Fort William Canadiens U18 'AA'

In a tightly contested game in the Superior Showdown, the Sault Ste. Marie Jr. Greyhounds netted a pair of powerplay goals to defeat the Fort William Canadiens 4-1.

After a scoreless first period, the Greyhounds scored in the later part of the second period with a Riley Carter powerplay goal.

With just 4:44 left in the game, the Greyhounds made it 2-0 when Brody Kleist scored a powerplay marker.

The Canadiens cut the lead in half, with Andrew Bragnalo taking a drop pass from Mason Arthur and snapped home his seventh of the season with 39 seconds left in the game.

The Greyhounds would score an empty net goal 11 seconds later and then finish the scoring with a fourth goal 13 seconds later.

Notes: The Greyhounds were 2-4 on the powerplay while the Canadiens were 0-3; Graham Gunn and Joseph Joubert were out of the Canadiens lineup and Owen Renn was lost for the game early in the first period; In the early game, the Marathon Northern Selects defeated the Wawa Legionnaires 5-4; The Canadiens meet the Legionnaires and Selects on Saturday.

Boxscore:

Game #39: Superior Showdown
Friday February 2/24 – Marathon Arena

Fort William Canadiens 1 Sault Ste. Marie Jr. Greyhounds 4

Score By Period
Team  1  2  3  T 
Fort William Canadiens 0 0 1 1
Sault Ste. Marie Jr. Greyhounds 0 1 3 4

Summary
First Period
No scoring
Penalties: FWC Reid (Crosschecking) 7:19; SSM Dearing (Slashing) 8:16; SSM Dearing (Head contact), FWC Lemmetty (Head contact) 13:36

Second Period
1. SSM Carter (Kleist, Walker) 11:14 PP
Penalties: FWC Jedruch (Hooking) 6:42; FWC Reid (Interference) 9:28

Third Period
2. SSM Kleist (Agawa, Carter) 10:16 PP
3. FWC Bragnalo 7th (Arthur, Panacheese) 14:21
4. SSM Darlow 14:32 EN
5. SSM Carter (Agawa) 14:45
Penalties: SSM Darlow (Interference) 1:15; SSM Corbett (Illegal equipment) 7:53; FWC Panacheese (Unsportsmanlike conduct) 8:51

Goaltenders  MP GA  Dec 
FWC Connor Menard 44 3 Loss
FWC Empty net 1 1 -
SSM Sebastien Brassard 45 1 Win

Power plays: (goals-chances) Canadiens 0-3; Greyhounds 2-4