The Junior Wildcats lost a tough one Sunday bowing 3-2 to the K-W Rangers in overtime at Leaside arena. It was a hard-fought game featuring a total of ten penalties, five per side. The match was touch and go all afternoon for Leaside as Waterloo scored twice in the first to lead 2-0 going into the second. Kristin Della Rovere scored for Leaside in the second and Emma Pye evened it at 2-2 in the third.
POWER PLAYS
That goal came during a hotly disputed penalty by Waterloo fans against K-W’s Megan Fergusson for slashing Cats netminder Shanna Dolighan. It was an omen of how penalties hurt. The Rangers won it on a another power play goal by Megan Rolph a mere 11 seconds after Leaside’s Mariah Hinds was sent off for interference during sudden death. The Rangers played above their standing. The teams are #7 and #9 respectively at the end of play Sunday.
SATURDAY
On Saturday, Leaside defeated the Burlington Barracudas 6-1 in Leaside. Leaside markers came from Kristin Della Rovere and Maria Hinds in the first period, Samantha Jones on a pretty breakaway in the second, Megan Pardy (twice) and Payton Bray in the third. Three of the goals were scored on power plays. Burlington’s Nikita Boardman scored the lone Barracuda goal at 43 seconds into the third during a power play which began in the second.
