Neepawa wins gold, silver in Kenora

Details

Published on Thursday, December 1, 2016

Top left: The Neepawa Pee Wee Natives.  Top right: The Neepawa Atom Natives.

Eoin Devereux

The Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press

A pair of Neepawa Minor Hockey teams recently brought home medals from Kenora, Ontario. First,  Neepawa’s Pee Wee girls team claimed the gold by winning 4-3 in overtime in the final. 

After putting in a strong performance in the round robin portion of the weekend, the Neepawa Pee Wee Natives faced the Thunder in the championship game. 

Neepawa was able to jump out to a 2-1 lead after the first period. The Thunder replied, however, with a single goal in the second. Both sides added one more goal  apiece in the third to make it a 3-3 score after regulation play. Neepawa would claim the gold with a goal with just 3:30 remaining in the first overtime session.

Despite being the youngest team entered in the atom division, Neepawa’s Atom team picked up a silver medal. The Atom girls went undefeated in the round robin and earned themselves a well deserved spot in the gold medal game. The team put in a tremendous effort against a very good club from Fort Frances, but were ultimately upended by the score of 7-3. Despite the loss, Neepawa put in a great weekend to earn the silver medal.