Leaside Junior Wildcats earned a 2-1 victory over the Southwestern Wildcats Saturday at home. The cellar-dwelling ladies from down Windsor way put in a plucky performance. They made it 1-0 by the end of the first on an unassisted goal by Shannon Fehr. Leaside scored in both the second and third periods. Samantha Jones (assisted by Myah Bowal and Olivia Reid) scored on a power play at 5.34 of the second. Then in the third, Payton Bray skated past Southwestern defenders to pot a very pretty marker unassisted at 5.23. There were a few anxious moments when Leaside was hit with overlapping penalties in the second period. But they fought off Southwestern through both including 58 seconds of three against five. Kristen Swiatoschik faced 28 shots in the Southwestern net and Shanna Dolighan for Leaside, 18. The Junior Wildcats face Southwestern again on December 17 at Forest Glade Arena in Windsor in Game 24 of their Provincial Women’s Hockey League season.
