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Ice girls growing as a team

The Penticton Ice Girls closeness helps them perform on the field
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Danika Bergenn of the Ice girls under-16 B rep team warms up prior to a game against Cawston at Columbia Park Field. The Ice Girls, featuring players from Penticton, Summerland, Peachland, West Kelowna and Kelowna. Bergenn is one of three Penticton players on the team, including Tallon Stephenson and Brooke Hall-Eckes. Emanuel Sequeira/Western News

The Penticton Ice Girls have been together since last fall.

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The quick-developing friendships has delivered results on the field, though the start was a slow going winless in five games in their first tournament. It has gone better since in tournament action and playing in a under-19 C league, in which they have won four of seven games.

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Allen, who has been playing for 11 years, said it has been challenging against older teams.

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After hitting the midway mark of their season last week, losing to Cawston (which placed third in provincials last year) twice, the Ice Girls lost 6-5 in extra innings of their quarter-final match against Abbotsford in an Aldergrove tournament. Korven wants to see the players continue to play well and said they have improved by 香蕉视频直播渓eaps and bounds.香蕉视频直播

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Just mentioning the Canada Cup and faces light up.

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