Lakeland Jaguars U18s hosting Provincials next week after championship win

It’s Provincials season and the Lakeland area is playing host to two tournaments coming next week.

The U18 Lakeland Jaguars are hosting the U18 Female B Hockey Provincials Championships from April 1-3 at the Cold Lake Energy Centre.

Marwayne and Dewberry are always welcoming U13 Tier III teams from across Alberta that same weekend.

The Jags were originally going to be hosting the tournament in 2020 but that didn’t go forward after sweeping restrictions shut down all sports activities in the province.

So the organizers put in another bid and were successful to go ahead and host the 8-team tournament in nine days time.

The U18 Jags are fresh off of a league championship after beating Lloydminster.

They went 19-2 overall during the season nine points clear of the second place Lloyd Blazers.

In the first playoff round the Jaguars disposed of the Dewberry Wild, before facing off against St. Paul in Round 2. They won by a combined score of 15-3 in a two-game sweep to set up the final round.

Winning each game by a score of 3-1, the Jaguars took home the league title against the Blazers who will go to Provincials as well as a wildcard.

Berry Lynn Rosychuk was far away the East Central Alberta Female Hockey League’s leading scorer with 62 points, 23 more points than the second highest scorer teammate Hannah Hall, in 20 regular season games played. That includes 43 goals, about 2.15 goals per game.

The Jags boast 5 of the league’s 6 top scorers as well.

Coming into the Provincial championships, Lakeland is on a 17 game winning streak.

Organizer Dale Laursen said they’re trying to make the tournament a great memory for the players and the visiting teams.

“We want to make it something memorable for them because a lot of these girls were in their first years right, and they were gonna host that tournament,” he said.

Laursen added the sponsorships have been going well and that they appear to have a good volunteer base heading into the tourney.

“We want to get that place packed and get people in there…Let’s watch some hockey and support your local teams.”

The Jags program has been around since 2006 and have hosted Provincials a couple times since their inception.

The opening ceremonies are Friday, April 1 at 8pm.

Lakeland Jaguars roster

U18 – Lakeland Jaguars	3	Claira Krawchuk
U18 – Lakeland Jaguars	4	Halle Berard
U18 – Lakeland Jaguars	5	Faith Donovan
U18 – Lakeland Jaguars	7	Leanne Laursen
U18 – Lakeland Jaguars	9	Emma Naim
U18 – Lakeland Jaguars	10	Hannah Hall
U18 – Lakeland Jaguars	11	Abigail Metchewais
U18 – Lakeland Jaguars	14	Dacia Lodoen
U18 – Lakeland Jaguars	15	Tannis Lewis
U18 – Lakeland Jaguars	16	Hannah Thorne
U18 – Lakeland Jaguars	17	Julianna Bateman
U18 – Lakeland Jaguars	18	Sydney Desjarlais
U18 – Lakeland Jaguars	19	Cierra Nuttall
U18 – Lakeland Jaguars	20	Isabella Cory
U18 – Lakeland Jaguars	21	Riley Moon
U18 – Lakeland Jaguars	22	Berry Lynn Rosychuk
U18 – Lakeland Jaguars	27	Ella Dole
U18 – Lakeland Jaguars	30	Kyra Quinney