Pats and Congrats: Nicole Lowe and Auburn High School Girls at the Moncton Classic
UE Motto: Be a Warrior!!Here is another great achievement from one of the most exceptional female goalies that I have had a privilege to work with. Nicole Lowe helped propel her team to the Costal Inn Championship at the Moncton High School Hockey Classic in early January.
One of the deeper tournaments prior to provincials, the Moncton HS Hockey Classic brings several teams together from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Nicole, who is the only goalie on her team, played all five games over the weekend. She went 1-2 in the round robin portion of the tournament against a pair of NB powerhouses. With Auburn moved to the Coastal Inn division, Nicole pitched two shutouts, one in the semi-finals and one in the finals. The semi-finals was in particularly spectacular where Nicole had a 1-0 shutout with 50 saves. She carried that momentum into the finals, winning it with her team 2-0 over Leo Hayes High School. The team was absolutely beaming with the results.
Nicole and Auburn High School Girls bring home the hardware! I cannot begin say enough about Nicole. She is a goalie that has looked and worked for the long term in her hockey career. As I have said to many a goalie, that your career, like you life, is written in chapters. You cannot let a bad chapter be the theme for the entire book. Nicole has had ups and downs during the five plus years that we have worked together, but she definitely has never been kept down by some of the bias against her (most related to size).
She has worked with the limits of her physical stature to develop in one of the most complete goaltenders I know. She now makes things look effortless and takes a very intellectual approach to the game. Rarely does she put herself in a bad position to have to make crazy second or third saves. This "control goaltending" comes from her positioning, movement, fearlessness, and patience. I really hope to see her continue to develop and write bigger and better chapters to her goalie-life-story.
Way to go Nicole!!
Nicole working the tip drill during the Two Day Tune-up in December