DEB’S DEVILS PETITE C RINGETTE TEAM HAS THE GOLDEN TOUCH

St. Thomas Thunder Tournament Champions - Feb. 24 – 26^th

Stratford Tournament Champions - Jan. 13 – 15^th,

Woolwich (St. Jacob’s) Tournament Champions - Dec. 30^th

Pictured in photo, left to right, (front): Emily Brook, Shannon Hadley, Deb’s Devil Mascot, Kate Austin, Allie Ross, Emily Brown, (middle): Jeanette Evans, Nicole Barrett, Jaime Gray, Stephanie Hadley, Erin Dawtrey, Danielle Scott and Emma White, (back): Coaching staff: Martha Wilson, Deb Ross, Sean Dawtrey and Glen Austin. Absent: Elaine Currie, Grace Currie, and Katie Long

Deb’s Devils Petite C Ringette team sponsored by Elmira Stoveworks must be doing a lot of things right because the team skated away with the Petite C division gold medal at the first annual St. Thomas Thunder Ringette Tournament held February 24^th – 26^th, making the team the Petite C gold medal winner in the last four tournaments in which it’s played – London Lynx in November, St. Jacob’s in December, Stratford in January and this tournament. The team went undefeated in its last three tournaments.

In the St. Thomas tournament, the team beat Exeter 3 – 1. The team overpowered Elora-Fergus to win 6 – 3. Jaime Gray scored a hat trick in their 6 – 4 victory over Kitchener. Goalie Shannon Hadley got a shut out when they defeated St. Thomas 8 – 0 in a rough game where St. Thomas suffered 16 minutes in penalties and Deb’s Devils none. Shannon was assisted by the awesome defence of Nicole Barrett, Emily Brook, Stephanie Hadley and Allie Ross. Erin Dawtrey recovered nicely from her thunderous hit by one of the St. Thomas players in this “non-contact” game, to go on and score two goals in the championship game against Kitchener and help lead the team to its 7 – 4 victory over Kitchener for the gold medal. Jaime Gray scored her second hat trick of the tournament in this game.

Deb’s Devils defeated Wellington-North 7 – 4 at the Jackie Miles Memorial Tournament in Stratford in January. The team beat both Pickering and Tillsonburg before going on to overpower Wellington-North 5–1 for the gold medal.

In December, Deb’s Devils also went undefeated in the one day Woolwich tournament in St. Jacobs on December 30^th. The team beat Kitchener 7-3, Wellington - North 8–2, and Elora/Fergus 13– 4. Again they played Wellington-North in the Petite C final. It was a nail biter of a game with the team winning in sudden death overtime 7 – 6 when Allie Ross scored 7 minutes into the overtime period.

Even though the year has been filled with many medals and wins, as one parent put it, the most important thing is how the girls have come together to play as a team.  The girls always celebrate everyone’s success.  The girls support and learn from each other on and off the ice.  They enjoyed making sure everyone of the players, except the goalie of course, had scored a goal. As Emily Brook said, “We can win AND HAVE FUN TOO!!!!