The Shuswap Ring Robbers Novice Ringette team picked up an 11-7 win Saturday versus their Westside hosts.
Natasha Kociuba opened the scoring for Shuswap, ripping the ring through the five-hole of the Westside netminder 14 seconds into the game. The teams then traded a couple of goals each, with Cadence Petitclerc-Crosby and Delaney Perry each scoring for the Ring Robbers. The Robbers began to pull away from Westside, beginning with Brianna Howard’s goal at just under six minutes into the game. Kociuba and Petitclerc-Crosby’s second goal, Perry’s hat-trick and Teegan Maddock’s first of two propelled the Ring Robbers to a 9-3 lead heading into the first intermission.
Westside came out guns-blazin’ in the second period, scoring three unanswered goals. But second goals from both Howard and Maddock put the comeback out of reach for the home team.
The Ring Robbers have a brief hiatus before facing Kelowna at the pond on Feb. 2.
