Published: Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:37
Written by David Zammit

The Swift Current Innovation Credit Union U18 Female AAA Wildcats have now beaten every team in the league at least once after a thrilling victory at home tonight.

Forward Samantha Thompson finished off a 2-on-0 play midway through the second overtime frame to lift the Wildcats past the Notre Dame Hounds 3-2.

“It feels pretty good,” the Regina product said postgame. “Especially right before playoffs, we’ll go into [it with] a mentality that we can beat anybody in the league if we stick with it for 60 minutes.”

After Swift Current fell behind 1-0 early in the second period while on the penalty kill, Jerzey Watteyne responded before the period was over on a Wildcats powerplay tipping home a Caitlyn Perlinger point shot.

Watteyne doubled down around the halfway mark of the third period to give Swift Current their first lead of the game, however, it only lasted 70 seconds before the Hounds answered.

“Once they got that second goal, we didn’t give up,” Thompson said.

That set the stage for the third year Wildcat to play hero tapping home a nifty passing play between her and captain Ava Metzger who were both in all alone on Hounds goalie Eva Filippova.

“Me and Ava, we like to do that play in practice,” she said. “I didn’t know if she was going to shoot but I was ready for the backdoor pass.”

Swift Current’s Aurora Van Wormer stopped 21 of the 23 shots she faced in goal to register her eighth win on the season.

The Wildcats have now won three straight games after defeating the Hounds for the first time this season moving to 15-8-4.

They’ll host the Saskatoon Stars twice this weekend before wrapping up the regular season with one more contest against Notre Dame.