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Continued from page " Wildfire light up the ice nun who have cums up through the ranks of the Warerloo Mirtor Hingeue Awm‘iuliun. like Sheri Markle who is still 'Wittit strung at 3G. "it's like the NHL." ,,aid kmwm-L "Ar, long, ith youre able In an the mustard you keep playing," But the Wildtire also have youth on their side with players like Brittany Kieth. Shvlugh Rouse and Iirin Collins, All of them will be able to show off the skill and skating ability that has some culling ringette the fastest sport on ice. "I know that sounds like publicity." said Kraemer. "but it's the fastest sport on ice, There's no question aboutthat. "it's faster than hockey because of its skill. speed and finesse." There is no body contact in ringette. although at this level there's nothing wrong with a little "incidental" contact. That makes it a fast flow- ing game with end-to-end action. In addition to the local talent that will draw fans to the games. there is also a lot of national-tearn talent that will come to town on any given occasion. Waterloo native and leading scorer Shelly Kramer is returning to lead the Waterloo Wildfire in NRL action this Saturday. SUBMITTED PHOTO Canada's women's national ringeue team lost last year's world champi- onship to Finland. due in part to a stick innovation that made the Finns' pass- ing and shooting much more accurate. The Canadian federation decided to level the playing field by adopting those sticks this year. so there should he even more scor- ing than last year. Plus it gives the Canadi- an women a chance for revenge when they meet the Finns again. The-plots and subplots will all be developed in Waterloo this Saturday at the home of local ringene - Moses Springer Mega. The Wildfire are having a special promotion to kickoff the season, giving half-price admission to anyone accompanying a local ringette player wearing their sweater. The team is also selling special season passes for $35 that give fans access to any NRL game played in Ontario from Waterloo to Ottawa. Kraemer has high expec- tations for the Wildfire this year and expects them to challenge for the playoffs. ngIsIered trademarks ot Boston Puzza Royallves Luv-tad Pannersmp. used under Incense q Baslcm PI TEAM fEIbEWEEk The Waterloo Chronicle Team of the Week is the Waterloo Major Atom Triple "A" Wolves started off their season with a gold medal at the London Junior Knights Triple "A" Early Bird Tournament. In the first game the Walves had to grind out a 3-1 victory over a tough Whitby Wildcat team. Scoring were Gavin MacIntyre. Danny llanlon and Ryosuke Kobayashi. The second game was a 7-2 victo- ry' over the Clarington Toms, followed by a 3-1 win over the host London Junior Knights. The Wolves ru1ished the round-robin with a 3-2 RESTAURANT ae SPORTS BAR "Watch The Game Here" SST King St. N., Waterloo 880-1828 'ft,;.] pfegenred by EMILE! loss at the hands of the Pittsburgh Amateur Penguins. The semifinal matchup was a game against the same Whitby team, and the Wolves came away with a hard fought 2-l overtime victory on the solid goaltending of Matt Taylor and goals by Danny Hanlon and Gavin Macln- tyre. In the final the Wolves were not to be denied as they beat the Ajax-Pickering Raiders 2-0 with goals coming from [Del Cair- ney and Gavin MacIntyre. Darren Huck earned the shutout. " HZZEII ‘Izla lnIematIonal Inc, 2005