Game Report 1321 National Women's U18 Championship
PLAYED AT: Canada Summit Centre
Date: Nov 8, 2015
GAME NOTES: ONTARIO BLUE SURVIVES LATE SCARE, WINS BRONZE WENDY GRAVES HUNTSVILLE, Ont. – With 3:07 to play in the third period, Ontario Blue had a three-goal lead and looked well on its way to winning the bronze medal at the 2015 National Women’s Under-18 Championship. With 1:27 to play that lead was down to one and a celebratory mood among the partisan crowd had suddenly turned tense. But over a frenzied final minute that included the team hitting the post of an empty British Columbia net, Ontario Blue hung on to win its first bronze medal in tournament history. Victoria Klimek (Orangeville, Ont./Stoney Creek, PWHL), Meaghan Hector (Georgetown, Ont./Oakville, PWHL), Celine Frappier (Tecumseh, Ont./Toronto, PWHL) and Brianna Gaffney (Tamworth, Ont./Kingston, PWHL) scored the Ontario Blue goals. Nicole Cece (Oakville, Ont./Oakville, PWHL) made 20 saves in the win. Amy Potomak (Aldergrove, B.C./Pursuit of Excellence, BCMAAA) scored twice for British Columbia, with Alexandra Rempe (Penticton, B.C./Okanagan Hockey Academy, JWHL) adding the third. Alex Gulstene (North Vancouver, B.C./Okanagan Hockey Academy, JWHL) started in net, facing 15 shots before being replaced by Morgan Skinner (Victoria, B.C./Pacific, JWHL) with about nine minutes to go in the third. Klimek opened the scoring with one of the prettiest goals the tournament saw this week. She intercepted the puck along the side boards, skated along the bottom of the face-off circle and roofed a backhand far side over the goalie’s blocker. Ontario Blue looked like it would have the early momentum in the second period with a power play only 51 seconds in. Instead, Potomak gained control of puck in the B.C. zone, skated out from her own blue line, deked a defender in the Ontario Blue high slot and slid the puck beneath Cece. Two goals 2:30 apart in the latter half of the period gave Ontario Blue the momentum back. First, Hector’s wrist shot from the point cleanly beat Gulstene. Then, Frappier intercepted a pass in the offensive zone, took a few strides into the low slot and shot high glove side. When Gaffney redirected in a shot by Cynthia Cavanagh (Scarborough, Ont./Toronto Leaside, PWHL) midway through the third, the story seemed to be written. But B.C. wasn’t going down without a fight. Skinner was first pulled with 5:21 to go. An Ontario Blue penalty let B.C. play six-on-four. Potomak snuck in behind everyone to the front of the crease, where she was free to put a rebound into an open net. Rempe emerged from bodies of chaos in front to score from the low slot 1:40 later. From there, Ontario Blue hunkered down and never let British Columbia seriously threaten in the offensive zone again. 		Visiting Team: British Columbia
 Home Team: Ontario Blue
BRITISH COLUMBIA LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G1  Skinner, Morgan
G31  Gulstene, Alex
 2  Martin, Kirsten
 4  Knowles, Olivia
 5  Vorster, Courtney
 6  Roepcke, Cyan
 7  Beres, Maegan
 8  Bell, Cassidy
 9  Sim, Leona
 10  Gaudet, Miranda
 11  Box, Molly
 12  Cook, Abby
 13  Chiu, Tiffany
 14  Cook, Chloe
 15  Paisley, Cierra
 16  Potomak, Amy
 17  Rempe, Alexandra
 18  Dove, Whitney
 19  MacMillan, Alyssa
 24  McConnell, Shay-lee
BRITISH COLUMBIA PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st24 2:00 (auto) Holding minor 5:021 5:0216:58
1st16 2:00 (auto) Interference minor 8:261 8:2613:34
2nd18 2:00 (auto) Interference minor 0:511 0:511:09
2nd24 2:00 (auto) Boarding minor 11:111 11:1110:49
3rd7 2:00 (auto) Hooking minor 8:241 8:2413:36
3rd11 2:00 (auto) Hooking minor 12:171 12:179:43
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
ONTARIO BLUE LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G29  Cece, Nicole
G41  Lasis, Carmen
 4  Wood, Shelby
 9  Nässén, Linus
 10  Jovanovich, Brooke
 11  Frappier, Celine
 14  Pidgeon, Kristy
 16  Mitchell, Avery
 17  Vasko, Alexa
 18  Hector, Meaghan
 19  Falzone, Rose
 22  Pedersen, Charlea
 24  Buckles, Emma
 27  Klimek, Victoria
 44  Cavanagh, Cynthia
 45  Maud, Courtney
 74  Reid, Emily
 91  Larose, Coralie
 94  Facchinato, Devon
 98  Vozenilek, Daniel
ONTARIO BLUE PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st9 2:00 Slashing minor 7:271 7:2714:33
1st16 2:00 (auto) Body Checking minor 16:031 16:035:57
2nd94 2:00 Tripping minor 5:501 5:5016:10
3rd16 2:00 Slashing minor 8:181 8:1813:42
3rd11 2:00 (auto) Holding minor 11:161 11:1610:44
3rd9 2:00 Slashing minor 16:441 16:445:16
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
BRITISH COLUMBIA Goals BRITISH COLUMBIA PLAYERS (plus) ONTARIO BLUE PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
2nd1:32 SH 16            
3rd16:53 PP 16-2            
3rd18:33  17-10            
                
ONTARIO BLUE Goals ONTARIO BLUE PLAYERS (plus) BRITISH COLUMBIA PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
1st14:24  27-17            
2nd12:16 PP 18-17            
2nd14:46  11-19            
3rd9:58  9-44-4            
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
BRITISH COLUMBIA 1 / 6
ONTARIO BLUE 1 / 6
PENALTY SUMMARY
BRITISH COLUMBIA 12 min / 6 inf
ONTARIO BLUE 12 min / 6 inf
POINT SUMMARY
BRITISH COLUMBIA 3 G + 2 A = 5 Pts
ONTARIO BLUE 4 G + 5 A = 9 Pts
SCORING 1 2 3 Total
BRITISH COLUMBIA0123
ONTARIO BLUE1214
GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off
BC - Gulstene (51:16) (L)53513/0:003rd/11:16
BC - Skinner (3:23) 0000/11:163rd/14:39
BC - Skinner (0:15) 0000/15:453rd/16:00
BC - Skinner (0:18) 0000/16:543rd/17:12
BC - Skinner (0:09) 0000/17:453rd/17:54
BC - Skinner (0:03) 0000/18:343rd/18:37
ON-B - Cece (60:00) (W)251017/0:003rd/20:00
Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:
  -  Start: 12:30 PM
  -  End: 12:30 PM
  -  Attendance: 0 
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CERTIFIED CORRECT
 
This report has been checked and verified against the Official National Women's U18 Championship Game Report.

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