Womens Ice Hockey Australia News

Second Round shows Adelaide Dominance and Melbourne Emergence

Round two featured the Adelaide Assassins traveling north to Brisbane to face the Goannas.  Game one started out tight as a scoreless first period left the teams deadlocked 0-0 mainly due to what looked to be a record-breaking number of penalties called on both teams who were battling hard.  From there it was all Adelaide.  Goalie Belinda James was able to shut out the Brisbane offense and Andrea Steranko led the scoring for Adelaide with two goals and an assist.  The final score was 5-0 to Adelaide.  Game MVP awards went out to Adelaide Goalie Belinda James and Brisbane Goalie Sheryn Gillin.

Game two saw the Assassins jump out to an early lead and not look back scoring 4 unanswered goals in the 1st period.  Brisbane finally got on the board at 6-1 in the second period, but were not able to catch up with a great offensive performance by Adelaide.  Natasha Farrier had her second hat-trick of the season to go with two assists with outstanding performances by Andrea Steranko (2 goals 3 assists) and Bethany Kavanagh (2 goals 2 assists) and Claudia Tom (16 saves).  Final score Adelaide 10 Brisbane 2.

 

The Sydney Sirens hoofed it to Melbourne to meet up with the Dragons.  We will know more once we get the gamesheets, but it has been confirmed that Melbourne has upset Sydney in both games winning 4-3 and 5-1.  Melbourne tied three times last season, but did not win a game, so to come out and beat Sydney twice must have been a real treat for the hometown fans.  Sydney is now 1-3 on the season heading into a 4-game series against the Adelaide Assassins juggernaut.