Hayley "Hat Trick" Stewart led the Bantam Rep girls to a 4-2 victory over the Walkerton Capitals last night (October 28).
Stewart opened the scoring in the first period, assisted by Rebecca McLeod, to take an early lead. Midway through the second period Morgan Padfield made the score 2-0, picking up Kristy Parsons' clearing pass, banking the puck past Walkerton's defense to pick it up again and beat the goalie.
The third period was action-packed with Stewart scoring her second of the night, assisted by McLeod and Jordan Murchie. Walkerton increased the pressure and was finally able to beat goalie Kortney Watson on a power play goal. Keeping their momentum going, one minute later Walkerton scored again to narrow Kincardine's lead to one. In the last 90 seconds of the game, Kincardine found themselves short-handed but got the insurance goal when defenceman Parsons passed the puck to Padfield who fed it to Stewart. Stewart backhanded it to the top corner to complete her hat trick and give Kincardine the 4-2 win.
Submitted by Leslie Parsons