Fort William Canadiens U18 'AA'

The Fort William Canadiens finished the round robin in the Superior Showdown with a scoreless tie and a 5-1 loss.

In the morning game, despite out chancing their opponent, the Fort William Canadiens finished with a 0-0 tie with the Wawa Legionnaires.

Nicolas Pavletic picked up the shutout in net.

In the evening game versus the hometown Marathon Northern Selects, the Canadiens fell 5-1.

Neelix Otway opened the scoring, potting a rebound for his 10th of the season in the first period. Marathon would tie it minutes later and the two teams would head to the first intermission tied 1-1.

The Selects scored twice in the latter portion of the second period to grab a 3-1 lead and would eventually add two more goals in the third period.

Notes: The Canadiens finished 0-8 on the powerplay on the day and killed all five shorthanded opportunities; Graham Gunn and Owen Renn missed both games, while Joseph Joubert returned to the lineup for the second game of the day; The Canadiens will meet the Sault Ste. Marie Jr. Greyhounds in the first semifinal while Marathon and Wawa will meet in the latter semifinal game.

Boxscore:

Game #40: Superior Showdown
Saturday February 3/24 – Marathon Arena

Fort William Canadiens 0 Wawa Legionnaires 0

Score By Period
Team  1  2  3  T 
Fort William Canadiens 0 0 0 0
Wawa Legionnaires 0 0 0 0

Summary
First Period
No scoring
Penalties: FWC Panacheese (Slashing) 5:34; WL Black (Roughing), FWC Reid (Roughing) 6:34; WL Morrison (Slashing) 7:02; FWC Bragnalo (Tripping) 11:30

Second Period
No scoring
Penalties: WL Morrison (Misconduct), FWC Otway (Roughing) 1:41; WL Baronette-Moore (Tripping) 12:15

Third Period
No scoring
Penalties: WL Black (Hooking) 6:06

Goaltenders  MP GA  Dec 
FWC Nicolas Pavletic 45 0 Tie
WL Justin Martineau 45 0 Tie

Power plays: (goals-chances) Canadiens 0-3; Legionnaires 0-3

Boxscore:

Game #41: Superior Showdown
Saturday February 3/24 – Marathon Arena

Fort William Canadiens 1 Marathon Northern Selects 5

Score By Period
Team  1  2  3  T 
Fort William Canadiens 1 0 0 1
Marathon Northern Selects 1 2 2 5

Summary
First Period
1. FWC Otway 10th (Arthur, Lemmetty) 7:14
2. MNS McWatch (Skworchinski, Bryson) 9:51
Penalties: MNS Michano-Drover (Illegal equipment) 12:15

Second Period
3. MNS Harmer (Desormeaux, Harris) 11:46
4. MNS Desormeaux 13:05
Penalties: MNS Albert (Tripping) 6:27

Third Period
5. MNS Abraham (G.Tucker, Bryson) 6:34
6. MNS Desormeaux (Albert) 11:46
Penalties: FWC Panacheese (Head contact) 2:42; MNS G.Tucker (Roughing) 6:34; MNS Abraham (Interference) 7:48; FWC Panacheese (Slashing) 13:17; MNS Folusewych (Roughing) 13:40

Goaltenders  MP GA  Dec 
FWC Connor Menard 45 5 Loss
MNS Harrison Tymko 45 1 Win

Power plays: (goals-chances) Canadiens 0-5; Selects 0-2