2019 Esso Cup

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2019 Esso Cup
Game #7
Preliminary
Final
April 23, 2019 12:00 pm EDT
Gerry McCrory Countryside Sports Complex
Sudbury, ON

Scoring

Teams
1st
2nd
3rd
Final
Teams
1
2
3
F
1
2
3
6
2
2
0
4

Shots on Goal

1st
2nd
3rd
Final
1
2
3
F
16
6
9
31
12
18
13
43

Statistics

PP
PIM
0 / 0
6
0 / 0
8

Game Story

HALIFAX OFFENCE IGNITES IN WIN OVER QUEBEC

QUINTON AMUNDSON

SUDBURY, Ont. – Madison Gray completed her hat trick by scoring the game-winning goal with 88 seconds remaining to lift the Halifax Fire to a 6-4 win over the As de Québec on Tuesday at the 2019 Esso Cup.

Gray gave the Fire its first lead by deflecting a point shot by Allie Barter past netminder Justine Sylvain.

Ellen Laurence also starred with two goals and an assist. Jillian Duggan scored the other marker for Halifax, and Amelia Awad denied 39 shots for the win.

Jade Picard, Ann-Sophie Bédard, Elaine Michaud and Alexandra Giguère scored for Quebec.

The momentum that the As generated by beating the Saskatoon Stars on Monday carried over as they recorded the first two goals of the game; Picard and Bédard both beat Awad with wrist shots from the right face-off circle.

Duggan responded 10 seconds after the Bédard marker by converting a juicy rebound.

After being knocked down in a scramble in front of her net early in the second period, Sylvain was replaced by Sophie Sabourin for several minutes while she received attention on the bench.

Gray tied the game for Halifax at 6:44, getting behind Sabourin and pounding the biscuit into the cage.

Michaud restored the lead for Québec midway through the second period with a shot that snuck through Awad, but Gray leveled the score again 71 seconds later by chipping the puck into the net from the doorstep after a backhand pass from Allie Norris, bringing Sylvain back into the As goal.

Giguère tucked a shot past the right leg of Awad while falling to send Québec to the dressing room with a 4-3 lead.

Laurence set the table for Gray’s dramatic game-winner by sniping to tie the game midway through the third period. She then confirmed the victory with an empty-net goal with five seconds remaining.

Both clubs will look to improve to .500 on Wednesday – Halifax battles the St. Albert Slash (12 p.m. ET) and Québec duels the Stoney Creek Sabres (3:30 p.m. ET).

Play-by-Play

Team
Description
Time
1st Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Jade Picard
Tripping (2:00)
03:28
GOAL
Goal: Jade Picard

Assists: Anne-Julie Dubé
05:55
PENALTY
Penalty: Mégane Beaudoin
Body-Checking (2:00)
06:27
GOAL
Goal: Ann-Sophie Bédard

Assists: Audrey-Maude Tremblay, Ariane Cloutier
15:37
GOAL
Goal: Jillian Duggan

Assists: Ellen Laurence, Emma Bradbury
15:47
PENALTY
Penalty: Béatrice Bilodeau
Tripping (2:00)
17:47
2nd Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Chorinne Koesters
Body-Checking (2:00)
03:08
GOALTENDER CHANGE
Goaltender Change: Sophie Sabourin

04:40
GOAL
Goal: Madison Gray

Assists: Hannah MacNeil, Rachel Cormier
06:44
GOAL
Goal: Éliane Michaud

09:20
GOAL
Goal: Madison Gray

Assists: Allie Norris
10:31
GOALTENDER CHANGE
Goaltender Change: Justine Sylvain

10:31
PENALTY
Penalty: Ellen Laurence
Hooking (2:00)
10:56
GOAL
Goal: Alexandra Giguère

Assists: Audrey-Maude Tremblay, Éliza Parent
17:11
PENALTY
Penalty: Courtney Boone
Hooking (2:00)
18:07
3rd Period
GOAL
Goal: Ellen Laurence

10:12
PENALTY
Penalty: Hannah MacNeil
Tripping (2:00)
14:09
GOAL
Goal: Madison Gray

Assists: Allie Barter
18:32
GOAL (EMPTY NET)
Goal: Ellen Laurence

Assists: Rachel Cormier, Hannah MacNeil
19:55

Goaltenders

Name Team Mins SA SVS GAA SV%
Amelia Awad HFX 60 43 39 4 0.907
Justine Sylvain QUE 54 25 22 3 0.880
Sophie Sabourin QUE 5 5 3 2 0.600

Game Leaders

Goals 3 - Assists 0 - Points 3
G 3 - A 0 - P 3
Goals 0 - Assists 2 - Points 2
G 0 - A 2 - P 2
Goals 2 - Assists 1 - Points 3
G 2 - A 1 - P 3
Goals 1 - Assists 0 - Points 1
G 1 - A 0 - P 1
Goals 0 - Assists 2 - Points 2
G 0 - A 2 - P 2
Goals 1 - Assists 0 - Points 1
G 1 - A 0 - P 1

Previous Games

1 - 11 L @ Saskatoon StarsSAS
Apr 25, 2019
2 - 5 L @ Sudbury Lady WolvesSUD
Apr 25, 2019
0 - 4 L vs. St. Albert SlashSTA
Apr 24, 2019
2 - 3 L @ Stoney Creek SabresSCS
Apr 24, 2019
6 - 4 W @ As de QuébecQUE
Apr 23, 2019
4 - 6 L vs. Halifax FireHFX
Apr 23, 2019
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