Mikayla Lui opens up the scoring for the Girls Hockey Calgary Bantam 1 White Hawks in their game with Edmonton Warriors in the Alberta Hockey Provincial Championships (Bantam Female A).
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With two wins in two games, the Girls Hockey Calgary White Hawks were assured of a place in the semi-finals of the Bantam Female A Alberta Provincial Championships presented by ATB Financial on Sunday. The first period was a tied affair, 1-1, with goals scored by Calgary’s winger, Mikayla Lui and Edmonton Warrior’s Carys Mitchell.
Mikayla Lui scores her second goal for the Girls Hockey Calgary Bantam 1 White Hawks in their game with Edmonton Warriors in the Alberta Hockey Provincial Championships (Bantam Female A).
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Things opened up quite a bit in the second twenty at Castledowns Arena. Mikayla Lui scored her second, three minutes into the period. The White Hawks then reinforced their lead with some fluid play and plenty of possession in the opposition’s half. Grace Crooks picked up the puck from just behind the left post and turned it in above Samantha Smalley’s stretching, rainbow-coloured stick.
Grace Crooks scores the third goal for the Girls Hockey Calgary Bantam 1 White Hawks in their game with Edmonton Warriors in the Alberta Hockey Provincial Championships (Bantam Female A).
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Smalley’ s agility was tested again five minutes later with a shot by Carolyn Berze. The goalie couldn’t control the pad rebound and Nicole Orubor stepped in to flip the puck into the net.
Carolyn Berze celebrates with Nicole Orubor after she scores the fourth goal for the Girls Hockey Calgary Bantam 1 White Hawks in their game with Edmonton Warriors in the Alberta Hockey Provincial Championships (Bantam Female A).
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Four minutes into the final period, the Hawks struck again as Jenna Salem, shrugging off an earlier stick inside her face cage, put the puck in the net from near the face-off circle.
Jenna Salem scores goal five for the Girls Hockey Calgary Bantam 1 White Hawks in their game with Edmonton Warriors in the Alberta Hockey Provincial Championships (Bantam Female A).
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The Warrior’s hard working Emily Aru pulled one back with a superb shot on the fly, up and over the goal keeper’s glove. Any suggestion of a comeback was damped down though by strong puck possession by the Hawks. Defenseman Jennifer Nixon sealed things up with seconds to go as she carried the puck from deep inside her half, deked past two defenders and squeezed the puck underneath Smalley’s glove.
Defenseman Jennifer Nixon rushes the puck down the middle of the ice to score the last goal for the Girls Hockey Calgary Bantam 1 White Hawks in their game with Edmonton Warriors in the Alberta Hockey Provincial Championships (Bantam Female A).
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Final score: Calgary White Hawks 6-2 Edmonton Warriors.
