The McGill Martlets are the best women’s university hockey
team in Canada. They’re excellent skaters, have great positioning and have
amazing team chemistry. They’re fast, aggressive and very agile. To people who
know hockey, they’re a fantastic team. To people who don’t know hockey, it all
seems like magic.
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| Provincial champions 2011-2012 season |
On Saturday, I took a couple friends visiting from Australia
to the Martlets game as they faced off against les Carabins of Université de Montréal.
Neither of them had seen a hockey game before and they were completely in awe.
As the Martlets whizzed around the ice, the Aussies admired the girls’ skating
speed and stickhandling prowess. By the end of the first period, McGill was up
2-1. While the visiting Carabins scored only one goal in the second, our girls
soared ahead to finish the period 7-2. In the end, les Carabins were no match
for the quick and powerful Martlets who dominated play to win 8-3.
To the anthems played by Fight Band, we cheered on our team
and reveled in McGill’s greatness. One Aussie said, while she donned my school
hoodie, that it felt like she went to McGill as she stood and roared with the
crowd. “We never see ice hockey! If anyone back home saw this game, they would
have been very impressed.”
Congratulations on another win girls!
-Martlet Girl
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