Kootenay sniper Shea Weighill earns provincial accolades

Shea Weighill . . . player of the month

Shea Weighill continues to be one of the bright lights on the Kootenay Wildcats Female Hockey team.

Earlier this week the Nakusp star was recognized by B.C. Hockey as the Female Midget AAA League’s player of the month for December.

Weighill, 17, has been a big part of the Cats success this season scoring three times during the recent month to pace the Kootenay offence.

Weighill was also the winner of the shoot-out competition during this season’s All Star game at the Langley Events Centre.

The 5’4”, 145-pound forward currently leads the Wildcats in scoring with seven goals and three assists.

In three seasons of Female Midget hockey Weighill has accumulated 40 points on 22 goals and 18 assists.

Kootenay is tied fourth in league standings, two points behind third-place Vancouver Fusion.

The Wildcats resume action Saturday in Kelowna against the second place Thompson-OkanaganRockets at the Kelowna Memorial Arena.

Other players in the running include Brianna Keats of the Fraser Valley Phantom, Kianna Karolyi of Thompson-Okanagan and Carley Bursey of Prince George Cougars.

The Female Midget AAA League was created in 2007 to help provide elite female hockey players in the province the opportunity to play at a higher level.

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