West Mall Lightning Minor Hockey League

WEST MALL LIGHTNING ALUMNI
NATALIE SPOONER
RETURNS TO PWHL

Natalie Spooner, a West Mall Lightning Alumni returned to the PWHL after a season ending injury forced her out of the 23/24 Season Play-offs.
Spooner was a star player with the PWHL Toronto team in the 23/24 season, she not only led her Toronto team in scoring, she was the highest scorer in the PWHL, with 20 goals & 7 assists for a total 27 points in 24 games. She also won the League MVP Award and Best Forward Award, but also the IIHA Player of the Year Award.
She helped her Toronto team, who had an initial slow start (1 win, 4 losses), go on to place 1st in regular season play, with a record of 13 wins, 4 ties & 7 losses.
Toronto was highly favoured to win in the playoffs. They were leading against Minnesota 2 games to 1 in the

semi-finals, when Spooner incurred a season ending knee injury. This enabled Minnesota to win the semi-final and move on to final were they lost to Montreal.
The knee injury was serious, a torn ACL in her left knee. It required surgery, and many months of rehab & conditioning to get her ready to return to the ice, game ready.

She was finally able to return to her Toronto PWHL team , now called the Toronto Sceptres, on February 11, 2025. The Sceptres had a record of 4 wins & 11 losses up to that date. Since then their record has been 7 wins & 2 losses. Let's hope Natalie can lead the Sceptres to much success during the regular season and into the playoffs.
Spooner had a briiliant hockey career prior to joining the PWHA. She played in 10 World Championships, winnng 3 times. She played in 3 Olympics, winning 2 gold medals. She holds many other awards & team/league records.

Attention all West Mall Lightning hockey families & players.
Attention all FUTURE West Mall Lighting families & hockey players.

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WEST MALL LIGHTNING ALUMNI to play in Grey Cup.

This Chris Kolankowski’s 5th Grey CUP game. Go Winnipeg BlueBombers Go

Thanks for all the food donations from participants in the West Mall Earlybird A Tournament. Players from all GTHL & MHL teams contributed. Almost 500 lbs of foods donated.

Another Haven Community Hero! Many thanks again to Roman K. and West Mall Lightning Minor Hockey League for their timely donation from their "SCORE MORE FOOD" drive.

West Mall Earlybird Tournament

“SCORE MORE FOOD” Drive

During the tournament, all player food donations of 5 or more items gets an entry in a raffle for a pair of Toronto Maple Leaf game tickets.

Our 1st donation:

Hockey Season has started. The West Mall Earlybird Tournament has begun.
The first game features West Mall U12 vs Humber Valley.
Good luck to all teams & players, especially the WestMall

Helping in our community.

Another Haven Community Hero, West Mall Lightning Minor Hockey League hockey teams held a “Score More Food” Drive at their year-end banquet. Thank you for your timely donation in the fight against food insecurity. Together !

West Mall Alumni Evan Rodrigues celebrates winning the Stanley Cup with the Florida Panthers!!

SO EXCITING.......
WEST MALL LIGHTING ALUMNI players in STANLEY CUP FINALS

Doesn't matter what team you are cheering for, you can support your West Mall Alumni. Both the Edmonton Oilers & the Florida Panthers have a WEST MALL ALUMNI player in their line-up.

West Mall Alumni CONNOR BROWN is playing for the Edmonton Oilers. He has 1 goal & 1 assist in this final series against Florida & 2 additional assists in earlier 2024 playoff games.
This is Connor's 9th year in the NHL. He was drafted & played 4 seasons with the Leafs, 3 with Ottawa, 1 with Washington and this winning season with Edmonton. Lets hope Connor helps the Oilers bring back the Stanley Cup to Canada.

West Mall Alumni Evan Rodrigues is playing for the Florida Panthers. He has 3 goals & 2 assists in this final series against Edmonton with an additional 4 goals & 5 assists in earlier 2024 playoff games.
This is Evan's 10th year in the NHL,, 5 seasons with the Buffalo Sabres, 3 with Pittsburgh, 1 with Colorado and this winning season with Florida. Great luck in Game 7, but I think there is a strong bias of West Mall players & alumni hoping for Connor & the Oilers to bring the Stanley Cup back to Canada.

Have a great game Connor & Evan, may the best team win, The West Mall Lightning & its players, families & fellow alumni are proud of you.

FELIX proudly repped West Mall Hockey at the Toronto Maple Leaf game on April 8.
He won the Leaf tickets in the West Mall SCORE MORE FOOD DRIVE raffle. All players that donated 5 or more food items had their name enter into the raffle. It was Felix's lucky day, he was the raffle winner. He treated his mother to an exciting 3-2 OT Leaf victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins. The almost 1000 pounds of food collected was donated to the HAVEN on the Queensway Food Bank,