Team Canada takes junior ringette gold

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Well, at least one Team Canada left Helsinki this weekend with the glint of world junior championship gold.

On Sunday, Canada’s junior ringette squad defeated Finland 10-9 in an overtime thriller, to win the world junior final series in Helsinki. That polished a spectacular run for Team Canada, which stormed through the round robin and beat Finland in both games of the best-of-three series.

Four Manitobans were featured on the gold-medal squad, including goalie Ryann Bannerman and captain Talia Gallant from Winnipeg, and Oakbank’s Samantha Renooy and Keyona Tomiuk.

Sarah-Lynne Begin, from Ottawa, scored the overtime winner, and finished with two goals and three assists. “It feels freaking amazing,” Begin said in a statement. “I was a bit nervous going into the second game, but looking around at the girls in the dressing room, I knew we were ready and I knew we could do it.”

Begin was named the team’s top center and MVP for the tournament.

Also scoring in the final match were Ontario’s Abby Richardson and New Brunswick’s Jenny Snowdon, who both scored three times, while Britney Snowdon collected a goal. The Snowdon sisters were named top forward for the team.

Meanwhile, Team Canada’s senior ringette team earned silver, after they were trounced 13-0 by Finland in the second of their best-of-three final series.