Waterloo Warriors aim to make history at U Sports Womens Hockey Championship [Video]

The University of Waterloo women’s hockey team are provincial champions for the very first time.

The Warriors clinched the OUA title in a 2-1 overtime win over the host University of Toronto on Saturday. The Varsity Blues were exiting the zone when Carly Orth stripped Juliette Blais-Savoie of the puck at the blue line.

“That kind of allowed me to step in, lift her stick, and grab it,” Orth described to CTV News.

Waterloo went on a 2-on-1, when Orth threw a cross-crease pass to Paige Rynne, who buried the game-winner.

“I saw Paige open right there so I kind of set it across the crease,” Rynne said. “I just was able to pop it in.”

The win gave the Warriors their first McCaw Cup in the program’s 22-year history and fans, wearing their yellow jerseys, hopped over the boards of Varsity Arena to celebrate.

“At first I just thought …