The Battleford AAA Sharks were at the Battleford Arena this weekend against their rivals the Prince Albert A&W Bears in female midget hockey action.
The Sharks and Bears battled in two games, one Saturday evening and the other Sunday afternoon, and it did not start out as hoped for the home side.
The Saturday game saw Prince Albert come away with a 5-0 win in a game the Sharks managed to keep close for a while. They kept the Bears off the score sheet for more than 33 minutes before the Bears scored their first goal.
Unfortunately, penalties killed the Sharks as Prince Albert scored three times on the power play. Goals by Tylor Lindsay, Madison Casavant (to make it 3-0 in the third) and Brooklyn Hopkins (to make it 5-0) all scored with Sharks players in the box, Adding to the frustration, the fourth Prince Albert goal, by Morgan Willoughby, was scored shorthanded.
PA outshot the Battlefords 38-27, with Chloe Marshall stopping 33 shots in the losing cause. Keara Amson was named the Sharks star of the game.
The Sunday afternoon contest also got off to a disappointing start as Lindsay again notched the opening goal in the first period to put Prince Albert in front.
The Sharks tied it up in period two as Amson scored from Morgan Fraser on the power play at the 7:49 mark.
But the Bears took the lead again early in the third on a power play goal by Ireland South from Jayda Sachs. That opened the floodgates as Brooke Hobson scored twice, including a power-play marker, and the Bears cruised to another victory, this time by a final score of 4-1.
Next action for the Sharks is next weekend for two games at home against the Regina Rebels.
