PICTOU – The Northern Subway Selects are facing an elimination game today.
Playing in the Nova Scotia Female Midget Hockey league championship series, the Selects lost games# 3 and 4 on the weekend and now return home for the league championship series finale on Sunday at 5 p.m. at Hector Arena.
On Friday, the Selects fell behind 2-0 early and never recovered, losing 6-3 in Game 3. On Saturday, the Selects took a 2-1 lead into the third but gave up the tying goal with just over four minutes remaining in regulation.
The game went two overtime periods tied 2-2 before a shootout was needed to declare a winner.
Station Six got the only goal in the shootout and tied the series with a 3-2 win, forcing the Game 5, where the Selects are looking to fill the rink to support their bid for a third consecutive banner.