Game Report 1649 TELUS Cup
PLAYED AT: qplex
Date: Apr 23, 2016
GAME NOTES: VITO’S SHOCK FIRST-PLACE LIONS, ADVANCE TO TELUS CUP FINAL DAVID BRIEN QUISPAMSIS, N.B. – Anderson MacDonald and Alex Lafreniere scored in the last six minutes, and the Saint John Vito’s upset the unbeaten Lions du Lac St-Louis 2-1 in Saturday’s second semifinal at the 2016 TELUS Cup. The Vito’s will face the North York Rangers in the gold medal game on Sunday night (5 p.m. AT on TSN). MacDonald tied the game and got the qplex rocking with 5:40 to go, stopping a shot from Ben Reid before spinning at the hashmarks and firing a wrist shot upstairs on Lac St-Louis goaltender Sandro Sylvester. Lafreniere – who hadn’t played since Tuesday – netted the game-winner on a Saint John power play just 1:51 after the MacDonald marker, picking up a rebound in the slot and beating Sylvester. Saint John is the first host team since the Red Deer Rebels in 2007 to reach the final, and the first Atlantic team to do so since the Sidney Crosby-led Dartmouth Subways in 2002. It’s only the second time in 43 years of Canada’s National Midget Championship that a team from the Atlantic Region will play for gold. No host team has won the national title since the 1991 Calgary Northstars, and the Vito’s – who are already guaranteed to be the first New Brunswick team to win a medal – are just the fifth host to reach the gold medal game since then. Adam Capannelli had the lone goal for Lac St-Louis, which became the first team to lose in the semifinals after finishing 5-0 in the preliminary round since the 1991 edition of the Lions. Just like in their five round-robin games, Lac St-Louis was first on the board; with just over three minutes off the clock, Sébastien Paquette kept the puck in at the offensive blue-line and threw it towards the net, where Capannelli redirected it through the legs of Saint John goaltender Jake Stewart. But Stewart closed the door after that, keeping the high-powered Lions at bay with a 42-save performance. The Vito’s managed only 13 shots in the first two periods – Lac St-Louis held a 33-13 advantage after 40 minutes – but came out firing in the third, directing 17 shots at Silvestre in what was arguably their best period of the entire season. The Lions will play Sunday for the bronze medal, taking on the Lloydminster Bobcats (noon AT), looking to win an eight medal in as many appearances at the national championship. 		Visiting Team: Saint John Vito's
 Home Team: Lions du Lac St-Louis
SAINT JOHN VITO'S LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G30  Parkhill, Michael
G31  Stewart, Jake
 2  Crowell, Cameron
 3  Smallwood, Ian
 4  Smith, Tyler
 5  McGaw, Sam
 6  Anderson, Kyle
 9  Reid, Ben
 10  Keating, Ian
 12  Hambly, Alex
 14  Drummond, Will
 15  Kelly, Will
 16  Palmer, Matt
 17  MacDonald, Anderson
 18  Frigault, Liam
 19  Lafreniere, Alex
 20  Theriault, Cole
 21  Simpson, John
 22  Johnson, Drew
 23  Garnett, Kyle
SAINT JOHN VITO'S PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st15 2:00 Slashing minor 5:351 5:3516:25
1st17 2:00 (auto) Head Contact minor 17:171 17:174:43
2nd23 2:00 Spearing double minor 11:141 11:1412:46
2nd9 2:00 (auto) Cross-Checking minor 19:31  19:312:29
3rd19 2:00 (auto) Head Contact minor 4:00  4:0018:00
3rd20 2:00 (auto) Interference minor 11:551 11:5510:05
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
LIONS DU LAC ST-LOUIS LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G33  Silvestre, Sandro
G35  Perets, Yaniv
 2  McGrath, Shane
 3  Bilney-Morrissette, Bailey
 4  Lalande, Vincent
 5  Bucheler, Jérémie
 6  Cotton, Francis
 9  Fortier, Gabriel
 12  Pitts, Kevin
 14  Gagnon, Alexandre
 15  Tinling, Azzaro
 16  Digirolamo, Jake
 18  Laferrière, Mathias
 20  Capannelli, Adam
 21  Feldman, Samuel
 22  Pietroniro, Matthew
 23  Gorham, Patrick
 24  Paquette, Sebastien
 25  Campbell, Isiah
 26  Havlena, Kyle
LIONS DU LAC ST-LOUIS PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
2nd22 2:00 (auto) Head Contact minor 18:011 18:013:59
2nd23 2:00 (auto) Cross-Checking minor 19:31  19:312:29
3rd23 2:00 (auto) Interference minor 3:511 3:5118:09
3rd18 2:00 (auto) Head Contact minor 16:011 16:015:59
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
SAINT JOHN VITO'S Goals SAINT JOHN VITO'S PLAYERS (plus) LIONS DU LAC ST-LOUIS PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
3rd14:20  17-9            
3rd16:11 PP 19-18-3            
LIONS DU LAC ST-LOUIS Goals LIONS DU LAC ST-LOUIS PLAYERS (plus) SAINT JOHN VITO'S PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
1st3:29  20-24-18            
                
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
SAINT JOHN VITO'S 1 / 3
LIONS DU LAC ST-LOUIS 0 / 4
PENALTY SUMMARY
SAINT JOHN VITO'S 12 min / 6 inf
LIONS DU LAC ST-LOUIS 8 min / 4 inf
POINT SUMMARY
SAINT JOHN VITO'S 2 G + 3 A = 5 Pts
LIONS DU LAC ST-LOUIS 1 G + 2 A = 3 Pts
SCORING 1 2 3 Total
SAINT JOHN VITO'S0022
LIONS DU LAC ST-LOUIS1001
GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off
SNB - Stewart (60:00) (W)16161042/0:003rd/20:00
LSL - Silvestre (58:43) (L)491528/0:003rd/18:43
LSL - Silvestre (0:19) (L)0000/19:203rd/19:39
Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:
  -  Start: 5:00 PM
  -  End: 5:00 PM
  -  Attendance: 0 
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CERTIFIED CORRECT
 
This report has been checked and verified against the Official TELUS Cup Game Report.

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