Team Alberta U18 Female denied the odds and rode a wave of confidence to win gold on home soil in Women’s Hockey at the 2019 Canada Winter Games Saturday afternoon.
Alberta drew undefeated Quebec in the final, and defeated them 2-1 in front of a capacity crowd at the Downtown Arena.
Kassy Betinol had the crowd on its feet just over 10 minutes into the game on the powerplay, her third goal of the tournament.
Jaden Bogden made it 2-0 five minutes into the second, but Quebec responded just two minutes later to draw within one.
Alberta goaltender Bella McKee shut the door from there, and made 31 saves to lead her team to gold.
The gold medal was Alberta’s 100th medal of the 2019 Canada Winter Games, and second in hockey, with the Men’s team winning bronze in week one.
Danielle Serdachny (Edmonton) captained Team Alberta, with Kassy Betinol (Okotoks), Teghan Inglis (Okotoks) and Isabelle Lajoie (St. Albert) serving as Assistant Captains.
Team Roster
Number Name Position Hometown MHA Club Team
1 Bella McKee Goalie Irma Irma MHA Lloydminster PWM Steelers (AFHL Midget AAA) 31 Caroline Gosling Goalie Calgary Hockey Calgary Edge School (CSSHL) 2 Teghan Inglis Defence Okotoks Okotoks MHA Pursuit of Excellence (CSSHL) 4 Brooklyn Tews Defence Beaverlodge Beaverlodge MHA Edge School (CSSHL) 6 Stephanie Markowski Defence Edmonton Hockey Edmonton Pursuit of Excellence (CSSHL) 7 Alexandria Spence Defence Lloydminster Lloydminster MHA Northern Alberta Xtreme (CSSHL) 8 Jordan Mortlock Defence Medicine Hat Medicine Hat MHA Pursuit of Excellence (CSSHL) 15 Sierra LaPlante Defence Calgary Hockey Calgary Calgary Fire (AFHL Midget AAA) 3 Hayleigh Craig Forward Lethbridge Lethbridge MHA Lloydminster PWM Steelers (AFHL Midget AAA) 5 Isabelle Lajoie Forward St. Albert St. Albert MHA St. Albert Slash (AFHL Midget AAA) 9 Danielle Serdachny Forward Edmonton Hockey Edmonton Pursuit of Excellence (CSSHL) 10 Bree Kennedy Forward Chestermere Beaverlodge MHA Edge School (CSSHL) 11 Payton Laumbach Forward Wainwright Wainwright MHA Lloydminster PWM Steelers (AFHL Midget AAA) 12 Lyndsey Janes Forward Fort McMurray Fort McMurray MHA Notre Dame (CSSHL) 14 Kassy Betinol Forward Okotoks Okotoks MHA Pursuit of Excellence (CSSHL) 16 Jaden Bogden Forward Edmonton Hockey Edmonton St. Albert Slash (AFHL Midget AAA) 17 Brooklyn Schroeder Forward Whitecourt Whitecourt MHA St. Albert Slash (AFHL Midget AAA) 18 Aliya Jomha Forward Edmonton Hockey Edmonton Northern Alberta Xtreme (CSSHL) 19 Rachel Weiss Forward Foothills Okotoks MHA Pursuit of Excellence (CSSHL) 20 Sarah Wozniewicz Forward Cochrane Cochrane MHA Edge School (CSSHL)
Team Staff
POSITION NAME HOMETOWN
Director of Hockey Operations, Kendall Newell, Red Deer
