Calgary Core U16, Team Ontario U19 and Calgary RATH pick up national gold, PEI Wave picks up first-ever national medal at 2019 Credit Union Canadian Ringette Championships
Charlottetown/Summerside, PEI – April 13, 2019 – Calgary RATH are the National Ringette League champions after downing the defending champion Atlantic Attack 5-3 in today’s gold medal final at the 2019 Credit Union Canadian Ringette Championships. Calgary’s last gold-medal win was six years ago at the 2013 event in Fredericton. The Cambridge Turbos go home with bronze.
In the U16 division, Team PEI made their first ever appearance in a medal game at the Canadian Ringette Championships when they met Calgary Core for gold. In front of a hometown crowd, PEI battled it out but in the end Calgary came away with a 5-1 and the gold medal. PEI Wave claim silver and the first-ever national medal in the 41-year history of the event. In the bronze-medal game earlier in the day, Team New Brunswick beat West Ottawa 5-2 to claim bronze.
In the U19 division, Team Ontario (Guelph Predators) beat previously undefeated Laurentides (QC) 5-3 to win gold today. Guelph’s Lydia Duncan picked up two goals in the win and was absolutely beaming following the game.
“This win means everything to me,” said Duncan. “It’s the first time I’ve been on Team Ontario at nationals and we just lost to Quebec at the Canada Winter Games, so this felt like a bit of a rematch for me. We stayed focused and played the full forty minutes and we proved we were the better team.”
In earlier U19 play, Calgary Rush downed the Nepean Ravens 5-4 to claim bronze.
Games have been taking place at Credit Union Place in Summerside, Bell Aliant Centre in Charlottetown, APM Centre in Cornwall and Pownal Sports Centre in Alexandra. All-stars and the NRL Annual Awards will be announced at the closing ceremony on Saturday night in Charlottetown.
For more information on the event, including links to rosters, schedules, standings and stats can be found at www.crc2019.ca.
Results for Saturday, April 13 at the 2019 Credit Union Canadian Ringette Championships in Charlottetown/Summerside, PEI:
U16
Bronze game:
Team New Brunswick 5 West Ottawa 2
Gold game:
Calgary Core 5 Team PEI (Wave) 1
Gold: Calgary Core
Silver: Team PEI (Wave)
Bronze: Team New Brunswick
- West Ottawa
- Zone 2 (AB)
- Team Ontario (Waterloo)
- Team Alberta (Calgary Impulse)
- Cyclones de Quebec
- GCRA (ON)
- Team Quebec (Rive-Sud)
- Team Manitoba (Magic)
- Spruce Grove Rage
- Calgary Crew
- Team BC (LMRL Thunder)
- Central Alberta Sting
- Team Nova Scotia
- Team Saskatchewan (Regina Stingers)
- BVRA Angels (MB)
- Saskatoon Selects
U19
Bronze game:
Calgary Rush 5 Nepean Ravens 4
Gold game:
Team Ontario (Guelph Predators) 5 Laurentides (QC) 3
Gold: Team Ontario (Guelph Predators)
Silver: Laurentides (QC)
Bronze: Calgary Rush
- Nepean Ravens
- Team Alberta (Calgary Rogue)
- Team Quebec (Lac Saint-Louis)
- Team New Brunswick
- Edmonton Elite
- Team Saskatchewan (Regina Bandits)
- Team PEI (Wave)
- Team Manitoba (Magic)
- BVRA Angels (MB)
- Team BC (LMRL Thunder)
- CORA (ON)
- Saskatoon Blazers
- Team Nova Scotia
- Zone 5 GRIT (AB)
- TORL Force (BC)
National Ringette League:
Gold game:
Calgary RATH 5 Atlantic Attack 3
Gold: Calgary RATH
Silver: Atlantic Attack
Bronze: Cambridge Turbos
- Waterloo WIldfire
- Edmonton WAM!
- Montreal Mission
- Manitoba Intact
- Ottawa Ice
About Ringette
Ringette is a Canadian sport that was invented in 1963 in North Bay, Ontario by the late Sam Jacks. There are currently over 30,000 players on nearly 2,000 teams across Canada, with over 1,500 officials and nearly 8000 coaches. Internationally, it is played in more than a half a dozen other countries around the world. Ringette has been designated a Heritage Sport by Sport Canada and as part of the Sport for Life movement, ringette is well advanced at adapting Sport Canada’s Long Term Athlete Development model. For more information, please refer to the Ringette Canada Web site at www.ringette.ca.
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