FSL Weekend Watch October 17-19
12U Cowichan Valley Ravens
Home game. Time to shine.
Ask any FSL team outside Edmonton, Calgary, or greater Vancouver what they want most, and the answer is simple: a home game
New communities light up when the league rolls in. Friends and family make the short drive. The rink feels loud and close. It matters.
Cowichan Valley is one of the newest programs in the FSL. They’ll chase the HUB’s first win this weekend, and there’s no better place to grab it than at home. The crowd gives energy. The benches feel longer. The nerves settle faster.
The Ravens have been close. Two of their four losses came by a single goal. They haven’t held a lead yet. That is the next step. Win a shift. Win a period. Then protect a lead when it comes.
12U Jr. Ooks
Scary good in Halloween month
All season, the Jr. Ooks have dressed up as a powerhouse, with no sign of a costume change coming after Halloween.
They’re 9-0. They’ve scored 101 and allowed only 3. Those numbers are absurd. That is structure plus speed plus depth.
This weekend, the show hits the Ice Palace at West Edmonton Mall for a matchup with Angels Pro Hockey.
In the season opener, the Jr. Ooks fired 70 shots and beat Alexis Chenoweth only seven times. Since then, Chenoweth has helped the Angels win four of five. She sees pucks through traffic, controls rebounds, and stays calm under flurries.
16U Calgary Glaciers
Stuck in the middle with you
The Glaciers sit squarely in the middle of the 16U table. Seven points clear of last. Eight back of first. They are in striking distance either way.
Recent form mirrors the standings: win one, lose one, over their last six. To break the pattern, they need to tighten their own end. Thirty-five goals against in eight games tells the story.
Gaps, sticks, and box-outs must sharpen. Offensively, Olivia Daniel is trending up. She has five goals, sixth most in the division. After three scoreless games to start, she’s produced in five straight.
She also chipped in an assist as an AP with the Calgary Rockies 15U in the JPHL earlier this year, which speaks to her touch and timing.
16U Jr. Rustlers
Trying to rustle up a streak
Based in Lloydminster, the Jr. Rustlers want to shake off a skid and start another run.
They opened with three wins in a row, then dropped three straight last weekend. Two of those losses were by one goal, so they are close. The margins are thin.
They’ll need a big push with four games in three days at the Silent Ice Center, a test of legs and details.
One constant they can lean on is in net. Hannah Erlandson has been outstanding.
The Williams Lake, B.C., product owns two wins with a 1.67 goals-against average and a .956 save percentage, stopping 130 of 136 shots. That is elite form and a safety net when fatigue hits late in the w
