Sadie Wood Joins Cougars Hockey Roster for 2019-2020

Sadie Wood a strong power forward from River, MB will join the Cougars hockey line up next season.

Assiniboine Cougar women’s hockey is excited to announce Sadie Wood will be joining the 2019-2020 roster.

Sadie is a power forward from Rivers, Man. She is an assistant captain of the Yellowhead Chiefs AAA Midget team and the third player from the Chiefs to commit to the Cougars for the fall. She is a multi-sport athlete that enjoys playing hockey, golf and rugby. Wood was a member of the Rivers Collegiate Institute varsity girl’s rugby 7s team that won the Westman High School Championship in 2017 and again in 2018. She is a strong student receiving Silver Academic Achievement from her school in grade 9 and 10 as well as bronze in grade 11. Wood also volunteers at various community events like the Westman & Area Christmas Dinner and Christmas Cheer.

“I’m looking forward to making life-long friendships with new teammates, traveling to new places and playing different teams,” said Wood. “I feel my offensive aggressiveness and puck protection skills will help the team and my ability to shoot the puck hard.”

“Sadie can score and play that heavy game which is going to help us compete against athletes in our league that are in their third and fourth years,” said head coach Tony Bertone.

Wood wants to help people and is interested in studying mental health. She will be taking the college’s Social Service Worker program in the fall.