PLAYED AT: Lunenburg County Lifestyle Centre
Date: Apr 23, 2018
GAME NOTES: STARS POST SECOND-STRAIGHT SHUTOUT, BLANK PIONNIÈRES
JASON LA ROSE
BRIDGEWATER, N.S. – Mackenna Parker and Grace Shirley scored 61 seconds apart to provide the offence and Arden Kliewer made 19 saves, helping the Saskatoon Stars to a 3-0 win over the Pionnières de Lanaudière on Monday afternoon at the 2018 Esso Cup.
The Stars have yet to allow a goal through two games, giving up just 31 shots; they are the first team to open Canada’s National Female Midget Championship with back-to-back shutouts since the Pembina Valley Hawks in 2012.
Parker and Anna Leschyshyn finished with a goal and an assist each for the West Region champions.
Saskatoon had its chances in the first period, holding a 13-6 advantage in shots on goal, but couldn’t find a way past Lanaudière goaltender Leila Cecilia Lotke Salinas, who also got a little help from the post to get the game to the first intermission scoreless.
Parker broke through at 6:11 of the second period, finishing a scramble in front of the net with a power-play goal, and Shirley walked out of the corner and stuffed in the 2-0 marker just a minute later.
The Stars smothered the Pionnières in the final frame, outshooting the Quebec titlists 17-4 over the closing 20 minutes, and 46-19 overall.
Leschyshyn finished the scoring just past the eight-minute mark of the third, tapping in a cross-crease feed from Parker after a clean face-off win by the captain.
Kliewer was rarely tested in picking up her first shutout of the playoffs, one day after Jordan Ivanco went 12-for-12 to blank the Brampton Canadettes in the tournament opener.
Saskatoon faces a tough test Tuesday when it faces off with the defending champion St. Albert Slash (3:30 p.m. AT), while the Pionnières take on the Northern Stars in the first game of the day (12 p.m. AT). |
Visiting Team: Saskatoon Stars
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Home Team: Pionnières de Lanaudière
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SASKATOON STARS LINEUP
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Pos |
No. |
Name |
G | 1 | Ivanco, Jordan | G | 30 | Kliewer, Arden | | 4 | Wood, Dana | | 6 | Jockims, Kaitlin | | 7 | Leschyshyn, Anna | | 8 | Messier, Ashley | | 9 | Arnold, Calli | | 10 | Kushniruk, Makena | | 11 | Parker, Mackenna | | 12 | Dietz, Kianna | | 14 | Shirley, Grace | | 15 | Tam, Grace | | 16 | Sperling, Chace | | 19 | Sachs, Jayda | | 22 | DeCorby, Abby | | 27 | Fiala, Joelle | | 37 | Holmes, Emily | | 44 | Holmes, Jordyn |
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SASKATOON STARS PENALTIES
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Per. |
No. |
Min |
Offence |
Off |
PP |
PS |
Start |
On |
1st | 27 | 2:00 | Interference | 8:19 | 1 | | 8:19 | | 1st | 15 | 2:00 | Hooking | 14:16 | 1 | | 14:16 | | 1st | 8 | 2:00 | Cross-Checking | 17:35 | 1 | | 17:35 | | 3rd | 11 | 2:00 | Interference | 3:16 | 1 | | 3:16 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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PIONNIèRES DE LANAUDIèRE LINEUP
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Pos |
No. |
Name |
G | 40 | Lotke Salinas, Leila Cecilia | G | 50 | Vanier, Sarah | | 32 | Guay, Ann Sophie | | 44 | Quirion, Mégane | | 45 | Vachon, Amélie | | 48 | Perreault, Jessica | | 49 | Larrivée, Mégane | | 51 | Perron, Catherine | | 52 | Naud, Ann-Frédérik | | 53 | Comeau, Daphné | | 54 | Pelletier, Anykim | | 55 | Duchesne-Chalifoux, Meghane | | 56 | Beaudoin, Sabrina | | 58 | Labad, Maya | | 59 | Sylvestre, Mélyna | | 61 | St-Jacques, Élodie | | 62 | Tetreault, Aurélie | | | |
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PIONNIèRES DE LANAUDIèRE PENALTIES
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Per. |
No. |
Min |
Offence |
Off |
PP |
PS |
Start |
On |
1st | 52 | 2:00 | Body-Checking | 8:59 | 1 | | 8:59 | | 1st | 62 | 2:00 | Hooking | 10:02 | 1 | | 10:02 | | 2nd | 56 | 2:00 | Slashing | 4:46 | 1 | | 4:46 | | 2nd | 49 | 2:00 | Interference | 9:15 | 1 | | 9:15 | | 2nd | 54 | 2:00 | Tripping | 12:13 | 1 | | 12:13 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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