Off to the Quarterfinals

The Team Manitoba Female Under - 18 team is off to the quarterfinals at the Canada Winter Games in Whitehorse. The team opened their tournament with a 6-0 victory over Team Northwest Territories. The relatively close score was a testament to the play of NWT goalie Leah Sulyma, who made 91 saves, as Manitoba outshot NWT 97-4.

While the team had an off day to practice on Tuesday, they were back at it on Wednesday taking on Team Nova Scotia. A solid team effort, including outshooting their opposition 48-19 lead to Manitoba's second victory of the tournament.

The two wins gave Manitoba the third seeding in the quaterfinals, where they will once again face off against the Nova Scotian's, who finished 6th after the final standings were calculated. That game can be seen via tape delay on Thursday evening on TSN beginning at 11:00 PM CST.

Besides the on-ice action, the team has been busy cheering on our other athletes including making it out to some boxing and wheelchair basketball events.

It should also be noted that the weather has made a quick turnaround up here. While the temperatures when we arove were extremely below normal (-25 to -35 range) the weather picked up yesterday and we are now expecting teams in the -5 range here on out.