Just a little more scoring would come in very handy.

That was the takeaway as the Sudbury U18 AA Lady Wolves finished their five-game set at the Stoney Creek Sabres U18AA Showcase last weekend, posting one shutout along the way but having that table turned 180 degrees on two other occasions.

The locals opened play with a 1-1 draw opposite the Scarborough Sharks, with veteran Avery Mininni pulling the trigger for coach André Brunette and company.

The team remained undefeated on Friday, blanking Lovell Academy from Rockland (Massachusetts) 2-0 on goals from Joely Angus and Alyssa Bryant, while netminder Kloe Rienguette turned aside everything that was thrown her way by the girls located about a half hour south of Boston.

Saturday would see the northern girls earn a split as defenseman Sabrina Joanisse wired a shot top corner from just above the circles in OT, leading the Lady Wolves to a 3-2 win over Culver Academy (Culver, Indiana).

Hannah Adler and Alyssa Bryant scored earlier to force the contest into overtime deadlocked at 2-2 as the Wolves were felled 2-0 by the Dallas Stars Elite earlier in the day.

Closing off the event with a Sunday placement encounter, Sudbury dropped a 2-0 decision to the Pittsburgh Pens Elite, now preparing to host the Clarington Flames for a two-game exhibition set in Sudbury this Saturday at Countryside.

League play in the OWHL (Ontario Women's Hockey League) U18 AA loop is set to commence the first week of October, with no less than 44 teams set to be divided into four divisions of play.

Still with the Stoney Creek tournament, local U14 sensation Ally Hebert netted six goals and added three assists over six games with the Mississauga U18 AA Hurricanes, teaming up with linemate Lucy Falconer (4G-8A) to account for more than 50% of their team's goal production on the weekend.

This coming weekend sees the U22 Elite girls hockey teams in Stoney Creek for their University Showcase event, with several local girls spread out among a number of teams, with the U15AA Lady Wolves set to head to the same venues the very next weekend.

From September 25th to the 27th, coach Madison Laberge and company will take on the Clarington Flames, Fox Motors (Grand Rapids, Michigan), Detroit Honeybaked and Skaneateales (New York).