Atom #3, 2012-2013, House (Waterloo Ravens Girls Hockey Association )

Not surprisingly, we had another close game with one of the other Waterloo Atom teams gaining a 3-1 victory. Sara showing no ill effects from her warm weather vacation, scored 2 goals on long rushes. Annette scored the other goal with an assist from Brooke. Some energetic play upfront from Maggie, Zoe and Emily M kept good pressure on the puck. The defensive trio of Emily S, Jocelyne and Sara performed well with the heavy workload with a couple of D missing.

It our fifth and perhaps final meeting with the Kitchener Bobcats this season, we squeezed out a 1-0 victory on a goal on a nice rush by Jocelyne. Beth also had a good game defensively. Overall, it was a close game, but tidy victory for us.

Brooke and Annette had a good game in particular, the team overall played quite well. Annette got a good goal on a feed from Brooke. Brooke almost picked the corner - just hitting the far post on a nice pass from Annette. We have 3 forward lines that are working hard and passing well, so it is enjoyable to see. Passing the puck well has enabled us to be strong in the 3rd period by being more efficient moving the puck and expending energy more effectively. Zoe was in good position in front of the net to put in the rebound from Juli's hard initial shot. The speed of the Grand River forwards ...

Facing the Kitchener Bobcats for the 3rd time in less than a month, we played well enough to win 3-0 including an empty net goal. Maggie a had a strong game and scored the game winning goal with assists from Zoe and Juli. Brooke fired a hard shot at the net to score the 2nd goal. We think that Maggie ended the scoring with the empty net goal at the end of the game.

With Jocelyne and Jenna absent, we were missing some strong players, but the team battled hard for the 2-1 win. Juli and Annette worked hard at centre and each delivered a goal. The defensive trio of Sara, Beth and Emily S played really well with limited rest and lots of one-on-one time with Coach Jeff. Alice played a steady game in net.