Mt. Royal & NAIT Exchange Home Wins in Finals

For the first time since the 2004-05 semi finals, the NAIT Ooks and the Mount Royal Cougars square off in the post season.

On Friday, March 12th at Calgary, Brianna Bird notched a pair of powerplay goals for the Cougars en route to a 3-2 win over the Ooks.

On Saturday, March 13th at Edmonton, Kendel Jurista netted one goal and assisted on two more for NAIT as they defeated MRU 4-1.

On Friday, March 19th at Calgary Centennial Arenas, the two teams meet at 7:00 p.m.

On Saturday, March 20th at the NAIT Arena in Edmonton, the Ooks entertain the Cougars at 7:00 p.m.

In the regular season, Mount Royal won five of six games including three in Edmonton. NAIT picked up one win in Calgary. The Cougars outscored the Ooks by a margin of 24 to 10.

Player of the Week

Meghan Witt of the NAIT Ooks is ACAC Hockey Online's Player of the Week. The Edmonton native held the Red Deer College Queens scoreless for 179 minutes and 51 seconds in the best of five ACAC semi final series.

On Friday, March 5th, the rookie netminer posted her second straight shutout as the Ooks took a 2-1 lead in the series with a 1-0 win. On Saturday, March 6th, the former member of the Edmonton Thunder came within nine seconds of recording a third straight shutout as the Ooks secured their first ever berth in the ACAC championship final series.

Witt is currently enrolled in Business Administration at NAIT.

FRIDAY, MARCH 12
at Calgary

FRIDAY, MARCH 19
at Calgary

SUNDAY, MARCH 21
at Calgary


2
1	2	3
1	0	1

Jurista, Cantley


-
1	2	3
-	-	-


-
1	2	3
-	-	-

Jurista, Richard, Gregoire

Goal:

Witt (29 saves, 3 GA, 58:35)

Goal:


3
1	2	3
1	1	1

Bird (2), Morrill


-
1	2	3
-	-	-


-
1	2	3
-	-	-

Fedoruk, Price, Stadnicki

Goal:

Kilgour (24 saves, 2 GA, 60:00)

Goal:

SATURDAY, MARCH 13
at Edmonton

SATURDAY, MARCH 20
at Edmonton


1
1	2	3
0	1	0

Hodgson


-
1	2	3
-	-	-



1	2	3
-	-	-

MacDonald, Bird

Goal:

Kilgour (25 saves, 4 GA, 60:00)

Goal:


4
1	2	3
1	1	2

Jurista, Groenheyde, Stosky, Hancock


-
1	2	3
-	-	-



1	2	3
-	-	-

Jurista (2), Sommerfeld, Lande, Gregoire

Goal:

Witt (32 saves, 1 GA, 60:00)

Goal:



	2009-10 ACAC Women's Hockey Playoff Scoreboard

BEST OF FIVE SEMI FINALS

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27
SAIT 2 at Mount Royal 4

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28
Mount Royal 4 at SAIT 1

FRIDAY, MARCH 5
SAIT 0 at Mount Royal 2

(Mount Royal wins best of five series 3-0.)

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26
Red Deer 4 at NAIT 3 (3OT)

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27
NAIT 1 at Red Deer 0

FRIDAY, MARCH 5
Red Deer 0 at NAIT 1

SATURDAY, MARCH 6
NAIT 3 at Red Deer 1

(NAIT wins best of five series 3-1.)

BEST OF FIVE FINALS

FRIDAY, MARCH 12
NAIT 2 at Mount Royal 3

SATURDAY, MARCH 13
Mount Royal 1 at NAIT 4

FRIDAY, MARCH 19
NAIT vs. Mount Royal at Calgary, 7:00 PM

SATURDAY, MARCH 20
NAIT vs. Mount Royal at Calgary, 7:00 PM

SUNDAY, MARCH 21
NAIT vs. Mount Royal at Calgary, 7:00 PM (if necessary)

(Best of five series tied at 1-1.)

ARENA LOCATIONS
	Leduc Recreation Centre 4330 Black Gold Drive, Leduc, AB
	Calgary Centennial Arenas 2390 - 47 Avenue SW, Calgary, AB
	NAIT Arena 11762 - 106 Street NW, Edmonton, AB
	Red Deer Arena 4309 48 Avenue, Red Deer
	SAIT Campus Centre 1301 - 16 Avenue NW, Calgary, AB



	2009-10 ACAC Women's Hockey Award Winners

ALL CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM

GOALTENDER
Kaitlyn Chapman, Red Deer

DEFENSE
Jess Legasse, Mount Royal
Laura Stosky, NAIT

FORWARDS
Karla Bourke, Red Deer
Tonya Faasse, SAIT
Kendel Jurista, NAIT

ALL CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM

GOALTENDER
Lindsay Coghlan, SAIT

DEFENSE
Brianna Bird, Mount Royal
Nicole Hunter, SAIT

FORWARDS
Chilla Fedoruk, Mount Royal
Chrissy Hodgeson, Mount Royal
Chelsey Morrill, Mount Royal

COACH OF THE YEAR

Deanna Iwanicka, NAIT

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