2015 TELUS Cup

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2015 TELUS Cup
Game #19
Final
April 26, 2015 12:00 pm EST
Centre Premier Tech
Riviere-du-Loup, QC

Scoring

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

Shots on Goal

1st
2nd
3rd
Final
1
2
3
F
11
9
10
30
17
6
14
37

Statistics

PP
PIM
0 / 3
16
1 / 7
8

Game Story

TORONTO SCORES FOUR IN FIRST, BEATS CHÂTEAUGUAY TO WIN TELUS CUP

DAVID BRIEN

RIVIÈRE-DU-LOUP, Que. – Ryan Bonsteel found the back of the net twice as part of a four-goal first period, and Dalton Ewing made 35 saves to help the Toronto Young Nationals hoist the 2015 TELUS Cup with a 6-2 win over the Grenadiers de Châteauguay on Sunday.

The Young Nationals won the first national title in their history, 39 years after they lost to Calgary Spurs in the final of the 1976 Wrigley Cup, their only previous appearance in the gold medal game.

Toronto is also just the second Central Region champion to win the national championship since the tournament went to a six-team format in 1984, joining the 2008 Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves.

Justin Herman added a goal and an assist for Toronto, which also got goals from Lucas Breault, Nolan Regan and James Guest, and two assists apiece from Dean Rayner and Alex Ierullo.

Maxime Comtois and William Poirier scored for Châteauguay, which became the first team since the 1994-95 Red Deer Chiefs to lose in the gold medal game in back-to-back years.

Toronto jumped all over the Grenadiers in the first period, striking for four goals in less than nine minutes.

Bonsteel got the scoring started at 8:19, one-timing a perfect pass from Ierullo past Châteauguay goaltender Kyle Jessiman, and Breault, a Minor Midget call-up who played just seven games with the Young Nationals prior to this week, dangled past a Grenadiers defenceman and roofed a backhand just 31 seconds later.

Regan, whose first goal of the tournament was the game-winner in Saturday’s semifinal win over Regina, got his second in as many games at 13:16, and Bonsteel’s second of the period gave Toronto a commanding four-goal lead after 20 minutes.

The Bonsteel goal chased Kyle Jessiman, the tournament’s top goaltender, who gave up four goals on 11 shots before being replaced by Mikael Recine, who stopped all 15 he faced the rest of the way.

Châteauguay tried to get a comeback started early in the second period; Poirier spun in the slot and beat Ewing on a Grenadiers power play, but that would be the lone goal of the middle frame.

The Quebec Region champions climbed to within one when Comtois scored again – his ninth goal in five games – just 6:24 into the final stanza, but two goals would be as close as the Grenadiers got.

Châteauguay pulled Recine on a late power play for a six-on-four advantage, but Guest and Herman both hit the empty net shorthanded, providing the final margin of victory for the new national champions.

The 2016 TELUS Cup will be held in Quispamsis, N.B., with the NBPEIMMHL’s Saint John Vitos playing host.

Play-by-Play

Team
Description
Time
1st Period
GOAL
Goal: Ryan Bonsteel

Assists: Alex Ierullo, Justin Herman
08:19
GOAL
Goal: Lucas Breault

Assists: Dean Rayner, Matt Pyz
08:50
PENALTY
Penalty: Andrew Breda
(auto) Head Contact minor (2:00)
10:31
GOAL
Goal: Nolan Regan

Assists: Dean Rayner
13:16
GOALTENDER CHANGE
Goaltender Change: Mikael Recine

16:56
GOAL
Goal: Ryan Bonsteel

Assists: Alex Ierullo
16:56
PENALTY
Penalty: Matt Pyz
(auto) Cross-Checking minor (2:00)
18:03
2nd Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Jordan Sambrook
Slashing minor (2:00)
03:38
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: William Poirier

Assists: Pierre-Luc Sanche, Maxime Comtois
04:11
PENALTY
Penalty: Ryan Bonsteel
(auto) Holding minor (2:00)
05:41
PENALTY
Penalty: Jacob Lapierre
(auto) Hooking minor (2:00)
08:15
PENALTY
Penalty: Dean Rayner
(auto) Head Contact minor (2:00)
15:18
PENALTY
Penalty: William Poirier
Slashing minor (2:00)
17:05
3rd Period
GOAL
Goal: Maxime Comtois

Assists: Antoine Morand, Alexandre Desgagnés
06:24
PENALTY
Penalty: Dean Rayner
Tripping minor (2:00)
11:26
PENALTY
Penalty: Justin Herman
Unsportsmanlike Conduct minor (2:00)
12:21
PENALTY
Penalty: William Poirier
(auto) Interference minor (2:00)
12:21
PENALTY
Penalty: Xavier Grier
(auto) Interference minor (2:00)
14:10
PENALTY
Penalty: Andrew Breda
(auto) Holding minor (2:00)
17:32
GOAL (SHORT HANDED)
Goal: James Guest

17:37
GOAL (SHORT HANDED)
Goal: Justin Herman

19:27

Goaltenders

Name Team Mins SA SVS GA SV%
Dalton Ewing CEN 60 37 35 2 0.946
Mikael Recine QUE 43 19 17 2 0.895
Kyle Jessiman QUE 16 11 7 4 0.636

Game Leaders

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

Previous Games

6 - 2 W @ Grenadiers de ChâteauguayQUE
Apr 26, 2015
2 - 6 L vs. Toronto Young NationalsCEN
Apr 26, 2015
3 - 1 W @ Regina Pat CanadiansWST
Apr 25, 2015
7 - 1 W vs. Strathmore BisonsPAC
Apr 25, 2015
3 - 5 L vs. Strathmore BisonsPAC
Apr 24, 2015
Videos
Photos
TELUS: REG 6 – STR 3 (Bronze Medal)
Miller and Woods had three points apiece to lead the Pat Canadians over the Bisons for bronze.
TELUS: TOR - CHA (Gold Medal)
Bonsteel scored twice and Ewing made 35 saves, leading the Young Nationals to their first TELUS Cup title.
TELUS: TOR 3 – REG 1 (Semifinal)
Regan got the winner seven minutes into the third period to send the Young Nationals to the final.
TELUS: CHA 7 – STR 1 (Semifinal)
The Grenadiers scored the game’s final seven goals to beat the Bisons and return to the gold medal game.
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