2013-14 National Men's Under-18 Team

Red 5 - White 4

POINT SCORES TWICE ON POWER PLAY, RED BEATS WHITE IN U18 CAMP FINALE

TORONTO, Ont. – Brayden Point (Calgary, Alta./Moose Jaw, WHL) scored a pair of goals, both on the power play, to lead Red to a 5-4 win over White in the intrasquad finale at Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team on Monday afternoon.

After dropping the opener 7-4 on Saturday night, Red closed the camp with back-to-back wins; it scored a 4-1 victory on Sunday night to even the three-game intrasquad series.

Daniel Audette (Blainville, Que./Sherbrooke, QMJHL) and Nelson Nogier (Saskatoon, Sask./Saskatoon, WHL) had a goal and an assist each for Red, which relied on its power play to earn the win – in addition to Point’s two goals with the man advantage, Jake Virtanen (Abbotsford, B.C./Calgary, WHL) scored at five-on-four and Nogier’s game-winner came just one second after a power play had ended.

Goaltending once again played a big role in the Red victory. One day after combining for 37 saves, netminders Mason McDonald (Halifax, N.S./Acadie-Bathurst, QMJHL) and Julio Billia (St-Léonard, Que./Chicoutimi, QMJHL) teamed to make 45 stops in the Red goal.

Red opened the scoring for the third day in a row thanks to Virtanen’s power play goal at 10:55 of the first period, and Audette doubled the lead less than five minutes later, deftly redirecting a Nogier shot through White goaltender Brent Moran (Ottawa, Ont./Niagara, OHL).

Ryan Gropp (Kamloops, B.C./Penticton, BCHL) cut the Red lead in half just 22 seconds after Audette’s goal, the only one of 18 White shots to beat McDonald in the first period.

Special teams took over in the second period, with all three goals coming with the man advantage. Point’s two goals were sandwiched around a White marker off the stick of Nicolas Aubé-Kubel (Sorel, Que./Val-d’Or, QMJHL), sending Red to the intermission up by a pair at 4-2.

Brendan Lemieux (Buckingham, Que./Barrie, OHL) made it a one-goal game with yet another power play, pulling White to within one at 4-3, but Nogier’s blast from the point restored Red’s two-goal advantage less than three minutes later.

Jaden Lindo (Brampton, Ont./Owen Sound, OHL) rounded out the scoring with White’s third power play goal with 2:32 to go, but that’s as close as White would get, despite a wild scramble in front of the Red net in the dying seconds.

With camp done, 22 players will be selected Monday afternoon to represent Canada at the 2013 Memorial of Ivan Hlinka tournament, which opens Aug. 5 in Breclav, Czech Republic and Piestany, Slovakia.  

Game Information
Game Number Ex 03
Round Exhibition
Arena MasterCard Centre
City, Country Toronto, Ont.
Date Monday, July 29, 2013
Time 11:30 a.m. ET
Attendance - Game Status Final



Box Score/Compte 1 2 3 Final
RED
2 2 1 5
WHT
1 1 2 4

 

Goals & Penalties/Buts et pénalités
First Period/Première période
Goals/Buts:
10:55 RED Jake Virtanen PP/AN
15:32 RED Daniel Audette (Nelson Nogier, Alexis Pépin)
15:54 WHT Ryan Gropp (Jaden Lindo, Julien Nantel)

Penalties/Pénalités:
03:51 RED Clark Bishop (Interference/Obstruction)
10:46 WHT Nicolas Aubé-Kubel (Hooking/Accrocher)
11:49 RED Daniel Audette (Hooking/Accrocher)
18:39 RED Jordan Thomson (High-sticking/Bâton élevé)

Second Period/Deuxième période
Goals/Buts:
07:28 RED Brayden Point (Brycen Martin, Dysin Mayo) PP/AN
09:26 WHT Nicolas Aubé-Kubel (Spencer Watson) PP/AN
19:11 RED Brayden Point (Daniel Audette) PP/AN

Penalties/Pénalités:
03:12 RED Jake Virtanen (Boarding/Donner de la bande)
05:30 WHT Jared McCann (Slashing/Coup de bâton)
05:30 WHT Aaron Ekblad (Roughing/Rudesse)
08:28 RED Jayce Hawryluk (Slashing/Coup de bâton)
10:33 RED Jake Virtanen (Interference/Obstruction)
14:03 RED Alexis Pépin (Boarding/Donner de la bande)
18:00 WHT Nicolas Aubé-Kubel (Slashing/Coup de bâton)

Third Period/Troisième période
Goals/Buts:
03:16 WHT Brendan Lemieux (Spencer Watson, Jared McCann) PP/AN
06:05 RED Nelson Nogier (Collin Shirley)
17:28 WHT Jaden Lindo (Damian Bourne, Ryan Gropp) PP/AN

Penalties/Pénalités:
02:38 RED Nelson Nogier (Tripping/Faire trébucher)
04:04 WHT Reid Duke (Hooking/Accrocher)
06:33 RED Nelson Nogier (Slashing/Coup de bâton)
06:33 WHT Tanner MacMaster (Cross-checking/Double-échec)
14:51 WHT Aaron Ekblad (Roughing/Rudesse)
15:41 RED Jake Virtanen (Tripping/Faire trébucher)

 

Goaltenders/Gardiens de but
RED Mason McDonald; Julio Billia (in 2nd/10:33)
WHT Brent Moran; Payton Lee (in 2nd/10:33)

 

Shots on Goal/Tirs au but 1 2 3 Total
RED 10 9 9 28
WHT 18 13 18 49

 

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