My name is Macy Liebreich and I play for the Weyburn Southern Range Gold Wings. The team came back from their couple days of the February break off refreshed and energized to get back at it. We travelled to Swift Current on February 19 to play our last two regular season games. These games would ultimately determine the final league standings between second, third, and fourth place. The first game was a hard fought battle between the teams but the solid goaltending by Swift Current, we lost by a score of 3-2 meaning we would finish in fourth. Then during the second game, we hit the ice again but we struggled to get it by Swift Current and lost 2-1.
Our final league placing meant that we would face off against the Regina Rebels for the first round of playoffs, best-of-five games. With home ice advantage we took on the Rebels on the February 26 to open the series. Despite our hurdle of killing numerous penalties and having two teammates kicked out, we pulled off a 4-2 win and had the momentum to go into game two.
In Regina we quickly gained momentum after the Rebels first goal and came back at them with three power play goals as well as two more. We took the win again with a score of 5-1.
Game three was back at home on February 29, where we had the opportunity to sweep the first round. With a large crowd there to cheer us on and Chantal Burke in net once again ,we were fired up to take the win. It was a hard, fast, physical game where Regina fought tirelessly to hold on for one more game. However in the end Bourassa completed a hat trick with mere minutes left and we won the game 4-3, sweeping the series.
Right now, we are not sure who we could be playing for the semi-final round, but we are looking forward to the next challenge. Round two of playoffs will begin on March 8.
