Last Thursday, December 2, the Mound Westonka/Southwest Christian girls hockey teams traveled to Woodbury to take on Class AA East Ridge. 

An early hooking penalty by the White Hawks enabled the home team to jump out to a 1-0 lead at the 4:06 mark of the opening period.  The Raptors' power play would be the difference in the game, as they would connect on three power play goals for the night. 

Late in the first period, Sydney Leonard made a remarkable individual play, bringing the puck between multiple defenders and getting an unassisted goal to tie the game 1-1. It would stay that way until the end of the period. The visitors outshot East Ridge 16-8 for the period.

The second period would see the Raptors score the first two goals - the first a power play goal - to take a 3-1 lead over the White Hawks. Leonard would again score, this time off a Gretta Pioske pass and bring the period to an end with the White Hawks trailing 2-1. Shots in the second period favored the home Raptors by a 14-8 total. 

The third period belonged to the White Hawks, as they had multiple scoring chances, but they only connected on one as captain Montana Courneya's low wrist shot off of passes by Pioske and Leonard found the back of the net.  A screen by Camryn Hargreaves helped as well.  

A quick turn of events at the end of regulation changed the outcome. Leonard raced down into the Raptors end and won a battle for the puck. She then passed out front to Hargreaves, who fired a great shot with less than 15 seconds left in the game. The goalie's save caused the puck to bounce out passed the blue line to a Raptor, who just happened to be there. She had a breakaway until being hooked at the end by a White Hawks player with under 5 seconds left in regulation. The ensuing power play resulted in the game winner for East Ridge. 

The loss dropped the White Hawks record to 6-2, with both losses being in overtime.