Jane Casson, president of Ringette Canada, arrived this morning. Now I must admit that Jane’s presence is always wonderful – but the reason I bring this up is that she also brought chocolate croissants from a local bakery near her house called Con Gusto. They were delicious! Laynski and I wasted no time devouring them early this morning. A few other staff members opted to wait until later in the day for theirs... but it seems they waited too long. You snooze you lose.
Onto event related thoughts.
Let’s talk mini games. It is totally possible that we will see mini games in the U16 and u19 division. Depending on what happens in the games tomorrow morning... fans might be treated to mini-game action tomorrow! Stressful for the athletes to play in... but incredibly exciting for all of us in the stands.
The fight for a spot in the medal round is tight in all divisions. Based on the today’s games in the NRL we can truly say that the championship is up for grabs by all teams in the championship round.
Who will make it to the finals? Not many games left before we can crown national champs.
Tomorrow we will see the Semi-finals in which the bronze medal will be awarded and the wining team will move on to the finals set to take place on Saturday.
All bronze and gold medal games will be webcast! Click here to access the webcast. Be sure to tune in and catch all games live. Here is the schedule:
Friday
17h00 – U16 Bronze
18h30 – U19 Bronze
20h00 – NRL Bronze
17h00 – U16 Bronze
18h30 – U19 Bronze
20h00 – NRL Bronze
Saturday
10h00 – U16 Gold
U19 Skills Competition
12h30 – NRL Gold
U16 Skills Competition
15h00 – U19 Gold
10h00 – U16 Gold
U19 Skills Competition
12h30 – NRL Gold
U16 Skills Competition
15h00 – U19 Gold
Today we had over 150 students from Glen Morris Public School and North Ward School attend the U19 Ontario vs Québec game. These groups were treated an outstanding game. The game ended with an overtime goal by Kaylee Whitcroft to give Ontario the win.
Students from North Ward School took part in our media program and interviewed the overtime goal scorer and winning goalkeeper. Both Whitcroft and Alana Raymond also shared their thoughts on the game during a video interview.
Students from Glen Morris Public School were present for the post game interview with Kyrie Love following The Ice’s win over top-seeded Prairie Fire. Love put one past the Fire goalkeeper with under two minutes left in regulation time. An exciting finish!
The games tomorrow in all divisions will mean a lot. Who moves on will be decided based on tomorrow morning’s games. The evening will feature the Bronze medal games (which I remind you will be webcast.)
Tune in tomorrow – don’t miss a moment of the action!
À demain!
-Franski