Despite two of their best offensive performances of the season, the Battlefords Sharks came away empty handed.
In a pair of games at the Battleford Arena over the weekend, the Sharks dropped 5-3 and 7-4 decisions to the Regina Rebels.
“We played well in both games as we had lot of shots and lots of chances,” Sharks head coach Gary Berggren said.
“We struggled little bit in our defensinve zone in slowing them down, but I thought the effort was there from the girls in both games.”
In Saturday’s 5-3 setback, the Sharks held a 3-1 lead in the third period but were unable to stop the Rebels’ comeback bid as they took the lead with 50 seconds to go.
“We just let things get away from us,” Berggren said. “We took a couple of bad penalties and they took advantage of their chances.
“It’s disappointing that we couldn’t hold on, as I felt like the girls desrved to win that game.”
Ali Aitken scored a pair of goals for the Sharks, while Keara Amson had a goal and an assist each.
Sunday’s rematch saw the Rebels jump out to a 3-0 lead after the first period, but the Sharks clawed back to make it a 5-4 contest before the visitors pulled away in the third.
“We just couldn’t seem to find a way to get ahead of them,” Berggren said.
“It wasn’t for a lack of effort though. We hit a couple of crossbars in the first period and we had a ton of great chances during the rest of the game.”
Ashlee Wolfe had two goals for the hosts, who recieved three-assist performances from Sydney Rowley and Madison Sansom.
Madison Glynn and Brooklyn Rowley also scored in the loss.
The 3-13 Sharks will be back at home on Saturday, Dec. 9 to face the Prince Albert Northern Bears.
