Fort William Canadiens U18 'AA'

A slow start and a couple short spans where the Current River Comets scored in bunches proved to be too much for the Fort William Canadiens on Wednesday evening, as the Comets picked up a 5-2 win.

The lone goal of the first period was scored less than two minutes into the game, with Carson Height potting the opening goal.

The Canadiens scored their two goals in a 2:13 span to open the second period. Owen Renn netted his third of the season, converting a Nathan Caputo pass and then Luca Jedruch slid home his fourth of the season off a rebound from a Joseph Joubert shot.

In the final third of the middle period, the Comets’ Liam Duclos scored a powerplay goal followed by a Connor Brindley goal.

Early in the third period, the Comets’ Height and Sam Williamson scored 35 seconds apart to end the scoring.

Notes: The Canadiens were 0-2 on the powerplay, both opportunities in the third period; The Comets scored on their lone powerplay chance; In the late game, the West End Bruins blanked the Fort William Hurricanes 3-0; The Canadiens play the Hurricanes and Bruins next week.

Boxscore:

Game #8: Regular Season
Wednesday November 1/23 – Delaney Arena

Fort William Canadiens 2 Current River Comets 5

Score By Period
Team  1  2  3  T 
Fort William Canadiens 0 2 0 2
Current River Comets 1 2 2 5

Summary
First Period
1. CR Height (Vita) 1:44
Penalties: None

Second Period
2. FWC Renn 3rd (Caputo, Panacheese) 3:29
3. FWC Jedruch 4th (Joubert, Reid) 5:42
4. CR Duclos (Holowanky) 10:02 PP
5. CR Brindley (Holowanky, Vita) 13:54
Penalties: FWC Joubert (Unsportsmanlike conduct) 9:10

Third Period
6. CR Height (Allan, Woodman) 2:50
7. CR Williamson (MacGillvray) 3:25
Penalties: CR Bench (Too many players) 6:13; CR Holowanky (Head contact) 8:24

Goaltenders  MP GA  Dec 
FWC Nicolas Pavletic 45 5 Loss
CR Matthew Smith 45 2 Win

Power plays: (goals-chances) Canadiens 0-2; Comets 1-1

On Wednesday evening, the Fort William Canadiens and West End Bruins battled to a 2-2 draw.

Less than two minutes into the game, Owen Renn beat the Bruins’ defender down the left wing and snapped home his second of the season.

Minutes later, the Bruins evened the score with Boston Bortolin scoring on a two on one break.

Early in the second period, Joseph Joubert found himself alone behind the Bruins’ defense and outwaited the netminder to backhand home his fifth of the season.

Midway through the third period, Nicholas Silvaggio scored on an odd-man rush to even the score at 2-2.

Connor Menard earned the tie in net.

Notes: Both teams were 0-1 on the powerplay; The Canadiens wore there dark jerseys but were officially the home team as the Bruins are waiting for their home jerseys to be available for use; In the late game, the Fort William Hurricanes defeated the Volunteer Pool Bearcats; The Canadiens return to game action on Wednesday versus the Current River Comets.

Boxscore:

Game #7: Regular Season
Wednesday October 25/23 – Delaney Arena

Fort William Canadiens 2 West End Bruins 2

Score By Period
Team  1  2  3  T 
Fort William Canadiens 1 1 0 2
West End Bruins 1 0 1 2

Summary
First Period
1. FWC Renn 2nd 1:39
2. WE Bortolin (Silvaggio, Dyll) 5:18
Penalties: None

Second Period
3. FWC Joubert 5th (Panacheese) 3:09
Penalties: FWC Joubert (Slashing) 4:28

Third Period
4. WE Silvaggio 8:19
Penalties: WE Macsemchuk (Roughing), FWC Reid (Roughing) 6:04; WE Silvaggio (Slashing) 12:00

Goaltenders  MP GA  Dec 
FWC Connor Menard 45 2 Tie
WE Jackson Andraka 45 2 Tie

Power plays: (goals-chances) Canadiens 0-1; Bruins 0-1

Joseph Joubert scored the first two goals of the game and Luca Jedruch added a third period goal as the Fort William Canadiens stopped the Volunteer Pool Bearcats 3-0 on Monday evening.

After a scoreless first period, Joubert took a Neelix Otway pass and backhanded home the game’s opening goal.

Late in the second period, Joubert pounced on a rebound of a Jedruch shot and made it 2-0 with his fourth of the season.

The lone goal of the third period was scored six minutes into the frame as Jedruch converted a Joubert pass on an odd-man rush, chipping the puck past the Bearcats’ netminder.

Nicolas Pavletic picked up the shutout in net.

Notes: Both teams were 0-1 on the powerplay; In the late game, the Current River Comets jumped out to a 2-0 lead, fell behind and then battled back for a 5-4 win over the West End Bruins; The Canadiens and Bruins meet on Wednesday evening.

Boxscore:

Game #6: Regular Seaon
Monday October 23/23 – Delaney Arena

Fort William Canadiens 3 Volunteer Pool Bearcats 0

Score By Period
Team  1  2  3  T 
Fort William Canadiens 0 2 1 3
Volunteer Pool Bearcats 0 0 0 0

Summary
First Period
No scoring
Penalties: None

Second Period
1. FWC Joubert 3rd (Otway, Jedruch) 4:41
2. FWC Joubert 4th (Jedruch, Rzeszut) 13:52
Penalties: FWC Thornsteinson (Boarding) 9:22

Third Period
3. FWC Jedruch 3rd (Joubert, Panacheese) 5:57
Penalties: VP Edwards (Tripping) 3:00

Goaltenders  MP GA  Dec 
FWC Nicolas Pavletic 45 0 Win
VP Ethan Vander-Vegte 45 3 Loss

Power plays: (goals-chances) Canadiens 0-1; Bearcats 0-1

The West End Bruins grabbed a two-goal lead late in the first period and kept the advantage for the remainder of the game as they stopped the Fort William Canadiens 4-1.

After the Canadiens had killed the first penalty of a two-man advantage, the Bruins’ Carter Tenhunen netted the opening goal on the second half of the powerplay.

Just over two minutes later, the Bruins’ Carson Fiorito found the back of the net to extend the lead to two goals.

Early in the second period, the Canadiens’ Luca Jedruch scored his second of the season while playing shorthanded to cut the lead in half.

Midway through the middle frame, the Bruins’ Luke Kluchkowsky found his way behind the Canadiens defenders in the slot and regained the two-goal lead.

Fiorito scored the lone goal of the third period, scoring with just 98 seconds left in the game.

Notes: The Canadiens were 0-4 on the powerplay while the Bruins were 1-5. Both teams failed to score on their two-man advantages; The Canadiens gave up their first goal while shorthanded this season while also scored their first goal while shorthanded as well; In the late game, the Fort William Hurricanes defeated the Volunteer Pool Bearcats 4-1; The Canadiens and Bearcats square off on Monday evening.

Boxscore:

Game #5: Regular Seaon
Monday October 16/23 – Delaney Arena

Fort William Canadiens 1 West End Bruins 4

Score By Period
Team  1  2  3  T 
Fort William Canadiens 0 1 0 1
West End Bruins 2 1 1 4

Summary
First Period
1. WE Tenhunen (Lemmetty) 9:59 PP
2. WE Fiorito (Kluchkowsky, Halstead) 12:16
Penalties: WE Bench (Too many players) 4:56; FWC Gunn (Interference) 7:52; FWC Rzeszut (Interference) 8:08; FWC Joubert (Boarding) 14:12

Second Period
3. FWC Jedruch 2nd (Rzeszut, Bragnalo) 2:52 SH
4. WE Kluchkowsky (Thompson) 12:16
Penalties: FWC Otway (Slashing) 1:08; WE Dyll (Interference) 1:17; FWC Joubert (Slashing) 5:24

Third Period
5. WE Fiorito (Johnson, Halstead) 13:22
Penalties: WE Kluchkowsky (Tripping) 5:59; WE Magill (Head contact) 6:32

Goaltenders  MP GA  Dec 
FWC Connor Menard 45 4 Loss
WE Jackson Andraka 45 1 Win

Power plays: (goals-chances) Canadiens 0-5; Bruins 1-5

In keeping with tradition, the Fort William Canadiens’ recently had a vote to determine their captaincy for the 2023-2024 season.

The players selected Cole Rzeszut as the captain for the season. Rzeszut is in his final year of U18 hockey and joined the Canadiens last season.

Joining Rzeszut are alternates Owen Renn, Neelix Otway and Luca Jedruch.

Renn joined the Canadiens this season after last playing for the West End Bruins U18AA team in 2021-2022.

Otway and Jedruch are in their second seasons with the Canadiens, with Otway in his final U18 season and Jedruch in his second season of U18 hockey.