Published: Tuesday, 14 September 2021 13:57
Written by David Zammit
The Swift Current Innovation Credit Union U18 Female AAA Wildcats are back on the ice and looking forward to the upcoming campaign.

Practices began last week for the AAA squad at Fairview Arena and Wildcats Head Coach Terry Pavely has been impressed with what he’s seen so far.

“We like what we’ve seen, the work ethic, and the pace of practice,” he said.

The mostly veteran group featuring 14 returnees will have high expectations this season according to Pavely.

“We think that we’re going to be one of the better teams in the league,” he said. “That’s part of the thing when you’re older, now our kids are a little bit stronger and know what to expect in terms of playing in the league. What that gives us, we feel with that age is a little bit of depth up and down our roster.”

Swift Current will open preseason action in Gull Lake next Wednesday night hosting the Notre Dame Hounds before heading to Wilcox on September 30 to finish off the home-and-home.

Just a couple of days later (October 2-3) the Wildcats will host a Swift Current Showcase with all eight Saskatchewan Female U18 AAA Hockey League teams attending to round out preseason action.

“We’re calling it an exhibition showcase tournament,” he said. “We’ve got some scouts from NCAA hockey, U Sports schools coming, ACAC, ACHA from down in the United States, so we’ve got a wide array of scouts coming out here. It’s easy for them because all the teams are in one place. We will get two more exhibition games there.”

They’ll open regular-season action on October 10 in the Battleford against the Sharks.