Novice DS bring home the Gold in World's Largest Female Hockey Tournament

On Easter weekend, the Carleton Place Cyclones  Novice DS and Atom house teams brought home medals from the World's largest female hockey tournament in Brampton, Ontario.  Competing in the DS division of the tournament, was a huge accomplishment  for both of our teams.  All the other teams competing  pooled their top 19 players from their house teams to play.  Carleton Place Novice team played with girls from both of their novice teams  and the Atom team played with their only house team.
Our novice DS girls winning the gold, competed against 23 other teams in their division.  In a nail biting semi final against Toronto Leaside, the novice girls fought through the 5 minute  overtime, and finally won the game in a shoot out to advance to the finals.  In their final game the girls worked hard and battled against the defending champions (Cornwall Typhoons) to win 3-0.
The Atom House team comprised of only 11 players won the silver medal as they competed in the DS division of the tournament.  After a long season of being bumped from house to competitive these girls found their niche in DS.  They had been considered an underdog by most of the other 21 teams in their division because of our team size and their house status.  But our girls showed that their hard work in both on and off ice practices, allowed them to compete against these larger teams made of 19 players.   Battling through 6 games to make it to the finals.   Our girls played a well matched game against Whitby with chance for both sides.  In the end, Whitby came out on top winning 1-0.   
This weekend is a huge accomplishment for both the Novice and Atom Cyclone  girls.  These girls showed what dedication, team work and amazing coaching can do.