Emma Pye
Leaside Wildcat forward Emma Pye scored a seldom-seen hockey curiosity Sunday as her team fought off a two-penalty burden against the Bluewater Hawks. With only three girls on the ice against five Hawks in the second period, Pye slipped away from the opposing team and scored Leaside’s third goal unassisted. It was a cake walk all afternoon at Leaside Gardens as the Wildcats strolled to a 5-1 victory over the ladies from the Lake Huron shore.
LEASIDE VAULTS TO FOURTH
Sunday’s play vaulted the Wildcats two rankings into fourth place in the Provincial Women’s Hockey League. Other Leaside goals came from Siobhan Birch in the first, Samantha Jones in the second and Mariah Hinds in both the second and third. Assists came from Alex Woods, Olivia Reid, Megan Pardy and Kristin Della Rovere. Bluewater scored on the efforts of Jessica Forcey with assists from Madison Davey and Madison Melo.
PENALTIES
On the minor side, Leaside was collecting penalties again. There were eight infractions resulting in 16 minutes of penalty time. Bluewater was unable to take advantage of eight power play chances. This team visits from the most rural of the 20 teams in the PWHL. Their home ice is West Middlesex Memorial Arena in the town of Strathroy (population 22,000).
