Esso Cup: Top Teams Continue To Win In Dieppe

For the third straight day, the Red Deer Chiefs and Stoney Creek Sabres came away victorious at the Esso Cup in Dieppe, New Brunswick. The two teams continued to fight it out for top spot in the Esso Cup round robin ahead of their head-to-head match up on Thursday. Johnston's Hat Trick Lifts Sabres Ivy Johnston factored into all four goals scored by the Stoney Creek Sabres as she scored a hat trick and added an assist in a 4-2 win over the Moncton Rockets.

Johnston's assist came on a marker by Olivia De Caria, who had a three point night of her own. “I just tell myself on the bench that if you do the little things, the big things will come," Johnston said following the win. "If you don’t think about the end goal like scoring or winning and just think one shot or one pass at a time, it will work out for you.

” Moncton's goals came from Anabelle Daniel and Thea MacFayden. Chiefs Shutout Winnipeg In a contest between the two western teams in the tournament, Brylee Hull who was paramount in Red Deer's run to the Esso Cup put up another stellar performance turning aside all 29 shots she faced in the 4-0 shutout. Jensyn Stephenson scored a pair for the Chiefs, while Talia Switzer and Olivia Stewart had the others.

“All weekend we have been able to put in a full team effort, different girls scoring and everyone giving us an opportunity to win," said Switzer. "Our defence keep us physical in the defensive zone, limiting our opponent’s chances and our forwards are able to create lots of chances, so we’re just hoping to keep it going. ” Red Deer Chiefs shutout Winnipeg Northern Selects Edge Québec As de Québec looked to be in control of this game opening the scoring on a Lya Michaud marker late in the opening period, followed by a goal from Camille Bihannic in the first half of the second to put Québec ahead 2-0.