Game Report 2401

Esso Cup

PLAYED AT: Gerry McCrory Countryside Sports Complex
Date: Apr 23, 2019
GAME NOTES: HALIFAX OFFENCE IGNITES IN WIN OVER QUEBEC QUINTON AMUNDSON SUDBURY, Ont. – Madison Gray completed her hat trick by scoring the game-winning goal with 88 seconds remaining to lift the Halifax Fire to a 6-4 win over the As de Québec on Tuesday at the 2019 Esso Cup. Gray gave the Fire its first lead by deflecting a point shot by Allie Barter past netminder Justine Sylvain. Ellen Laurence also starred with two goals and an assist. Jillian Duggan scored the other marker for Halifax, and Amelia Awad denied 39 shots for the win. Jade Picard, Ann-Sophie Bédard, Elaine Michaud and Alexandra Giguère scored for Quebec. The momentum that the As generated by beating the Saskatoon Stars on Monday carried over as they recorded the first two goals of the game; Picard and Bédard both beat Awad with wrist shots from the right face-off circle. Duggan responded 10 seconds after the Bédard marker by converting a juicy rebound. After being knocked down in a scramble in front of her net early in the second period, Sylvain was replaced by Sophie Sabourin for several minutes while she received attention on the bench. Gray tied the game for Halifax at 6:44, getting behind Sabourin and pounding the biscuit into the cage. Michaud restored the lead for Québec midway through the second period with a shot that snuck through Awad, but Gray leveled the score again 71 seconds later by chipping the puck into the net from the doorstep after a backhand pass from Allie Norris, bringing Sylvain back into the As goal. Giguère tucked a shot past the right leg of Awad while falling to send Québec to the dressing room with a 4-3 lead. Laurence set the table for Gray’s dramatic game-winner by sniping to tie the game midway through the third period. She then confirmed the victory with an empty-net goal with five seconds remaining. Both clubs will look to improve to .500 on Wednesday – Halifax battles the St. Albert Slash (12 p.m. ET) and Québec duels the Stoney Creek Sabres (3:30 p.m. ET).

Visiting Team: Halifax Fire

Home Team: As de Québec

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
2nd	6	2:00	Hooking	10:56			10:56	12:56
2nd	4	2:00	Hooking	18:07			18:07	0:37
3rd	22	2:00	Tripping	14:09			14:09	16:09

AS DE QUéBEC LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	30	Sabourin, Sophie
G	31	Sylvain, Justine
	2	Giguère, Alexandra
	3	Cloutier, Ariane
	4	Vermette, Noémie
	5	Dubé, Anne-Julie
	6	Michaud, Éliane
	7	Koesters, Chorinne
	8	Beaudoin, Mégane
	10	Robitaille, Sarah
	11	Kacem, Syrine
	12	Bédard, Ann-Sophie
	13	Dubé, Daphnée
	14	Brochu, Rose-Marie
	15	Caron, Élodie
	16	Tremblay, Audrey-Maude
	17	Picard, Jade
	18	Lavoie, Éloïse
	19	Parent, Éliza
	20	Bilodeau, Béatrice

AS DE QUéBEC PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	17	2:00	Tripping	3:28			3:28	5:28
1st	8	2:00	Body-Checking	6:27			6:27	8:29
1st	20	2:00	Tripping	17:47			17:47	19:47
2nd	7	2:00	Body-Checking	3:08			3:08	5:08

HALIFAX FIRE Goals

HALIFAX FIRE PLAYERS (plus)

AS DE QUéBEC PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st