By Jeff D'Andrea

Bears get Slashed, fall to 1-3 at Esso Cup

Apr 26, 2017 | 1:20 PM

The Prince Albert Northern Bears couldn’t take down the only undefeated team at the Esso Cup national female Midget AAA hockey championships. The Bears (1-3) fell 4-0 to the St. Albert Slash from Alberta (4-0) Wednesday in Morden, Man.

The Bears started the day tied for fourth place with the Durham West Lightning from Ontario (1-2). The Bears will hope a victory over les Harfangs du Triolet from Quebec Thursday at 2:30 p.m. will be enough to crack into the top four and make the playoffs.

Scoring

The Slash got off to a quick start, as they scored 1:43 into the first period after some miscommunication on the side of the Bears’ goal.

Confusion around the Bears’ goal costs them early. Slash’s Shyla Kirwer gives the Slash a 1-0 lead, 1:43 into the game @HC_EssoCup pic.twitter.com/peM2Xafpup

— Jeff D’Andrea (@Jeff_paNOW) April 26, 2017

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The Slash passed around the biscuit around on the power play midway through the opening frame, with Tyra Meropoulis giving the Slash a 2-0 lead.

Tyra Meropoulis gives the Slash a 2-0 lead after a pretty passing play with about 4 minutes left in first pic.twitter.com/h2mDFmjhKq

— Jeff D’Andrea (@Jeff_paNOW) April 26, 2017

In the sandwich stanza, Kaylee Vader scored a goal worthy of the highlight reel to extend the Slash’s lead to 3-0.

One of the possible goals of the tournament here as Kaylee Vader gives the Slash a 3-0 lead pic.twitter.com/LpjkHXHHW5

— Jeff D’Andrea (@Jeff_paNOW) April 26, 2017

The Slash added one more with 1:03 remaining in the game, with Isabelle Lajoie scoring on a breakaway.

Isabelle Lajoie scores late on the breakaway and the Slash beat the Bears 4-0. The Bears have one game left against les Harfangs tm at 2:30 pic.twitter.com/4Mo75BjCwL

— Jeff D’Andrea (@Jeff_paNOW) April 26, 2017

The Bears will wrap up the group stages with a game against les Harfangs du Triolet from Quebec Thursday at 2:30 p.m.

Playoffs start on Friday, with the medal games taking place on Saturday.

Drew Wilson will have live radio coverage of every game live on 900 CKBI.

Live coverage and GIF highlights will be available on @jeff_paNOW. Full game reports, along with GIF highlights and other information will be available here on paNOW.com.

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