The Mount Forest Rams Midget ‘B’ girls hockey team travelled to Sarnia Jan. 30 to Feb. 1 to participate in the 17th Annual Women’s International Silver Stick Hockey Tournament.
Game one matched Lakeshore against Mount Forest. Emma Bluhm earned a shutout in a 3-0 win. Finding the back of the net were Gillian Vandermeer, Amy Martin, and Alex McCabe. Assists were credited to Mackenzie Pridham, Carmen Underwood and Raegan Elliot.
The Rams met the Livonia Knights for game two. Livonia hit the score board first with a goal at the end of the first period.
Pridham tied it up in the second but Livonia broke the tie with a power play goal in the third to end the game 2-1.
In the next game, Clearview came out strong scoring three in the first 10 minutes. McCabe narrowed the lead to two at the end the first. Early in the second Emily Weber closed the gap to one, but it was reopened under two minutes later. A breakaway goal by Vandermeer ended the period with the Rams one goal behind.
In the third the Rams took the lead for the first time . Brooke-Lynn Hoffele earned a trick to finish the game 6-4. Earning assists were McCabe (2), Weber (2), Martin and Hoffele.
Mount Forest met Mitchell in its fourth game. These two teams have battled back and forth throughout the season.
The Rams came out on top with a 2-0 win. Danielle Gordan and Weber scored with assists from Miranda Bruce, Vandermeer and Martin.
Placing second in the pool meant Mount Forest would play the West Grey Shooting Stars in the semi-finals.
Outshooting its opponent by a 2-1 ratio, Mount Forest was unable to squeak one past West Grey’s goalie. West Grey only allowed one goal in the four previous games they played.
Scoreless after regular play the Rams went into overtime and continued to pummel the goalie unsuccessfully. Twelve seconds into double overtime Pridham passed to Martin on the point, who fired in the game winner.
The win put the Rams in the finals against Livonia, Michigan. In the first minute of play Martin found the back of the net. Livonia tied it late in the second.
With four minutes remaining Martin fired one from the blue line. Jordyn Brown with her stick on the ice popped the puck up and over the goalie for the game winning goal.
Bluhm, earned three shutouts this tournament and has a total of 19 shutouts so far this season.
With three goals and three assists, Amy Martin on defence received the player of the tournament award.
