Seasons
Announcement
For the third straight regular season game, the Fort William Canadiens fell by a single goal, dropping a 4-3 game to the Current River Comets on Monday evening.
The Comets’ Nathan Vita opened the scoring, getting body position in the crease area. Late in the first period, Connor Brindley tipped a powerplay point shot to make it 2-0.
Early in the second period, Luca Jedruch found a wide open Andrew Bragnalo in the slot area, with Bragnalo burying it to cut the lead in half. Jedruch would score his 15th of the year late in the frame, winning a race for the puck and backhanding home the tying goal.
Just 2:15 into the third period, Vita would score his second of the game, followed by a Koen Herman goal 48 seconds later.
Bragnalo would net his second of the game and sixth of the season with 5:20 remaining in the game, a shorthanded goal to close the gap to 4-3.
Despite a late powerplay chance and an extra attacker, the Canadiens were unable to find the tying goal.
Notes: The Canadiens ended the night 0-3 on the powerplay; The Comets scored an early powerplay goal but were held off for a late major penalty to finish 1-2 on the powerplay; Owen Bodnar, Tallon Thornsteinson and Nathan Caputo were out of the lineup for the Canadiens; Ali Hassan Alam played his first regular season game with the Canadiens, his eighth total game this season; In the early game, the Fort William Hurricanes defeated the West End Bruins; The Canadiens have nine days off between game for the exam season, returning to play on Wednesday January 31st versus the West End Bruins.
Boxscore:
Game #37: Regular Season
Monday January 22/24 – Delaney Arena
Fort William Canadiens 3 Current River Comets 4
Score By Period
Team 1 2 3 T
Fort William Canadiens 0 2 1 3
Current River Comets 2 0 2 4
Summary
First Period
1. CR Vita (Allan, Yoller) 1:57
2. CR Brindley (MacGillivray, Marino) 13:21 PP
Penalties: CR Pollock (Interference) 8:33; FWC Panacheese (Crosschecking) 11:37
Second Period
3. FWC Bragnalo 5th (Rzeszut, Jedruch) 3:52
4. FWC Jedruch 15th 14:42
Penalties: None
Third Period
5. CR Vita (Duclos, Kaemingh) 1:45
6. CR Herman (Height, Brindley) 2:03
7. FWC Bragnalo 6th 9:40 SH
Penalties: CR Allan (Tripping) 2:14; FWC Joubert (Slashing major, Game misconduct) 5:10; CR Holowanky (Slashing) 11:50
Goaltenders MP GA Dec
FWC Connor Menard 44 4 Loss
FWC Empty net 1 0 -
CR Matthew Smith 45 3 Win
Power plays: (goals-chances) Canadiens 0-3; Comets 1-2
