Huskies capture inaugural Ross Screenprint Invitational title

(Antigonish, NS) - With a 3-0 round robin record, the Saint Mary's Huskies skated to the championship in the inaugural Ross Screenprint X-Women Invitational tournament.

The Huskies clinched the crown Saturday afternoon, at the StFX Keating Centre, with a 2-1 victory over the host X-Women (2-1).

In the second period, StFX opened the scoring on a marker by junior forward Daley Oddy (Cranbrook, BC), with assists from sophomore Sarah Bujold (Riverview, NB) and fifth-year senior Kara Power (New Glasgow, NS).

Ten seconds later, Saint Mary's evened the contest when Breanna Lanceleve (Middle Sackville, NS) tallied from Laura Polak (Bedford, NS) and Hayley Hallihan (Miramichi, NB).

At 3:48 of the third period, Huskies player of the game Rebecca Johnson (Stoney Creek, ON) scored what proved to be the game-winner, from Haylee Tretiak (Teulon, MB) and Sarah Douglas (Whitby, ON).

Rebecca Weagle (Lunenburg, NS) made 16 saves for the win, while Sojung Shin (Seoul, Korea) turned aside 21 shots in the loss.

Oddy received player of the game honors for the X-Women.

In the round robin format, each team earned three points for a regulation win, two for an overtime victory and one for an overtime loss.

Source StFX Communications

Photo Bryan Kennedy