Game On Magazine 2017 December 2017 | Page 83

T E A M M A N I T O B A C E L E B R AT E S A G O A L B Y O L I V I A C VA R able to use its skating advantage to defeat Team Manitoba by a final score of 3-0. Keyanna Lea receivied Manitoba’s game star award. In their final game of the round robin, Team Manitoba needed the offense to come out firing against Team Saskatchewan in order to have a chance of going to the medal round. Despite absolutely dominating the first period of play, Manitoba was unable to cash in on any of their chances. Buoyed by a second period 5-on-3 powerplay, Team Saskatchewan was able to slowly take over the game and eliminate Team Toba from the medal round with a 4-0 win. Ashley McFadden received the game star against Team Saskatchewan and it was then on to the seventh-place game to take on Team Atlantic and finish off the tournament. Team Manitoba refused to finish the tournament without a win and played their strongest game of the tournament against Team Atlantic. After going down 1-0 early, Team Toba was able to battle back and finish with a solid 2-1 victory to complete the tournament in seventh place. Despite the results on the ice, all players, coaches and team staff enjoyed a fantastic week in Quebec City and for all involved the experience will definitely be something that will last for a very long time. N OV E M BE R 20 1 7 | G AM E O N | 8 3