Game Report 701 Esso Cup
PLAYED AT: Gateway Ice Centre
Date: Apr 22, 2014
GAME NOTES: STEEVES BREAKS AWAY FOR THREE, LEADS MONCTON TO FIRST WIN by Wendy Graves STONEY CREEK, Ont. – Faith Steeves (Peticodiac, N.B.) scored three times on the breakaway and Brooke Murphy (Riverview, N.B.) had two goals of her own, as the Moncton Rockets found its way into the win column with a 5-4 victory over the Edmonton Thunder on Tuesday at the Esso Cup. Sarah Johnson (Moncton, N.B.) and Isabelle Letourneau (Moncton, N.B.) both added two assists. Alexandra Poznikoff (Edmonton, Alta.) led the Thunder with two goals and an assist, while Nicole Gorda (Edmonton, Alta.) had a goal and two assists. It had been a rough start to the Esso Cup for the Rockets. The team had dropped its first two games by a combined 13-2 and was facing a must-win situation to have any hope of being around for Friday’s semifinals. “We were really focused, but there was that little bit of what-if we lose type of thinking,” Steeves said after the game. “I feel like we kept our cool and played like we should. We kind of threw the distractions in the garbage.” Murphy gave Moncton its first lead of the Esso Cup 4:47 into the game. A simple dump in was too casually pushed aside by Thunder goalie Tracie Kikuchi (Edmonton, Alta.). The puck bounced back out front where Murphy was waiting to pounce. Moncton doubled its lead just over three minutes later, when Murphy completed an on-the-fly passing play with Hayley Hallihan (Miramichi, N.B.) and Letourneau. Moncton continued to build momentum – and its lead – as the period went on. Just over 13 minutes in, Steeves beat her defender just inside the blue line and walked in alone to beat Kikuchi low stick side. Edmonton finally stopped the bleeding in the closing seconds of the period. Gorda’s shot from the top of the face-off circle appeared to bounce off Boucher and in. The Thunder looked to build on that momentum swing on the power play early in the second. Instead, the pendulum swung back the other way, when Steeves got sprung on another breakaway. The Thunder responded late with a short-handed goal of its own. Poznikoff was relentless in the Moncton zone on the penalty kill, and her effort was rewarded when she brought the puck out from behind the Rockets’ net and slid it under Waterman. Edmonton drew within one 13 minutes into the third, when Gorda backhanded home a rebound, but Steeves restored the two-goal lead with three to play. Poznikoff scored her second of the game with the goalie pulled on the power play, but with less than half a minute to go, it was too little, too late. Brianne Waterman (Memramcook, N.B.) made 42 saves in picking up her first Esso Cup win. 		Visiting Team: Moncton Rockets
 Home Team: Edmonton Thunder
MONCTON ROCKETS LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G1  Waterman, Brianne
G31  Carrier, Jordan
 3  Kerwin, Brianna
 6  Francis, Lucy
 7  Woodworth, Samantha
 9  Murphy, Emma Rae
 11  Letourneau, Isabelle
 12  Swinemer, Madison
 13  Porter, Morgan
 14  Hallihan, Hayley
 15  Leblanc, Dominik
 16  Bujold, Sarah
 18  Dolan, Ali
 19  Sophocleous, Lindsay
 21  Murphy, Brooke
 22  Reid, Hayley
 83  Daigle, Tinisha
 87  Johnson, Sarah
 95  Steeves, Faith
   
MONCTON ROCKETS PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st16 2:00 Slashing minor 10:191 10:1911:41
1st16 2:00 (auto) Body Checking minor 16:211 16:215:39
2nd16 2:00 (auto) Body Checking minor 2:581 2:5819:02
3rd9 2:00 (auto) Head Contact minor 18:291 18:293:31
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
EDMONTON THUNDER LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G31  Kikuchi, Tracie
G38  Rusnak, Keelyn
 3  Emerson, Raylene
 5  Dillon, Cayle
 7  Healey, Jessica
 8  Hitchings, Diane
 9  Giorgi, Kathryn
 10  Campbell, Brett
 11  Becks, Kennedy
 12  Barnett, Alison
 13  Boucher, Amy
 14  Casson, Morgan
 15  Reiter, Alix
 16  Poznikoff, Alexandra
 17  Scharpegge, Kennedi
 18  Padgett, Madison
 19  Gorda, Nicole
 20  McMillan, Alexa
 21  Lloyd, Taegan
 23  Laplante, Madison
EDMONTON THUNDER PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
2nd10 2:00 Slashing minor 15:391 15:396:21
2nd21 2:00 Tripping minor 17:421 17:424:18
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
MONCTON ROCKETS Goals MONCTON ROCKETS PLAYERS (plus) EDMONTON THUNDER PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
1st4:47  21-16-15            
1st8:02  21-14-11            
1st13:34  95-7            
2nd3:31 SH 95-87-11            
3rd17:10  95-87            
EDMONTON THUNDER Goals EDMONTON THUNDER PLAYERS (plus) MONCTON ROCKETS PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
1st19:49  13-10-19            
2nd19:06 SH 16            
3rd12:53  19-16            
3rd19:33 PP 16-19            
                
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
MONCTON ROCKETS 0 / 2
EDMONTON THUNDER 1 / 4
PENALTY SUMMARY
MONCTON ROCKETS 8 min / 4 inf
EDMONTON THUNDER 4 min / 2 inf
POINT SUMMARY
MONCTON ROCKETS 5 G + 8 A = 13 Pts
EDMONTON THUNDER 4 G + 4 A = 8 Pts
SCORING 1 2 3 Total
MONCTON ROCKETS3115
EDMONTON THUNDER1124
GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off
MON - Waterman (60:00) (W)14121642/0:003rd/20:00
EDM - Kikuchi (60:00) (L)84517/0:003rd/20:00
Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:
  -  Start: 12:00 PM
  -  End: 12:00 PM
  -  Attendance: 0 
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This report has been checked and verified against the Official Esso Cup Game Report.

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