2018 TELUS Cup

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2018 TELUS Cup
Game #15
Preliminary
Final
April 27, 2018 7:00 pm EDT
Sudbury Community Arena
Sudbury, Ont.

Scoring

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

Shots on Goal

1st
2nd
3rd
Final
1
2
3
F
11
16
11
38
13
4
15
32

Statistics

PP
PIM
1 / 0
4
0 / 0
10

Game Story

TORONTO EARNS TIE WITH WOLVES, GETS SEMIFINAL SPOT

MACKENZIE DEMPSTER

SUDBURY, Ont. – Sean Wu made 36 saves and Rory Graham scored the game-tying goal with 10:11 left, giving the Toronto Young Nationals a 2-2 tie with the Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves on Friday night and sending them to the semifinals at the 2018 TELUS Cup.

The Young Nationals will take on the unbeaten Notre Dame Hounds in the first semifinal on Saturday afternoon (12 p.m. ET).

Needing a win to reach the final four, the Wolves took a 2-1 lead when Joe Mazur tucked a wraparound past Wu on a Sudbury power play at 8:53 of the third period.

But Graham answered back less than a minute later, going upstairs on Sudbury goaltender Alex Vendette with an unassisted effort to give the Young Nationals the single point they needed.

Both teams came out shooting in the first period, with Toronto holding a 13-11 advantage.

The Young Nationals broke through late in the opening frame when Austin Brimmer found Joseph Martino all alone in front to beat Vendette and make it a 1-0 game after one period.

It wasn’t long before the Wolves found themselves on the board; Brett McGlade trickled a wrist shot through the five-hole on Wu at 6:07 of the second period to tie the game.

Sudbury dominated the second period, outshooting the Young Nationals 16-4, but couldn’t find the go-ahead goal. Parker Savard had the best opportunity, but was turned away by Wu on a breakaway late in the middle frame.

The Wolves fired 11 shots at Wu in the third period, many of them late as they pushed for the goal they needed to extend their season, but the Chinese-born puck-stopper was a wall, clinching a spot in the semifinals.

Play-by-Play

Team
Description
Time
1st Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Christian Lepone
Goaltender Interference (2:00)
06:40
PENALTY
Penalty: Brett McGlade
Hit to the Head (2:00)
12:03
PENALTY
Penalty: Cole Burtch
Hit to the Head (2:00)
12:03
GOAL
Goal: Joseph Martino

Assists: Austin Brimmer
13:34
2nd Period
GOAL
Goal: Brett McGlade

Assists: Hunter Chiblow, Mathieu Dokis-Dupuis
06:07
PENALTY
Penalty: Tyler Amaral
Holding (2:00)
17:38
3rd Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Erik Yelle
Interference (2:00)
06:01
PENALTY
Penalty: Tyler Amaral
Holding (2:00)
08:17
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Joe Mazur

Assists: Adam Bertrand, Carson McMillan
08:53
GOAL
Goal: Rory Graham

09:49
PENALTY
Penalty: Patrick Musico
Hit to the Head (2:00)
17:09

Goaltenders

Name Team Mins SA SVS GA SV%
Alex Vendette HST 60 32 30 2 0.938
Sean Wu CEN 60 38 36 2 0.947

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 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

Previous Games

2 - 2 L @ Toronto Young NationalsCEN
Apr 27, 2018
0 - 4 L @ Lethbridge HurricanesPAC
Apr 29, 2018
2 - 2 L vs. Cantonniers de MagogQUE
Apr 26, 2018
2 - 3 L @ Notre Dame HoundsWST
Apr 28, 2018
1 - 5 L @ Moncton FlyersATL
Apr 25, 2018
2 - 2 L vs. Sudbury Nickel Capital WolvesHST
Apr 27, 2018
Videos
Photos
2018 TELUS Cup: LET 4 – TOR 0 (Bronze Medal)
Chabot scored two, Tetachuk got the SO and the Hurricanes won bronze.
2018 TELUS Cup: NDH 5 – MAG 1 (Gold Medal)
The Hounds are TELUS Cup champions for a record-setting fifth time.
2018 TELUS Cup: NDH 3 – TOR 2 (Semifinal)
Mylymok scored the GWG late to send the Hounds to the national final.