After starting the season 2-0, the Battlefords Sharks have fallen on some hard times of late in female midget AAA action.
The Sharks were trying to get back in the win column in Melville against the Prairie Fire, but Melville took a quick early advantage over the Sharks.
Cheyanne Fishley scored 2:08 into the game to make it 1-0, and then Mackenzie Balogh added to the lead midway through the first period. Shots favored Melville 15-7.
In the second, Leslie Thomas made it 3-0 and then Fishley got her second from Regan Nichol and Heather Fiske. It was Fiske’s third assist on the night.
Still, the second period was a good one for the Sharks in terms of shots, outshooting Melville in the period 12-7.
The hard work finally paid off for the Sharks in the third as Dakota Peterson scored on the power play from Cassidy Carlson and Alyssa Roach around the six-minute mark.
But Balogh's goal with 36 seconds left wrapped up the scoring in a 5-1 Melville win. Shots favored Melville 35-29.
The rematch on Sunday afternoon was unfortunately more of the same as the Prairie Fire scored three unanswered goals. Goals from Nichol and Balogh made it 2-0 through one, and then Kelsey Fishley added one in the second to go up 3-0.
But Maya Tupper scored from Cassidy Carlson in the second to put the Sharks on the board.
Late in the third, Sami Jo Henry's unassisted goal added to the lead, but the Sharks did add a late goal to make it respectable from Jordan Kulbida, with Morgan Lamontagne and Misty Bird assisting.
The final score was 4-2. Final shots on goal were 29-23 for Melville.
The next action for the Sharks is this weekend with two games in Weyburn.
