Michela Cava of PWHL Minnesota skates with the puck as Boston's Jessica Digirolamo defends during the first period in Game 4 of the Walter Cup final. The words of a TSN announcer calling out: "And she scores!" was met with heaps of celebration in Thunder Bay Ont., this past Wednesday as hometown favourite Michela Cava scored the insurance goal during the inaugural Professional Women's Hockey League championship game.Minnesota took home the Walter Cup over Boston in a 3-0 sweep.
That's been a big point of pride for the Queens Hockey organization, with board member Dave Paddington sharing it's no surprise to the hockey program that Cava has made it this far in her career. Cava played with the Thunder Bay Queens as they made their way to the National Female Midget Championship Esso Cup in Regina back in 2010. The team won, making them the first women's team from northwestern Ontario to win a national hockey title.
Imrie noted the recent PWHL title is Cava's fourth straight championship title. Those titles date back to 2021 and 2022 when Cava played in European leagues. In 2023 Cava raised the Isobel Cup with the Toronto Six when the team won the Premier Hockey Federation.