The Collège Notre-Dame Alouettes have fired the first shot in what promises to be the next instalment of a very good SDSSAA girls hockey rivalry.
The Als defeated the St. Charles College Cardinals 4-2 in the final of the second annual Cardinal Cup on Thursday, breaking a 2-2 tie with 2:19 remaining in the game in claiming the hardware.
Josée Scott, Kaylie Venedam, Megan McGaughey and Melisa Kingsley scored for CND, who split their double round-robin matchups with the Cards over the course of the two-day event.
Summer Butterfly and Sierra Crossthwaite replied in a losing cause for St. Charles. In the Division B championship affair, Megan Mackenzie netted the only goal of the game, with Charity Walt registering the shutout as the Confederation Chargers blanked the Lo-Ellen Park Knights 1-0.
Following are complete game scores and goal scorers from Day 2 of the tournament:
Notre-Dame Alouettes 2 (Melisa Kingsley-2)
St Charles Cardinals 1 (Brittany Reinhardt)
Confederation Chargers 2 (Megan Mackenzie, Kayleigh Coufal)
West Ferris Trojans 0
Lo-Ellen Park Knights 2 (Sarah Bourdon, Alex Carey)
Manitoulin Mustangs 0
St Charles Cardinals 3 (Summer Butterfly, Brittany Reinhardt, Emi Mardero)
Marymount Regals 3 (Serena Seguin, Emma Chamberland, Christa Lamonica)
Manitoulin Mustangs 2 (Sabrina Trudeau, Meghan Wall)
West Ferris Trojans 0
Friendship Game
Notre-Dame Alouettes 8 (Kaylie Venedam-2, Megan McGaughey, Joelle Belanger, Josée Scott, France Belanger, Melisa Kingsley, Kaylie Lapensee)
Marymount Regals 0