Game Report 1107

National Jr A Championship

PLAYED AT: PCU Centre
Date: May 14, 2015
GAME NOTES: NEWELL’S FOUR POINTS HELP VEES TO PRELIM-ENDING WIN AT RBC CUP JASON LA ROSE PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Man. – Patrick Newell scored twice and added two assists to power the Penticton Vees to a 5-2 win over the Soo Thunderbirds in the preliminary round finale for both teams Thursday at the 2015 RBC Cup. The victory pushes Penticton into first place, depending on the outcome of Thursday night’s Portage-Melfort game; a win in regulation by the host Terriers will leave them first and drop the Vees to second place, but any other result will give Penticton top spot heading into Saturday’s semifinals. Steen Cooper, Tyson Jost and Dakota Conroy scored the other goals for the Vees, who won three in a row to finish the round robin after a tournament-opening loss to Portage on Saturday afternoon. Demico Hannoun added three assists, while Cooper had a goal and a helper. Brett Jeffries had both goals for Soo, which finished without a win in four games and saw its season end. Penticton scored the lone goal of the first period; Cooper stripped a Thunderbirds defenceman in the neutral zone and broke in alone, going to the backhand to beat Soo goaltender Mario Culina at 7:28. Newell needed just 1:28 of the second period to double the lead, slamming on the brakes at the face-off dot and snapping a shot past Culina, and finished off gorgeous tic-tac-toe passing on a Vees power play at 6:23, with Cooper and Connor Chartier providing the assists. Jeffries pulled the Thunderbirds back within two at the 13-minute mark of the middle frame, taking advantage of a turnover at the Penticton blue-line and going five-hole on netminder Hunter Miska. He then added a second just 88 seconds into the third period, tipping in a Caleb Boman point shot to make it a one-goal game. But Jost buried a feed from Newell on a Vees power play less than three minutes later, and Conroy finished off another ridiculous passing play on a two-man advantage at 16:45 to cap the scoring. Penticton will wait for its semifinal opponent, while Soo finishes a successful season with a 53-13-1-7 (W-L-T-OTL) record, a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League championship a Dudley Hewitt Cup title.

Visiting Team: Penticton Vees

Home Team: Soo Thunderbirds

PENTICTON VEES LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	35	Miska, Hunter
	2	Fabbro, Dante
	3	Lee, Mike
	4	Bast, Gabe
	10	Gendron, Miles
	11	Newell, Patrick
	12	Serratore, Matthew
	15	Ramsey, Jack
	17	Cooper, Steen
	19	DePourcq, Cody
	21	Hannoun, Demico
	27	Hilderman, Jarod
	28	Newsome, Mitch
	48	Chartier, Connor
	53	Sexton, Patrick
	67	Conroy, Dakota
	71	Jost, Tyson
	77	Zerter-Gossage, Lewis
	91	Alferd, Riley

PENTICTON VEES PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	91	2:00	Slashing minor	13:05	1		13:05	8:55
2nd	10	2:00	(auto) Holding minor	3:41	1		3:41	18:19
3rd	11	2:00	Tripping minor	5:54	1		5:54	16:06

SOO THUNDERBIRDS LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	30	Culina, Mario
G	35	Kment, Brian
	2	Busby, Matt
	8	Grandinetti, Brandon
	10	Pinder, Matt
	12	Miller, Joey
	13	Katchouk, Boris
	14	Bellini, Jaren
	15	Miller, Anthony
	17	Tassone, Nicolas
	18	Mitchell, Matthew
	19	Hebert, Nathan
	20	Barbeau, Andrew
	21	Boman, Caleb
	23	Jeffries, Brett
	24	Radke, David
	25	Dea, Connor
	26	Hillock, Eric
	27	Headrick, Owen
	28	Caruso, Matt

SOO THUNDERBIRDS PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
2nd	23	2:00	(auto) High-Sticking minor	3:58	1		3:58	18:02
2nd	26	2:00	(auto) Interference minor	4:40	1		4:40	17:20
2nd	12	2:00	Slashing minor	18:55	1		18:55	3:05
3rd	20	2:00	(auto) Cross-Checking minor	2:55	1		2:55	19:05
3rd	27	2:00	(auto) Holding minor	15:41	1		15:41	6:19
3rd	8	2:00	(auto) Cross-Checking minor	15:58	1		15:58	6:02

PENTICTON VEES Goals

PENTICTON VEES PLAYERS (plus)

SOO THUNDERBIRDS PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st