Leaside Junior Wildcats won a convincing 5-0 home-opener against the Kingston Ice Wolves Saturday night. The Cats gobsmacked Kingston when they scored the first two goals short-handed. Emma Pye then went on to get a hat trick.
SCORING
There was no scoring in the first period but Leaside poured it on in the second with two goals less than a minute and a half apart while short-handed on a Mariah Hinds penalty for slashing. The surprise markers by Emma Pye (assist Samantha Jones) and Olivia Reid (unassisted) seemed to knock the starch out the Kingston team. Other scoring came from Kristin Della Rovere (assist Mariah Hinds) and then two more in the third, both by Emma Pye with assists from Madison Heeney and Samantha Jones on the fourth goal and Olivia Reid on the fifth.
KATIE BAR THE DOOR
Kate Mowbray in the Leaside net blocked all 21 shots Kingston fired at her. She robbed the Ice Wolves on a couple of dangerous rebound shots early in the second. Whitney Morton in the Kingston goal faced 39 shots and saved 34.
KAT McNEILLY
Wildcats alumnus Kat McNeilly dropped the puck for the home opener. Kat played for the Junior Cats from 2012 to 2014.
Alumnus Kat McNeilly performed ceremonial puck drop
