Fort William Canadiens U18 'AA'

The Fort William Canadiens and Current River Comets battled to a 2-2 tie on Tuesday night.  This was the second consecutive tie for th Canadiens, who are now undefeated in five games. 

The Canadiens got out to a quick start when Cosimo Racco took a Terry Zaroski pass to pot his third goal of the season.  Zaroski was then credited with his sixth goal, when a Brad McLean shot was deflected on the powerplay midway through the first period.

The Comets than took advantage of a whistle for an unknown reason.  Jerry Franzese was firing a puck home when the whistle went.  With no reason for the whistle, the faceoff was moved to centre ice, where Current River went down the ice and Kyle Hakanen potted a rebound past Canadiens goalie Cody Junttola. 

After numerous penalties and powerplays for both teams, the Comets were able to score a goal with 53 seconds left in the game, when Hakanen scored on a loose puck in the crease with the goaltender pulled and on a powerplay. 

In a seldom used rule, the Fort William Canadiens were awarded a penalty shot with five seconds remaining.  The penalty shot was awarded due to a delay of game call called with less than two minutes remaining because the Comets had knocked the net off intentionally.  Chris Kovac took the shot but the puck rolled off his stick after deking the goalie.

In the end, Current River finished with 44 minutes in penalties while the Canadiens had 24 minutes.  Both teams were 1-6 on the powerplay.

Notes: Volunteer Pool Bearcats defeated the Fort William Hurricanes 7-4 for their first win of the season; Brandon Hyatt again sat out with an arm injury, with the arm to receive a bone scan next Tuesday; Drew Strandberg sat out the game as he was competing in the highschool volleyball championships; Sean Spenrath will sit out Thursday's game, as he will be away competing in a running championships; Prior to the game, the captains of the Canadiens were announced.  Terry Zaroski was named captain, while Kevin Connolly, Justin Backor and Sean Spenrath were all named assistant captains.  The captains were voted on by the team.

Game #7: TBMHA Regular Season
Tuesday, Nov. 16/04 - Delaney Arena
Fort William Canadiens 2 Current River Comets 2
Score By Period
Team	1	2	3	T
Fort William Canadiens	2	0	0	2
West End Bruins	0	1	1	2
Summary
First Period
1. FWC Racco, 3rd (Zaroski) 1:39
2. FWC Zaroski, 6th (McLean, Kovac) 10:19 PP
Penalties: FWC Buckley (Highsticking) 6:37; CR MacDonald (Checking from Behind, Game Misconduct) 8:50
Second Period
3. CR Hakanen (Ylinen) 3:25
Penalties: CR Krawec, FWC Krasnichuk (Misconduct) 2:17; CR Hakanen (Roughing, Misconduct), FWC Zaroski (Double-Minor Roughing), FWC Krasnichuk (Highsticking) 14:58
Third Period
4. CR Hakanen 15:07 PP
Penalties: CR Johnson (Crosschecking) 1:24; CR Blackburn (Tripping) 2:34; CR Keeper (Elbowing) 6:08; CR Ylinen (Unsportsmanlike Conduct) 9:40; CR Johnson (Roughing) 10:49; FWC Baraniuk (Boarding) 11:29; FWC Friday (Roughing) 14:47
Goaltenders	MP	GA	Dec
FWC Cody Junttola	48	2	Tie
CR Davis Buchanan	48	2	Tie
Power plays: (goals-chances) Canadiens: 1-6; Comets 1-6.