2018 Esso Cup

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2018 Esso Cup
Game #7
Preliminary
Final
April 24, 2018 12:00 pm AT
Lunenburg County Lifestyle Centre
Bridgewater, N.S.

Scoring

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

Shots on Goal

1st
2nd
3rd
Final
1
2
3
F
7
9
18
34
13
5
11
29

Statistics

PP
PIM
1 / 6
8
1 / 4
12

Game Story

PIONNIÈRES TOP SELECTS, GET FIRST ESSO CUP WIN

JASON LA ROSE

BRIDGEWATER, N.S. – Élodie St-Jacques scored one goal and set up another, pacing the Pionnières de Lanaudière to their first win at the 2018 Esso Cup, a 4-2 triumph over the Northern Selects on Tuesday afternoon.

Sarah Vanier made 32 saves for the Pionnières, who had taken one point from their first two games, tough early match-ups against Saskatoon and St. Albert.

An early power play produced the first goal for Lanaudière; the puck found its way to Mégane Larrivée at the point, and her shot was deftly deflected by St-Jacques in the high slot to put the Quebec champions ahead.

Mégane Quirion had a chance to make it 2-0 late in the period when she was taken down on a breakaway and awarded a penalty shot, but Northern goaltender Lily Currie flashed the leather to keep it a one-goal game.

Jessica Perreault eventually did double the lead in the dying moments of the opening frame, jumping out of the penalty box and onto a loose puck before going high over the blocker of Currie with just 5.6 seconds left.

The Selects turned up their game in the second period, outshooting Lanaudière 9-5, and pulled within one late in the middle stanza when Kara MacLean got her stick on a Lindsey Smith shot to make it a 2-1 game after 40 minutes.

Amélie Vachon quickly restored the two-goal advantage once the puck dropped to start the third period, knocking in a rebound just 33 seconds in, and Ann-Frédérik Naud finished a pretty pass from St-Jacques at 5:12 to extend the advantage to three.

Eva Wornell stuffed in a power-play goal off the rebound of a shot by her sister Sophia, but that would be as close as the Selects got despite four man advantages in the final frame. The loss was their first of the week in regulation time.

Lanaudière sees the ice next on Wednesday when it takes on the Brampton Canadettes in the middle game on the schedule (3:30 p.m. AT), right after the Selects take on the St. Albert Slash (12 p.m. AT).

Play-by-Play

Team
Description
Time
1st Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Maddie Quinn
Cross-Checking (2:00)
06:59
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Élodie St-Jacques

Assists: Mégane Larrivée, Mégane Quirion
08:51
PENALTY
Penalty: Jessica Perreault
Cross-Checking (2:00)
17:45
GOAL
Goal: Jessica Perreault

19:55
2nd Period
PENALTY
Penalty: (Served by Mariah Linehan)
Too Many Players (2:00)
04:13
PENALTY
Penalty: Mariah Linehan
Hooking (2:00)
09:12
GOAL
Goal: Kara MacLean

Assists: Lindsey Smith
15:49
PENALTY
Penalty: Mégane Quirion
Hooking (2:00)
17:28
3rd Period
GOAL
Goal: Amélie Vachon

Assists: Maya Labad, Ann Sophie Guay
00:33
PENALTY
Penalty: Mégane Quirion
Body-Checking (2:00)
01:26
GOAL
Goal: Ann-Frédérik Naud

Assists: Élodie St-Jacques
05:12
PENALTY
Penalty: Mégane Larrivée
Cross-Checking (2:00)
06:01
PENALTY
Penalty: Ann-Frédérik Naud
Hooking (2:00)
08:14
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Eva Wornell

Assists: Sophia Wornell, Ella MacLean
08:49
PENALTY
Penalty: Ella MacLean
Hooking (2:00)
10:35
PENALTY
Penalty: Mélyna Sylvestre
Interference (2:00)
14:31

Goaltenders

Name Team Mins SA SVS GAA SV%
Lily Currie ATL 41 27 24 3 0.889
Sarah Vanier QUE 60 34 32 2 0.941

Game Leaders

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

Previous Games

2 - 5 L @ Saskatoon StarsWST
Apr 26, 2018
2 - 1 W @ Brampton CanadettesONT
Apr 28, 2018
1 - 4 L vs. St. Albert SlashPAC
Apr 25, 2018
1 - 5 L @ Saskatoon StarsWST
Apr 27, 2018
2 - 4 L @ Pionnières de LanaudièreQUE
Apr 24, 2018
3 - 1 W @ Metro Boston PizzaHST
Apr 26, 2018
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