DAILY RECAP: CENTENNIAL CUP

HOCKEY CANADA MEDIA RECAP – May 17th

Calgary Canucks 3, Rockland Nationals 2 (OT)

Hayden Fechner (Edmonton, AB) scored at 10:57 of overtime, sending Calgary to Sunday’s championship game. He also added an assist.
Gavin Schmidt (Okotoks, AB) had Calgary’s other goals.
Lukas Renaud (Naples, FL) turned aside 42 of the 44 shots he faced for the Canucks.
Gabriel Le Houillier (Lorraine, QC) scored both goals for Rockland.
Anthony Hall (Sherbrooke, QC) chipped in with two assists.

Melfort Mustangs 4 , Trenton Golden Hawks 3

Zac Somers (Melfort, SK) scored the game-winner with 6:54 left, sending Melfort to the championship game. He also added an assist.
Logan Belton (Winnipeg, MB) added two assists for the Mustangs,
Cooper Matthews (Belleville, ON), Devin Mauro (Sault Ste. Marie, ON) and Corbin Roach (Belleville, ON) replied for Trenton.

Next – Championship Game (May 18)

Melfort Mustangs vs. Calgary Canucks – 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT

The championship game will be available on a pay-per-view basis through HNLive, Hockey Canada’s official livestreaming partner, at HockeyCanada.ca/CentennialCup. It will also be available to TSN+ subscribers and RDS.ca in Canada through TSN and RDS.

Quotes:

“We’re used to being down, honestly every game in playoffs we were pretty much down, but we’re always confident we can get the win, and we did tonight. Me and [Gavin] Schmidt have been playing together for a while and we understand what we do together and it worked out today. [Matthew Paszkiewicz] is another great guy on our line, he does the gritty work that Schmidt doesn’t always do, so it’s good to have him. Luc Trevors hopped in a couple of times on our line – he’s fast and he made that great pass to Schmidt for the game-tying goal.”

Calgary Canucks forward Hayden Fechner

“I’m extremely proud. This was a special group to coach; they are great young men who have bright futures away from the game, which is most important. Going in, we told them to lean into heart. We knew it was going to be a hard environment to play, we’re playing a great team and every man in that room leaned into heart, we were just one bounce away. This tournament created a lot of great memories for us, so there’s nothing to hang our heads about. This tournament was extremely successful for us. At the end of the day, Calgary was in this spot last year, they lost in the semifinals, they’re playing in the final tomorrow and we’ll be in the final next year.”

Rockland Nationals head coach Justin Pereira

HOCKEY CANADA MEDIA RECAP – May 14th

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Greater Sudbury Cubs 2, Kam River Fighting Walleye 1

Lincoln Moore (Sault Ste. Marie, ON) finished with a goal and an assist to help Greater Sudbury clinch a spot in the quarterfinals.
Nolan Newton (French River, ON) also scored.
Lucas Signoretti (Kanata, ON) chipped in with a pair of assists.
Easton Debray (Meadow Lake, SK) replied for Kam River.

Melfort Mustangs 5, Braves de Valleyfield 4 (OT)

Brayden Westerlund (Sherwood Park, AB) scored the overtime winner at 4:23 of the extra period.
Westerlund, Logan Belton (Winnipeg, MB) and Bo Eisner (Swan River, MB) had a goal and an assist apiece.
James Swan (Saint-Laurent, QC) tied the game in the third period with his tournament-leading ninth goal.
Melfort outshot Valleyfield 40-32.

Grande Prairie Storm 6, Northern Manitoba Blizzard 3

Colin Doherty (Sherwood Park, AB) and Chase Christensen (Delburne, AB) recorded a goal and assist each for Grande Prairie.
Keagin Kelln (Grande Prairie, AB) made 25 saves.
Tyler Dahms (Omaha, NE) and Quincy Supprien (Repentigny, QC) had two points each for Northern Manitoba.

Next Games – Quarterfinal (Friday, May 16)

Greater Sudbury Cubs vs. Melfort Mustangs – 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT
Rockland Nationals vs. Northern Manitoba Blizzard – 9:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. PT

Quotes:

“The group of guys we have in this room, it’s a brotherhood and everyone always says that in hockey. This one stings; I’m 20 years old and it hurts for sure, but I’m proud of every single guy in that room. We get two wins and two losses and other teams have the same record, but in a tournament like this, one goes on and one is done. It is bittersweet and it sucks, but I’m really proud of everybody. We can’t get away from what we did tonight; it’s a special group and it showed. The Blizzard are a strong team, almost first in the pool, and we took it to them. Everyone’s a champion here, it’s a hard tournament and it’s definitely bittersweet.”

Grande Prairie Storm forward Carter Streek

HOCKEY CANADA MEDIA RECAP – May 13th

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Melfort Mustangs 5, Rockland Nationals 2

Brayden Westerlund (Sherwood Park, AB) had a goal and an assist for Melfort.
Logan Belton (Winnipeg, MB) chipped in with two assists.
Kristian Coombs (Calgary, AB) made 23 saves.
Anthony Hall (Sherbrooke, QC) and Noah Laframboise (Mont-Tremblant, QC) replied with goals for Rockland.

Trenton Golden Hawks 6, Grande Prairie Storm 2

David Fournier (Blainville, QC) scored two goals for the second-straight game for Trenton.
Jaxon Pierce (Fredericton, NB) recorded the game-winning goal.
Ryan Sanborn (Brookfield, CT) made 32 saves.
Brandon De Haas (, AB) and Will Harris (Okotoks, AB) replied for Grande Prairie.

Calgary Canucks Okotoks 8, Edmundston Blizzard 2

Jack Plandowski (Halifax, NS) recorded a hat trick and added an assist.
Nathan Maloney (Strathmore, AB) and Bowden Singleton (Calgary, AB) had a goal and two assists each.
Marco Martin (Moncton, NB) and Carl-Anthony Massé (Rivière-du-Loup, QC) scored for Edmundston.

Next Games (Wednesday, May 14):

Kam River Fighting Walleye vs. Greater Sudbury Cubs – 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT
Melfort Mustangs vs. Braves de Valleyfield – 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT
Grande Prairie Storm vs. Northern Manitoba Blizzard – 9:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. PT

Quotes:

“Obviously we have been struggling with our starts and we haven’t been scoring the first goal, but to rebound like we did was huge for us. I thought they gave us their zone often, so to gain the zone and using our speed to make plays off the rush was big for us today.”

Calgary Canucks forward Jack Plandowski

HOCKEY CANADA MEDIA RECAP – May 11th

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Rockland Nationals 7, Calgary Canucks 2

Rémi Gagné (Delson, QC) and Gabriel Le Houillier (Lorraine, QC) finished with two goals and an assist each for Rockland.
Spencer Bowes (Carleton Place, ON) added two assists.
Benoit Forget (L’Ange-Gardien, QC) made 22 saves for Rockland.
Rhys Jamieson (Calgary, AB) and Jack Plandowski (Halifax, NS) replied for Calgary.

Grande Prairie Storm 3, Kam River Fighting Walleye 1

Carter Streek (Kamloops, BC) scored twice for Grande Prairie.
Colin Doherty (Sherwood Park, AB) added a goal and an assist.
Zach Baumann (Spokane, WA) scored for Kam River.

Next Games (Monday, May 12):

Braves de Valleyfield vs. Edmundston Blizzard – 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT
Greater Sudbury Cubs vs. Trenton Golden Hawks – 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT
Northern Manitoba Blizzard vs. Kam River Fighting Walleye – 9:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. PT

All 25 games are livestreamed and available on a pay-per-view basis through HNLive, Hockey Canada’s official livestreaming partner, at HockeyCanada.ca/CentennialCup. The championship game on May 18 will be available to TSN+ subscribers and RDS.ca in Canada through TSN and RDS.

Quotes:

“I think yesterday we didn’t play our best and that kind of leaked into our game today. I just don’t think we came to the rink prepared and obviously that’s what we want to focus on next game. I wouldn’t say we didn’t try, but we kind of gave up after a few of the goals. This is a national championship and after a game like this we just have to leave it in the past, switch the channel and we’re on to the next one.”

Calgary Canucks forward Rhys Jamieson

“I think there were times during this game where we weren’t our best. Even when we were up two goals, I thought we had done some good things. They made it 2-1, we kept our composure and were able to find the third goal, played solid and got our confidence back. I also think in our first game we expended a lot of energy after not having played in over two weeks, but we were more tired this game even after that extended break. I’m hoping that with the day off tomorrow we recharge the batteries and are fresh for Tuesday against Trenton.

Grande Prairie Storm head coach Chris Schmidt

HOCKEY CANADA MEDIA RECAP – May 10th

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Melfort Mustangs 5, Edmundston Blizzard 3

Zac Somers (Melfort, SK) netted a hat trick for Melfort, including the game-winning goal with 1:44 to play.
Ashton Hutchinson (St. Albert, AB) and Logan Belton (Winnipeg, MB) chipped in with two assists each.
Jérémy D’Astous (Rimouski, QC) finished with a goal and an assist for Edmundston.

Calgary Canucks 11, Braves de Valleyfield 6

Nathan Maloney (Strathmore, AB) recorded a four-point afternoon for the Canucks with two goals and two assists.
Gavin Schmidt (Okotoks, AB) contributed four points, including three assists.
Calgary was 4-for-7 on the power play.
James Swan (Saint-Laurent, QC) led the Braves with four goals and one assist.
The teams combined for 17 goals, the most by both teams in a single game in Centennial Cup history.

Northern Manitoba Blizzard 6, Greater Sudbury Cubs 3

Jack Linton (Klosterneuburg, AUT) led Northern Manitoba with two goals and one assist.
Marlen Edwards (Winnipeg, MB) chipped in with three assists.
Ben Harris (Sudbury, ON), Spencer Horgan (Bowmanville, ON) and Lincoln Moore (Sault Ste. Marie, ON) scored for Greater Sudbury.

Next Games (Sunday, May 11):

Calgary Canucks vs. Rockland Nationals – 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT
Grande Prairie Storm vs. Kam River Fighting Walleye – 9:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. PT

Quotes:

“We were a little sleepy at first and I think once we got our heads in the game, we were able to execute better and put some pucks in the net. As the game went on, the team found a way to make some nice plays. We don’t want to give up as much, but we’ll take the goals for sure. Our turnovers and puck management [needs to be better] because we gave up too many odd-man rushes. These games can be a little weird at times, so we’ll take it with the way it ended up, but going into tomorrow we want to be a lot cleaner on the defensive side.”

Calgary Canucks head coach Brad Moran

HOCKEY CANADA MEDIA RECAP – May 9th

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Kam River Fighting Walleye 2, Trenton Golden Hawks 1 (OT)

Daxton Lang (White City, SK) scored the game-winning goal for Kam River with 30.6 seconds remaining in overtime.
Ashton Sadauskas (Parksville, BC) turned aside 25 shots for the Fighting Walleye.
Cooper Matthews (Belleville, ON) scored the lone goal for Trenton.

Rockland Nationals 9, Braves de Valleyfield 4

Rémi Gagné (Saint-Jérôme, QC), Anthony Hall (Sherbrooke, QC) and Gabriel Le Houillier (Lorraine, QC) tallied four points each for Rockland.
James Swan (Saint-Laurent, QC) led the Braves with a hat trick.
Rockland was 3-for-5 on the power play and outshot Valleyfield 45-18.

Greater Sudbury Cubs 6, Grande Prairie Storm 2

Daks Klinkhammer (Ajax, ON) registered two goals and an assist for the Cubs.
Lincoln Moore (Sault Ste. Marie, ON) chipped in with a pair of goals for Greater Sudbury.
Colin Doherty (Sherwood Park, AB) and Chayse Laurie (Las Vegas, NV) finished with two points apiece for Grande Prairie.

Next Games (Saturday, May 10):

Edmundston Blizzard vs. Melfort Mustangs – 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT
Calgary Canucks vs. Braves de Valleyfield – 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT
Northern Manitoba Blizzard vs. Greater Sudbury Cubs – 9:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. PT

Quotes:

“We stayed level-headed today compared to our first game last year (a 10-2 loss to Collingwood). Whether we were up or they came back and tied the hockey game, we just stayed the course and playing a Game 7 in order to get here helped out in that. Props to our leadership group, our coaching staff or anyone else on the bench, they didn’t allow anyone to get too high or too low and last year’s experience had a lot to do with that.”

Greater Sudbury head coach Darryl Moxam

HOCKEY CANADA MEDIA RECAP – May 8th

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Trenton Golden Hawks 5, Northern Manitoba Blizzard 4 (OT)

Corbin Roach (Belleville, ON) scored two goals – including the overtime winner, and added an assist for Trenton.
Jonathan Pylypuik (Sylvania, OH) added two assists for Trenton.
Tyler Bernier (Winnipeg, MB) had two goals for Northern Manitoba, including the game-tying goal with 61 seconds left to force overtime.

Edmundston Blizzard 4, Rockland Nationals 3 (OT)

Philippe Collette (Saint-Antoine, NB) scored 43 seconds into overtime to earn the win for Edmundston and also added two assists.
Jacob Charron (Gatineau, QC) scored with two seconds left for Rockland to send the game to overtime.
The Blizzard outshot the Nationals 37-33.

Calgary Canucks 3, Melfort Mustangs 1

Riley Bracko (Calgary, AB), Hayden Fechner (Edmonton, AB) and Luc Trevors (Langdon, AB) scored for Calgary.
Lukas Renaud (Naples, FL) turned aside 28 shots for the Canucks.
Ashton Hutchinson (St. Albert, AB) scored the lone goal for Melfort.

Next Games (Friday, May 9):

Kam River Fighting Walleye vs. Trenton Golden Hawks – 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT
Braves de Valleyfield vs. Rockland Nationals – 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT
Greater Sudbury Cubs vs. Grande Prairie Storm – 9:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT

Quotes:

“The week-and-a-half we had off I think threw us off a little bit. The first five minutes we were chasing the game, but we got our legs under us and we started playing our game. [Lukas Renaud] has been our quarterback all year long. He doesn’t get enough credit, but super happy for him today and how he played. He’s been a brick wall and we don’t win games without him.”

Bowden Singleton, Calgary Canucks captain

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