The San Jose Jr. Sharks 19U Girls are PACIFIC DISTRICT CHAMPIONS!
The team traveled to Anaheim, CA to face off against the best teams in the west this past weekend at the Pacific District Tournament. The girlshad a slow start to the weekend, going down against the Alaska All-Stars 2-1 in their first game of the tournament.
They made a solid comeback in their second game of the tournament, winning over the Washington Wild in a 4-0 shutout victory. To finish off round robin play, they decisively beat their in-state rivals, the Anaheim Lady Ducks, 9-2 to secure their spot in the championship game.
The girls had an opportunity at redemption against the Alaska All-Stars in the championship game.
Alaska opened up the scoring midway through the first period with the Sharks bouncing back shortly after with a goal by Juliette Blais-Savoie. The All-Stars went up again by one with the Sharks answering back prior to the end of the period with a goal by Evelyne Blais-Savoie.
Going into the second period, the Sharks got on the board early with two quick goals by Sarah Takahashi and Ria Stevens, forcing the All-Stars to make a goalie change. Unfortunately, the Sharks’ lead was short lived when Alaska tied up the game with two more quick goals.
Opportunities went both ways with no scoring in the third period. Going into overtime tied 4-4, both teams were on edge, but wouldn’t back down. Both teams faced adversity in overtime with the All-Stars killing off three penalties and the Sharks killing off 4 penalties including a 5 on 3. Finally with 55 seconds left in the first overtime period Evelyne Blais-Savoie skated the puck through the neutral zone and buried a shot from the top of the face-off circle to win the game.
A hard fought weekend ended in victory, as the Jr Sharks Girls 19U team has rightfully earned their spot in the USA Hockey National Championships. The 2017 Tier II Girls National Championship will be held in Troy, MI beginning April 5th.
Congratulations and best of luck to the girls on their quest to bring home the gold!
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