Fort William Canadiens U18 'AA'

The Fort William Canadiens and Halton Hills Thunder squared off on Friday morning, with the Thunder winning 3-2 with the winning goal scored with just four seconds remaining.

Luca Jedruch started the scoring, beating the Thunder goalie in the first period.

After a scoreless second period, the Thunder scored twice in an 85 seconds span to take a 2-1 lead. Jedruch responded by beating a Thunder defender one on one then firing home his 11th of the season to tie the game at 2-2 with 6:06 left.

The Thunder would score with four seconds remaining to take the 3-2 win.

Notes: The Canadiens were 0-2 on the powerplay while killing all four shorthanded opportunities; Deacon Panacheese assisted on both goals; The Canadiens were without Andrew Bragnalo; Next on tap for the Canadiens is the Greater Toronto Capitals on Saturday morning at 11:20 and then a quarterfinal matchup in the late afternoon.

Boxscore:

Game #17: International Silver Stick
Friday December 1/23 – Countryside Arena

Fort William Canadiens 2 Halton Hills Thunder 3

Score By Period
Team  1  2  3  T 
Fort William Canadiens 1 0 1 2
Halton Hills Thunder 0 0 3 3

Summary
First Period
1. FWC Jedruch 10th (Panacheese) 10:20
Penalties: FWC Otway (Head contact) 4:11; FWC Thornsteinson (Boarding) 11:56

Second Period
No scoring
Penalties: HHT Garner-Wok (Slashing) 2:27; HHT Barnes (Hooking) 3:51; FWC Thornsteinson (Hooking) 6:46; FWC Otway (Holding) 11:42

Third Period
2. HHT Putos (Haddow) 4:30
3. HHT Neal (Aikins) 5:55
4. FWC Jedruch 11th (Gunn, Panacheese) 6:54
5. HHT Purdy 12:56
Penalties: None

Goaltenders  MP GA  Dec 
FWC Connor Menard 39 3 Loss
HHT Hunter Merlin 39 2 Win

Power plays: (goals-chances) Canadiens 0-2; Thunder 0-4