PLAYED AT: Mosaic Place
Date: Apr 22, 2014
GAME NOTES: TORONTO BLANKS HALIFAX, GETS FIRST TELUS CUP WIN
DAVID BRIEN
MOOSE JAW, Sask. – Izzy Benigno made 22 saves for the shutout, leading the Toronto Young Nationals to a 3-0 win over the Halifax McDonald’s in a Tuesday afternoon match-up at the 2014 TELUS Cup.
Tyler Longo had two goals and Nik Kalpouzos added the game-winner for the Young Nationals, who evened their record after a tournament-opening loss to Prince Albert on Monday.
Max Routledge chipped in with two assists for Toronto (1-1), which won while being outshot 22-19.
Despite seven first-period power plays – four for Halifax, three for Toronto – the teams struggled to find any offensive rhythm, combining for just six shots in the opening 20 minutes, although a number of shots were blocked on both sides.
Kalpouzos finally broke the scoreless deadlock at the 6:33 mark of the second period, taking a pass from Mac Graham and wiring a seeing-eye shot through traffic and under the pad of Halifax netminder Reilly Pickard for a 1-0 lead.
That would be it for scoring through 40 minutes, although the Macs (0-1-1) won the race to 10 shots on goal, reaching double digits with a minute left in the second period.
Longo took advantage of a poor Halifax line change four minutes into the third period, keeping the puck on a two-on-one and snapping a shot under the glove of Pickard to double the Toronto lead.
He made it 3-0 in the dying minutes, one-timing a pass from Routledge past a helpless Pickard for the final nail in the Halifax coffin.
Both teams struggled on the power play – Toronto went without a goal in 10 chances on the man advantage, while Halifax was goalless in eight opportunities.
Toronto will try to make it back-to-back wins when it takes on the host Moose Jaw Generals on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. MT, while the Macs take on the Grenadiers de Châteauguay in the day’s early game, with puck drop set for noon MT at Mosaic Place. |
Visiting Team: Toronto Young Nationals
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Home Team: Halifax McDonald's
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TORONTO YOUNG NATIONALS LINEUP
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| Pos |
No. |
Name |
| G | 33 | Jacobs, Oliver | | G | 35 | Benigno, Izzy | | | 4 | Di Matteo, Louis | | | 5 | Cannata, Christian | | | 6 | Routledge, Maxwell | | | 8 | Harland, Steven | | | 9 | Graham, Mackenzie | | | 13 | Longo, Tyler | | | 15 | Bozzo, Marco | | | 17 | Gurr, Noah | | | 19 | Deluca, Adam | | | 21 | Herman, Justin | | | 22 | Peng, Scott | | | 24 | Patterson, Bryce | | | 28 | Molinnus, Kyle | | | 44 | Guest, James | | | 51 | Kalpouzos, Nikolas | | | 81 | Brown-O'Flynn, Kaelan | | | 91 | Pullara, Jeremy | | | | |
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TORONTO YOUNG NATIONALS PENALTIES
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| Per. |
No. |
Min |
Offence |
Off |
PP |
PS |
Start |
On |
| 1st | 21 | 2:00 | (auto) Interference minor | 2:15 | 1 | | 2:15 | 19:45 | | 1st | 9 | 2:00 | (auto) Holding minor | 7:20 | 1 | | 7:20 | 14:40 | | 1st | 24 | 2:00 | (auto) Interference minor | 13:48 | 1 | | 13:48 | 8:12 | | 1st | 6 | 2:00 | (auto) Head Contact minor | 19:33 | 1 | | 19:33 | 2:27 | | 2nd | 81 | 2:00 | (auto) Hooking minor | 17:48 | 1 | | 17:48 | 4:12 | | 2nd | 81 | 2:00 | Slashing minor | 19:59 | 1 | | 19:59 | 2:01 | | 3rd | 13 | 2:00 | Tripping minor | 4:33 | 1 | | 4:33 | 17:27 | | 3rd | 17 | 2:00 | (auto) Hooking minor | 10:32 | 1 | | 10:32 | 11:28 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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HALIFAX MCDONALD'S LINEUP
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| Pos |
No. |
Name |
| G | 1 | Pickard, Reilly | | G | 31 | Ritcey, Justin | | | 2 | Grant, Cody | | | 3 | Piercey, Carter | | | 4 | Ormon, Nick | | | 5 | Stewart, Patrick | | | 7 | Bezanson, Jordan | | | 8 | Drohan, Peter | | | 9 | Hubley, Shawn | | | 10 | Doiron, Justin | | | 11 | Nauss, Morgan | | | 12 | Hickey, Jacob | | | 14 | MacEachen, Ryan | | | 15 | Little, Daniel | | | 17 | Poirier, Luc | | | 18 | Jones, Johnny | | | 19 | Boucher, Dillon | | | 20 | Marsh, Ethan | | | 21 | Yochoff, Jordan | | | 22 | Dachyshyn, Barrett |
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HALIFAX MCDONALD'S PENALTIES
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| Per. |
No. |
Min |
Offence |
Off |
PP |
PS |
Start |
On |
| 1st | 15 | 2:00 | (auto) Hooking minor | 6:46 | 1 | | 6:46 | 15:14 | | 1st | 19 | 2:00 | (auto) Interference minor | 9:43 | 1 | | 9:43 | 12:17 | | 1st | 20 | 2:00 | (auto) Hooking minor | 17:02 | 1 | | 17:02 | 4:58 | | 2nd | 21 | 2:00 | (auto) Cross-Checking minor | 7:34 | 1 | | 7:34 | 14:26 | | 2nd | 5 | 2:00 | (auto) Cross-Checking minor | 9:14 | 1 | | 9:14 | 12:46 | | 2nd | 3 | 2:00 | Roughing minor | 11:47 | 1 | | 11:47 | 10:13 | | 2nd | 14 | 2:00 | Slashing minor | 13:25 | 1 | | 13:25 | 8:35 | | 2nd | 7 | 2:00 | Tripping minor | 15:38 | 1 | | 15:38 | 6:22 | | 3rd | 9 | 2:00 | (auto) Interference minor | 14:58 | 1 | | 14:58 | 7:02 | | 3rd | 2 | 2:00 | (auto) Cross-Checking minor | 19:42 | 1 | | 19:42 | 2:18 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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