B.C. Women’s Hockey Team reigns supreme at Regionals

By Lookout on Feb 06, 2018 with Comments 0

Team B.C. versus Cold Lake during round robin play. Team B.C. won the game 7-3. Photos courtesy Jeff Gaye, Cold Lake Courier Newspaper

Peter Mallet, Staff Writer ~

They went into regional playoffs as the underdog and came out as the top regional women’s hockey team.

Team B.C, a mix of female military players from CFB Esquimalt and 19 Wing Comox, hit the ice in the Col J.J. Parr Sports Centre arena in Cold Lake Jan. 29, set to challenge teams from Canadian Forces Bases Winnipeg, Edmonton and Cold Lake.

After round robin play, Team B.C. accumulated enough points to place second, pitting them against the top team from Edmonton for the final playoffs.

The game was tight and at the end of three periods the score was tied 3 – 3. It took overtime play to get the final winning goal by Avr Laura Lighthall, earning them the title 2018 CAF Canada West Regional Women’s Hockey Champions.

Next on the roster is national playoffs March 4 to 9 at CFB Edmonton where they will be pitted against three other regional teams.

This is the second regional sport playoffs under the new Canada West format; basketball was the first.