The Lakeland College Rustlers women’s hockey team are the 2025 Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) champions.
The Rustlers beat the Red Deer Polytechnic Queens 7-1 on March 14 in Game 4 of the best-of-five series.
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Since joining the ACAC three seasons ago, the Rustlers women’s hockey team has won bronze, silver, and now, gold.
In tonight’s game, Claudia Lammers was first on the board at 6:01 of the first period. Assists went to Addison Eurich and Olivia Mann.
The Rustlers second goal came on the power play at 10:37 of the second off the tape of Keyra Buziak. Assists went to Hailey Carothers and Calla Kampen. Eurich got one of her own at 13:10 for a 3-0 lead.
Red Deer’s Kaedence Mollin, however, got the Queens on the board on the power play at 15:16 of the second. Tasha Barsby and Emily Hourie got the assist.
Carothers was quick to respond at 19:41 with apples to Calla Kampen and Ava Cole for a 4-1 lead.
Riding the high of a three-goal second period, Carothers made it a 5-1 game on the power play at 5:49. Assists went to Mann and Claudia Lammers.
Lammers made it a 6-1 game four and a half minutes later off of an Ava Cole assist.
Kempel put the icing on the cake at 15:59 of the third for a 7-1 final.
See next week’s Meridian Source for the full story.
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