2016 National Women’s U18 Championship

The 2016 National Women’s U18 Championship took place November 9-13 in Regina. After a 1-2 finish in round-robin play, Alberta defeated Saskatchewan 6-4 to finish the tournament in fifth place.

Alberta took a 2-1 lead out of the first period thanks to goals from Chloe Puddifant and Courtney Kollman,and led 4-2 heading into the third after Taylor Sawka and Tyra Meropoulis scored in the second period. Saskatchewan made tied the game with goals just 15 seconds apart early in the third, before Dara Greig put Alberta ahead for good six minutes later. Kollman later netted her second goal of the game with an empty Saskatchewan net. Sawka was named Team Alberta’s Player of the Game.

In her second start for Alberta, goaltender Camryn Drever made 33 saves to earn her first win of the tournament. Both Drever and Amanda Zeglen finished the tournament with a 1-1 record in net.

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