Fort William Canadiens U18 'AA'

The Fort William Canadiens squared off with the hometown Marathon Northern Selects for the Superior Showdown title on Sunday afternoon, with the Canadiens grabbing a three goal lead and holding on for a 3-2 win.

Luca Jedruch opened the scoring just 1:52 into the game, snapping home his 17th of the season.

In the latter portion of the first period, Andrew Bragnalo jumped on a rebound from an Aiden Gregor point shot and outwaited the netminder to net his eighth of the campaign.

Midway through the second period, Tallon Thornsteinson dished a pass to Andrew Bragnalo, who found Mason Arthur in the slot area, with Arthur firing home his sixth goal of the year.

The Canadiens continued to push to find the elusive fourth goal but it was the Selects’ Giorgio Figliomeni would score with just 3:15 left in the game to give hometown team late hope.

Figliomeni would then bang home a powerplay goal, with the empty net give the Selects a two-man advantage, to make it 3-2 with one minute remaining.

Despite multiple opportunities in the final minute, the Canadiens would hold on for the one-goal victory to claim the Superior Showdown championship.

Connor Menard earned the win in net.

Notes: The Canadiens were 0-2 on the powerplay while the Selects scored on one of their two opportunities; Graham Gunn and Owen Renn remained out of the Canadiens lineup; The Canadiens return to regular season action on Monday night.

Boxscore:

Game #43: Superior Showdown
Sunday February 4/24 – Marathon Arena

Fort William Canadiens 3 Marathon Northern Selects 2

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

Summary
First Period
1. FWC Jedruch 17th 1:52
2. FWC Bragnalo 8th (Gregor) 12:23
Penalties: None

Second Period
3. FWC Arthur 6th (Bragnalo, Thornsteinson) 6:48
Penalties: MNS Taylor (Head contact), FWC Jedruch (Head contact) 1:07

Third Period
4. MNS Figliomeni 11:45
5. MNS Figliomeni (Abraham, Taylor) 14:00 PP
Penalties: MNS Albert (Slashing) 4:51; MNS Figliomeni (Hooking) 7:11; FWC Arthur (Hooking) 7:47; FWC Rzeszut (Slashing) 13:12

Goaltenders  MP GA  Dec 
FWC Connor Menard 45 2 Win
MNS Harrison Tymko 43 3 Loss
MNS Empty net 2 0 -

Power plays: (goals-chances) Canadiens 0-2; Selects 1-2