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Regular Season Game
Saturday Nov. 16 at 5:00 PM

Winsport C

Regular Season Game
Sunday Nov. 3

CASTLEDOWNS REC CENTER A

8-0 Loss

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WOLVES SCORING LEADERS

Rory
Bothwell

Player	Points
B Reid	13
C Lavoie	13
J Birmingham	11
N Buttle	10

AJFHL SCORING LEADERS

Sarah
Gaiser (CCH)

Player	Points
K Stagman (CCH)	24
C Bucci (FSF)	17
R Bothwell (EDW)	16
A McCasey (CCH)	16

AJFHL GOALIE LEADERS

E Campbell (CCH)

.948

Goalie	SV%
M Albers (FSF)	.936
E Fournier (CCH)	.933
P Thomas (EDW)	.932
B Fawcett (EDW)	.924

NORTH DIVISION STANDINGS

Team	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	PTS
Wolves	12	10	1	0	1	31
Fury	12	6	4	2	0	22
Steele	12	2	7	1	2	10
Amazons	14	2	11	0	1	7

SOUTH DIVISION STANDINGS

Team	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	PTS
Chaos	13	12	1	0	0	36
Titans	11	7	3	1	0	23
Storm	12	3	8	1	0	11
Eagles	10	1	8	0	1	4

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

October Recap

Moira Bryan

The defending AJFHL champions had a busy schedule through September and October and a strong start to the season. The Wolves went 8-1-0-1 and established themselves in first place in the North Division.

#9 Kessa Wasmuth

On Saturday, September 28, the Wolves hosted the Central Alberta Amazons for their home opener. Prior to puck drop, the team roster was announced and players skated up to the blue line after being announced to then stand for the national anthem. The Wolves opened the scoring midway through the first period with a Bobby Orr style goal from #24 Kate Macpherson who put the puck in the back of the net as she was midway through tripping over the goalie. A minute later, #3 Ainsley McCoy-Birk scored to double the Wolves' lead. Later in the period, #6 Brooklyn Piebiak scored to put the Wolves up by three after the first period. The Wolves did not lose any momentum heading into the second, when #17 Julia Birmingham scored just two and a half minutes into the period. Midway through the frame #9 Kessa Wasmuth received a breakaway pass and put the puck up over the goalie's blocker for her first AJFHL goal! Later still, #7 Nayha Johal added a power play goal to the Wolves lead, and just a minute later another power play goal came from #16 Carolyne Lavoie. The Wolves kept the pressure on through the third period, but no more goals came until four minutes left in the game when #13 Nicole Thomas scored. Two minutes later, #22 Brenna Reid added a goal of her own to increase the final score to 9-0! #31 Paige Thomas stopped all 14 shots that she faced for a shutout win!

#31 Paige Thomas

The next day, the Wolves headed out to Ardrossan to face off against the Sherwood Park Steele. Unlike the previous game, the Wolves were held off the scoresheet and the score remained a goose egg tie after one. Midway through the second the Wolves finally broke the tie when #4 Rory Bothwell put the puck past the Steele goaltender. Just one minute into the third period, Piebiak increased the Wolves' lead with a goal on the power play. Later in the period, McCoy-Birk added another power play goal, and Lavoie scored with fifty seconds left in the game to finish the game with a 4-0 win for the Wolves! #30 Brooke Fawcett stopped all 17 shots she faced, for her first AJFHL win, and first AJFHL shutout!

#6 Brooklyn Piebiak

The next weekend on Saturday, October 5, the Wolves hopped on the bus down south to face off against the Cochrane Chaos! The Chaos opened the scoring with the first goal against the Wolves this season midway through the first period. Later in the period, the Chaos scored again to increase their lead to two. The Wolves finally got on the board four minutes into the second with a goal from #10 Brigitte Hetu. The Chaos bounced back less than a minute later with a goal to keep the lead ahead by two. Midway through the third period, the Chaos scored again to solidify their lead and hand the Wolves their first loss of the season. Fawcett made 27 saves in the 4-1 loss.

#10 Brigitte Hetu

On Sunday, October 6, the Wolves hosted the Steele at home. The Wolves were eager to bounce back following the loss to the Chaos, and the Steele were eager to bounce back and win after losing to the Wolves a week prior. Both teams battled hard through the first period but the goaltenders stood strong and neither team was able to score. Midway through the second period, the Steele were able to break through the 0-0 tie with a goal. The score remained 1-0 heading into the third. The Steele increased their lead to two with a power play goal coming four minutes into the final frame. The Wolves finally got on the board when #19 Natalie Buttle scored with four minutes remaining in the game. The Wolves pulled their goalie in the final minute and put on the jets, and were rewarded with a goal from #11 Sydney Dutertre with just two seconds left in the game! Unfortunately, they could not keep momentum heading into overtime and the Steele ended up scoring a power play goal to win the game. P. Thomas turned aside 20 of 23 shots in the 3-2 loss.

#17 Julia Birmingham

After a disappointing weekend following a stellar opening weekend, the Wolves headed down to Okotoks on Saturday, October 12 to vs. the Foothills Storm. The Wolves were able to open the scoring when Buttle scored her second of the season with less than five minutes left in the first period. Midway through the second period, Birmingham put the puck past the Storm net minder. Later in the period, Reid added a goal for the Wolves to increase the lead further. The Storm were able to get on the board when they scored at the twelve minute mark of the third period. The Wolves answered back with a goal from Bothwell later in the period. The Storm would go on to score one more before the end of the game and the Wolves won 4-2! P. Thomas stopped 18 of 20 shots to help the Wolves get the win!

#4 Rory Bothwell

The next day, the Wolves hosted the Fort Saskatchewan Fury for their first matchup of the season! Bothwell opened the scoring eight minutes into the frame to put the Wolves up on the board. Just fifteen seconds later off the centre-ice face off, Bothwell added another tally! Reid scored the Wolves' third goal three minutes into the second period. The Fury were able to get on the board when they scored their first of the game five minutes later. The Wolves quickly answered back with a power play goal from #5 Kiera Mulder at the halfway point of the game. Just thirty seconds later, Reid scored her second goal of the game. The Fury scored their second of the game on the power play midway through the third period. Despite their significant lead, the Wolves still answered back with a goal from Birmingham. Later on the power play, #18 Bella Morin blasted a shot from the point past the Fury goaltender for her first AJFHL goal! Fawcett made 23 saves to help the Wolves win 7-2!

#22 Brenna Reid

On Saturday, October 19, the Wolves faced off against the Amazons at Castledowns. Dutertre opened the scoring for the Wolves within the first minute of the game! Reid followed up her goal midway through the period by adding one of her own. The Amazons got on the board just a few minutes later when they scored and cut the Wolves' lead in half. #14 Logan Basterash was able to increase the Wolves lead back up to two when she scored midway through the second period. N. Thomas scored on the power play later in the third period. The Amazons would go on to add another goal for themselves, but the Wolves had enough of a cushion and won the game 4-2! P. Thomas made 24 saves in the win!

#13 Nicole Thomas

The next day, the Wolves hosted the Steele for their annual Pink in the Rink game. Reid opened the scoring for the Wolves with a goal six minutes into the first period. The score remained 1-0 for the Wolves for the next thirty minutes of the game, until Hetu broke the stalemate with a goal to increase the Wolves' lead. #25 Maddie Butterfield scored the third for the Wolves right off the centre face off just twelve seconds later! Two minutes later, Wasmuth added another for the Wolves before the period was out. The Wolves kept the momentum going into the third period and Bothwell scored just over a minute into the final frame. Midway through the period, Buttle added yet another tally for the Wolves to solidify their win. Fawcett stopped all 10 shots she faced to shut out the Steele and help the Wolves win 6-0!

#5 Kiera Mulder

On Saturday, October 26, the Wolves headed to Fort Saskatchewan to take on the Fury! Both teams traded chances back and forth through the first period until the Fury was able to open the scoring late in the first. On the power play at the very last second of the period, Mulder scored to tie the game and get the Wolves on the board. Midway through the second period, Piebiak scored on the power play to give the Wolves their first lead of the game. Just four minutes into the third period, Buttle scored to increase the Wolves' lead. Then, the floodgates opened with a goal coming minutes later from Birmingham, and mere minutes after that one from Lavoie. N. Thomas rounded out the scoring for the Wolves when she added a power play goal with just a minute left in the game. P. Thomas turned away 18 of 19 shots to help the Wolves win 6-1!

#7 Nayha Johal

The next day, the Wolves faced off against the Foothills Storm at Castledowns! The Wolves quickly opened the scoring two minutes into the game with a goal from Johal. Midway through the period, Wasmuth added a tally to double the Wolves' lead. Less than a minute later, Johal scored her second goal of the game on the power play. The Storm were able to answer back off the centre ice face-off and got themselves on the board with a goal just twelve seconds later. Later in the period, Johal scored her THIRD goal for a first-period hattrick!! In the second period, Buttle added a goal to increase the Wolves' lead. Later in the frame, #88 Chloe Johnson scored, and then four minutes later, scored again! Just over a minute into the third period, #91 Sydney Rusel scored from the blueline on the power play. Birmingham would close out the Wolves' scoring with a power play goal of her own midway through the final frame. Fawcett made 23 saves in the 9-1 Wolves win!

#88 Chloe Johnson

The Wolves had a very busy start to the season and are looking forward to a more relaxing schedule in November. The team has a bye this weekend to rest and recuperate before heading down to Calgary for their first matchup against the Titans on Saturday, November 16! We hope to see you there!

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