Orono-Westonka Girls Hockey

Orono-Westonka is made up of girls players from Orono youth hockey association and Mound Westonka youth hockey association.  

The U12A girls had possibly the toughest path through Regions, but managed to make it out with the #3 Seed.   They won the first game on Friday vs. Northeast Metro by a score of 5-1.  The game on Saturday was against the #1 team in the state, Andover.  They almost pulled out a big upset and they held a 2-1 lead for much of the game but Andover tied it up at the end of the 2nd.   The girls outplayed Andover most of the 3rd period, but Andover managed to take a 3-2 lead late in the period.   With the goalie pulled, only 4 seconds left on the clock and an offensive zone face off, the girls managed to tie it up with 1.6 seconds left.  In over time it was all Orono-Westonka, but a VERY lucky bounce off a skate somehow got past our goalie and sent Andover to the state tournament.   The girls bounced back Sunday with a 2-0 win over OMG and a dominating 8-0 win over Forest Lake to claim the 3rd seed out of the American Region.   They face Eagan/IGH in their first game of the State Tournament.  The first game is Friday March 16th, 6:00pm at the Eden Prairie Community Center(Rink 1).    Please mark your calendars and come out to cheer the girls on!

A total of 7 players selected to the 2017 Fall District 3 Tier 1 team, played U12A for Orono-Westonka over the last 2 seasons.  The CCM Minnesota Hockey High Performance Tier 1 Leagues provide the top players from each district or section a chance to play with and against the best players in the state.  The Girls 14 & Under classification is for players born in 2003 and 2004.  The Leagues are conducted in accordance with USA Hockey rules and all teams are eligible for USA Hockey’s Tier 1 National Championships  The District 3 Polars finished the fall season in 2nd place just missing a trip to the national championships.  Players represented are: Grace Peterson, Iyla Ryskamp, Brooke Pioske, Kailey Niccum, Taylor Leonard, Olivia Paidosh, and Sophie Melsness.

U12A 

Blaine Nov 16-18

Edina   Nov 23-25

Duluth   Jan 18 - 20

U12A 

Hopkins Nov 15-18

White Bear Lake   Dec 13 - 15

Alexandria   Jan 11 - 13

U12B 

Edina Nov 23-25

White Bear Lake  Dec 13 - 15

Alexandria   Jan 11 - 13

U12B 

Blaine Nov 16-18

Hutchinson Dec 14 - 16

Duluth   Jan 18 - 20

U10A

Edina  Nov 23 - 25

Fargo Jan 3 - 6

Bloomington Jan 23 - 27

U10B1

Edina  Nov 23 - 25

Anoka Dec 13 - 16

Brainerd Jan 25 - 27

U10B2 

Hopkins  Nov 16 - 18

Hutchinson Dec 14 - 16

Brainerd Jan 25 - 27

**Subject to Change**

U12

• Season Dates -  SEP 23rd - Regions and State ends in March
• Registration - All girls need to register with their respective association. (see the registration tab for info)
• Tryouts - Tryouts will be held at Orono and Pond.
• OW Website - 1 place for schedules, team pages, and Orono-Westonka girls hockey information.
• Skills Night - All U12's will have Monday night skills for most of the season.
• Ice Time - target ice time is 4-5 touches per week.
• Pictures - Team Pictures Monday NOV 6th

U10

• Season Dates -  SEP 26th - MAR 11th
• Registration - All girls need to register with their respective association. (see the registration tab for info)
• Tryouts - Tryouts will be held at Orono and Pond.
• OW Website - 1 place for schedules, team pages, and Orono-Westonka girls hockey information.
• Skills Night - All U10's will have Monday night skills for most of the season.
• Ice Time - target ice time is 3-5 touches per week.
• Pictures - Team Pictures Monday NOV 6th

U6 & U8

• Season Start Dates - OCT 28th - FEB 25th
• Registration - All girls need to register with their respective association. (see the registration tab for info)
• OW Website - 1 place for schedules, team pages, and Orono-Westonka girls hockey information.
• Schedule - the practice schedule for the entire season will be uploaded into the website calendar before the start of the season.
• Ice time - U6 girls will skate 2 times per week. (Sat/Sun) U8 girls will skate 3 times per week (Sat/Sun/Wed)  All U8 girls (Orono or Westonka) will skate together on Wednesdays.  Saturday ice will be at Thaler or Pond and Sunday ice will be at Orono Ice Arena.  U6 and U8 ice times will be back to back most of the time.
• Teams and Jerseys - Teams will be created on _____ and Jerseys will be handed out.  We will have Red, White, and Grey jerseys/teams at both the U6 and U8 levels.
• Pictures - TBD