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Cougar girls claim resounding win on Senior Night

Ema Rehder, of the Aberdeen Cougars girls varsity, center, shoots the puck as Jolie Carrillo, of the Huron All Stars, right, looks on during Friday night’s game at the Odde Ice Center. Photo by John Davis taken 1/20/2023
Despite owning a superior depth advantage over their foe on Friday night, the Aberdeen Cougars girls made sure there would be no letdown on Senior Night at the Odde Ice Center. The Cougars rifled one shot after another at the goal and rolled to a 14-1 hockey victory over the Huron All-Stars. "It’s a tough game, because you feel bad for them because they don’t have enough girls," said Cougars coach Rob Weinmeister of the fact that Huron has just seven members on its squad. "A 51-minute game and those girls are probably skating 45 minutes of it." Yet, when the Cougars hit the ice on Friday, they were not about to get caught taking the All-Stars for granted. In fact, it was just the opposite. "The mindset is always like we’re playing tougher teams like Omaha and Sioux Falls. They’re the same," said Cougars senior Ema Rehder. "We have to go out and surprise them off the faceoff and score off the faceoff. Even with seven skaters like they had tonight, I look at them as

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