Buffalo Stars Girls 19 clinch first seed for State Tournament

On Sunday February 17^th the Buffalo Stars Girls 19U faced theWest Seneca Wings in a winner take all final match of season for the Great Lakes Girls Hockey League and place 1^st in the West for the New York State Championships being held in Chazy, NY March 8^th -10^th.  

Bernadette O’Connell of Stars scored her 1^st of the game just 1:23 into the game.  West Seneca came back and tied the game up 4 minutes later.  The score remained tied at 1 until mid way through the 2^nd when O’Connell gave the Stars the lead, 14 seconds later the Stars were up by 2 when Marissa Janiga netted a shot from the top of the faceoff circle. 

Once again the Wings would come back hard and put Buffalo on their heels when the Wings scored just a minute after Janiga’s goal. Buffalo continued to work hard and the effort paid off when O’Connell scored her 3^rd of the game with 1:06 left in the 2^nd Buffalo added another 10 seconds later when Lindsey Shubbuck found the back of the net.   Shubbuck found the net again 3 minutes into the 3^rd. 

With the 6-2 win Buffalo won the league by 2 points and secured 1^st place in the West for the State Championship.  Buffalo heads to Brantford, Ontario this coming weekend for the 32^nd Walter Gretzky Tournament.

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