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M E R I T M WJ H L P L AY E R O F T H E M O N T H
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BY SCOTT TAYLOR
Photo by Laurie Anderson
RENEE
STEVENSON
HEIGHT 5’4 | W EIGHT 140 | AGE 21
GOALS 6 | ASSISTS 16 | POINTS 22
STEVENSON LIGHTS IT UP
TAKES OVER MWJHL SCORING LEAD
Renee Stevenson is on fire. In two games – one to start the
Played hockey at West Kildonan
Christmas break and one to come out of it -- for the MWJHL’s
Collegiate
before moving to the U
Northern Stars, Stevenson has four goals and four assists and
of
W
Collegiate
where she joined
has taken over the league scoring lead with six goals and 22
the
MWJHL’s
Northern
Stars as an
points. In the meantime, she’s helped the Stars
18-year-old.
improve to 7-10-2 and pulled her
club into fourth place overall.
Stevenson, whose family
hails from Peguis First
Nation, started playing
hockey at the age of eight
at Tyndall Park Community
In the final game of the 2017
Centre in Winnipeg. She played
portion of the 2017-18 MWJHL
on boys’ teams until she was 13
season, Stevenson took over the
and at that point started playing By Scott Taylor
Tannis
league
scoring Esquivel
lead with three goals
Double A bantam with the girls. Photos by
and five points in an 8-3 win over
She played at West Kildonan
the Silvertips.
Collegiate, then played a season of
boys’ high school hockey in Morris,
a year with the old Winnipeg Ice and
then part of a seasons with the Triple A
Midget with the Eastman Selects. At that
point, she quit the game, but returned in
2015 to play with the Northern Stars.
After a tremendous year with the
Had nine goals and 30 points in
Division III Morrisville State College Mustangs
21 games with Morrisville State
in upstate New York, she has returned to the
University, an NCAA Division 3 team,
MWJHL and taken the league by storm.
last season.
“I’m ready for the second half of the season,” she said.
“I need to shoot more. I don’t shoot enough, so I’m ready
to score some goals in the second half of the season.”
Last year, she had nine goals and 30 points in 21
games. This year, she has six goals and 22 points in
17 games. If she does start to score goals, the MWJHL
just might want to fasten its collective seatbelt.
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