The female U18 Pembina Valley Hawks snapped a three-game season-opening losing streak in dramatic fashion last weekend.
A pair of big 4-3 shootout wins Saturday over the first-place Winnipeg Ice and then again Sunday against the Westman Wildcats bumped their record to 2-3-0-0 for four points and lifted them up from the cellar to sixth place just ahead of Yellowed and Interlake.
Madison Froese had a solid game in goal for the Hawks Saturday in backstopping the team to the win as they were outshot 44-17 by the Ice.
Claire Boyd, Makayla Warnick, and Delaney Darby scored in regulation for the Hawks.
After overtime failed the solve it, the shootout saw Casey O’Brien and Payton Manness connect for the Hawks while Froese only allowed one goal by the Ice.
Froese was again strong in net for Pembina Valley as the Hawks were outshot 43-22 by the Wildcats Sunday. The team came back from a 3-1 deficit after 40 minutes with a pair of goals in the third to force overtime.
O’Brien scored a pair of regulation goals with the other marker coming from Rylee Harms on a power play. O’Brien and Manness then connected in the shootout to seal the deal.
Pembina Valley is now sitting just two points behind Westman and Central Plains as they will look to keep their run going when they return to regular season play in another week’s time.
This weekend, the Hawks are heading across the border for a tournament in Minneapolis.
They return to league play the following weekend with a pair of home games where they welcome the Central Plains Capitals Oct. 24 and then the Eastman Selects Oct. 25.
