Two new champions were crowned at the 2018 Kensington Intermediate-Senior High School invitational friendship hockey tournament.
Three Oaks Senior High School and Westisle Composite High School captured the championship banners on Saturday afternoon.
Both championship games were played before good-sized crowds at Credit Union Centre in Kensington, formerly Community Gardens.
The Three Oaks Axewomen, behind a hat-trick performance from Taylor Gillis and shutout goaltending from Danielle Gallant, posted a 3-0 decision over KISHORA – a combined team of players from Kensington Intermediate-Senior High and Kinkora Regional High School.
Playoff games
In the boys’ final, the Westisle Wolverines struck for three unanswered second-period
goals en route to a 4-3 victory over the Charlottetown Rural Raiders.
In the boys’ semifinals, Charlottetown Rural got by the host Kensington Torchmen 4-3 while the Wolverines topped the Bluefield Bobcats by a 3-1 score. KISHORA pulled out a 3-2 decision over Bluefield in one of two girls’ semifinals. The other had Three Oaks defeating
Westisle 4-1.
This marked the fourth year KISH hosted the friendship tournament, which attracted 14 teams – eight boys and six girls.
Midget AA and A players were eligible for the boys, and players at all levels were eligible for the girls’ teams. The Montague girls and Kensington boys were the 2017 tournament champions.
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The Westisle Wolverines rush to goaltender Ben Paynter to celebrate a 4-3 win over Charlottetown Rural in the boys’ championship game of the 2018 Kensington Intermediate-Senior High School invitational friendship hockey tournament on Saturday. The...
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Linesman Tanner Doiron drops the puck for a faceoff between the Westisle Wolverines’ Colby Silliker of Charlottetown Rural to the right of Rural goaltender Keenan Hayden. The two teams met in the boys’ championship game of the 2018 Kensington...
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Jesse Gavin of the Westisle Wolverines slides the puck out front to teammate Luke Dyment, 27, as he is defended by Charlottetown Rural’s Liam MacCorquodale, 9, during the boys’ championship game of the 2018 Kensington Intermediate-Senior High School...
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Taylor Gillis of the Three Oaks Axewomen beats KISHORA goaltender Hannah LeClair with this second-period shot to open the scoring in the girls’ championship game of the 2018 Kensington Intermediate-Senior High School invitational friendship high school...
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Abby Taylor of the Three Oaks Axewomen releases a shot while being defended by KISHORA’s Rachel Paynter during the girls’ championship game of the 2018 Kensington IntermediateSenior High School invitational friendship high school hockey tournament at...
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Three Oaks Axewomen goaltender Danielle Gallant makes a save off a high shot from KISHORA’s Lexie Murphy while Brianna McCardle moves into position to clear a rebound.