The Walkerton Capitals Kinettes Midget Rep Girls fell to the Lakeshore Lightning (Essex) on Saturday, December 8th at 3:00 p.m., in Essex 3-1.
The Lightning struck early in the first period and carried
that lead into the second. The Capitals
managed to tie it in the second.
Rebecca Rier and Haley Fischer out battled a Lightning player in the
corner. Fischer scooped up the loose
puck and found Destiny Berberich alone in the slot. Berberich fired a shot along the pond and beat the Lightning
goalie on the stick side. The Capitals
slowed in the third from their 3 ½ hour drive to Essex and the hometown
Lightning took advantage and scored late in the third for a 2-1 lead. The Capitals pulled their goalie but the Lightning
sealed the victory with an empty net goal with less than a minute left for a
3-1 victory.
The Capitals travelled to Windsor for an afternoon tilt with
the Windsor Wildcats on Sunday, December 9th.
The Capitals were short three players which included their goalie,
Alyssa Inglis. The Capitals found their
legs for this game and were all over the Wildcats like spilled milk and clawed
out a hard fought 1-0 win. Cassidy
Becker was called up from the Bantams to tend the cage and earned the shut
out.
This game was filled with penalties as both teams found themselves
shorthanded throughout the game.
Needless to say the coaches were more than wild about the officiating as
the Capitals racked up 18 minutes in penalties. At one point Coach Wrighter was so upset he considered going
“Dufferin” on the referee but thought better of it. Instead he offered the referee a sausage. Despite the questionable calls the Capitals
dominated the game and had numerous scoring chances but just couldn’t beat the
Wildcats goalie.
With the Capitals on the power play late in the third and in
the Wildcats end, Janelle Weber, fired the game winner from the point that
found the back of the net. Joelle Busby
and Julie Thomson drew assists on the goal.
The Capitals improve their league record to 8 wins, 3 losses and 1
tie.
The Capitals are at home on Saturday, December 15th against
South Huron at 5:30 p.m., and off to Guelph on Sunday, December 16th for an
afternoon game.
Written by Paul Nixon