NORTH Vancouver's Danika Carter, Alex Gulstene and Jenna Hewitt-Kenda are all suiting up for the Fraser Valley Phantom at this week's Esso Cup, Canada's national female midget hockey championship tournament.
The Phantom are the host team for the fifth annual Esso Cup running April 21-27 with all tournament games being played at Burnaby's Bill Copeland Sports Centre.
The Phantom opened the tournament with a 4-2 loss to the Edmonton Thunder Sunday in a game that doubled as the Pacific Region championship. The Phantom then lost 5-1 to Quebec's LHFDQ Nord on Monday to drop to 0-2. The Phantom played the Regina Rebels, Western division champions, Tuesday night following press deadline and will take on Atlantic division champs Halifax Metro Boston Pizza on Wednesday starting at 7: 30 p.m. The Phantom will finish preliminary play Thursday night with a matchup against Ontario's North Bay Ice Blitz, also starting at 7: 30 p.m.
The Phantom are the first ever British Columbia team to compete in the Esso Cup championship tournament.
Semifinal games are scheduled for Friday, April 26 with the bronze and gold medal matches set for Saturday at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.
