Fort William Canadiens U18 'AA'

A four-minute span early in the second period proved detrimental to the Fort William Canadiens on Thursday evening in the opener of the Hockey Northwestern Ontario Tournament of Champions, giving up four goals to the West End Bruins and eventually falling 6-0.

Kehl Thompson scored the lone goal of the first period just after the midway point.

2:59 into the second period, Boston Bortolin converted on a two on one break. Luke Kluchkowsky would score a powerplay marker less than a minute later, will Cruz Halstead and Bortolin would each score in the next couple of minutes.

Nicholas Silvaggio scored the final goal of the game in the middle of the third period.

Notes: The Bruins were 1-1 on the powerplay while the Canadiens were 0-3; Cole Rzeszut, Deacon Panacheese, Owen Renn, Andrew Bragnalo and Tallon Thornsteinson were out of the lineup while the Canadiens welcomed back affiliate Ali Hassan Alam back to the lineup; Joseph Joubert played his 100th game with the Canadiens; The Canadiens play twice on Friday, starting with a morning game versus the Fort William Hurricanes and an afternoon meeting with the Marathon Northern Selects.

Boxscore:

Game #52: HNO Tournament of Champions
Thursday March 14/24 – Port Arthur Arena

Fort William Canadiens 0 West End Bruins 6

Score By Period
Team  1  2  3  T 
Fort William Canadiens 0 0 0 0
West End Bruins 1 4 1 6

Summary
First Period
1. WE Thompson 8:44
Penalties: WE George (Hooking) 13:34

Second Period
2. WE Bortolin (Silvaggio) 2:59
3. WE Kluchkowsky (Fiorito, Magill) 3:41 PP
4. WE Halstead (Silvaggio, Lemmetty) 4:13
5. WE Bortolin (Tenhunen) 5:35
Penalties: FWC Gregor (Crosschecking) 3:16

Third Period
6. WE Silvaggio 7:31
Penalties: WE Silvaggio (Holding) 4:30; WE Romeo (Tripping) 13:11

Goaltenders  MP GA  Dec 
FWC Connor Menard 45 6 Loss
WE Jackson Andraka 45 0 Win

Power plays: (goals-chances) Canadiens 0-3; Bruins 1-1