From April 21st-27th, 2024, Neutral Zone had multiple scouts watching Esso Cup. This particular event was scouted on video. The Thompson-Okanagan Lakers hosted Regina Rebels, Edmonton Jr. Oilers, North York Storm, L’Interpide de l’Outaouais, and Northern Subway Selects. Regina edged North York in the Championship game, earning a 2-1 win.
Players are listed in descending letter grade order below their respective team names. Players with the same letter grade are in no particular order.
Regina Rebels
Berlin Lolacher #19 (Regina, F): Her soft hands enable her to control and handle the puck with poise and finesse as she exits the D-zone to weave around opponents, gain the attacking end, and dangle the defenders to get shots on goal. Her hands are quick and controlled when she navigates through traffic in tight spaces. She battles in front of the net and gets her stick on point shots to deflect for scoring chances. Lolacher had a sick tip in the slot for a powerplay goal and drove the net to slam home a rebound for a second goal against the Northern Selects. Finds open ice and gets open. Can take a good shot off the pass. Grade: A-
Stryker Zablocki #21 (Regina, F, 2025, Northeastern): Her strong stride and quick acceleration make her a dynamic threat on the ice, allowing her to reach top speed rapidly and outpace defenders in the neutral zone. Her combination of speed and agility makes her difficult for opponents to contain, as she uses her quick hands and strong skating ability to maneuver through traffic and create scoring opportunities. Zablocki possesses excellent vision and playmaking instincts. She keeps her head up and surveys the ice well, allowing her to anticipate plays and make smart decisions with the puck. Whether she is driving to the net herself or setting up teammates with crisp passes, she consistently demonstrates her ability to create offense and generate scoring chances. Her patience and poise on the power play further enhanced her effectiveness as a playmaker. Instead of rushing plays, she waits for passing lanes to open up and delivers smooth, accurate passes to her teammates in prime scoring areas. Zablocki has a great shot, she has speed and when is given a scoring chance she takes it. She makes heads up plays and seems to always be in the right spot. She is patient with the puck and makes great plays because of it. Important addition to the power play, her aggressive on puck presence had her 3 shots in one powerplay shift forcing the goalie post to post Grade: A-
Brooklyn Nimegeers #9 (Regina, D, 2024): Her physicality and strong positional play make her a reliable presence on the ice. She uses her body effectively to win battles along the boards and disrupt opposing players, consistently gaining control of the puck for her team. With her smooth skating and strong balance, she navigates the ice with confidence, always keeping her head up to assess the situation and make smart decisions. Nimegeers showcases impressive puck-handling skills and agility. Her soft hands allow her to maintain control of the puck under pressure, while her mobility and agility enable her to maneuver through traffic and create space for herself and her teammates. Whether she is carrying the puck out of the defensive zone or orchestrating plays in the offensive zone, she demonstrates poise and finesse with every movement. Her intelligence and awareness also shine through in her play, particularly on the power play. She reads the play well and positions herself effectively to intercept clearing attempts and keep the puck in the offensive zone. Her ability to see the ice and anticipate openings allows her to make creative plays, whether it is setting up a teammate with a precise pass, saucering the puck past defenders, or unleashing a well-placed wrist shot on goal. Nimeeger is fast and skilled. She plays physical, using good position to separate opponents from the puck, or protecting the puck and driving to the net. She has vision and can easily maneuver through traffic using her speed and skills. Grade: A-
Addison Greve #6 (Regina, F): Greve wins pucks on the forecheck to send a centering pass for chances. She has quick hands in tight to move the puck for scoring chances in the slot. Greve slammed home a rebound off the goalie to light the lamp against the Northern Selects. Grade: B+
Katelyn Marshall #23 (Regina, F): Marshall has a good physical component to her game. She battles in the corners and wins pucks, gets in on the forecheck to take the body and separate the player from the puck, and wins faceoff battles. Grade: B+
Avery Gottselig #17 (Regina, 2024, Saskatchewan): Gottselig combines size, speed, and puck handling skills to demonstrate a strong offensive upside in addition to her defensive responsibilities. She uses her speed to gain the zone on the powerplay and dish the puck to an incoming teammate to start the attack. Her puck-handling skills enable her to gain the zone, deke the defender, and get pucks to the net. She manages the blue line well, keeping pucks in, maintaining pressure, and firing quick snapshots and hard wrist shots on goal to create opportunities for the forwards to bang home. Sees the ice well. She works the flank on the PP and can find open teammates to make great passes to and set them up for goals. She gets good shots on net and can make good shot-passes. Grade: B+
Rayna Hennie #22 (Regina, D): Hennie gets pucks through traffic and to the net for chances, especially on the powerplay, where she crushes slapshots and rips wrist shots from the point. Against the Northern Selects, she took at least seven shots from the point on the powerplay, including a wrist shot to set up the first goal. Grade: B+
Cedar Swan #10 (Regina, F): Swan controls and handles the puck to get into position and send crisp passes to open teammates for chances. She made a crafty pad pass to set up Lolacher for a beauty goal against the Northern Selects. Her speed enabled her to win a puck race on the penalty kill to take to the net for a shot on goal. She hustles on the backcheck to apply pressure and pick up sticks. Grade: B
Kendal Leader #11 (Regina, F): Leader uses her speed to pounce on loose pucks in the O-zone corners. She gets in on the forecheck to force errors. She battles below the red line and wins pucks to pass to the point. She keeps her head up and patiently controls the puck until she finds an open teammate to slide a smooth pass. She shields the puck to gain the zone with speed. Leader forechecks hard, she has speed and is first to jump on pucks. She is patient with the puck, not forcing plays and keeping control. Grade: B
Kadence Dansereau #13 (Regina, F, 2025): Great skater with the ability to be in motion while hitting cross ice tape to tape passes up ice, created multiple odd man rush opportunities from her dzone – neutral zone transitions.- assist from this situation. Scored by 21 on a long far post shot. Grade: B
Ashley Breitkreuz #14 (Regina, F): Breitkreuz is strong on the draw, winning battles and pulling pucks to teammates to start the play with possession. She gets in quickly on the dump and chase to forecheck and battle hard below the red line. Defensively, she gets into position to provide good coverage and support. Breitkreuz deflected a point shot past the goalie for a well-earned goal against the Northern Selects. Grade: B
Makayla Peters #4 (Regina, F): Peters has a good physical component to her game. She battles along the boards in the neutral zone and applies pressure on the backcheck, fights off coverage to drive the net hard with her stick on the ice ready for a tap-in, takes the body to separate the player from the puck, and gets in on the forecheck to disrupt the defense, force errors, and cause chaos. Grade: B-
Ella Schenher #16 (Regina, F): Schenher battles hard below the red line and is quick to pounce on rebounds. Grade: B-
Carys Cross #18 (Regina, F): Cross controls and handles the puck with poise to come out of the corner and rip wrist shots on net or drive the lane to get pucks on goal. Her passes are crisp, precise, and on target. Grade: B-
Anna Benoit #20 (Regina, F): Benoit has a strong stick check to steal pucks in the neutral zone and transition for zone entries that result in shots on goal. She battles hard below the red line. Grade: B-
Emily Karpan #7 (Regina, D): Karpan is a smooth skating defender who makes precise puck moving decisions. Her first pass is crisp and on the tape to start the breakout, she moves the puck back and forth smoothly to regroup with her partner and finds breaking wingers with a well-placed lead pass for zone entries. Her regroups with her partner are strategic on the powerplay and create smooth zone entries to start the attack. Grade: B-
North York Storm
Sydney Bowness #27 (Etobicoke Dolphins U18 AA, F, 2027): Bowness is strong in the faceoff circle, winning battles and drawing pucks cleanly to teammates to start the play with possession. She quickly pounces on loose pucks and powers through traffic for shots on goal. Her passes are crisp and on target to hit a breaking linemate or set up scoring chances. Bowness gets in the shooting lanes and blocks shots. Bowness is a hardworking and gritty player, she drives hard to the net to create scoring chances and gets first on loose pucks to gain possession for her team. She has good skills and speed.an overall blue collar player, she uses her body to drive the net hard and get into battles she mostly comes out successful overall. Her gritty play helps her team in moments such as PK or PP, she recovers pucks in the house well and is able to set up passes well from deep on corners or behind the net, not an easy body to move or defend once the puck is on her stick. Grade: A-
Demi Lazarou #5 (North York Storm U18 AA, F, 2027): Small, but she is not afraid to get into dirty areas. She is always trying to score. She drives hard out of the corner to the net to generate offensive opportunities for herself, causing chaos in front of the net and drawing penalties. Lazarou controls and handles the puck with poise and finesse as she weaves through traffic to get loose and create scoring chances. Her offensive zone battles result in pucks won for net drives to draw penalties, create chances, and bury a few. She uses her speed to win puck races, get in quickly on the forecheck, and get stick on puck for turnovers. She battles in all three zones, applying pressure and using her active stick for turnovers on the backcheck, battling along the boards in the neutral zone, and battling in the corners to find pucks in scrums and create chances. Lazarou snagged a rebound in the slot to bury a beautiful powerplay goal against Edmonton.a great overall player with a full set of skill. She is able to easily maneuver through crowds to shift the ice dynamic while carrying the puck. High I.Q with a set of hands and edges that move as quickly as her thoughts. She forchecks with purpose and consistently puts forth effort through 200 feet. She uses the entire ice and efficiently works with her teammates in order to scope successful plays. A communicator who is also able to tire out her opponents by constantly moving her feet. Easily walks through the ozone in order to get a shot off. Grade: A-
Lily Paisley #22 (North York Storm U18 AA, F, 2027): Paisley has soft hands to control, handle and navigate through tight traffic in the slot to create chances. Grade: B+
Annabella Van-Berkel #12 (North York Storm U18 AA, F, 2027): Van-Berkel is strong in the faceoff circle. She consistently wins draws for possession in even strength, penalty kill, and powerplay situations. She plays physically and does a good job taking the body. Defensively, she gets into position to provide good coverage and support. Good skater, she can create opportunities out fo nothing and has good hands. a threat on the ice. Grade: B+
Abrianne Brumwell #14 (North York Storm U18 AA, F, 2027): Brumwell has a good work ethic and hustles every shift. Her physical play allows her to get body position, separate the puck from the player, and win space and pucks. She puts the puck on the tape to move the play up ice and create chances. Brumwell has a quick release in the slot with a low wrist shot to challenge the tendies. Brumwell uses her body well to position herself between the opponent and the puck, she protects it well to hold possession for her team. She has her head up and makes good plays and goes to the net after making them. Grade: B+
Olivia VanSickle #20 (North York Storm U18 AA, D, 2027): VanSickle uses her long reach effectively to gain loose pucks in the neutral zone and transition to zone entries for hard snap shots on goal. She moves the puck back and forth smoothly with her partner to escape pressure, advance the play, and create opportunities. Her quick retrievals allow her to move the puck quickly to her partner, escape forecheckers, and exit the zone. Grade: B+
Cassie Kalic #24 (North York Storm U18 AA, D, 2027): Kalic quarterbacks the powerplay for the Storm. Her passes are crisp and on target to move the play up ice with a quick stretch, maintain pressure on the powerplay with smart passes through the seam, and create opportunities for open teammates to light the lamp. She gets pucks to the net for chances on the powerplay with a hard wrist shot. She walked the line and ripped a wrist shot from the middle to set up her rebound goal against Edmonton. She plays with her head up and is patient with the puck, as she uses good edge work to spin and escape pressure. Her active stick work in one-on-one situations denies puck carriers any opportunities. Kalic plays a calm and patient game, she does not force plays and makes smart ones, she has hands and can maneuver through traffic then dish the puck up ice to her teammates. an active defense who moves with purpose, whenever she handles the puck she doesnt move it just to move it, she makes sure to go for a skate or activate in the dzone when she has a prior playset or vision of the ice that gives her opportunity to hit tape in high chance areas. Grade: B+
Maren Capannelli #10 (North York Storm U18 AA, F, 2025): Capannelli has a good physical component to her game, blocking shots in the shooting lanes, battling in the corners, and taking the body. She controls and handles the puck with poise and patience to hit the tape of open linemates and move the play up ice or create chances. a strong off puck present player who is always open and dependable to find in high chance areas, and dependent to get a puck across ice in order to overturn the play for her teammates . She anticipates passes well from her opponents and can easily frustrate defenders in the ozone with her net front presence. A few good touches at Esso net front. Grade: B
Alexandra McLean #17 (North York Storm U15AA, F): McLean patrols the wing to win pucks and get pucks to the net. She has a quick stick check to take away pucks in the D-zone. Her battles in the corners and below the red line result in possession and scoring opportunities. Grade: B
Geneva Tan-Roy #33 (North York Storm U18 AA, F, 2026): Tan-Roy has good consistency winning draws cleanly to start the play with possession. Defensively , she gets into position to provide good coverage and support, battling in the corners and picking up open sticks. Tan-Roy wants to score every second she is on the ice. She plays a hardworking and gritty game. She drives hard to the net and searches for loose pucks and rebound to bang in. She plays a huge physical game and its fun to watch her protect the puck. Really good hands, she can easily make opponents look stupid, she plays with her head up and finds open lanes to take the puck through to the net. able to dance around opponents with her individual skating and puck handling skills, she makes it look easy to be able to split the D while maintaining a solid shot on net, a great quick release and brings urgency to her team. A leader by the energy she brings to the ice. Her offensive mindset has a high I.Q, she is able to dish it well while giving herself opportunities. Grade: B
Maggie Cousineau #44 (North York Storm U18 AA, D, 2025): Cousineau pinches successfully to keep pucks in and maintain pressure. Cousineau is not afraid to block shots, she backchecks hard and picks up sticks. She makes heads up plays and smart passes. Grade: B
Aubrey Biase #9 (North York Storm U18 AA, F, 2026): Biase controls and handles the puck with poise and maintains possession until she finds an opening to make a crisp pass, crush a shot on goal, or drive the net for chances. She battles hard below the red line to disrupt the defense, force errors, and create chances. Grade: B-
Anastasia Trifon #19 (North York Storm U15AA, F, 2028): Trifon controls and handles the puck with poise to make smooth dish passes to open linemates. Grade: B-
Isabella Mariano #6 (North York Storm U18 AA, D, 2025): Mariano gets pucks through traffic and to the net on the powerplay with a hard wrist shot from the point. Mariano is patient with the puck and does not just throw it away. She manages it and takes smart and hard shots on net to generate offensive opportunities. She drops down as an offensive option to receive a pass and plays aggressive. Grade: B-
Catelyn Clark #77 (North York Storm U15AA, D, 2028): Clark moves the puck well back and forth with her partner to escape pressure, regroup, and create chances. Her passes are crisp and on target to hit breaking wingers on the fly for zone entries. Grade: B-
Edmonton Jr. Oilers
Ciara Lang #11 (Edmonton, D): Her strength and agility allow her to navigate through traffic and maintain possession of the puck even under pressure. Her strong skating ability enables her to cover ground quickly and effectively when she is carrying the puck through the neutral zone and into the attacking end. Lang possesses excellent decision-making skills, particularly on the power play. She demonstrates patience and poise with the puck, waiting for the opportune moment to distribute it to a teammate with a crisp, accurate pass. This ability to read the play and make smart puck distribution decisions contributes to the effectiveness of the power play unit. By stopping behind the net and initiating the breakout with precision passes, she creates opportunities for her teammates to enter the offensive zone with speed and control. Her ability to move the puck smoothly with her partner during regroups further enhances the ability of her team to transition quickly from defense to offense and maintain possession of the puck. Great anticipation off puck, many occasions of overturning on the blue and stepping up to disrupt passing from opponents breakouts / cross ice passing. Grade: A-
Ella Lloyd #27 (Edmonton, D, 2025): Lloyd moves the puck back and forth smoothly with her partner, and, on the powerplay, she gets to the middle to make precise passes to open forwards. She drops down in the O-zone as a shooting option. She uses her long reach and solid edge work to curl and escape pressure. Lloyd received a pass from Martorana at the left faceoff dot to bury a wicked wrist shot for a beauty powerplay goal against the North York Storm. great skater and patient with the puck upon waiting for opportunities, great with deception when pressured open ice. Grade: A-
Claire Carruthers #17 (Edmonton, F): Carruthers quick, soft hands are demonstrated with her puck handling and control as she weaves around opponents to gain zone entries, receives and cradles a pass to rip a wrist shot on net, or navigates through traffic in tight spaces to quickly release a rocket snap shot on goal. She battles in the corners and in front of the net to get her stick on pucks and create opportunities. On the powerplay, she won a net-front battle to receive a pass and jam it home for a powerplay goal against the Storm and won a second net-front battle to jam home a second powerplay goal. Ozone forechecker who is aggressive and persistent on the puck until she gives herself scoring opportunities. Grade: B+
Daniella Martorana #10 (Edmonton, F): Martorana controls and handles the puck with poise as she gets into position to feed open teammates for scoring chances on the powerplay. Against the North York Storm, she found Lloyd with a precise seam pass for a powerplay goal and set up Carruthers on the tape for a second powerplay goal. Martorana covers for the defense to keep pucks in the O-zone and has a good net presence to maintain possession. Grade: B+
Layla Matthew #15 (Edmonton, F, 2025): Her quick hands allow her to win draws in all three zones. She wins faceoff battles and pulls pucks cleanly to her teammates to start the play with possession. She clogs the passing lanes on the forecheck to intercept breakout attempts and applies pressure with her active stick on the backcheck. Defensively, she gets into position to provide good coverage and support as we see when she blocks shots in the shooting lanes and takes the body to separate the player from the puck. On the powerplay, Matthew uses her speed to gain the zone and maintain possession until she finds an open teammate with a crisp pass. She won a puck race on the penalty kill late in the game to net an empty net shorty against the North York Storm. effort on the line, she uses the blue line to create space for herself and abruptly and swiftly changes direction to hit unlikely passes in the slot. Grade: B+
Callie Dach #77 (Edmonton, D): Dach makes smart puck-moving decisions on the powerplay. She is patient and plays with her head up as she gets to the middle to move the puck to an open teammate or fire shots on net for chances. Her passes are crisp and on target as she moves the play up ice or sets up scoring chances. Dach crushes slapshots from the point to create chances.big presence in the house, her aggression and physicality contribute to frustrating her opponents in the dzone helps her protect the crease and any sort of pressure on her goaltender. Great positionally and anticipation in high stress moments such as net front scrums, piles, etc. Grade: B+
Tayla Lamabe #4 (Edmonton, F): Her strength is evident both in her physical presence on the ice and in her ability to maintain balance and control on her skates. Her adept use of edges further enhances her skating ability, enabling her to maneuver smoothly around defenders and maintain possession of the puck while keeping her head up to assess the play and make intelligent decisions. Her passes are precise and accurate. She consistently delivers crisp passes that hit her teammates sticks on the tape, allowing for seamless transitions and effective offensive zone entries. On the forecheck, Lamabe utilizes her active stick to disrupt opposing players and create turnovers, which she capitalizes on with net drives and shots on goal. Her soft hands enable her to navigate through tight spaces and maintain control of the puck, even when faced with heavy defensive pressure. This skill, combined with her strong stick check in the neutral zone, allows her to transition quickly from defense to offense and create scoring chances for herself and her teammates. Grade: B
Riley Scorgie #12 (Edmonton, F): Her aggressive penalty kill frustrates opponents. She uses her strong stick check to steal pucks and drive the net for shots on goal and, on the forecheck, she disrupts the defense to draw penalties. On the powerplay, her slapshot from distance challenges the goalie and creates rebound opportunities. great ozone puck control and off puck presence, enjoys controlling the puck and getting her teammates on the tape off a walk or in crowds, she is constantly moving her feet and able to fluster her defending opponents in their dzone. Has dzone urgency. Grade: B
Julia Curran #44 (Edmonton, F): Curran wins draws cleanly on the powerplay to start the attack with possession. She controls and handles the puck with poise to gain zone entries. Grade: B
Camryn Karaki #20 (Edmonton, F): Karaki has a good physical component to her game. She battles hard along the boards and in the corners, powers through the opposition with the puck for zone entries, and gets in on the forecheck to force errors on the penalty kill. A great forechecking player, her ozone aggression and work ethic contributes to solid possession in zone, and creates opportunities for teammates. Grade: B-
Isabelle Gollop #93 (Edmonton, F): Gollop uses her size to her advantage applying pressure on the backcheck, taking the body to separate the player from the puck, and controlling and handling the puck. Grade: B-
Dejah Howes #8 (Edmonton, D): Howes is strong on her skates and uses her speed to get back quickly and set up to defend. She gets pucks to the net with a hard wrist shot from the point. She finds open teammates in the slot with a smooth pass for a scoring chance. Grade: B-
L’Intrepide de L’Outaouais
Laurence Lafleur #10 (F, 2026): Lafleur plays physically and battles hard in all three zones. Along the boards in the neutral zone, she wins pucks that lead to zone entries. In the O-zone, she battles along the boards and below the red line to win pucks and create chances. Defensively, she wins battles and gets pucks out of the zone. Her patience and playmaking skills allow her to make passes that are crisp and on target to move the play up ice, find an open teammate through the seam on the powerplay, and create chances on net drives. Lafleur is quick to pounce on rebounds and get pucks to the net. Great puck control and edges in deep, many times she uses cutbacks and swiftly moves to get around opponents without hesitation throwing the puck on net or hitting the tape to create high chance opportunities. A key aspect to the powerplay. She cuts lanes and can swiftly move through multiple zones while getting shots off. A player hard to defend Grade: B+
Maya de Beaumont #22 (L’Intrepides de L’Outaoucais U18AA, F, 2027): de Beaumont uses her size and speed to her advantage to protect the puck and blow by the defenders for shots on goal. She is successful in winning faceoff battles to start the play with possession. de Beaumont battled in a scramble to win the rebound and send it home for a well-earned goal against the Lakers Grade: B+
Elyssa Lalonde #55 (L’Intrepides de L’Outaoucais U18AA, D, 2026): LaLonde is a smart puck-moving defender. Her first pass is on the tape to start the breakout and exit the zone. Passes are crisp, smooth, and flat to find open wingers on the fly, gain zone entries, and create chances. She moves the puck smoothly back and forth with her partner to create openings for her slapshot from the point on the powerplay. LaLondegets pucks through traffic and to the net for chances with a hard, low slapshot or a quick snapshot from the point. In the D-zone, she gets in the shooting lanes and blocks shots. a defenseman with a deceptive skating style with the puck often being able to open up lanes for herself and hitting crucial passes to both create offensive opportunities and in the house. She holds a solid effort along the blue and uses her body to play the puck carrier. Multiple Blocked shots and ways to defend the puck on a rush. Grade: B+
Genevieve Godin #13 (L’Intrepides de L’Outaoucais U18AA, F, 2026): Her exceptional puck control stands out as she maneuvers with poise and finesse, seamlessly transitioning the puck from her skates to her stick to maintain possession and advance the play. This skill is particularly evident in her ability to quickly retrieve loose pucks and smoothly transition them into offensive opportunities. In the faceoff circle, Godin consistently wins a high percentage of draws and provides her team with crucial possession to kickstart offensive sequences. Her ability to cleanly distribute the puck to her teammates off the draw gives her team a distinct advantage in dictating the flow of the game. On the power play, Godin showcases her intelligence and vision as she orchestrates plays from the top, making astute decisions to move the puck effectively and create scoring chances for her team. Her precise passing skills ensure that her teammates receive the puck in optimal positions to capitalize on scoring opportunities. Defensively, her commitment to blocking shots and disrupting passing lanes frustrates the opposition. Her agility and speed enable her to excel in various situations on the ice, including aggressive penalty killing and initiating hard net drives that put pressure on opposing defenders and draw penalties. Her ability to anticipate plays and disrupt the strategy of the opposition with her active stick further solidifies her impact on both ends of the ice. Grade: B
Abigael Blais #40 (L’Intrepides de L’Outaoucais U18AA, F, 2027): Blais controls and handles the puck with poise and patience as she maintains possession to get into position and send a smooth pass to an open linemate for chances. She uses her speed to drive the lane and gain zone entries to start the attack. Blais made a sick deke late in the third against Thompson-Okanagan to gain space and send a beauty backhand off the post. Grade: B
Kelia Gilbert #88 (L’Intrepides de L’Outaoucais U18AA, F, 2026): Gilbert gets in on the forecheck to force errors and take pucks to the net for chances. She has a quick snapshot from the off-wing that challenges goalies and creates chances. Grade: B
Noemie Germain #33 (L’Intrepides de L’Outaoucais U18AA, G, 2027): Her quick lateral movement enabled her to make a huge pad save in overtime to keep her team alive. She was calm and poised as she faced each shooter in the shoot-out. Grade: B
Paige Dubeau #11 (L’Intrepides de L’Outaoucais U18AA, F, 2026): Dubeau controls and handles the puck with finesse as she navigates through traffic and dangles the defenders for shots on goal. She gets in the passing lanes on the penalty kill to intercept pucks in the neutral zone and repel the attack. consistent in puck battles, without giving up along the boards she stays on the puck hard and reads puck carriers in order to maintain a disciplined attack on opponents. Resulting in overturning the puck in the dzone many times Grade: B
Justine Taillefer #87 (L’Intrepides de L’Outaoucais U18AA, F, 2027): Taillefer uses her size and physical play effectively to disrupt the defenders and force errors on the forecheck, gain a good net-front presence, and rip quick snap shots on goal for chances. A complimentary player, easy to work with and is able to easily transition between a defensive and offensive presence impacting both ends of the ice, she is good at holding the blue and cutting off stretch passes. She intimidates her opponents to make quick decisions before getting a stick on the puck. A diverse player. Grade: B
Anabelle Monfils #29 (L’Intrepides de L’Outaoucais U18AA, F, 2026): Monfils pounces on loose pucks off the O-zone faceoff to get pucks to the net. She drives hard to the net with her stick on the ice to tap passes on goal for chances. in tight puck control, calm controlling or picking up pucks in high traffic areas, great skater and protection on puck, as a forward she sees up ice well from the D zone to lead her line to the ozone. Grade: B-
Gabrielle Roy #65 (L’Intrepides de L’Outaoucais U18AA, F, 2026): Roy earns a good net-front presence to challenge for rebound opportunities. She gets pucks to the net from distance with a quick wrist shot or a hard slapshot. Grade: B-
Thompson-Okanagan Lakers
Makena Vercholuk #6 (Thompson Okanagan Lakers, F): Vercholuk protects the puck well on net drives for shots on goal. She controls and handles the puck with poise and finesse as she dangles defenders to create opportunities.great skating skills and puck handling in the ozone against a defensively strong team. Grade: B
Mena Bhatt #13 (Thompson Okanagan Lakers, F): Bhatt is successful in the faceoff circle, winning battles and drawing pucks back cleanly to teammates to start the play with possession. Her passes are smooth and on the tape to move the play up ice, maintain pressure, and create opportunities. She applies pressure on the backcheck, battles along the boards in the neutral zone, and gets in on the forecheck to force errors. Bhatt earns a good net-front presence for rebound opportunities. Plays smart in the dzone, stays on the puck and presents pressure well, and communicates with teammates well while under pressure. Great powerplay player, always moving and presenting herself in high chance areas while going off the radar of opponents on multiple occasions. Grade: B
Lily Roberts #14 (Thompson Okanagan Lakers, F): Roberts uses her speed effectively to get by the defenders and drive hard to the net to cause chaos and create chances. She controls and handles the puck with poise to get into position in the slot and slide a smooth backhand pass to an open teammate for chances. Her aggressive penalty kill allows her to pounce on loose pucks, clear the D-zone, and take away pucks on the forecheck to kill off the penalty. Solid shot and net drive. Physical in the boards and great up the ice along the wall, helping generate up ice breaks, even after long hard pressure shifts against a high capitalizing team. Grade: B
Alexandra Recsky #15 (Thompson Okanagan Lakers, F): Recsky is strong in the faceoff circle, winning battles and drawing pucks cleanly to her teammates to start the play with possession. Her passes are smooth and on the tape. She protects the puck well on net drives for shots on goal. She gets in the passing lanes on the penalty kill and intercepts pucks to clear the zone. great hands and quick release off walking into the house and tight spots. Grade: B
Emma Kohl #21 (Thompson Okanagan Lakers, F): Kohl uses her speed to her advantage on net drives to gain the zone, drive the lane, blast by the defenders, and get pucks to the net for chances. She gained the zone to rip a wrist shot high that fell in behind the goalie to light the lamp against Outaouais. Grade: B
Hannah Robertson #4 (Thompson Okanagan Lakers, D): Robertson plays physically, battling hard below the red line, blocking shots in the shooting lanes, and getting inside body position to take away pucks. She manages the blue line well, keeping pucks in, maintaining pressure, and getting pucks through traffic and to the net with a hard slapshot from the point. She moves the puck back and forth smoothly with her partner to regroup and begin the attack. Grade: B
Reese Sliskovic #1 (Thompson Okanagan Lakers, G): Sliskovic does everything she can to keep the puck out of the net. She made several timely big saves against Outaouais- a partial breakaway, a one-on-none down low, a quick pad save late in the third, and a sick poke check in the shootout—to keep her team alive. She is calm and poised as she tracks pucks and gets into position to handle shots, recover quickly to take care of rebound attempts, and battle in scrambles to find pucks and get whistles. Grade: B
Emma Deleurme #8 (Thompson Okanagan Lakers, F): Deleurme battles in the corners and below the red line and steals pucks to pass to open teammates. She pounces on loose pucks to pass to the point and covers for the point when they drop in. Her passes are smooth and on the tape. Grade: B
Holly Magnus #16 (Delta, F, 2024): Magnus has a good work ethic, hustles every shift, and leads by example. She is strong in the faceoff circle, winning a high percentage of draws cleanly and by battling successfully. Her passes are crisp, flat, and on target. She battles hard below the red line. great breakout anticipation and deception, when gaining speed in the ozone she gains confidence and has established many in zone overloads from effort. Creates smart plays to generate chances using creativity to get around solid defense. Grade: B
Felicia Girardo #9 (Thompson Okanagan Lakers, D): Her physical play allows her to take the body and separate the player from the puck. She uses a strong stick check at the defensive blue line to cause turnovers and transition up ice for zone entries. In the O-zone, she gets to the middle and steps around checkers to rip wrist shots on net for chances. Grade: B-
Orian Laventure #2 (Thompson Okanagan Lakers, F): She has great control off the blue line, deceptive walks and is not afraid to rifle the puck into a crowd for opportunity. An active defense. Aggressive on the dots and in the dzone, pressures and pursues the puck effectively. Grade: B-
Calleja Misson #3 (Thompson Okanagan Lakers, F): Misson uses her size and long reach to her advantage to steal pucks in the D-zone and move up ice for zone entries. Her snapshot from distance is nice and low for her teammates to tip for chances. She moves the puck smoothly to the point and gains a good net-front presence on the powerplay. Grade: B-
Mignon Helberg #7 (Thompson Okanagan Lakers, F): Helberg rushes the point to force errors and clear the zone. She battles along the boards in the O-zone to maintain pressure and win pucks. Grade: B-
Sienna Vieira #19 (Okanagan Hockey Academy Prep, D, 2024): Despite a defeating first period of her team being down 5-0 by the second period vs north york, she maintained consistency in her efforts, maintaining shots on net, hard net drives, and physicality throughout both ends of the ice. Was able to hold the line well. Overturned pucks in the neutral zone many times to generate few opportunities her forwards would capitalize on Grade: B-
Kilah Hodder #5 (Thompson Okanagan Lakers, D): Hodder plays physically, taking the body, angling puck carriers to the boards to get body position and take away pucks, and using her active stick to take away pucks to clear the zone. Her puck retrievals are quick, and she moves the puck up with crisp, precise passes. Grade: B-
Northern Selects
Jorja Burrows #1 (Subway Selects, G, 2024): Burrows had a stellar performance against the Regina Rebels, stopping 73 of 77 shots on goal, 30 of which were in the first period alone. She gets beyond the top of the crease to square up and challenge shooters. Her strong poke check surprises puck carriers and denies chances. Quick lateral movement and a full stretch handle weird bounces off the end boards and deny opportunities. Burrows battles hard in scrambles and recovers quickly to handle rebound chances. Grade: B+
Kendall Doiron #6 (Unknown, F): Doiron plays physically and does a good job taking the body. She controls the puck with poise to navigate through traffic and find open teammates with a smooth pass, rag the puck on the penalty kill, dish on the powerplay, or snap a challenging shot from distance on the powerplay. She is strong on her skates, maintaining balance when she was knocked down and keeping control of the puck. great hops off the faceoff, able to control the puck in tight and make aggressive plays on the puck in order to gain possession. Brings energy and force to puck presence. She is able to make solid passes and presents herself as an end to end team player. Grade: B+
Brooke Williams #2 (Subway Selects, F): Williams applies pressure and picks up sticks on the backcheck. She is successful winning draws cleanly to start the play with possession. Williams received a pass and drove the net, protecting the puck while under pressure from the defense, to send a wrist shot along the ice and through the five-hole to light the lamp against Regina Rebels. Aggressive on puck, without giving up, maintained a 30 second possession urging her teammates to begin moving so she can hit the tape. Hit good spots in the house and recovered both her own and teammates shots for additional rebound chances. Grade: B
Laci Boyd #18 (Northern Selects, F): Boyd plays physically and does a good job taking the body. She can be relied upon when called in to take the draw and do a good job to win possession. Grade: B
Aylee Glenn #8 (Unknown, F): Glenn uses her size to her advantage, controlling the puck, battling, and driving the net. She drove wide and hard by the defender, protecting the puck to get into position and slide a smooth pass for an assist on the third goal against Regina. Grade: B
Hali-Rose MacLean #13 (Northern Selects, F): MacLean has a good physical component to her game. She forechecks aggressively, takes the body, and is strong on the puck. She is quick to pounce on loose pucks off the draw in the O-zone. MacLean went to the net with her stick down to receive the pass for a sweet tap-in goal against Regina Rebels. Grade: B
Jenna Beaton #7 (Northern Selects, F): A key forward on the PK, her dzone she shows a lot of patience and anticipation, she jumps on pucks aggressively keeping her feet moving while pinning her opponents in order to overturn possession. Overturned x2 in 20 seconds of penalty kill time. Grade: B-
Mya MacDonald #10 (Northern Selects, F): She generated many opportunities for her teammates in the ozone, great jumps off faceoff. D-zone ruthless presence along the boards and jumped on battles without hesitation, always has a head on a swivel. Grade: B-
Lexi Macintyre #3 (Northern Selects, F): Macintyre controls and handles the puck with poise as she protects the puck with her base on zone entries to go deep and start the attack. Grade: B-
Ella Fitt #12 (Northern Selects, D): Fitt has a solid stick check to take away pucks from the opposition. Her passes are crisp and on the mark. She makes a crisp pass on the tape to start the breakout and finds breaking wingers with a smooth cross-ice lead pass for zone entries. Grade: B-
Lily LeBlanc #14 (Northern Selects, D): LeBlanc is patient and plays physically. She lets the puck carrier commit before she takes the body to separate the player from the puck. Her passes are smooth and accurate on the powerplay to keep momentum and create opportunities. Grade: B