Game Report 2399

Esso Cup

PLAYED AT: Gerry McCrory Countryside Sports Complex
Date: Apr 22, 2019
GAME NOTES: SABRES PUT OUT FIRE FOR FIRST WIN AT ESSO CUP QUINTON AMUNDSON SUDBURY, Ont. – Alyssa Kawa powered the Stoney Creek Sabres to their first win of the 2019 Esso Cup on Monday with a hat trick and an assist in a convincing 9-2 decision over the Halifax Fire. Grace Bellamy and Vanessa Upson recorded a goal and an assist apiece for the Ontario Region representative. Kathleen Reedman, Tiana Faccio, Lauren Messier and Raelene Verbuggen also scored for the Sabres, while Kayla McDougall made 29 saves to earn the win. Madison Gray and Allie Norris lit the lamp for the Fire. Bellamy put Stoney Creek on the board only 19 seconds into the game by jamming the puck past Amelia Awad from the goalmouth. Gray responded on a Halifax 5-on-3 at the seven-minute mark with a backhand goal, only for Upson to restore the Sabres’ lead at 15:22 by drilling a wrist shot over Awad’s shoulder. Kawa picked up her first goal with 1:35 remaining in the period with a shorthanded effort, and the Sabres skated into the first intermission with a 3-1 lead and a 16-14 shots edge. A breakaway goal by Kawa expanded the Sabres’ lead to 4-1 just over five minutes into the second period, and Reedman converted on the power play by capitalizing on the chaos in front of the Halifax cage, making it a four-goal game and chasing Awad in favour of Kaelyn Budden. Faccio delivered a buzzer-beater with a second to go in the period, curling off the right wing and ripping a low shot past Budden to make the game 6-1. The Sabres and Fire exchanged goals in a two-minute span early in the third period – Kawa completed the hat trick at 4:02 before Norris replied for the Atlantic champions at 5:58. Messier and Verbuggen rounded out the scoring with tallies late in the game. Stoney Creek outshot Halifax 16-14 in the third, and 40-31 in the game. Halifax will try and bounce back and earn a crucial win against the As de Québec on Tuesday (12 p.m. ET). Stoney Creek will square off against its OWHA foe, the Sudbury Lady Wolves (7 p.m. ET).

Visiting Team: Stoney Creek Sabres

Home Team: Halifax Fire

STONEY CREEK SABRES LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	1	Warrener, Megan
G	35	McDougall, Kayla
	7	Kawa, Alyssa
	8	Faccio, Tiana
	11	Messier, Lauren
	12	Beaulieu, Lauren
	15	Reedman, Kathleen
	17	Bellamy, Grace
	21	Juras, Alicia
	22	Carter, Lauren
	24	Ferguson, Alex
	25	Schell, Lauren
	33	Verbruggen, Raelene
	41	Krushelnicki, Ella
	66	Davidge, Sarah
	67	Minor, Reagan
	71	Holk, Tessa
	84	Valla, Marisa
	88	Duarte, Jenna
	97	Upson, Vanessa

STONEY CREEK SABRES PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	41	2:00	Hooking	4:14	1		4:14	6:14
1st	33	2:00	Hooking	5:16	1		5:16	7:00
1st	21	2:00	Hooking	8:26	1		8:26	10:26
1st	25	2:00	Hit to the Head	18:08	1		18:08	0:08
2nd	12	2:00	Slashing	10:39	1		10:39	12:39
3rd	66	2:00	Interference	17:59	1		17:59	19:59

HALIFAX FIRE LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	1	Awad, Amelia
G	35	Budden, Kaelyn
	2	Hayden, Tait
	4	Boone, Courtney
	5	Gray, Madison
	6	Laurence, Ellen
	7	Norris, Allie
	8	Kolanko, Maja
	9	Bradbury, Emma
	10	Duggan, Jillian
	11	Cormier, Rachel
	12	MacNeil, Brooke
	15	Gardin, Nia
	16	Delano, Chloe
	17	Steeves, Caroline
	18	Barter, Allie
	21	Parker, Caelyn
	22	MacNeil, Hannah
	55	Wilson, Bobbie Day

HALIFAX FIRE PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	5	2:00	Hit to the Head	18:39	1		18:39	0:39
1st	10	2:00	Cross-Checking	20:00	1		20:00	2:00
2nd	11	2:00	Holding	8:45	1		8:45	9:55
3rd	17	2:00	Tripping	16:30	1		16:30	18:30
3rd	4	2:00	Interference	19:10			19:10

STONEY CREEK SABRES Goals

STONEY CREEK SABRES PLAYERS (plus)

HALIFAX FIRE PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st

:19

17-33-97

1st