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USM Girls Win Eastern Shores Championship Game over #1 Fox Cities

By Andy Thompson, USM Staff, 02/03/21, 5:00PM CST

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The USM Girls Hockey Co-op defeated the Fox Cities Stars in the Eastern Shores Conference championship game on Tuesday, February 2nd at the Waupaca Expo Ice Arena with a final score of 2-0.

The game remained scoreless until Jordan Bonk drove and slid the puck past the Fox Cities’ goaltender, Tanith Plachetka, with 2:13 left in the 2nd period. The score remained 1-0 throughout the 3rd period. The Wildcats’ freshman goalie, Molly Jex, tallied 22 total saves, including several critical stops late in the game. With seconds remaining in the 3rd period, freshman Maddy Wagner cleared the puck off the glass and converted an empty net goal with :14 seconds remaining to secure the conference championship for the Wildcats.

Wildcats head coach, Dan Carey, commented, “I couldn't be prouder of the way the girls played tonight. They worked extremely hard, competed on every shift and they believed in each other. Great to see them earn some success.” Captain Zoe Uihlein echoed Coach Carey’s comments, saying that, “this game was an extremely exciting win for us. In the beginning, our team decided that we weren't going to put too much pressure on ourselves and that we were just going to give it 100% every single shift. In the end, that is exactly what we did.”

The Wildcats complete the regular season with an overall record of 15-3. The Wildcats open WIAA Sectional play as the #1 seed on Tuesday, February 9 at 5:00 PM at Uihlein Ice Arena against the winner of the WIAA Regional matchup with Brookfield and Fond du Lac to be played on Friday, February 5 in Fond du Lac.

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