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Canadiens announce affiliate list
Posted by Lincoln Galbraith at Dec 2, 2004 4:00PM PST
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The Midget 'AA' affiliate draft took place in November. Each team received 3 Bantam 'AA' players and 10 Midget 'A' players. The following players are the affiliates for the Fort William Canadiens team for the 2004-2005 season: Shay Copp (North End 'BAA') John Pradaniuk (North End 'BAA') Alex Kranyak (Norwest 'BAA') Curtis Reitsma (Beavers 'MA') Brent Dyczko (Canadiens 'MA') Hayden Johnston (Canadiens 'MA') Brad McIlwain (Canadiens 'MA') Adam Harris (Current River 'MA') Trevor Harris (Current River 'MA') Jesse Lyght (Neebing 'MA') Brad Vis (Neebing 'MA') Travis Hay (Norwest 'MA') Arthur Gulbinowicz (South End 'MA')
For the first time this season, the Canadiens were shutout. The Sportop Bantam Kings dropped the Canadiens 3-0.
The Kings jumped out to an early lead when Mitchell Forbes scored a powerplay marker just 0:58 seconds into the game. Both teams traded opportunities and control of the game for the remainder of the period and into the second period.
Michael Gibbs made the score 2-0 in the second period when he received a pass at the side of the net after the Kings caught the Canadiens scrambling in the defensive zone. Sean Spenrath was denied on a 2-1 by a lunging pad save by Ryan Faragher.
The third period continued the trend of end to end action. Terry Zaroski's eight game scoring streak was almost extended when he hit the crossbar. The Canadiens, knowing that the complete game would not be played due to time restrictions, were forced to play more aggressively offensively and it almost paid off a couple of times. The Kings took advantage of the aggressiveness by converting a three on two break.
Cody Junttola took the loss but was solid in the net for the Canadiens.
The Canadiens were 0-6 on the powerplay, including a 1:50 span while the Kings were two men short. The Kings finished 1-3 on the powerplay.
Notes: Brendan Hyatt (arm injury) did not play again. He has had his cast removed; The Canadiens were not shutout and had one shutout last season; Zaroski's goal scoring streak ended after nine goals (and 11 points) in eight games; This low scoring game broke the weekly trend of high scoring Midget 'AA' games. The Hurricanes defeated West End 9-6 and Current River defeated Volunteer Pool 8-5 on Tuesday. The Current River-Volunteer Pool game also included three fights; The Canadiens went 2-2-2 in the month of November and were outscored 18-15. Zaroski (8 points), Chris Kovac (6 points) and Spenrath (4 points) led the team in scoring for the month. CosimoRacco and Zaroski led the team in plus minus for the month at +3. Chris Kovac and Ryan Krasnichuk were +2 for the month. The powerplay was 4-26 (15.4%) and the penalty kill was 21-25 (84.0%) for the month.
The Kings jumped out to an early lead when Mitchell Forbes scored a powerplay marker just 0:58 seconds into the game. Both teams traded opportunities and control of the game for the remainder of the period and into the second period.
Michael Gibbs made the score 2-0 in the second period when he received a pass at the side of the net after the Kings caught the Canadiens scrambling in the defensive zone. Sean Spenrath was denied on a 2-1 by a lunging pad save by Ryan Faragher.
The third period continued the trend of end to end action. Terry Zaroski's eight game scoring streak was almost extended when he hit the crossbar. The Canadiens, knowing that the complete game would not be played due to time restrictions, were forced to play more aggressively offensively and it almost paid off a couple of times. The Kings took advantage of the aggressiveness by converting a three on two break.
Cody Junttola took the loss but was solid in the net for the Canadiens.
The Canadiens were 0-6 on the powerplay, including a 1:50 span while the Kings were two men short. The Kings finished 1-3 on the powerplay.
Notes: Brendan Hyatt (arm injury) did not play again. He has had his cast removed; The Canadiens were not shutout and had one shutout last season; Zaroski's goal scoring streak ended after nine goals (and 11 points) in eight games; This low scoring game broke the weekly trend of high scoring Midget 'AA' games. The Hurricanes defeated West End 9-6 and Current River defeated Volunteer Pool 8-5 on Tuesday. The Current River-Volunteer Pool game also included three fights; The Canadiens went 2-2-2 in the month of November and were outscored 18-15. Zaroski (8 points), Chris Kovac (6 points) and Spenrath (4 points) led the team in scoring for the month. CosimoRacco and Zaroski led the team in plus minus for the month at +3. Chris Kovac and Ryan Krasnichuk were +2 for the month. The powerplay was 4-26 (15.4%) and the penalty kill was 21-25 (84.0%) for the month.
| Game #11: TBMHA Regular Season | ||||
| Wednesday, Dec. 1/04 - Fort William First Nations #1 | ||||
| Fort William Canadiens 0 Thunder Bay Bantam Kings 3 | ||||
| Score By Period | ||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
| Fort William Canadiens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thunder Bay Bantam Kings | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Summary | ||||
| First Period | ||||
| 1. TBK Forbes (Longley, Minoletti) 1:58 PP | ||||
| Penalties: FWC Zaroski (Interference) 0:37; TBK Longley (Crosschecking) 5:04; TBK Kane (Checking from behind, Game misconduct) 7:54; TBK Quarell (Hooking) 15:44 | ||||
| Second Period | ||||
| 2. TBK Gibbs (Staal) 10:44 | ||||
| Penalties: TBK Davis (Holding, Unsportsmanlike conduct) 2:16; TBK Valley (Roughing, Misconduct) 4:26; TBK Joyce (Crosschecking) FWC Zaroski (Holding) 8:44; FWC Kovac (Crosschecking) 12:40 | ||||
| Third Period | ||||
| 3. TBK Judson 11:59 | ||||
| Penalties: TBK Huskinson, FWC Kovac (Misconduct) 10:04; FWC Friday (Holding) 12:06 | ||||
| Goaltenders | MP | GA | Dec | |
| FWC Cody Junttola | 48 | 3 | Loss | |
| TBK Ryan Faragher | 48 | 0 | Win | |
| Power plays: (goals-chances) Canadiens 0-6; Kings 1-3. | ||||
The Canadiens ended their two game losing streak by defeating the Neebing Hawks 4-3 last night. This was the first time ever the Canadiens have defeated the Neebing juvenile hockey team, which is in it's third season.
The first period was scoreless until Justin Backor beat Tyler Fortin with a shot with just 10 seconds remaining in the period.
The Canadiens played a solid second period and added to the lead with two goals midway through the period. First, Brendan Willis' point shot was deflected by a Hawk player and beat Fortin. The Canadiens then took advantage of a powerplay when Terry Zaroski took a Backor pass in front of the net and scored his ninth goal of the season. Zaroski has now scored in all eight games he has played this season.
The third period began with Sean Spenrath scoring his second of the season on a partial breakaway after he received a little chip pass from Zaroski. The Neebing Hawks responded with a goal a couple of minutes later when Nick Burrell scored. The Canadiens then killed three consecutive penalties before Burrell and Mark Dysievick scored in the last minute.
Drew Strandberg was solid in the net for the Canadiens, earning the win. Kevin Connolly and Chris Kovac both had two assists, while Backor added an assist to his goal for two points.
The Canadiens were 1-7 on the powerplay while the Hawks were 0-6.
Notes: Brandon Hyatt (injury) and Jerry Franzese (out of town) both missed the game; Brad McIllwain, a member of the Canadiens Midget 'A' team made his debut as an affiliate last night; Norwest and Current River tied 1-1 in the game following the Canadiens-Hawks game; The two juvenile teams are now a combined 4-8-2. Last season they were a combined 25-22-6 and the previous season saw the one juvenile team go 15-8-2.
The first period was scoreless until Justin Backor beat Tyler Fortin with a shot with just 10 seconds remaining in the period.
The Canadiens played a solid second period and added to the lead with two goals midway through the period. First, Brendan Willis' point shot was deflected by a Hawk player and beat Fortin. The Canadiens then took advantage of a powerplay when Terry Zaroski took a Backor pass in front of the net and scored his ninth goal of the season. Zaroski has now scored in all eight games he has played this season.
The third period began with Sean Spenrath scoring his second of the season on a partial breakaway after he received a little chip pass from Zaroski. The Neebing Hawks responded with a goal a couple of minutes later when Nick Burrell scored. The Canadiens then killed three consecutive penalties before Burrell and Mark Dysievick scored in the last minute.
Drew Strandberg was solid in the net for the Canadiens, earning the win. Kevin Connolly and Chris Kovac both had two assists, while Backor added an assist to his goal for two points.
The Canadiens were 1-7 on the powerplay while the Hawks were 0-6.
Notes: Brandon Hyatt (injury) and Jerry Franzese (out of town) both missed the game; Brad McIllwain, a member of the Canadiens Midget 'A' team made his debut as an affiliate last night; Norwest and Current River tied 1-1 in the game following the Canadiens-Hawks game; The two juvenile teams are now a combined 4-8-2. Last season they were a combined 25-22-6 and the previous season saw the one juvenile team go 15-8-2.
| Game #10: TBMHA Regular Season | ||||
| Sunday, Nov. 28/04 - Tournament Centre #1 | ||||
| Fort William Canadiens 4 Neebing Hawks 3 | ||||
| Score By Period | ||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
| Fort William Canadiens | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Neebing Hawks | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Summary | ||||
| First Period | ||||
| 1. FWC Backor, 4th (Kovac) 15:50 | ||||
| Penalties: NE Friday (Holding) 4:59; NE Clouthier (Hooking) 7:31; NE VandenBrooke (Highsticking) 13:29 | ||||
| Second Period | ||||
| 2. FWC Willis, 1st (Kovac) 2:19 | ||||
| 3. FWC Zaroski, 9th (Backor, Connolly) 8:11 PP | ||||
| Penalties: NE Miedema (Roughing after the whistle) 7:40; NE Dysievick (Slashing) 8:54; NE Bench (Too many men) 9:49; NE Miedema (Roughing), NE Niemi (Roughing), FWC Connolly (Slashing, Roughing), FWC Zaroski (Roughing) 10:55; FWC Friday (Holding the stick) 15:34 | ||||
| Third Period | ||||
| 4. FWC Spenrath, 2nd (Zaroski, Connolly) 2:08 | ||||
| 5. NE Burrell (Niemi, Debungie) 5:40 | ||||
| 6. NE Burrell (Miedema) 15:18 | ||||
| 7. NE Dysievick (Littleford, Niemi) 15:55 | ||||
| Penalties: NE Fortin (Tripping) 5:54; FWC Backor (Hooking) 6:06; FWC Krasnichuk (Tripping) 7:11; FWC Racco (Highsticking) 8:12; NE VandenBrooke (Roughing) 11:50; NE Haluczak, FWC Zaroski (Roughing, Misconduct) 14:11 | ||||
| Goaltenders | MP | GA | Dec | |
| FWC Drew Strandberg | 48 | 3 | Win | |
| NE Tyler Fortin | 48 | 4 | Loss | |
| Power plays: (goals-chances) Canadiens 1-7; Neebing 0-6. | ||||
Canadiens drop second straight
Posted by Lincoln Galbraith at Nov 23, 2004 4:00PM PST
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For the second game in a row, the Canadiens gave up five goals and lost the game. This time, though, the game was different. While in their last loss (to Neebing) the Canadiens fell behind early, this time the Canadiens dominated the first period only to have the score be even at 1-1 after the period.
Terry Zaroski started the scoring when he scored while falling in the slot area. It was Zaroski's eighth goal in seven games. The Volunteer Pool Bearcats evened the score before intermission when they took advantage of an untimely line change and a rebound, which Chris Fogg scored on. The Canadiens had many chances to take a large lead in the period but were denied by C.J. Racco.
The second period saw the Bearcats take advantage of a couple bounces and untimely penalties. Daniel Niemi and former Canadien Ryan Beese made it 3-1.
The third period saw Cosimo Racco score his fourth goal of the season, when a bad angled shot bounced in past his cousin C.J. Racco. David Dawd then scored two consecutve goals for the Bearcats to put the game out of reach. Jerry Franzese scored his fourth goal of the season with less than a minute left in the game.
Cody Junttola was saddled with the loss. The Candiens were 0-2 on the powerplay, while the Bearcats were 1-4.
Notes: The Canadiens signed Rob Monty as a trainer in the past week and he made his debut on the bench last night. Monty spent the past season as a trainer in the Kings organization; For the second time this season, coach Mike Heino was put into action to fix a broken skate blade during the game. This time it was Terry Zaroski's blade breaking into two. Last time it was Chris Kovac's blade that broke; Brandon Hyatt's arm was scanned earlier this week and he is awaiting results to find out when he will be able to play again. He skated for the first time in full equipment on Sunday; Brad McLean and former Canadien Mike Zachary were sent off the ice late in the game with 10 minute misconducts.
Terry Zaroski started the scoring when he scored while falling in the slot area. It was Zaroski's eighth goal in seven games. The Volunteer Pool Bearcats evened the score before intermission when they took advantage of an untimely line change and a rebound, which Chris Fogg scored on. The Canadiens had many chances to take a large lead in the period but were denied by C.J. Racco.
The second period saw the Bearcats take advantage of a couple bounces and untimely penalties. Daniel Niemi and former Canadien Ryan Beese made it 3-1.
The third period saw Cosimo Racco score his fourth goal of the season, when a bad angled shot bounced in past his cousin C.J. Racco. David Dawd then scored two consecutve goals for the Bearcats to put the game out of reach. Jerry Franzese scored his fourth goal of the season with less than a minute left in the game.
Cody Junttola was saddled with the loss. The Candiens were 0-2 on the powerplay, while the Bearcats were 1-4.
Notes: The Canadiens signed Rob Monty as a trainer in the past week and he made his debut on the bench last night. Monty spent the past season as a trainer in the Kings organization; For the second time this season, coach Mike Heino was put into action to fix a broken skate blade during the game. This time it was Terry Zaroski's blade breaking into two. Last time it was Chris Kovac's blade that broke; Brandon Hyatt's arm was scanned earlier this week and he is awaiting results to find out when he will be able to play again. He skated for the first time in full equipment on Sunday; Brad McLean and former Canadien Mike Zachary were sent off the ice late in the game with 10 minute misconducts.
| Game #9: TBMHA Regular Season | ||||
| Tuesday, Nov. 23/04 - Delaney Arena | ||||
| Fort William Canadiens 3 Volunteer Pool Bearcats 5 | ||||
| Score By Period | ||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
| Fort William Canadiens | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Volunteer Pool Bearcats | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Summary | ||||
| First Period | ||||
| 1. FWC Zaroski, 8th (Spenrath, Kovac) 9:06 | ||||
| 2. VP Fogg (Beese, Lento) 14:13 | ||||
| Penalties: VP Zachary (Misconduct), VP Beese (Highsticking), FWC McLean (Crosschecking) 7:31; VP Romano (Highsticking) 15:12 | ||||
| Second Period | ||||
| 3. VP Niemi (Fenton, Ward) 5:16 | ||||
| 4. VP Beese (Lento, Zachary) 6:30 PP | ||||
| Penalties: FWC McLean (Roughing) 5:48; VP Sambray (Slashing) 7:36 | ||||
| Third Period | ||||
| 5. FWC Racco, 4th 0:51 | ||||
| 6. VP Dawd (Sambray) 7:02 | ||||
| 7. VP Dawd (Fenton) 8:45 | ||||
| 8. FWC Franzese, 4th (Willis, Spenrath) 15:31 | ||||
| Penalties: None | ||||
| Goaltenders | MP | GA | Dec | |
| FWC Cody Junttola | 48 | 5 | Loss | |
| VP C.J. Racco | 48 | 3 | Win | |
| Power plays: (goals-chances) Canadiens 0-2; Bearcats 1-4. | ||||
A streak that started October 26 and lasted five games ended last night when the Neebing Hawks Juvenile club handed the Fort William Canadiens a 5-2 loss. The Canadiens, now 3-3-2, were unable to battle back from an early Neebing start.
Neebing got on the board early, when Nick Burrell got his stick on a loose puck and beat a screened Drew Strandberg. Neebing completed the first period scoring when Dale Vandenbrooke scored, assisted by former Canadiens captain Tyler Haluczak.
The Canadiens shrunk the lead to 2-1 when Justin Backor scored his third goal of the season. Following a Neebing goal by Nick Burrell, Terry Zaroski converted a Chris Kovac goal for a powerplay goal. It was Zaroski's seventh goal of the season and extended his goal scoring streak to six games.
Neebing dominated the third period on the scoreboard. Andrew Miedema and Mark Dysievick both scored to finish the scoring.
Both teams had eight minutes in penalties and were both 1-3 on the powerplay.
Notes: Volunteer Pool Bearcats lost to the Norwest Stars 5-4 following the Canadiens-Neebing game. Norwest led 5-0 before Volunteer Pool scored four times in the third; West End, for the second time this season, beat the Bantam Kings on Wednesday night. West End has given the Kings their only two losses in regular season this year; Brandon Hyatt (injury) and Sean Spenrath (Cross-country running championships in Eastern Ontario) both did not dress; Brad Vis debuted for the Canadiens. He is an affiliate for the team from the Midget 'A' level.
Neebing got on the board early, when Nick Burrell got his stick on a loose puck and beat a screened Drew Strandberg. Neebing completed the first period scoring when Dale Vandenbrooke scored, assisted by former Canadiens captain Tyler Haluczak.
The Canadiens shrunk the lead to 2-1 when Justin Backor scored his third goal of the season. Following a Neebing goal by Nick Burrell, Terry Zaroski converted a Chris Kovac goal for a powerplay goal. It was Zaroski's seventh goal of the season and extended his goal scoring streak to six games.
Neebing dominated the third period on the scoreboard. Andrew Miedema and Mark Dysievick both scored to finish the scoring.
Both teams had eight minutes in penalties and were both 1-3 on the powerplay.
Notes: Volunteer Pool Bearcats lost to the Norwest Stars 5-4 following the Canadiens-Neebing game. Norwest led 5-0 before Volunteer Pool scored four times in the third; West End, for the second time this season, beat the Bantam Kings on Wednesday night. West End has given the Kings their only two losses in regular season this year; Brandon Hyatt (injury) and Sean Spenrath (Cross-country running championships in Eastern Ontario) both did not dress; Brad Vis debuted for the Canadiens. He is an affiliate for the team from the Midget 'A' level.
| Game #8: TBMHA Regular Season | ||||
| Thursday, Nov. 18/04 - Tournament Centre #1 | ||||
| Fort William Canadiens 2 Neebing Juveniles 5 | ||||
| Score By Period | ||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
| Fort William Canadiens | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Neebing Juveniles | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Summary | ||||
| First Period | ||||
| 1. NE Burrell (Everett, Strachen) 0:33 | ||||
| 2. NE Vandenbrooke (Haluczak) 11:29 | ||||
| Penalties: FWC Willis (Interference) 2:02; FWC Kovac (Slashing) 16:00 | ||||
| Second Period | ||||
| 3. FWC Backor, 3rd 4:30 | ||||
| 4. NE Burrell 14:22 | ||||
| 5. FWC Zaroski, 7th (Kovac, Baraniuk) 14:56 PP | ||||
| Penalties: NE Miedema (Crosschecking) 7:09; NE Fox (Tripping) 11:30; NE Clouthier (Kneeing) 14:49 | ||||
| Third Period | ||||
| 6. NE Miedema (Coderre, Clouthier) 1:29 PP | ||||
| 7. NE Dysievick (Coderre, Miedema) 11:24 | ||||
| Penalties: NE Vandenbrooke (Slashing), FWC Buckley (Roughing), FWC McLean (Roughing) 0:19 | ||||
| Goaltenders | MP | GA | Dec | |
| FWC Drew Strandberg | 48 | 5 | Loss | |
| NE Tyler Fortin | 48 | 2 | Win | |
| Power plays: (goals-chances) Canadiens 1-3; Neebing 1-3. | ||||
