Game Report 1891

National Jr A Championship

PLAYED AT: Prospera Centre
Date: May 17, 2018
GAME NOTES: WILD FINISH UNBEATEN, CLAIM FIRST IN PRELIMS AT RBC CUP JASON LA ROSE CHILLIWACK, B.C. – Zak Galambos and August Von Ungern scored two goals apiece to help the Wenatchee Wild to a 7-1 win over the Wellington Dukes in the preliminary-round finale for both Thursday afternoon at the 2018 RBC Cup. The win caps off a perfect prelims for the Wild, and secures first place. They will face either the Dukes or Steinbach Pistons in the semifinals Saturday, and will decide which semi they will play in. After five days of close games, including six overtime contests, the Wild were in control against Wellington; they led by two goals after 20 minutes, and were up five just past the 12-minute mark of the second period. The scoring started early, with Galambos getting a wrist shot from the point through traffic and past Dukes goaltender Jonah Capriotti just 24 seconds after the puck dropped. Von Ungern made it a 2-0 game at 8:20 when his centering pass hit a sliding Duke and beat Capriotti, but Andrew Rinaldi capitalized on a breakaway six minutes later to pull the Central Region champions back within a goal. Sam Hesler restored the two-goal lead very late in the opening frame, slipping a Jasper Weatherby rebound around Capriotti with just three seconds left for a power-play goal and a 3-1 advantage after one period. Three goals in less than four minutes sealed the Dukes’ fate in the second period. Cooper Zech was first, jumping in off the blue-line and beating Capriotti to the short side at 8:30. That was all for the Wellington goaltender, who gave way to Tyler Richardson after allowing four goals on 18 shots. Richardson didn’t fare much better; Von Ungern drove to the net and tucked in his second of the game at 9:49, and Galambos picked the top corner with a wicked wrist shot at 12:03 to make it 6-1. Wenatchee finished a dominant performance in the third period, outshooting the Dukes 16-7 in the stanza and 41-19 overall. Drake Usher added the seventh and final goal with 53.9 seconds left, providing the final margin of victory. While the Wild know they will be part of the weekend, Wellington must wait for the result of the prelim finale; if Chilliwack beats Steinbach the Dukes will be semifinal-bound, while a Pistons win ends their season.

Visiting Team: Wenatchee Wild

Home Team: Wellington Dukes

WENATCHEE WILD LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	30	Eisele, Seth
G	35	Park, Austin
	2	Sasaki, Chad
	4	Kent, Nicholas
	6	Stratton, Murphy
	7	Zech, Cooper
	8	Von Ungern, August
	12	Arnold, Josh
	13	Morton, Sam
	14	Weatherby, Jasper
	15	Galambos, Zak
	17	Demin, Slava
	19	Vanderbeck, A.J.
	20	Svejkovsky, Lukas
	21	Hesler, Sam
	22	Iannone, Nathan
	26	Modry, Jacob
	27	Usher, Drake
	28	Dorsey, Matt
	29	Chladek, Daniel

WENATCHEE WILD PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
2nd	6	2:00	Roughing	2:31	1		2:31	4:31
2nd	19	2:00	Unsportsmanlike Conduct	4:26			4:26	6:26
2nd	22	2:00	Boarding	12:23	1		12:23	14:23
3rd	7	2:00	Holding	7:37	1		7:37	9:37
3rd	15	2:00	Slashing	12:40	1		12:40	14:42

WELLINGTON DUKES LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	30	Capriotti, Jonah
G	33	Richardson, Tyler
	2	Carlile, Declan
	3	Lugli, Noah
	7	Uens, Zach
	8	Lawson, Geoff
	9	Yetman, Bryce
	10	McCrory, Graeme
	11	McGeen, Ted
	12	Panetta, Daniel
	14	Evans, Ben
	15	Rinaldi, Andrew
	16	Pucci, Frank
	17	Doyle, Colin
	20	Snell, Mason
	21	Ellis, Dawson
	22	Martan, Mitchell
	23	Powers, Nelson
	26	Ferguson, Keegan
	27	Mendonca, Mitchell

WELLINGTON DUKES PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	3	2:00	Kneeing	5:54	1		5:54	7:54
1st	21	2:00	Cross-Checking	10:14	1		10:14	12:14
1st	22	2:00	Slashing	19:42	1		19:42	19:57
2nd	27	2:00	Slashing	4:26			4:26	6:26
2nd		2:00	Too Many Players	14:39	1		14:39	16:39
2nd	14	2:00	Roughing	18:07	1		18:07	0:07
2nd	14	10:00	10-Minute Misconduct	18:07			18:07	10:38
3rd	27	2:00	Roughing	2:45	1		2:45	4:45
3rd	9	2:00	Tripping	3:19	1		3:19	5:19
3rd	3	2:00	Cross-Checking	10:38	1		10:38	12:38
3rd	27	2:00	Hooking	14:42	1		14:42	16:42

WENATCHEE WILD Goals

WENATCHEE WILD PLAYERS (plus)

WELLINGTON DUKES PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st

:24

15-28-7

1st