OLDS — The Olds College Broncos women’s hockey team was beaten 4-2 by the SAIT Trojans during the Broncos’ last home game of the season.
Karli Frederick opened the scoring for the Broncos with a power-play goal at 11:30 of the first period, assisted by Maddy Black and Jesse Jack.
The Trojans evened the score on a power-play goal of their own at 16:07.
However, the Broncos restored their lead with a goal by Kali Cummings from Maddy Black at 17:34.
The first period finished with the Broncos leading the Trojans 2-1.
The Trojans slightly outshot the Broncos 10-9 in that first frame.
At 8:44 of the second period, the Trojans scored to tie the game at 2-2.
At 15:45, Broncos goaltender Lexi Bruce came out to stop an exciting breakaway attempt by Trojan Kelsey Patterson.
Bruce got strong backing from her defence to block a scoring attempt on the wide open net.
After two periods, the score remained knotted at 2-2.
Shots on goal after 40 minutes were 23-18 for the Trojans.
In the third period, it was Trojan goaltender Kaylin Schellenberg’s turn to stop a big breakaway.
She foiled Broncos forward Bree Edwards at the eight-minute mark.
Midway through the third period, the Trojans took the lead after Jack took a high-sticking penalty and Kassy Gaudette was sent to the box for boarding, resulting in a five-on-three SAIT power play.
Late in the game, the Broncos called a time out after a couple of SAIT players were penalized for body contact and tripping.
At 17:22, Bruce was pulled out of the net, giving the Broncos another skater in an effort to tie the score.
However, at 19:59, SAIT’s Kelsey Patterson scored an empty-netter to seal the win.
Final shots for the night were 39-26 for the Trojans.
The Pit Barbecue player of the game for the Broncos was Kali Cummings. The player of the game for the SAIT Trojans was Karmen Mooney.
Information for this story was provided by Paige Miller of Broncos Athletics.
