Host team scores impressive second win at the Esso Cup

The host team is putting on a show at the Esso Cup.

The Thompson Okanagan Lakers defeated the Edmonton Junior Oilers 3-2 on Monday night at Kal Tire Place in Vernon to improve to 2-0 at the six-team Canadian women’s Under 18 club hockey championship.

Two Vernon players led the Lakers to the win: Lily Roberts scored twice and Hannah Robertson rounded out the scoring for the Lakers.

Reese Sliskovic of Kelowna stopped 35 of the 37 shots she faced.

“This is the biggest and loudest crowd we’ve played in front of all year,” Lily Roberts said. “We fed off it, everyone was working so hard and we got the momentum early and kept it. This is a big win; we don’t want people to think we didn’t earn our way here as the host […] we won our way here and we have one goal in mind and that is to win the gold.”

Image credit: Hockey Canada

In other action on Monday:

Regina Rebels 7, Intrépide de l’Outaouais 1

• Berlin Lolacher (Pilot Butte, SK) and Addison Greve (Weyburn, SK) each had two goals and an assist.
• Stryker Zablocki (Prince Albert, SK) had a goal and an assist.
• Hannah Tresek (Regina, SK) made 27 saves for the Rebels’ victory.

Northern Selects 3, North York Storm 2 (OT)

• Laci Boyd (Antigonish, NS) scored the game winner and added two assists for a three-point performance.
• Aylee Glenn (Antigonish, NS) and Reese Murray (Westville, NS) rounded out the scoring.
• Jorja Burrows (New Glasgow, NS) made 46 saves for the win.

Next Games (Tuesday, April 23):

Intrépide de l’Outaouais vs. Northern Selects – 10 a.m. PT

Thompson-Okanagan Lakers vs North York Storm – 1:30 p.m. PT

Regina Rebels vs. Edmonton Jr. Oilers – 5 p.m. PT

All preliminary-round games, as well as both semifinals and the bronze medal game, can be live-streamed at HockeyCanada.ca.

TSN will broadcast the gold medal game on April 27 at 4 p.m. PT.