Game Report 1095 Esso Cup
PLAYED AT: Red Deer Arena
Date: Apr 24, 2015
GAME NOTES: SUDBURY SHUTS OUT CENTRAL PLAINS, ADVANCES TO GOLD MEDAL GAME WENDY GRAVES RED DEER, Alta. – At the 2014 Esso Cup the Sudbury Lady Wolves looked up at the end of their semifinal, saw the scoreboard read 3-0 and could only hang their heads. Fast-forward one year minus a day later and that same score line now shined over them. Carley Olivier (Sudbury, Ont.), Kailey Lapensee (Sudbury, Ont.) and Tayler Murphy (Sudbury, Ont.) provided the offence as the Lady Wolves defeated the Central Plains Capitals 3-0 Friday afternoon. For the nine returning players, they hope to ride the momentum of a semifinal shutout to a gold medal at the Esso Cup, just like the Weyburn Gold Wings did last year. Danika Ranger (North Bay, Ont.), named the tournament’s Top Goaltender earlier in the day, stopped 23 shots to earn the shutout and pick up her fourth win of the week. What decided this game were special teams. Clicking at a rate of 26 percent, the Lady Wolves’ power play had been the event’s most successful during the preliminary round. The Capitals’ penalty kill had allowed only one goal in 18 man-disadvantages. Sudbury connected twice in the second period, doubling what Central Plains had allowed in five games in just over 12 minutes. Three minutes after play resumed Olivier slowly walked around her defender and let a wrist shot fly from the bottom of the face-off circle, beating Lauren Taraschuk (Winnipeg, Man.) high short side. Just past the 15-minute mark Sudbury doubled its lead. A puck shot in from the side boards found its way to the crease. With Taraschuk obstructed by her own teammate pinning her opponent on her, Lapensee had the whole net to shoot in to. Easily the week’s top offensive team – with 22 goals and +15 goal differential – what tended to get lost in the conversation was how good the Sudbury defence had been. While the Capitals allowed the fewest goals during the preliminary round (nine), the Lady Wolves surrendered only one more. The shot count read 23-20 in favour of Central Plains, but numbers can be deceiving. The Lady Wolves never really allowed the Capitals the chance to make a game of it. With still more than 12 minutes to go, Central Plains shortened its bench, seemingly sending its top line of Sheridan Oswald (MacGregor, Man.), Emily Upgang (Poplar Point, Man.) and Mekaela Fisher (Warren, Ont.) over the boards every other shift. The Capitals pulled Taraschuk with just over three minutes to go, but the only goal scored was by Murphy into an open net. The gold medal game goes Saturday afternoon (3:30 p.m. MT). Central Plains will play for bronze earlier in the day (12 p.m. MT). 		Visiting Team: Central Plains Capitals
 Home Team: Sudbury Lady Wolves
CENTRAL PLAINS CAPITALS LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G1  Taraschuk, Lauren
G33  Kosior, Kathleen
 2  Taylor, Sydney
 3  Stinson, Stephanie
 4  Thomson, Sarah
 5  Robertson, Kantara
 6  Schmidt, Bryn
 7  Zdan, Kelly-Rae
 9  Stewart, Eryn
 10  Klippenstein, Amy
 11  Fisher, Mekaela
 12  Duncan, Sheyla
 14  McCartney, Katie
 15  Upgang, Emily
 16  Fraser, Marisa
 17  Oswald, Sheridan
 18  Timmerman, Leandra
 19  Hallson, Chelsea
 20  Proteau, Haley
 22  McVannel, Tamara
CENTRAL PLAINS CAPITALS PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
2nd12 2:00 (auto) Body Checking minor 2:281 2:2819:32
2nd11 2:00 (auto) Cross-Checking minor 13:281 13:288:32
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
SUDBURY LADY WOLVES LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G29  Ranger, Danika
G30  Lefrancois, Danika
 2  Shell, Karli
 5  Ricci, Jamie
 9  Lebrun, Sophie
 10  Samson, Amelie
 11  Legault, Alexie
 14  Roy, Kennedy
 15  McCormick, Myla
 16  Walker, Sydney
 19  Catherine Roy, Darcie
 22  Duffy, Logan Ann
 23  Kingsley, Melisa
 24  Debassige, Deidre
 55  Murphy, Tayler
 71  McGaughey, Taylor
 74  Olivier, Carley
 88  McGaughey, Meagan
 91  Lapensee, Kailey
   
SUDBURY LADY WOLVES PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st5 2:00 (auto) Holding minor 8:171 8:1713:43
2nd9 2:00 (auto) Hooking minor 10:591 10:5911:01
2nd91 2:00 (auto) Hooking minor 19:071 19:072:53
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
CENTRAL PLAINS CAPITALS Goals CENTRAL PLAINS CAPITALS PLAYERS (plus) SUDBURY LADY WOLVES PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
                
                
                
SUDBURY LADY WOLVES Goals SUDBURY LADY WOLVES PLAYERS (plus) CENTRAL PLAINS CAPITALS PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
2nd2:59 PP 74-88            
2nd15:12 PP 9-10-14            
3rd18:29  55            
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
CENTRAL PLAINS CAPITALS 0 / 3
SUDBURY LADY WOLVES 2 / 2
PENALTY SUMMARY
CENTRAL PLAINS CAPITALS 4 min / 2 inf
SUDBURY LADY WOLVES 6 min / 3 inf
POINT SUMMARY
CENTRAL PLAINS CAPITALS 0 G + A = 0 Pts
SUDBURY LADY WOLVES 3 G + 3 A = 6 Pts
SCORING 1 2 3 Total
CENTRAL PLAINS CAPITALS0000
SUDBURY LADY WOLVES0213
GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off
CPC - Taraschuk (40:00) (L)95317/0:003rd/0:00
CPC - Taraschuk (1:45) (L)0000/18:153rd/20:00
SUD - Ranger (60:00) (W)661123/0:003rd/20:00
Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:
  -  Start: 5:30 PM
  -  End: 5:30 PM
  -  Attendance: 0 
OFFICIALS
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CERTIFIED CORRECT
 
This report has been checked and verified against the Official Esso Cup Game Report.

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