Game Report 2415

National Jr A Championship

PLAYED AT: Centennial Regional Arena
Date: May 11, 2019
GAME NOTES: BANDITS SCORE EARLY AND OFTEN TO BEAT BLADES IN NJAC OPENER JASON LA ROSE BROOKS, Alta. – Luke Bast scored two goals and set up another, and the Brooks Bandits used a five-goal first period to earn a 7-3 win over the Oakville Blades to wrap up the opening day Saturday at the 2019 National Junior A Championship. Bast has scored in both games he has played at the tournament – as a 16-year-old affiliate at the 2017 event, he netted a goal in his lone appearance. In all, the Bandits got goals from six different players and points from 13 to improve to 3-1 in tournament openers. The scoring started very early, but it was the Blades who got the early advantage; off a lost face-off, Josh Nixon found a loose puck and beat Pierce Charleson from a sharp angle only 11 seconds in. Brooks answered back with a pair of goals just 26 seconds apart – Bast stretched to poke in the 1-1 goal, and William Lemay tucked in a rebound – only for Thomas Maia to redirect a redirect past a helpless Charleson at 4:04. Ryan Mahshie gave the hosts the lead for good with a power-play goal at 11:27, Mack Hancock went off the post and in 41 seconds after that and Nick Hale went bar-down on the short side at 16:25 to send Brooks to the intermission with five goals on 13 shots and a three-goal lead. The scoring subsided in the second period, with each team netting once. Maia got his second of the game on the power play just past the 11-minute mark when his shot hit a Brooks stick, ticked off the post and crept across the goal-line, but Bast drove hard to the net for his second late in the middle frame to make it a 6-3 game after 40 minutes. Brandon Scanlin capped the scoring midway through the third period, stepping into a loose puck and hammering a shot past Oakville goaltender Will Barber. The Bandits dominated the third period, outshooting the Blades 13-2. They had a 34-20 edge overall. Brooks is back in action Sunday night against the Portage Terriers (7 p.m. MT), right after the Blades take on the Prince George Spruce Kings (2 p.m. MT).

Visiting Team: Oakville Blades

Home Team: Brooks Bandits

OAKVILLE BLADES LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	1	Barber, Will
G	35	Elliot, Chris
	6	Aromatario, Nicholas
	7	Lewis, Kyle
	8	Amaral, Tyler
	9	Pyke, Garrett
	10	Nixon, Josh
	15	Ricketts, Jack
	17	Jones, Callum
	18	Girhiny, Christian
	20	Doggett, Holden
	21	Israels, Harrison
	25	O'Hara, Ryan
	26	Maia, Thomas
	27	McEachern, Tanner
	28	Reeves, Peyton
	55	Nicholson, Ryan
	72	Lyons, Jack
	77	Kersten, Spencer
	92	Potts, Kyle

OAKVILLE BLADES PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	92	2:00	Slashing	4:04	1
1st	28	2:00	Interference	14:21	1
2nd	28	2:00	Boarding	6:55	1
3rd	21	2:00	Tripping	1:06	1
3rd	92	2:00	Roughing	8:53	1

BROOKS BANDITS LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	30	Charleson, Pierce
G	31	Marshall, Tanner
	2	Wolski, Carter
	3	Hale, Nick
	4	Lemay, William
	5	Scanlin, Brandon
	7	Boyko, Simon
	8	Bast, Luke
	9	Gravel, Simon
	10	Vachon, Arnaud
	11	Plessis, Nathan
	13	Lucas, Andrew
	14	Mahshie, Ryan
	16	Campbell, Tyler
	18	Lee, Jakob
	19	Theis, Jake
	20	Hernández, Randy
	21	Armstrong, Andranik
	22	Hancock, Mack
	25	Ceulemans, Corson

BROOKS BANDITS PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	7	2:00	High-Sticking	18:04	1
2nd	25	2:00	Hooking	6:47	1
2nd	11	2:00	Holding	10:50	1
2nd	5	2:00	Cross-Checking	11:18	1
3rd	8	2:00	Slashing	11:24	1

OAKVILLE BLADES Goals

OAKVILLE BLADES PLAYERS (plus)

BROOKS BANDITS PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st

:11

1st

4:04

26-21-9

2nd

11:18

26-25-55

BROOKS BANDITS Goals

BROOKS BANDITS PLAYERS (plus)

OAKVILLE BLADES PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st