Play in the Nepean end at Leaside Arena
Nepean Wildcats moved up a ranking to second place in the Provincial Women’s Hockey League Saturday night by beating Leaside Jr. Wildcats 2 to 1 in sudden death overtime. The winning goal was scored on a power play by Kristy Pidgeon with Mariah Hinds in the box for tripping. Leaside incurred an alarming 18 minutes of penalty time although Nepean was able to capitalize on only one of nine power play opportunities. The burden of penalties also left the Leaside offense rather dismantled for much of the game. Penalties aside, Leaside was competitive, playing perceptibly above its ranking at times. It proved again Saturday as it did against Durham West last month that it can score on powerhouse teams playing five on five. Amanda Hadwen faced 20 shots for Nepean and Kate Mowbray 21 in regular time. Danielle Toland saw the winning goal slip by in overtime. Boxscore
