SYDNEY, N.S. – Fans stand behind the Cape Breton Eagles net during warm up with their eyes locked on the goaltender wearing the team’s black jersey and ...
“I had a conversation with my older son just the other day about the strides that women have made in sports and it’s only a matter of time before they crack professional leagues and I couldn’t be happier,” said Ellsworth.
“I don’t think that at all,” said Ellsworth. “She’s had a great career so far and there’s more coming up for her and I don’t think the Eagles franchise would bring up someone unless they deserved to be there.” Billy Wadden is the president of the Quad County Female Hockey Association, which includes players from the Strait area as well as Inverness County, Guysborough County, and Antigonish County, Stewart’s hometown.
“I think it’s nice because the girls can set their goals extremely high and work to achieve them,” said Wadden, noting the Quad County association had around 230 female players registered for the 2022-23 season. “Kids want to try a sport when they see a girl doing it and they can look up to that girl – they want to try it, so it’s a win-win situation. The more girls that we have playing hockey the better.”
Last season, with a rebuilding Islanders program, Stewart posted a 7-11-0-0 record along with a 3.67 goals-against average and a .899 save percentage. She recorded the most saves in the league in the regular season, stopping 693 of 771 shots. This summer, Stewart was invited to attend Hockey Canada's national under-18 team selection camp in St. Catharines, Ont. From there, she was one of three goaltenders named to the team for a three-game series against the United States in Lake Placid, N.Y., earlier this month.
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