Junior Devilettes, 2012-2013, Int AA (London Devilettes)

By Jacob Robinson, The Londoner Wednesday, April 3, 2013 Between the heart-stopping finishes, buzzer beating shots and constant upsets, the Provincial Women's Hockey League Playoffs must've felt like March Madness to the London Junior Devilettes.

Link to Morris Dalla Costa article in The London Free Press. When you get as close as the London Devilettes got to a gold medal, losing a close game is a devastating experience.

After an impressive playoff run, the London JRs came up just short in the gold medal PWHL Final 4 Championship Game, falling to Whitby 2 to 1.  London had upset the heavily favoured #1 ranked Whitby team 3-2 in the first game of the Final 4 but couldn’t repeat the effort in the weekend finale.  They also upset the perennial powerhouse Mississauga Chiefs 4 to 3, scoring as the buzzer sounded to push the game into overtime.  All games played in the Final 4 were decided by 1 goal.

The London JRs have made it to the PWHL Playoff Gold Medal Championship game!  Follow the game live online at this link at 2:30 on Sunday March 31rst. http://pwhl.pointstreaksites.com/view/pwhl

For the first time in the history of the National Women’s Under-18 Championship, Ontario Blue is going home with the trophy, and its players are travelling back with gold medals wrapped around their necks.It’s an impressive feat for the underdog Ontario squad at this year’s national championship, which has only appeared in one other previous gold medal match-up at this national championship, falling to Ontario Red 5-1 in the final game of the 2009 National Women’s Under-18 Championship in Surrey, B.C.