West Kootenay Cats tune up for provincial with Bantam house silver medal
By The Nelson Daily Sports
The West Kootenay Wildcats tuned up for the upcoming provincial tournament by finishing second at the Minor Hockey Bantam House Championships Sunday at the NDCC Arena.
Despite hitting a few posts, the Cats lost 2-0 to Castlegar 1 in the final to grab the silver medal.
Castlegar 1 finished the tournament undefeated.
West Kootenay opened the tourney losing 1-0 to Nakusp.
Ironically, Cats affiliate player Kira Streliev scored only goal of the game, unfortunately, for Nakusp.
The Wildcats bounced back in game two, dumping Nelson 2 4-1.
Julie Sidoni, Paige Gattafoni, Stephanie McAuley and Merrisa Dawson, into an empty net, scored for the Cats.
Castlegar 1 then defeated West Kootenay 3-2 as Sydney Pollock and Jesse Cooper scored for the Cats.
West Kootenay managed to pull off the upset of the tournament during semi final play, edging Trail 2-1 in overtime.
Emma Hare scored the winner in extra time with two seconds remaining in the five-minute overtime period with assists to Gattafoni and Dawson.
Jenna Wheeldon scored the other goal for West Kootenay.
The Wildcats travel to Vancouver Island March 17-21 for the Female Provincial Tournament in Colwood.
