The Estevan peewee Vipers rattled off their fifth straight victory with an 8-2 trouncing of the Swift Current Fire Cats at the Civic Auditorium on Sunday.
“We’ve really been working hard on two on the puck, so the girls did it well tonight,” said Vipers manager Brent Olfert. “They kind of overwhelmed them I guess and got a lot of pucks on net because of it.”
Vipers forward Kamri Olfert got her team off to a quick start lighting the lamp 1:45 into the first period only to have the Fire Cats’ Tenille Willows reply 10 minutes later by driving to the net and popping a rebound over Estevan goalie Chloe Sorenson. McKenna Walls gave the Vipers a 2-1 lead late in the first period firing a shot five hole on Fire Cats netminder Annika Kirk with four seconds remaining.
Walls made it 3-1 off a scramble in front of the Fire Cats net 5:30 into the middle frame with Emmy Rae and Morgan Kjersem following suit before the period was out. Kjersem, Olfert and Hannah Terrett, on a strong drive to the net where the forward fired a puck on Kirk from the bottom of the circle before picking up her own rebound and depositing the marker, brought the score to 8-1 in the third period. Fire Cats forward Sadie Keller finished off the scoring with a fast break to the Vipers net with just over a minute remaining.
The Vipers (5-1) win came 24 hours after an 8-2 defeat of the Fire Cats (1-3) on Saturday that saw Swift Current control the play early on before Estevan took over. Since opening the season with a 3-2 loss against the Weyburn Young Fellow Gold Wings on Oct. 9, the Vipers have gone undefeated.
Olfert said the girls have gelled as a team early on giving the kids a good connection on the ice and that is resulting in a strong transition and attack where their passes are connecting. He said the team is back on the road this weekend for a two-game rematch against the Fire Cats, but they can’t rest on these past two wins to keep their streak alive and need to come into the trip knowing each game is a new start.
“They’re going to be thirsty,” said Olfert, “so we got to come out flying.”
