19U Girls Skate to Playoffs Undefeated ASPEN CONCLUDES THE REGULAR SEASON WITH IMPRESSIVE 21-0-1 OVERALL RECORD 14 The Aspen 19U Girls clinched the regular season MSGHL title with an impressive un- defeated 17-0-1 first place record. Fueling their game is and a stretch-the-ice philoso- phy, led by Head Coach Kirk Golden and long-time veteran if you tracked puck possession tistics, the numbers would be staggering; this is a fun Back Row (left to right): Hayley Heinecken, Kaelin Haris, Hannah Feder, Li Car, Juna Rettig, Lindsey Heinecken, Katie Yocum, Kristen Spang. Casey Chesner, Head Coach Kirk Golden. Front Row (left to rightl: Sammie Jaworski, Mia Seltzer, Amanda Simeone, Charlotte Howie, Laney Martens, Jaelin Nakagawa In their final league weekend Amanda series, Aspen faced third place Summit on the road in Breck netted an empty net goal to senior defenseman enridge for a pair of Saturday solidify the 5-2 victory with Harris tallied a wr quickly turn the page to begin games. Missing standout over 90 seconds left in play goal. In the third period, preparations for the upecom- defenseman Charlotte Ho the game. After giving up two Aspen increased its intensity ig MSGHL/State champi- ie and league-leading goal first period goals, goaltender smelling the success of regular onship in Denver February tender Sammie Jaworski to Linnea Earl found her comfort season perfection. They fired 22-24. Entering the playoff the flu, the team relied ona zone and stood tall stopping off 13 more shots, and Earl tournament as the top seed, three-player defensive rotation all 8 shots in the second and pled like a veteran making Aspen also begins play as and the services of 15U Leafs hird periods. goaltender Linnea Earl in net. The team will celebrate and Fittingly the the 2018 defending champs teams leading scorer Casey They will face five top MS- In game two, Earl was handed Chesner (24 points) finished GHL teams, including the In game one, prior to the puck the game puck following her ar season scoring, Lady Roughriders, who are drop, Aspen participated in an first 19U shutout performance. neting her 13th league goal the only team to blemish As- on-ice ceremony that honored With the team goal of an 9 Summit Seniors, Coming off undefeated season on the l, ake a commanding (and the emotion of that event, the Aspen responded like warriors ial) 4-0 lead. Lightning capitalized on their with a perfect final game. Out first shift for an early 1-0 lead. shooting the Lightning in the In total, Aspen finished league ugriders suffered was a 2-0 Aspen quickly settled in and first period 17-4, Aspen assert- and tournament play with an defeat in Aspen December 2 began dominating play. After ed its dominance from the drop overall 21-0-I record, claiming they have rolled through the early in the third period to en's record, a 2-2 tie at Lewis Arena back on December 1 trading goals to finish the pe- of the puck. After pepperingeMSGHL regular season competit riod (a Livi Carr goal). Aspen hummit net-minder with championship and the tm PIk simply took over outshooting shots, just over seven minutes boat Adele Divas 2018 champi- Summit 18-3 in the second the contest Katie Yocum shipte. In the December period. Laney Martens and and Hayley Heinecken both tournament, Aspen outscored Hayley Heinecken made it 3-2 found the back of the net, scor its opponents 19-2 in four top players from the north Denver suburbs, Fort Coll and Boulder, they lead the ing back-to-back goals on the games. During the first week dominant, the Lady Roughrid- Just over five minutes into same shift for an early 2-0 lead. of practice in October, the team ers only gave up 10 goals the the final stanza, team cap tain Katie Yocum gave Aspen The team held Summit to breathing room seoring y two shots in the second ed record. Achieving that goal matchup in the final tourna- 17th point of the season. She period, and added to its lead ning short of special. ment of the season. set the goal of finishing first i etire season. Aspen only al- the MSGHL with an undefeat lowed 12. It should be an epic