2019 Canada Winter Games

Gold and Bronze for Team Alberta in Red Deer

RED DEER - Team Alberta U18 Female denied the odds and rode a wave of confidence to win gold on home soil in Women’s Hockey at the 2019 Canada Winter Games Saturday afternoon.

Alberta drew undefeated Quebec in the final, and defeated them 2-1 in front of a capacity crowd at the Downtown Arena. Kassy Betinol had the crowd on its feet just over 10 minutes into the game on the powerplay, her third goal of the tournament. Jaden Bogden made it 2-0 five minutes into the second, but Quebec responded just two minutes later to draw within one. Alberta goaltender Bella McKee shut the door from there, and made 31 saves to lead her team to gold. The gold medal was Alberta’s 100th medal of the 2019 Canada Winter Games, and second in hockey, with the Men’s team winning bronze in week one.

Team Alberta U15 Male rebounded from an 8-4 semi-final loss with a 12-0 win over Saskatchewan to claim the bronze medal in Men’s Hockey. In the second matchup of the tournament between the two teams, Alberta avenged a 4-3 overtime loss to Saskatchewan on Saturday. Matt Savoie opened the scoring for Alberta late in the first period, and added two more to open the second period for a natural hat-trick. Savoie also had two assists for a five-point game, and finished the Canada Winter games with 13 points. Alberta saw six more tallies in the second as part of an eight-goal period, and three more in the third. Craig Armstrong (2), Dylan Guenther (2), Tyson Laventure, Zack Stringer, Olen Zellweger, Owen MacNeil and Marc Lajoie all scored goals for Alberta in the win. Guenther added three assists to also finish the tournament with 13 points, tied for the team lead with Savoie. Alberta goaltender Drew Sim stopped all 37 shots he faced to earn the shutout win.