With the way the season had gone for the Moose Jaw Carpet One Floor and Home Mavericks heading into the Moose Jaw U13 girls hockey tournament this past weekend, it stood to reason they had a good chance of finding plenty of wins.
Sure enough, that’s exactly what happened.
The Mavericks posted a perfect record through four games in the tournament, taking first place with a 4-2 win over Saskatoon in the gold medal game.
Moose Jaw opened the event with a 3-2 win over Clavet on Friday before defeating Delise 7-0 and Regina White 5-3 in a pair of games Saturday to finish first in their pool.
The U13 Mavericks currently have a 12-1-0-0 record to sit in first place in the Sask Female Hockey League South West division and currently have the second-best record in the entire 19-team league.
The Moose Jaw Purple Mavericks nearly matched their older compatriots in the U9 division, posting a 3-0 round-robin record but falling 3-1 to Lanigan in the final. Along the way the Mavericks defeated Lumsden 5-3, edged Swift Current 2-1 and downed Saskatoon 10-1.
Competing in the same age class, the Moose Jaw Green Mavericks went 1-1-1. Their record included a 6-2 win over the WP Aces, 3-3 tie with Lanigan and a heartbreaking 8-7 loss to Lumsden where a win would have sent them to the final.
The U11 C Mavericks went 0-3, with Swift Current taking a 6-3 win over Saskatoon in the final, while the U11 B Mavericks posted a 1-2 mark and saw Warman defeat Weyburn 3-1 in their gold medal game.
Moose Jaw was unable to find a win in the U15 division, posting an 0-4 record. Cochrane, Alta. defeated Weyburn 2-0 to win their division.
The Mavericks also went 1-2 in the U18 age group, with Winnipeg edging Saskatoon 5-3 in the gold medal game.
