Fort William Canadiens U18 'AA'

Neelix Otway scored twice, including the game winner, in his 100th career game with the Fort William Canadiens as the Canadiens slipped past the San Francisco Sabercats 3-2 to open the Gopher State Classic in St. Louis Park.

Late in the first period, the Canadiens’ Owen Bodnar fired a shot on goal and Luca Jedruch jumped on the rebound to score his 19th of the season and give the Canadiens a first period lead.

After the Sabercats’ Damien Paschke tied the game with the lone goal of the second period, Otway would score in the opening minutes of the third period to regain the one-goal lead.

Otway would score his second of the night and 13th of the season with just over three minutes left in the game to extend the lead to two goals.

The Sabercats’ Hunter Inkster would score a late shorthanded goal to close the gap to 3-2 but neither team was able to score again.

Connor Menard earned the win in net.

Notes: The Canadiens were 0-3 on the powerplay but killed all four shorthanded opportunities; Owen Renn and Nathan Caputo were out of the Canadiens lineup; Deacon Panacheese finished with two assists; Otway is the active leader in games played with 100, followed by Cole Rzeszut (98), Joseph Joubert (94), Luca Jedruch (90), Ewan Reid (87) and Nicolas Pavletic (79); The Canadiens square off with the Fort William Hurricanes on Sunday morning in the outdoor game, followed by a late afternoon game with the West End Bruins.

Boxscore:

Game #46: Gopher State Classic
Saturday February 17/24 – St. Louis Park Arena

Fort William Canadiens 3 San Francisco Sabercats 2

Score By Period
Team  1  2  3  T 
Fort William Canadiens 0 1 1 2
San Francisco Sabercats 1 0 2 3

Summary
First Period
1. FWC Jedruch 19th (Bodnar, Panacheese) 12:27
Penalties: SFS Giang (Hooking) 7:35; FWC Panacheese (Roughing) 13:21

Second Period
2. SFS Paschke (Reyes, Gorelik) 9:28
Penalties: FWC Panacheese (Holding) 4:22; FWC Thornsteinson (Hooking) 10:41

Third Period
3. FWC Otway 12th (Lemmetty, Thornsteinson) 1:34
4. FWC Otway 13th (Rzeszut, Panacheese) 10:35
5. SFS Inkster (Remedios) 12:27 SH
Penalties: FWC Bodnar (Slashing) 6:16; SFS Reyes (Roughing) 8:14; SFS Lee (Tripping) 11:27

Goaltenders  MP GA  Dec 
FWC Connor Menard 42 2 Win
SFS Jonah Lewis 41 3 Loss
SFS Empty net 1 0 -

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