Yesterday, Sunday the SA ladies took to the ice for their opening game against the competition favorites, Korea.This fast skating team seemed rather dashing during their morning practice and had the SA spectators looking rather puzzled and worried but what was to be, although not a fairy tale ending but far from what was expected.
The game faced-off at 18:30 (our time as they are 2 hours behind in Iceland) with the first period not as bad as expected but Korea taking a dominant lead with 3 goals and no replies. However dominating the SA net, net-minder Shaylene Swanepoel managed to reject 22 of their 25 shots.
The 2nd period was an eye-opener for the Korean team as SA managed to keep them at bay and with 7 shots on the Korean net lifted the spirits of the SA ladies even more. Jadi Wessells, Delene Rhode and Sabrina Bundock each put 4 shots on net however scoring none. 2nd period was score-less.
3rd period was similar to the first with a 3 goal scoreline from the Koreans but with SA obtaining scoring opportunities. Korea only out-shot SA with 15-10 but were victorious at the final buzzer winning 6-0.
The SA ladies will be playing in their 2nd game against Romania today (Monday) at 6:30pm (SA time)
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