Leader staff

Skylar Hill of Slave Lake is back home from the Arctic Winter Games in Fort McMurray with a gold medal around her neck. Her brother Damian Hill, along with teammates Jonas Lillo, Josh Barore and Grayson Conrad won silver at the games. Trinden Noskiye of Loon River was also a member of the team.

The U18, which featured Drayder Pearson of Canyon Creek and Kaiden Hodgins of Wabasca, missed out on the medals.

The Team Alberta North U18 girls went undefeated. The gold medal game against the Northwest Territories was the toughest; it ended 2 – 1 for Alberta North. Hill ended up with three goals and two assists for the tournament.

The U15 boys had a rough start, losing their first two games, to Nunavut and NWT. But they won the next three straight, including a 7 – 6 semi-final win over Nunavut. All four Slave Lake players figured in the scoring. The final was a 6 – 5 loss to NWT.

The U18 boys were going well until a shocking 5 – 4 loss to Alaska in the semis. They lost by the same score in the bronze medal game to NWT.