Queens Hockey start their season off with a win

Lloydminster, October 14 2022 - The Red Deer Polytechnic Queens hockey team opened up their 2022/2023 season with a 3-1 victory over the Lakeland Rustlers.

This would be the first Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) game for the Rustlers after spending the 2021/2022 season in the Alberta Junior Female Hockey League (AJFHL).

Lakelands Mykayla Pylypow would be sent off for two minutes for hooking at the 8:45 mark of the first period.

The Queens would capitalize on this powerplay with a goal scored by third-year Avery Lajeunnesse. Forwards Tasha Barsby and Jailyn Bablitz would get the assists on the opening goal.

That would do it for the first period. The Rustlers outshot the Queens 10-7 in the opening frame.  

It did not take long for the Queens to extend their lead. Bachelor of Education student Alli Soyko would score her first of the season less then two minutes in to the second period. Defenseman Kiera Mulder and forward Madison Sansom would get the tallies on the goal by Soyko.

Two and a half minutes later, the Queens strike again. This time it's a goal from second-year forward Haley Kicia who was fed a pass from Stettler-native Kyla Hansel. This would give the Queens a commanding 3-0 lead going into the third.

It was a tight checking third period. The Queens offence was silenced. The only goal in the third period came from the Rustlers Kylie Perry who scored with just 18 seconds left in the game. Kennedy Taylor and Olivia Mann would get the assists on the lone Rustlers goal.

The Queens came away with a 3-1 victory over the Rustlers. Red Deer's goaltender Tanya Disotell-Dunsmore stopped 25 out of the 26 shots and earned herself a player of the game.

The player of the game for Lakeland was Kylie Perry who had the lone goal for the Rustlers.

The next game for Red Deer will be on Friday, October 28 when they take on the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Trojans at the Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre.

This will be the Queens home opener and the puck will drop just after 7 pm.

Tickets can be purchased online or at the box office on game day.