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Huron Heat Skates to Success in Inaugural Season
Special to the Expositor
The inaugural season for
the Huron Heat Female
Hockey Association has just
wrapped up and to call it a
simple success would be an
understatement.
The Heat skated nine
teams in the 2016-2017 sea-
son, in addition to the Fun-
damentals program, which is
aimed at developing our
youngest athletes. The over-
whelming degree of success
experienced is largely due to
the commitment of so many
community volunteers.
Thank you to each and every
individual who helped bring
this association together and
put 144 female athletes on
the ice. Our generous com-
munity is also to thank for
many sponsorships. We
couldn't do it without every-
one pulling in the same
direction.
We are proud to have
many teams with highly suc-
cessful seasons. Success
comes in a variety of forms
and to see alt our players
develop skill, love for the
game and positive character
traits is just as important as
the result on the scoreboard
at the end of each game.
At the Fundamentals
level, improvement was
evident week to week with
these girls and we are so
excited to see many of
these athletes returning to
the Heat next season to
compete. Our Novice HL
team was an energetic
bunch and the disco dance
parties in the dressing
room pumped them up for
every game. This team fin-
ished off their season with
two silver performances -
one as league finalists and
in their year-end invita-
tional tournament. Novice
B was truly `heating it up'
all season long, qualifying
for Provincials, winning
their Lower Lakes Female
Hockey League (LLFHL)
division and going on to
earn the prestigious title of
LLFHL Champion at Tour-
nament of Champions. Our
Atom C team had an uphill
climb all season long but
never gave up and learned
the value of perseverance
when they went on to earn
Western Ontario Girls
Hockey League (WOGHL)
Gold. The Atom B girls
were on fire both on and
off the ice. These girls
trained hard with shooting
challenges from coaching
staff, cross -fit training and
of course at practice.
Finalists in league playoffs
and a strong showing at
Provincials were highlights
for this team. Peewee C's
brought together a bunch
of fabulous girls and staff
who battled hard all sea-
son long and captured
Gold at an invitational
tournament which sent
them into playoff season
on a high. Just narrowly
missing Provincial qualifi-
cation, this team still fin-
ished strong as Finalists in
WOGHL Championships.
Our Peewee BB team
worked hard on and off ice,
playing some tough com-
petition in this division all
year. These girls advanced
as far as round two in
league playoffs and beat
Huron -Perth rivals to
advance to Provincials.
The Bantam BB team had
a phenomenal season both
in tournament play and reg-
ular season games. Champi-
onship Weekend brqught a
4th place finish in. all of
LLFHL and of course the
absolute highlight being
their stellar performance at
Provincials where they went
6-0 in some gritty games to
earn the title of All Ontario
Champions. Congratula-
tions to our Midget C team
who played many amazing
games together and com-
peted well in regular sea-
son, tournament play and in
playoff season, missing Pro-
vincial qualification by the
narrowest of margins. Our
Midget B teams played
some high-level hockey and
were extremely successful
both in regular season and
tournament play, earning
both silver and gold.
We are fortunate to have
these leaders from the
midget teams in our organi-
zation who show our
younger athletes that hockey
is a game to be played all
through the years.
We look forward to our
spring team selection pro-
cess and welcome girls of all
ages and all skill levels to
come join this momentum -
filled organization where
fun, friendships and a love
for Canada's game are
always growing.
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