2016 TELUS Cup

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2016 TELUS Cup
Game #17
Final
April 23, 2016 5:00 pm AST
qplex
Quispamsis, NB

Scoring

Teams
1st
2nd
3rd
Final
Teams
1
2
3
F

Shots on Goal

1st
2nd
3rd
Final
1
2
3
F
4
9
17
30
17
16
10
43

Statistics

PP
PIM
1 / 3
12
0 / 4
8

Game Story

VITO’S SHOCK FIRST-PLACE LIONS, ADVANCE TO TELUS CUP FINAL

DAVID BRIEN

QUISPAMSIS, N.B. – Anderson MacDonald and Alex Lafreniere scored in the last six minutes, and the Saint John Vito’s upset the unbeaten Lions du Lac St-Louis 2-1 in Saturday’s second semifinal at the 2016 TELUS Cup.

The Vito’s will face the North York Rangers in the gold medal game on Sunday night (5 p.m. AT on TSN).

MacDonald tied the game and got the qplex rocking with 5:40 to go, stopping a shot from Ben Reid before spinning at the hashmarks and firing a wrist shot upstairs on Lac St-Louis goaltender Sandro Sylvester.

Lafreniere – who hadn’t played since Tuesday – netted the game-winner on a Saint John power play just 1:51 after the MacDonald marker, picking up a rebound in the slot and beating Sylvester.

Saint John is the first host team since the Red Deer Rebels in 2007 to reach the final, and the first Atlantic team to do so since the Sidney Crosby-led Dartmouth Subways in 2002. It’s only the second time in 43 years of Canada’s National Midget Championship that a team from the Atlantic Region will play for gold.

No host team has won the national title since the 1991 Calgary Northstars, and the Vito’s – who are already guaranteed to be the first New Brunswick team to win a medal – are just the fifth host to reach the gold medal game since then.

Adam Capannelli had the lone goal for Lac St-Louis, which became the first team to lose in the semifinals after finishing 5-0 in the preliminary round since the 1991 edition of the Lions.

Just like in their five round-robin games, Lac St-Louis was first on the board; with just over three minutes off the clock, Sébastien Paquette kept the puck in at the offensive blue-line and threw it towards the net, where Capannelli redirected it through the legs of Saint John goaltender Jake Stewart.

But Stewart closed the door after that, keeping the high-powered Lions at bay with a 42-save performance.

The Vito’s managed only 13 shots in the first two periods – Lac St-Louis held a 33-13 advantage after 40 minutes – but came out firing in the third, directing 17 shots at Silvestre in what was arguably their best period of the entire season.

The Lions will play Sunday for the bronze medal, taking on the Lloydminster Bobcats (noon AT), looking to win an eight medal in as many appearances at the national championship.

Play-by-Play

Team
Description
Time
1st Period
GOAL
Goal: Adam Capannelli

Assists: Sebastien Paquette, Mathias Laferrière
03:29
PENALTY
Penalty: Will Kelly
Slashing minor (2:00)
05:35
PENALTY
Penalty: Anderson MacDonald
(auto) Head Contact minor (2:00)
17:17
2nd Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Kyle Garnett
Spearing double minor (2:00)
11:14
PENALTY
Penalty: Matthew Pietroniro
(auto) Head Contact minor (2:00)
18:01
PENALTY
Penalty: Ben Reid
(auto) Cross-Checking minor (2:00)
19:31
PENALTY
Penalty: Patrick Gorham
(auto) Cross-Checking minor (2:00)
19:31
3rd Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Patrick Gorham
(auto) Interference minor (2:00)
03:51
PENALTY
Penalty: Alex Lafreniere
(auto) Head Contact minor (2:00)
04:00
PENALTY
Penalty: Cole Theriault
(auto) Interference minor (2:00)
11:55
GOAL
Goal: Anderson MacDonald

Assists: Ben Reid
14:20
PENALTY
Penalty: Mathias Laferrière
(auto) Head Contact minor (2:00)
16:01
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Alex Lafreniere

Assists: Liam Frigault, Ian Smallwood
16:11
GOALTENDER CHANGE
Goaltender Change: Sandro Silvestre

19:20

Goaltenders

Name Team Mins SA SVS GA SV%
Jake Stewart SNB 60 43 42 1 0.977
Sandro Silvestre LSL 59 30 28 2 0.933

Game Leaders

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

Previous Games

1 - 4 L @ North York RangersNYR
Apr 24, 2016
6 - 2 W vs. Lloydminster BobcatsLLO
Apr 24, 2016
2 - 1 W @ Lions du Lac St-LouisLSL
Apr 23, 2016
1 - 2 L vs. Saint John Vito'sSNB
Apr 23, 2016
0 - 5 L vs. Lions du Lac St-LouisLSL
Apr 22, 2016
5 - 0 W @ Saint John Vito'sSNB
Apr 22, 2016
Videos
Photos
2016 TELUS Cup - LSL 6 – LLO 2 (Bronze)
The Lions scored five times in the second period to win the bronze.
2016 TELUS Cup - NYR 4 – SNB 1 (Gold)
Aidan Casey scored two to help the Rangers win their first TELUS Cup.
2016 TELUS Cup - NYR 5 – LLO 3 (Semifinal)
Calverley scored twice, and the Rangers advanced to play for gold.
2016 TELUS Cup - SNB 2 – LSL 1 (Semifinal)
MacDonald and Lafreniere scored late to lead the Vito’s into the final.
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