The Lakeland Rustlers padded their lead atop the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference women’s hockey standings, scoring two victories last weekend over their nearest challenger, the Red Deer Queens.
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The Rustlers won 2-0 on Saturday night in Red Deer, after posting a 3-2 double-overtime victory on Friday evening at Lloydminster.
Sporting an 11-1 record, Lakeland has won 10 straight games. Second-place Red Deer, with a 9-4 slate, sits six points behind the Rustlers.
Lakeland goaltender Paige Fischer blocked 18 shots to register Saturday’s shutout. The Rustlers fired 33 shots toward Queens goalie Elizabeth Campbell.
The Lakeland goals came from Addison Eurich and Olivia Mann in the second and third periods, respectively. Rustlers rookie forward Ryann Rekimowich, with her second ACAC point, assisted on Eurich’s winning goal.
In Friday’s marathon, Keyra Buziak’s second goal of the game came on the power play at 2:25 of the second overtime period.
Red Deer’s Rylee Mepham had forced OT when she scored with two minutes left in regulation time.
The Rustlers’ Eurich netted a power-play goal and assisted on Buziak’s winner, along with Alexa Kobley.
Queens rookie Natalie Tychkowsky scored her third collegiate goal. Last season, she played with the U18 AAA Lloydminster Steelers, whose roster included a pair of current Rustlers — Rekimowich and Ashlyn Hinton.
Lakeland threw 41 shots in the direction of Red Deer goaltender Tora Ward. The Rustlers’ Schay Camphaug faced 21 shots as she defeated Red Deer for the second time this season, including a 2-1 victory on opening night.
Camphaug, a former NCAA goaltender with five wins in as many games
as a Rustler, leads the ACAC with a 0.78 goals-against average and a .960
save percentage.
Buziak, a third-year Rustler, is atop the league scoring race with 11 goals and 18 points in 11 games. She’s one point ahead of Maria Ayre of the NAIT Ooks.
Lakeland has five players among the top 10 scorers in the ACAC, including Eurich, Mann, Claudia Lammers and Marly Dumanski.
The Rustlers conclude their pre-Christmas schedule this weekend
(Nov. 28-30) as they visit the SAIT Trojans (3-7) for three games in as many days at WinSport Arena in Calgary.
Game times are 6:45 p.m. Friday, 7:15 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
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