Flyers To Face Fillies In Provincial U18 A Championship Re-Match
By Robert Thomas
After Friday evening's tight defensive battle between the Milestone Female U18 A Flyers and the Balcarres Barracudas forced the deciding Game Three both teams were engaged in battle just over 40 hours later.
It was Game Three from the Balcarres Skating Rink.
But unlike Game One's 6 - 5 Barracudas home victory Sunday saw the visiting Flyers take home a 5 - 2 win and a trip to the Saskatchewan Female Hockey League's U18 A Provincial Final against the Leroy based East Central Fillies.
MILESTONE FLYERS NETMINDER KAMRIE KAUFMANN WATCHES A BALCARRES BARRACUDAS SHOT JUST MISS IN FRIDAY EVENING'S GAME TWO MATCHUP IN MILESTONE - MJ INDEPENDENT FILE PHOTO
The Flyers will face the Fillies in a re-match of the 2022 championship. A hard fought physical stickwork series the Filies won in Three Games.
Despite being a tight and hard fought three games series between the Flyers and Barracudas the Southern Division final was relatively penalty free games marked with sportsmanship and respect.
Milestone Flyers 5 at Balcarres Barracks 2
First Period
At 16:55 the Milestone Flyers Kaleigh McCann would score with the assist going to Jessie Mielke.
The Flyers would go up 2 - 0 at 7:17 when former Moose Jaw Mavericks product Brooklyn Hrynkiw scored an unassisted marker.
Second Period
Milestone would score the first of two shorthanded goals which would ultimately seal Balcarres fate.
At 13:12 Jesse Mielke would score an unassisted short handed goal.
The goal, Mielke's seventh of the post season, would ultimately become the game and series winner.
Milestone would add what turned out to be the insurance marker once again while shorthanded.
Alexa Materi would score an unassisted goal at 10:47.
Milestone was up 4 - 0 almost at the halfway mark of the game.
Then the Barracudas struck.
Kaell Kilowsky would score at the 8:53 mark assisted by Linnae Kreway and Jayden Hyndman.
The Flyers head off to the second intermission with a 4 - 1 advantage.
Third Period
Kilowsky would score her second goal of the game at 12:54. The assist went to Balcarres’ Regan Keisick.
The score was 4 - 2 with Balcarres threatening a potential comeback.
Despite the comeback attempt the Flyers would score a powerplay goal late in the game.
With 1:50 left in the game Mielke would score to put the game out of reach.
Assists went to Materi and Friday evening's lone goal scorer Emily Quigley.
Final Score - Flyers 5 Barracudas 2
The Flyers advance to face the Fillies in a best of three games U18 A SFHL provincial championship.
No dates for the games was available at press time.
