CEC Cougars win Peter Connell Memorial Girls Hockey Tournament

The championship title was highly contested in the recent Peter Connell Memorial Girls Hockey Tournament, with one local squad making it through to the final.

Eight teams faced off at the Apple Dome arena in Berwick on Dec. 27 and 28: Avon View Avalanche, Central Kings Gators, Horton Griffins, Yarmouth Vikings, West Kings Wolverines, Cobequid Educational Centre ( CEC) Cougars, Northeast Kings Titans and the Middleton Monarchs.

West Kings downed the hosting Central Kings team 5- 1 in semifinal play to advance to the championship game against CEC, a visiting squad that trumped Avon View in a semifinal shootout to make it to the final.

CEC would go on to win the hard- fought championship game, narrowly besting West Kings by a score of 2- 1.

ASHLEY THOMPSON PHOTO Horton’s Reanne Curry moves the puck with a Central Kings player in hot pursuit.

ASHLEY THOMPSON PHOTO Players from Central Kings and Horton scramble to gain possession of the puck in Peter Connell Memorial Girls Hockey Tournament action.

ASHLEY THOMPSON PHOTO Horton goalie Emma Scott is tested by a behind-the-net play compliments of CK.

ASHLEY THOMPSON PHOTO Horton’s Morgan Zwicker battles Gators player Alana Hale for the puck.

ASHLEY THOMPSON PHOTO Horton players cheer on their teammates in tournament play against Central Kings.

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