Wellington Lady Dukes - Belleville Bearcats U18AA, sponsored by Well Busters, participated in the annual Stoney Creek Showcase tournament this past weekend.
Game one of the weekend was an early start Friday against the BlueWater Hawks. After a slow start to the game the Lady Dukes opened the scoring in the second period with a power play goal from Sydnie Johnston assisted by Kaya Brahaney. Just over a minute later captain Emily Moore sniped a bar down goal of her own assisted by Lilia Brown to finish with a final score of 2-0 and the first win of the tournament.
Game two saw the girls face off against Windsor Wildcats and continue their win streak beating them 4-1 with goals by Hailey Putnam, Makenzi Jones, Maci Davis and Kaya Brahaney with assists going to Brahaney, Hailey Robinson and Siyerra Vandewal.
Saturday started as a gloomy day outside but inside the rink the Lady Dukes were on fire beating Brantford Ice Cats 5-0 in game three of round robin play. Goals scored by Moore (2), Taylor Adams, Brahaney and Johnston with assists going to Elyse Ives (2), Moore, Johnston, Putnam, Adams (2) and Peyton Armstrong.
With first place in the pool on the line game four was fast paced against Ancaster Avalanche with the Lady Dukes doubling up for the fourth straight win of the weekend with a score of 4-2. Goals scored by Jones, Robinson (2) and Brahaney with assists going to Armstrong (2), Moore, Adams and Jones.
Semi final Sunday for the Gold medal was a hold your breath type of game as they took on Saugeen Maitland in a hard fought battle to advance to the finals with a 1-0 win. The game winning, power play goal scored by Adams, assisted by Ives and Moore.
Sunday afternoons Gold final game against Durham West Lightning was a nail biter with no goals from either side until 4:48 left in the third when Durham West capitalized on the power play. Lady Dukes were not giving up and pulled their goalie with two minutes left to give them the extra attacker. All their attempts were turned away to drop with a final score of 1-0. Coaches and parents were very proud of the hard work and effort brought by all players and the dynamic duo goaltending of Addi Cochrane with three awesome shutouts and Cassidy Dobson with stellar split saves and a fast action glove hand.
Lady Dukes start their regular season on the road Saturday, October 23 when they drop the puck against Peterborough Ice Kats at 8:00pm. Follow them on Facebook and Instagram for all the updates.