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Taylor Kirwan
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Gull Lake’s Taylor Kirwan helped the Colgate University Raiders to their first ECAC Hockey Tournament championship after defeating St. Lawrence 3-2 on home ice on Sunday afternoon.
The Raiders entered the weekend ranked sixth in the country and now have a 15-6-1 record and have earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Raiders had defeated #10 Quinnipiac 2-1 in the semi-final on Friday.
The Raiders will be one of eight teams at the NCAA Tournament, which will be held over two weekends in Erie, PA.
Kirwan is a Junior defenseman in her second season with Colgate after playing for Lindenwood University during her Freshman season.
Kamryn Johnson (right)
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Swift Current Innovation Credit Union Wildcats defenseman Kamryn Johnson will be taking her hockey career to La Belle Province next season.
The 5â10ââ homegrown product recently signed a Letter of Intent to join the Bishops University Gaiters for the 2021-22 season. Bishopâs University is an english university located in Sherbrooke, Quebec.
Johnson, 17, is currently in her third season with the Wildcats in the Saskatchewan Female U18 AAA Hockey League. She suited up for four games with the Wildcats in 2017-18 before joining the team full time the following season. She finished with a goal, an assist, and 10 penalty minutes in 28 games in 2018-19. Johnson registered three assists and 30 penalty minutes in 30 games in 2019-20.