The Battleford Sharks finally got a chance to begin their regular season this weekend.
Unfortunately for them, they weren’t able to come away with their first win of the campaign along the way.
The Sharks travelled to Melville for their 2016-17 Saskatchewan Female Midget AAA Hockey League curtain-raiser but dropped a 3-2 decision to the host Prairie Fire Saturday and were shutout 4-0 a day later.
After falling behind by two goals Saturday evening at the Horizon Credit Union Centre, the Sharks clawed their way back with a pair of goals during special teams situations.
Madison Sansom scored an unassisted shorthanded marker later in the second frame, while Jaici Wiegers found the back of the net during a power play midway through the third period to tie the game up.
The Sharks’ comeback hit a snag though, as Heather Fiske scored on the power play a minute later to give the Prairie Fire the lead back.
Fiske scored twice for the hosts to earn first star honours while Josee Aitken had the other goal for the victors.
Sharks goalie Chantel Weller was stellar in the season opener as she made 40 saves.
Sunday’s encounter was not quite as lopsided as the score would indicate, as the Sharks were able to fire 35 shots on goal.
However, they were unable to score on the power play despite having nine chances to do so.
Megan Leblanc, Eryn Johanson and Georgia Kotylak each had a goal and an assist for the Prairie Fire in the win.
Like her teammate Weller a night earlier, Chloe Burt was busy for the Sharks in goal as she made 46 saves.
After visiting the Prince Albert Bears Wednesday night, the Sharks will be gearing up for their season opener next weekend when the Notre Dame Hounds visit the Battleford Arena.
The two sides will square off at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
