Peewee Wildcats Claim Gold in Pittsburgh

The Sault’s Dunrite Peewee ‘BB’ Wildcats watched Sidney Crosby and Tyler Kennedy lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to an 8-3 thrashing of the New York Rangers Saturday night, then went out Sunday and handily defeated the Mississauga Chiefs 7-1 to win the 4^th Annual ‘Team Pittsburgh’ Thanksgiving Tournament held this past weekend in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 

Simulating Crosby’s Saturday night performance, Lydia Murray lead the way with a hat trick, while Jamie-Lynn Anich had a pair and Lauren Rimmer and Briley Gregory each added single markers in Sunday’s championship final. In Sunday morning’s semi-final action, Mackenzie Nadeau, Gregory and Rimmer each fired goals to help the Sault advance to the tournament final with a 3-1 victory over the Southern USA Flyers. 

The Sault opened tournament round robin action on Friday shutting out the Mount Clemens Wolves 7-0. Murray fired three goals, Darcee McCaig, Danielle Watling and Kaylee Hill added singles, while Taylor Smith recorded the shutout. Saturday’s preliminary action saw the Wildcats narrowly defeat the same Mississauga Chiefs 2-1 behind a pair of Murray goals then shut out the North Halton Twisters 4-0. Two goals from Gregory and singles by Anich and Murray helped the Sault in the victory over the Twisters with Smith earning the shutout.  

Next tournament action for the Sault Dunrite Wildcats will be the Sarnia Silver Stick Finals to be held in Sarnia on February 5^th to the 7^th.

Peewee Wildcat Girls Capture HOCKtoberfest Title

The Sault’s Dunrite Peewee ‘BB’ Wildcats went undefeated through six games in winning the 2^nd Annual Hocktoberfest Tournament held this past weekend in Windsor, Ontario. Lydia Murray and Mackenzie Nadeau had the goals and Taylor Smith earned the shutout as the Wildcats defeated the Lakeshore Lightning 2-0 in Sunday’s championship final. Sunday’s earlier semi-final action saw the Sault advance following a 10-3 victory over the Southern USA Flyers. Murray had the hat trick while Danielle Watling added a pair of goals. Lauren Rimmer, Darcee McCaig, Megan Turcotte, Jana Headrick, and Nadeau added single markers in the win. 

The Sault opened round robin play on Friday with a pair of shutout victories, defeating the Vaughan Flames 3-0 and Detroit’s Victory Honda 14-0. Briley Gregory, Murray and McCaig each scored in the victory over Vaughan while Jennifer King registered the shutout. Turcotte fired four goals while McCaig and Murray each had two in the victory over the Southern Flyers. Singles were added by Logan Carrick, Casie King, Kaylee Hill, Rimmer, Nadeau, and Gregory while Smith earned the shutout. 

Saturday’s preliminary action saw two more victories as the Sault defeated Windsor Wildcats 6-0 and Lakeshore Lightning 8-1. Goals from McCaig, Nadeau, Turcotte, Murray, Watling and Rimmer helped the Sault in the victory over the hometown Windsor squad with Smith earning the shutout. Murray fired three goals and Jamie Lynn Anich added a pair, while Hali Studens, Erin Gillespie, Watling, and McCaig added singles in the round-robin victory over Lakeshore. 

Next action for the Dunrite Wildcat squad will be the 13^th Annual Ice Breaker Cup to be held in the Sault on November 5^th to 8^th.

On behalf of our team we would like to thank the following sponsors:

Main Team Sponsor - Dunrite Rubber & Plastic

Bag Sponsor - Lakeway Truck Centre