It had been 22 days since the Warriors last stepped on the ice of the CIF Arena for a game. The black and gold made it worth the wait skating past the visiting Western Mustangs 3-1 for their third straight victory and seventh of the season.
Taytum Clairmont (Waterloo/) continued her hot streak with two more goals including a highlight reel tally with just 3:52 remaining in the third period. Clairmont batted the puck out of mid air after a strong drive by the speedy
Brooklyn Cole (Kitchener/) who beat her defender and got a quality shot on net. The puck jumped off the Western keeper, Carmen Lasis and Clairmont followed up with the nifty hand-eye play, batting home the game winner.
Clairmont then added an empty netter to ice the game for the Warriors.
"I'd bench myself if I did what I did last game," joked Clairmont after the game referring to a bardown shot she fired into the empty net in Waterloo's 4-1 win over York just two nights ago.
Clairmont now leads the entire country in scoring with 15 points on seven goals and eight assists and is on fire in her last three games with five goals and two helpers.
"I think it's just my teammates feeding me and giving me open ice. I've been able to capitalize my chances and it's been a good start," commented a humble Clairmont.
Waterloo's other goal came off the stick of
Samantha Burbridge (Brantford/) who banged home the loose puck in front of Lasis with just one second remaining in the first. Cole and
Krystin Lawrence (Tecumseh/) earned the helpers on the opening goal.
In net,
Mikayla Schnarr (Waterloo/) was brilliant turning aside 32 of 33 shots faced.
Brooklyn Sarnovsky (Courtice/) also had a multi-point night with two helpers.
Waterloo is off to one of their best starts in program history with a 7-2-1 record in their first 10 games. They sit just one point back for first place in the OUA.
The Warriors will travel to St. Catharines to take on Brock this Thursday before returning to the CIF on Saturday to face the No. 2 Toronto Varsity Blues at 2:30pm.
