Game Report 1097 Esso Cup
PLAYED AT: Red Deer Arena
Date: Apr 25, 2015
GAME NOTES: STARS CAPTURE BRONZE BEHIND THREE-POINT GAME FROM ELIA WENDY GRAVES RED DEER, Alta. – Having already played 394 minutes of hockey, it took only 20 seconds for the Saskatoon Stars to determine their Esso Cup fate. Leading 2-1 midway through the second but being outplayed to that point in the period by the Central Plains Capitals, Julia Rongve (Saskatoon, Sask.) and Kianna Dietz (Hanley, Sask.) scored back-to-back goals to suddenly put the Stars up 4-1 and let them coast to an eventual 5-1 win in the bronze medal game. Saskatoon had registered its first shot of the period only 17 seconds before Rongve’s goal, and was outshot 28-14 for the game. Nara Elia (Saskatoon, Sask.) led the way with a goal and two assists. Rongve, Dietz and Sophie Shirley (Saskatoon, Sask.) each had a goal and an assist. Shirley finished with nine goals in seven games at the 2015 Esso Cup, one marker shy of the record. Mackenna Parker (Clavet, Sask.) also scored for the Stars. Karlee Fetch (Prince Albert, Sask.) made 27 saves for Saskatoon. Sheridan Oswald (MacGregor, Man.) scored for Central Plains. Lauren Taraschuk (Winnipeg, Man.) made nine saves in a losing cause. It was a question of how would each team respond to its semifinal setback. Central Plains had lost 3-0 to the Sudbury but never seriously threatened the Lady Wolves; Saskatoon was back on the ice less than 24 hours after losing a shootout to the Red Deer Chiefs. Both teams seemed sluggish out of the gate, perhaps a by-product of the previous day’s emotional letdown, but also of playing its seventh game in seven days. Parker opened the scoring for Saskatoon 12 minutes into the first. Her first goal – and point – of the Esso Cup was a beauty, a backhand from the slot that kissed the post before going in. Shirley doubled her team’s lead two minutes later, when she took a pass from Elia off the face-off and tucked it into the net. Central Plains got on the board early in the second on its first power play opportunity. Oswald scored her team-leading fifth goal with a slap shot from the top of the face-off circle that came out as fast as it went in. The Capitals continued to control play, but that energy diminished at 12:33 – Rongve scoring from a few feet out – and evaporated at 12:53 (Dietz stealing the puck inside the blue, then shooting it in a few feet farther up). The Stars put the game on ice in the third, when Shirley sent a pass from behind the goal line out front to Elia. The Stars’ bronze medal is the fourth medal won by a team from Saskatchewan at the Esso Cup. 		Visiting Team: Central Plains Capitals
 Home Team: Saskatoon Stars
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
1st17 2:00 (auto) Holding minor 16:181 16:185:42
2nd15 2:00 (auto) Hooking minor 11:381 11:3810:22
3rd16 2:00 (auto) Hooking minor 6:531 6:5315:07
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
SASKATOON STARS LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G1  Fetch, Karlee
G30  Johnson, Emma
 4  Michalenko, Paige
 5  Shirley, Grace
 7  Elia, Nara
 8  Shirley, Sophie
 9  Girolami, Danielle
 10  Rongve, Julia
 11  Parker, Mackenna
 12  Dietz, Kianna
 15  Nogier, Danielle
 16  Heuchert, Brittany
 17  Cormack, Courtney
 18  Shirley, Abby
 19  Coumont, Hollie
 20  Slobodzian, Willow
 21  Gerlitz, Jordyn
 22  Jacobson, Rayna
 27  Senger, Kalista
 44  Holmes, Jordyn
SASKATOON STARS PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
2nd8 2:00 (auto) Hooking minor 1:211 1:210:39
2nd10 2:00 Tripping minor 19:451 19:452:15
3rd22 2:00 (auto) Cross-Checking minor 2:351 2:3519:25
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
CENTRAL PLAINS CAPITALS Goals CENTRAL PLAINS CAPITALS PLAYERS (plus) SASKATOON STARS PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
2nd2:13 PP 17-22-18            
                
                
                
                
SASKATOON STARS Goals SASKATOON STARS PLAYERS (plus) CENTRAL PLAINS CAPITALS PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
1st12:42  11-12            
1st14:42  8-7-10            
2nd12:33 PP 10-7            
2nd12:53  12            
3rd11:33  7-8            
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
CENTRAL PLAINS CAPITALS 1 / 3
SASKATOON STARS 1 / 3
PENALTY SUMMARY
CENTRAL PLAINS CAPITALS 6 min / 3 inf
SASKATOON STARS 6 min / 3 inf
POINT SUMMARY
CENTRAL PLAINS CAPITALS 1 G + 2 A = 3 Pts
SASKATOON STARS 5 G + 5 A = 10 Pts
SCORING 1 2 3 Total
CENTRAL PLAINS CAPITALS0101
SASKATOON STARS2215
GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off
CPC - Taraschuk (60:00) (L)5139/0:003rd/20:00
SAS - Fetch (58:45) (W)681327/0:003rd/18:45
Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:
  -  Start: 2:00 PM
  -  End: 2:00 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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