The U12 Manchester Lady Hurricanes won the MRYHA Columbus Day Classic 6 to 3 over Woburn, MA.  In the preliminary rounds, the Lady Canes’ took on Melrose, Woburn, and Arlington.  In game one against Melrose, Kelly Guimont scored the first Canes’ goal of the season beating the Melrose goalie off a rebound shot by Hannah Madden.  The ‘Canes struck again minutes later as Kaylie DeCosmo scored a pair of goals, one assisted by Hannah Cote.  Keeping the pressure on, Jenna Mead and Madden each scored one of their own. DeCosmo finished the fist period scoring with her first ever hatrick. Assists on the goals came from Skylar Pepin and Madden. Defensive players Emily Holtshouser and Kerry Chouinard would both score a pair of goals from the point, their first goals at the U12 level. Sarah Garrett and Jenna Mead assisted. Goalie Jen Bairam, picking up from where she left off last season, posted the shutout. Game 2 against Woburn was more of the same. Garrett got the ‘Canes rolling scoring at the 8 minute mark of the first period with wrist shot beating the Woburn goaltender. DeCosmo struck seconds later on a deflection off of a Garrett blast. Minutes into the second period, Cote broke things open scoring on a pass from Chouinard.  Emma Lynch would tally next, scoring her first goal as a Lady ‘Cane. Guimont, Cote, and Pepin would close out the scoring as Bairam posted back to back shut outs in the 7 to 0 win. Game 3 against Arlington was an up and down battle early on.  Madden on an end to end rush gave the ‘Canes the early lead scoring on a breakaway. Arlington scored to tie things up midway through the period. DeCosmo again put the ‘Canes on top scoring on a one-timer from Guimont. In the second period, Cote stole the puck from an Arlington defender and then hit the twine for the third ‘Canes goal.  Madden and Mead then would score back to back on assists coming from Guimont and Cote. DeCosmo would score the final goal of the game in the third period sealing the win at 6 to 2.

Manchester faced off against Woburn in the Championship game. The line of Madden, Guimont, and DeCosmo took control of the game early as DeCosmo would score a pair of goals assisted by Madden. At the end of period one, the score was 2 to 1. In period two, DeCosmo with an end to end rush made a nice pass to Arianna Harris who notched her first goal of the weekend ending the period with a 3 to 2 score. Bairam in net turned away two third period breakaways before Guimont scored the Canes’ fourth goal assisted by DeCosmo. Madden again passed off to the high flying DeCosmo who scored her second hatrick of the tournament. With Hannah Rogers pressuring the goal, Paige St. George picked up the loose puck and scored in the final seconds off a rebound shot by Garrett. The Lady ‘Canes won the championship game 6 to 3. DeCosmo was named the MVP of the tournament scoring 9 goals and 4 assists.