Photo: Nunavik hockey girls bring home gold from Ottawa

Some members of the Midget Nunavik Nordiks hold up gold medals they earned April 3 at the annual Kanata Girls Hockey Association multi-age tournament in Ottawa. Unbeaten until the end, the Nordiks bested the Nepean Rodger 5-1 in the final for a tireless and hard-fought victory. Nordiks’ sniper Bridget Oovaut earned top points in the tourney for Midget girls with six goals and four assists. In fact, seven Nordiks players made it into the tourney’s top 10 for points. Goalie Anissa Saunders, who played four of the girls’ five games, gave up only two goals the entire tournament. The midget Nordiks is the only select girls team in the region under the Nunavik Youth Hockey Development Program. Nunatsiaq News sends our congratulations. (PHOTO BY ELAINE GRIMSEY)