they were looking for when Cynthia Cavanagh scored at 10.48 of the first period. Mississauga answered with a goal soon after when Lindsay Agnew broke through during a Leaside penalty. Then, with 26 seconds left in the first, Katie Strain gave Leaside the go-ahead. With the score two to one for Leaside heading into the the second, Leaside was full value for the money considering it had only 21 shots on goal to Mississauga’s 38 for the game. Even so Kaelyn Johnson fired one past Missy goaler Lin Han to give Leaside its third marker. There was no scoring in the third. The shots on goal are a testament to the skill of Leaside net minder Hailey Farrelly. At the end, the Leaside women may be proud of their performance but must know they have their work set out for them if they hope to eliminate Mississauga.
