Jeff Gard/Today’s Northumberland
Cobourg’s St. Mary Catholic Secondary School Thunder won their opening game as host of the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) girls ‘A/AA’ hockey championship Tuesday, edging St. Mark High School from the Ottawa area 2-1 in a morning game at the CCC Bowl Arena.
Brielle Osborne and Evalina Butchart scored for No. 9 seed St. Mary in the win while Maeve Aird, Stella Howe and Brynn O’Leary drew assists. Goaltender Kennedy Bick earned the win in net over No. 6 St. Mark.
The round-robin pool play schedule continued in the afternoon and the Thunder dropped a 3-1 decision to No. 4 Georgian Bay District Secondary School at the Baltimore Recreation Centre.
Aird tallied the lone St. Mary goal with assists by Addison Morris and Butchart. The Thunder trailed 2-0 after two periods before Aird’s goal cut the deficit to one.
OFSAA games are also being played at the Jack Burger Sports Complex in Port Hope.
St. Mary has a big matchup against No. 15 ESC Theriault from Timmins Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. at the CCC Bowl.
They both have 1-1 records heading into day two and the winner will earn a spot in the afternoon quarterfinals. The top two teams in each pool advance to the playoffs. Georgian Bay leads Pool D with a 2-0 record.
The quarterfinals are scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, at 2 p.m. in Baltimore, Port Hope and the CCC Bowl and 2:15 p.m. at the CCC Grace Bowen Arena.
Full schedule and results are available at: https://gamesheetstats.com/seasons/14476/schedule?configuration%5Bprimary-colour%5D=ffffff&configuration%5Bsecondary-colour%5D=0f1287
St. Mary Thunder team members, as listed on the OFSAA website, are: Kinsley Patfield, Evalina Butchart, Maeve Aird, Isabelle Herron, Anna Crowley, Addison Morris, Anna Collins, Kayden Greer, Mya Lorefice, Brynn O’Leary, Brielle Osborne, Stella Howe, Alanna Masters and goaltenders Kennedy Bick and Lily Ryan.
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