The Battlefords AAA Sharks split the two-game weekend series against the Weyburn Gold Wings at the Battleford Arena Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday, Mackenzie Cey's goal midway through the third period completed the comeback for the Sharks as they edged the Wings 3-2.
Kailee McGarry got the Sharks on the board with 6:44 to play in the first period with an unassisted goal. Weyburn tied the game with 4:15 to play in the frame on a goal from Jenna Grube.
In the second, Bailee Bourassa put the Wings up 2-1 with a power-play goal with 5:52 remaining in the period.
Victoria Hendrickson re-tied the game 4:32 into the third period. Morgan Fraser registered an assist on the goal. Then, with 10:18 left to play, Cey beat Tamara Irwin to give the Sharks the 3-2 win. Maya Tupper assisted on the game-winning goal.
Sharks goatlender Shelby Tornato stopped 32 shots in her team's win. Irwin made 13 saves on 16 attempts for the wings.
In Sunday's rematch, the Sharks were unable to erase a two-goal deficit and fell 3-2 to Weyburn.
Jetta Derenoski got the game's first goal 5:09 into the second period.
Weyburn then struck twice in the second, both courtesy of Ashten Sinclair. She scored her first goal on the power play 6:30 into the period, followed by her second goal of the game with 5:28 left to play.
In the third period, Cassidy Pirlot extended the Gold Wings' lead to two with 7:53 left in the game.
Derenoski added a power-play goal with 18 seconds left to cut the lead to one, but the Sharks could not get any closer. McGarry and Fraser picked up assists on the second Sharks' goal.
Chantal Burke made 22 stops in the win for Weyburn. Chloe Marshall stopped 27 shots in the Sharks' loss.
The Sharks (2-4-0-0) are at home again this weekend for two games against the Swift Current Wildcats. Saturday night's game begins at 7:30 p.m. For Sunday's game, puck drop is 1 p.m. Both games are at the Battleford Arena.
