16U Show Well at Season's First Showcase Weekend

The 16U girls finished their first Showcase weekend October 17-19 with a 2-1 record. In the first game on Friday night at Glacier Ice Arena in Vernon Hills, TI gave the more experienced Honey Baked girls all they could handle in a 2-0 loss. Goalie Ryann McCarthy faced a barrage of tough shots from the unbeaten Honey Baked girls saving 30 of the 32 shots keeping TI in the game until then end.  

In Saturday's exhibition contest vs. the Montgomery Blue Devils, 2 goals each by Rachel Tuszynski and Katie Osikowicz paced the TI girls to a 5-1 victory at Heartland Arena. Kelsey Hopkins scored the other goal as the defense held Montgomery to just 3 shots helping Katie Goeing earn her first victory in goal.  

Sunday's final contest at the Edge found TI defeating the Shattuck St. Mary's 16U girls 4-2. Carolyn Thiess, in her first game for TI, opened the scoring less than 6 minutes into the game on a nice assist from Lauren Black. Rachel Tuszynski made it 2-0 less than a minute into the second period after a feed from Jackie McTigue. Two unanswered goals by  Shattuck tied the game with 8:01 to go in the game. 20 seconds later, Deanne Loster fed Shannon Breen who sped through the Shattuck defense and scored to give TI a lead they would not relinquish. Ingrid Klockars finished the scoring to give TI a 4-2 win.  

A nice weekend for the 16U girls as they continue to improve and look forward to showcase weekends in Madison, WI and Faribault, MN in November.