Goalie Amelia Wilkinson allowed solely three objectives in 4 video games, together with 35-shot shutout efficiency in championship recreation versus Quebec
NEWS RELEASE
BARRIE WOMEN’S HOCKEY ASSOCIATION
*************************
Two members of the Barrie Jr. Sharks gained gold at 2024 U18 Canadian Girls’s Nationwide Hockey Championships, held Nov. 3 to 9 in Quispamsis, N.B.
Sonia Mehta and Amelia Wilkinson have been members of the championship-winning Group Ontario Pink, which defeated Group Quebec by a rating of 1-0 within the ultimate recreation on Saturday, Nov. 9.
Ted Ontario Pink went undefeated on the nationwide championship event, selecting up wins over Group Alberta, Group Saskatchewan and Group Atlantic within the preliminary rounds, topping Group British Columbia within the semifinals, and successful the championship match over Group Quebec.
Mehta performed in all six video games for Group Ontario Pink, selecting up an help in a preliminary win over Group Saskatchewan.
Wilkinson allowed solely three objectives in 4 video games in web, included a 35-shot shutout efficiency within the championship recreation.
The Barrie Sharks have been properly represented on the nationwide championships with gamers Avah Sedore, Mae Severn and Kate Stuart all enjoying for Group Ontario Blue, and Ella Loyd competing for Group Alberta on the U18 Canadian Girls’s Nationwide Hockey Championships.
“This is the strongest participation we’ve ever had at the U18 national championships, with six players selected to participate in this year,” stated Rob Emerson, president of the Barrie Girls’s Hockey Affiliation.
Barrie Jr. Sharks coach Duane Eldridge stated the chance to play within the nationwide championships is a results of the onerous work these gamers have put on this season, and for a few years.
“Amelia, Avah, Ella, Kate, Mae and Sonia are all amazingly onerous staff, and nice representatives of the sturdy feminine hockey expertise now we have in Barrie,” he stated.
The Barrie Jr. Sharks are presently in fifth place within the Ontario Girls’s Hockey U22 Elite League. The staff performs and practises on the East Bayfield Group Centre, with their subsequent residence recreation approaching Friday, Nov. 29, 2024 at 8 p.m. verus the Ontario Hockey Academy.
*************************
