Wildcats stung by Hornets!

By Ryan Turczyniak
Oct. 24, 2014

The Southwest Wildcats were defeated by the Oakville Hornets 4-2 at Forest Glade Arena Oct. 19.

The Hornets are first place in the Provincial Women’s Hockey League. They were a tough match for the Wildcats. The Hornets knew going into the game that the Wildcats are a tough team, but head coach Bradi Cochrane knew what to expect.

“We were going to have a depleted roster. We really had to make sure the adversity we were facing was coming out on our favour,” said Cochrane.

The hornets opened up the scoring late in the first period with a low-angle shot from forward Christina Putigina, giving them a 1-0 lead by the end of the period.
The Wildcats retaliated with less than a minute left in the second period after attacking the net and sneaking a goal in by forward Savannah Bouzide.

Third period got underway with the Hornet’s Putigina scoring five minutes in giving them a 2-1 lead. Wildcats quickly tied it up 2-2 a few seconds later after assistant captain Jamie Noseworthy attacked the net.

“I’d say towards the end we kind of panicked,” said Noseworthy. “We wanted to get a goal and we just panicked so that kind of got the best of us.”

The Hornets scored two more goals by forwards Amy Curlew and Lauren Patterson within the final five minutes of the game.

“We definitely worked hard as a team,” said Noseworthy. “We had good passes, a lot of shots on net so we’ll definitely bring that into our next game.”

The Wildcats are scheduled to play their next game against the Whitby Wolves on Saturday Nov. 1 at Forest Glade Arena, at 4:30 p.m.