Thunder making noise
The B.C. Thunder continue to make noise in the National Ringette League.
The ringette team, the defending 2012 league champions, are off to a 9-0-0 start to lead the Western Conference.
The Thunder, who play their home games at rinks across the Lower Mainland, defeated the Edmonton WAM! 10-6, 7-4 and 5-4 on the weekend of Dec. 8-9.
The team boasts the Western Conference’s top three scorers in Salla Kyhala, Jennifer Wakefield and Tiina Mononen. 
Kyhala and Mononen are both from Finland, while Wakefield, the team captain, is a Langley resident and elementary school teacher.
The team also features another Langley resident in defender Kacy Hannesson.
Miranda Gathercole/Langley Times
Thunder's Tina Mononen tries to slip the ring past Edmonton goaltender Breanna Duke during National Ringette League action at the George Preston Recreation Centre on Dec. 8.
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Wakefield is also involved in the sport as a coach and next week (Dec. 28 to Jan. 3) will lead Team Canada West at the U19 world ringette championships in London, Ont.
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