Fort William Canadiens U18 'AA'

The Fort William Hurricanes scored with just 1:58 remaining in the game to break a 2-2 tie and eventually defeat the Fort William Canadiens 4-2.

The Hurricanes scored the lone goal of the first period as Chase Graver jumped on a scrambled puck off a faceoff and fired home the marker in the final minute of the period.

Andrew Bragnalo evened the score at 1-1 with his ninth of the year, converting a Joseph Joubert pass on a two on one break.

The Hurricanes regained the lead a minute later on a Brady Wrigley goal.

Just 18 seconds into the third period, Luca Jedruch scored to tie the game at 2-2, firing home a bad angle shot for his 18th of the season.

After playing almost 13 minutes without a goal, a Levi Lucas screenshot found it’s way through to make it 3-2. Bryce Volbracht ended the scoring less than a minute later.

Notes: The Canadiens’ powerplay was 0-2 while the Hurricanes were 0-1 with the extra skater; Owen Renn and Mason Arthur were out of the Canadiens lineup; In the early game, the Volunteer Pool Bearcats and West End Bruins tied 1-1; The Canadiens return to the ice Friday evening, hosting the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints from Kenora. St. Thomas also plays the Current River Comets (8:30 a.m.) and Volunteer Pool Bearcats (7:00 p.m.) on Saturday and finish their trip to Thunder Bay with a game versus the West End Bruins on Sunday (9:00 a.m.); The Canadiens and St. Thomas last met in September 2014.

Boxscore:

Game #44: Regular Season
Monday February 5/24 – Delaney Arena

Fort William Canadiens 2 Fort William Hurricanes 4

Score By Period
Team  1  2  3  T 
Fort William Canadiens 0 1 1 2
Fort William Hurricanes 1 1 2 4

Summary
First Period
1. FWH Graver (Sloan) 14:21
Penalties: FWC Panacheese (Interference) 2:52

Second Period
2. FWC Bragnalo 9th (Joubert, Otway) 6:27
3. FWH Wrigley (Sloan, Smith) 7:23
Penalties: FWH Johnson (Charging) 1:08; FWH Li.Lucas (Hooking) 8:44

Third Period
4. FWC Jedruch 18th (Caputo, Panacheese) 0:18
5. FWH Le.Lucas (Dupuis, Sloan) 13:02
6. FWH Volbracht (Johnson, Pike) 14:13
Penalties: None

Goaltenders  MP GA  Dec 
FWC Nicolas Pavletic 45 4 Loss
FWH Logan Briggs 45 2 Win

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