Northern Alberta Xtreme (3) vs RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna (4/SO) U17
Cole Morley’s 11th goal of the season 6:55 into the opening period gave RHA Kelowna a 1-0 lead after 20 minutes of play. Bryden Ezekiel (1G, 1A) would tie the game 3:21 into the second, scoring a power play goal on Joel McMillan (32/35). Connor Groves restored the RHA Kelowna lead 9:48 into the third, but Landon Russell was quick to counter, doing so less than two minutes later. Oliver Peck appeared to score the game winner for RHA Kelowna as he beat Nixon Riggins (27/30) with 2:37 left to play, but Reed Fellows (1G, 1A) found the equaliser with 26 seconds remaining. The game was still tied after five minutes of three-on-three overtime, sending the two teams to a shootout. In the shootout Groves would play the role of hero for RHA Kelowna, beating Riggins in the fourth round to give his team a 4-3 win.
Notre Dame Hounds (3) vs Pacific Coast Hockey Academy (6) U17
Pacific Coast came out firing as Rowan Hodgson (2G) scored shorthanded 1:41 in before Blake Bidney (1G, 2A) scored his team’s second inside the opening eight minutes. Hodgson would strike again late in the period, but this time Philo Armstrong (2G) answered for Notre Dame just 11 seconds later. Lucas Ross (2G, 1A) gave Pacific Coast an early second period marker, scoring his ninth of the season 2:24 in. Armstrong would cut into the deficit with a power play marker with just over five minutes remaining in the period, but Ross replied 2:11 later to restore the three-goal cushion. Brayden McBride and Will Avery traded goals 2:07 apart to round out the third period scoring as Pacific Coast bested Notre Dame 6-3 Saturday morning. Liam Brown (14/17) and Lucas Worton (43/49) were in net for their respective teams.
OHA Edmonton (6) vs Okanagan Hockey Academy (9) U17
A high scoring affair saw seven goals in the first period as Keenan Anderson (1G, 1A) opened the scoring for OHA Edmonton 1:25 in. Lux Naka (1G, 1A) and Owen Magness (3G, 2A) would counter for OHA before Cayden Yestal (1G, 2A) evened the score with 6:30 left in the period. Beau Carew (1G, 1A) would restore the OHA lead 46 seconds later and Magness scored 6 seconds after that to double the lead. Mack Host (1G, 1A) would add a goal two minutes later to round out the first period scoring. Things would calm down in the second as Darius Paradayil scored the lone goal, making it a 5-3 game. The offence picked back up in the third with Henry Erickson making it a one goal game 3:10 in, but Cayden Rainford (1G, 1A) responded for OHA just 15 seconds later. Defensemen Ryder Letendre (2G) and Riley Hansen (1G, 3A) traded goals two minutes apart midway through the frame as OHA remained ahead by two. Letendre would make it a one goal game with 4:53 left to play, but Magness and Kael Schell found the back of the net late to secure the 9-6 OHA victory. Nash Atkinson (21/27) made 21 saves to earn the win.
OHA Edmonton (1) vs Prairie Hockey Academy (2/SO) U17 Prep
After a scoreless first period Jaxson Weisgerber opened the scoring late in the second with his sixth of the season, breaking the deadlock 35 minutes in. Zayden Maclean (28/29) and OHA Edmonton looked as though they would hold on for the shutout victory, until Reid Florent tied the game with 3:45 left to play, forcing overtime. The game would eventually require a shootout where Ben Miller would score in the fifth round against his former program, giving Prairie the 2-1 win. Kayden Gregoire (46/47) made 46 saves in regulation and an additional four in the shootout for the win.
RINK Hockey Academy Winnipeg (2) vs STAR Hockey Academy (1) U17
Dallas Toth opened the scoring on the power play midway through the first, firing a shot five hole on Nash Siemens (23/24). Emery Smith (2G) would tie the game midway through the second with a power play goal of his own, firing a one timer past an unexpecting Brenden Sayles. Smith would score the eventual game winner just nine seconds into the third, slamming home a rebound off a Mason Horrill shot, who beat his man off the rush with a slick move.
South Alberta Hockey Academy (4) vs OHA Edmonton (6) Women’s U18 Prep
Ava Gingell opened the scoring six minutes in with her first goal of the season for SAHA. Joryn Hempel and Maria Facca (1G, 1A) would trade goals two minutes apart midway through the frame as SAHA held a 2-1 lead after 20. Defenseman Svana Sveinbjornson would tie the game just 29 seconds into the second with a seeing-eye point shot. Taryn Leighton would give OHA Edmonton their first lead with a power play goal a few minutes later and Elliya Klaus doubled the advantage two minutes later. Teagan Torgerson (1G, 1A) would get SAHA within one shortly after, scoring from behind the net after a big save from Harlee Houle (13/17). After Kiley O’Connor (35/41) made a big save at the other end for SAHA, Ryann Chimera (1G, 3A) would find a rebound and make it a 5-3 OHA Edmonton lead. SAHA wouldn’t go away quietly as Kamryn Kish brought her team back within one midway through the third, and a late OHA Edmonton penalty would give SAHA a chance to tie the game on the power play. However, a great defensive play by Chimera led to an Avery Sam (1G, 2A) shorthanded goal, giving OHA Edmonton the breathing room they needed to hold on for the 6-4 win.
BWC Academy (6) vs Delta Hockey Academy Black (7/OT) U15
Cruz Natt (3G, 2A) opened the scoring with a nifty move around the defender before firing one past Malcolm Mui (32/39). Cassius Briscoe (1G, 1A) tied the game midway through the frame with a power play goal, his third goal of the season. BWC Academy grabbed a 4-1 lead in the second as Jonah Van Vuuren (1G, 1A) scored early before Lucas Hansen (1G, 1A) and Jordan Gerow scored 58 seconds apart. Natt would get one back for Delta Black late in the period, scoring a power play goal with a minute remaining. BWC Academy would start the third like they did the second as Brandon Christian (1G, 1A) and Joseph Ferone (1G, 1A) scored in the opening 6:22 of the period to make it a 6-2 game. However, Delta Black would make a remarkable comeback started by Weston Patrick (2G) just 1:33 later. William Anderson, Natt and Patrick would all score in a 5:01 span to even the score, forcing overtime. In OT, Delta Black would head to the power play, and Rhett Lowndes buried a rebound in front to give his team a 7-6 come-from-behind win.
Edge School (2) vs BWC Academy (6) U17
For one period, the Mountaineers had the game where they wanted it. Connor Huynh (1G) scored less than three minutes in, and Satoshi Takeda (1G) doubled the lead at the midway mark of the first. Then a BWC Academy defenceman changed everything. Logan Hooper (2G, 1A) got his side on the board before the intermission, and the second period was all BWC Academy: four goals in under seven minutes. Jayden Jeon (1G, 1A) tied it early in the frame. Fellow blueliner Max Goodman (1G) supplied the go-ahead goal. Edge then took two holding minors, and BWC cashed in on both. Hooper (2G, 1A) buried the first power-play chance, then helped set up Evan Wong (1G, 1A) on the second. Beckett Sippel (32/34) kept the door shut on Edge for the final 51 minutes. Vincenzo Carnovale (1G) added a sixth late in the third, and BWC outshot Edge 41-34.
Wenatchee Wild Hockey Academy (1) vs RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna (11) U17 Prep
Fifty-eight shots. That was the workload for Reed Hickman in the Wenatchee crease on Saturday, one day after the same two clubs met. Hickman made 47 saves and kept fighting long after the outcome was settled. RINK Kelowna peppered him with 22 shots in the first period alone and went to the room up 5-0. Early in the second, Luca Vaugeois (2G), Will Tidsbury (1G, 3A) and Beckham Monette (1G) scored three times in 71 seconds to push it further out of reach. Ten different Kelowna players scored. Tidsbury, Dexter Labrecque (1G, 3A) and Jett Wood (1G, 3A) each finished with four points, and Wood closed out the scoring late in the third. The Wild’s moment came 27 seconds before the second intermission, when defenceman Liam Rebillaco (1G) beat Max Davis (13/14) to spoil the shutout. The odd part of an 11-goal afternoon: RHA Kelowna went 1-for-9 on the power play. Aksel Smith (1G, 1A) scored the only goal with the man advantage.
Calgary International Hockey Academy (2) vs Edge School (8) Women’s U18 Prep
Edge School came into Saturday on a two-game skid, and for two periods CIHA wouldn’t let them shake it. The visitors outshot the Mountaineers 15-12 in the first and led on a goal from Calla Cleveland (1G). Defenceman Isla Ford (1G, 1A) then scored her first of the season to tie it. Sawyer Gillings (1G, 1A) and Jocelyn Bodnar (1G, 1A) put Edge in front in the middle frame. Brooklyn Kirwan (1G) answered to make it 3-2 with a little over four minutes left in the period. The game turned with 57 seconds left before the break, when Sierra Sandilands (2G) restored the two-goal cushion. The third period belonged to the home side, 4-0 on the scoreboard and 15-8 on the shot clock. Abigail Lee (1G, 2A) scored her first goal of the season early in the frame. Kate Pisarczyk (1G), Sienna Saunders (1G, 1A) and Sandilands (2G) followed, while Breina Moore (32/34) handled everything else. For all that offence, neither team scored on the power play: the two sides went a combined 0-for-10.
Northern Alberta Xtreme (2) vs Notre Dame Hounds (3/SO) U17 Prep
Eli Swift (1G, 1A) shot fourth for Notre Dame in the shootout and scored the only goal of the tiebreaker, giving the Hounds a 3-2 win over Northern Alberta Xtreme. It was a fitting finish, because he was the reason there was a shootout at all. NAX led twice. Jackson MacDonald (1G) opened the scoring midway through the first. Bo Johnson (1G, 1A) and Swift (1G, 1A) combined to answer in the second, but Nolan Ryan (1G) restored the visitors’ lead with an unassisted goal early in the third. Kash Andersen (31/33) looked set to make it stand. Then the pair swapped roles: with 78 seconds left in regulation, Johnson (1G, 1A) set up Swift (1G, 1A) for the equalizer. Overtime settled nothing, and Linden Spasoff (23/25) turned away all four Xtreme shooters.
BWC Academy (3) vs Yale Hockey Academy (4) U17 Prep
Yale had six weeks to think about its October loss to BWC Academy, and the rematch went down to the final three minutes. The visitors scored first through Eric Prexler (1G) early in the opening frame, and Max Joseph (1G) doubled the lead early in the second. Mason Cumiskey (2G) answered twice in less than two minutes, the second on the power play, to pull Yale even. BWC went back in front on a man-advantage goal of its own: Nathan Da Silva (1G) finished a setup from Lukas Stevens (2A), and BWC carried a 3-2 lead into the third. From there, Yale kept pushing. It put exactly 18 shots on goal in every period, and Tyson Oake (50/54) kept answering until defenceman Rayman Sall (1G) tied it midway through the third. With 2:14 left, Marcus Phillips (1G, 1A) took a feed from Hayden Zygarliski (1A) and buried the winner. Logan Hwang (39/42) made it stand while BWC pulled its netminder for the final 73 seconds.
Indigenous Sports Academy (4) vs Coeur d’Alene Hockey Academy (3) U17
If you stepped out of Swan Lake Arena five minutes in, you’d have put your money on Coeur d’Alene. Colton Tillotson (1G, 1A) and Kaden Winfrey (1G) had CDA up 2-0 before the clock reached 5:15. A few minutes later, Indigenous Sports Academy found itself a man down. That’s where the game turned. Short-handed, defenceman Maddox Sauvie (1G, 1A) struck for his first of the season, and ISA’s special teams carried the rest of the comeback. Benjamin Mager (1G, 1A) tied it on the power play late in the first. Dylan Blankl (1G, 1A) put CDA back in front 47 seconds later, but Ason Apesis (1G, 1A) answered with another extra-man goal in the second. Three of ISA’s four goals came on special teams, while CDA went 0-for-4 with the advantage. The last one came at even strength: early in the third, Elias Williams (1G) potted the winner, and ISA held the one-goal lead the rest of the way.
Delta Hockey Academy Black (2) vs Okanagan Hockey Academy (3/OT) Women’s U18 Prep
Okanagan’s power play took its time, but it showed up when it mattered. For two periods, Abbie Summers (2G) had Delta Black in control. She scored with the extra skater in the first and again early in the second, and the visitors carried a 2-0 lead into the third. Then special teams took over. Shea Warnick (1G, 1A) cut the deficit on a man advantage midway through the third. Less than four minutes later, she set up Sadie Swanton (1G) for another power-play goal to tie it. Overtime nearly ran out before it was settled. With Delta a skater short once more, Kaitlyn Harvey (1G) scored with eight seconds left on the clock, assisted by Taylor Riley (1A) and Hayden Wild (1A). For Swanton, a blueliner, the equalizer was her first goal of the season.
Yale Hockey Academy (2/SO) vs Delta Hockey Academy Black (1) U15 Prep
Yale Hockey Academy’s three-game slide is over, and Mason Baptiste (26/27) did the heavy lifting to end it. Delta Black came in riding a three-game win streak of its own and put 21 shots on the Yale netminder over the first two periods. Only one got through: early in the second, with Yale a man short, Daniel Valchev (1G) beat him on the power play. RJ Livingston (1G) answered midway through the period, and from there the goaltenders took over. Yale pushed hardest in the third, firing 14 shots at Holter Karpiak (27/28), who turned every one aside to force overtime and eventually a shootout. There, Max Nicholson beat Karpiak on Yale’s second attempt. Baptiste stonewalled all three Delta Black shooters, including Alex Iaichkin, whose 18 goals lead his team.
Pilot Mound Hockey Academy (6) vs North Shore Warriors (2) U17
Bryton Garrick (2G, 1A) needed seven minutes to get Pilot Mound on the board and five more to double the lead, and Nixon Gabruck (1G, 2A) set up both. Gabruck then scored a shorthanded goal of his own, unassisted, late in the frame, and the Buffaloes went to the first intermission up 3-0. The middle period brought more of the same: 19 more shots on Cole Lawrence (41/47), who did what he could. Aiden Wareham (2G) added a goal, and Ashton Wall (1G, 1A) scored on the power play. Wareham then converted another man advantage 22 seconds into the third. North Shore finally broke through two minutes later when Matthew O’Krainetz (1G) found the net, and Ethan Naude (1G, 1A) added a power-play goal midway through the period. Technically, North Shore won the third 2-1. Pilot Mound will happily take the other two periods and the 6-2 final.
RINK Hockey Academy Winnipeg (8) vs Notre Dame Hounds (1) U15
By the time Hudson Mascarenhas (1G) closed the scoring with five minutes left, RINK Winnipeg had an 8-1 win and a fourth victory over Notre Dame this season. For 20 minutes, though, none of that looked certain. The visitors fired 20 shots in a scoreless first period and had nothing to show for it. The dam broke 1:49 into the second, when Lincoln Rivard (3G) opened the scoring. John Vervoordt (1G) answered for Notre Dame less than two minutes later, but the rest of the period went one way. Liam Grawberger (1G) restored the lead, Rivard (3G) added two more to finish a second-period hat trick, and Adrian Sinclair (1G) made it 5-1 before the intermission. Braxton Furgus (1G, 2A) scored unassisted early in the third, then set up Oliver Mason (1G) and Mascarenhas (1G). At the other end, Samuel Aubin (45/53) was the reason this one stayed scoreless as long as it did.
Selwyn House School (10) vs Fort Erie International Academy (4) East BioSteel
Kareem Baig-Mirza (2G, 1A) needed 43 seconds to put Selwyn House on the board, and 40 seconds later he set up Domenico Cristofaro (2G) for a second. Fort Erie spent the rest of the night chasing. Daniil Khmelkov (3G) did his best to keep the hosts close. He scored once in the first and twice in the second, the last on a power play that made it 6-4 heading into the third. Luke Kirstein (3G, 1A) had matched him by then. He scored twice in the first half of the second period, set up Luca Macri (1G) for the eventual winner, and added his third, unassisted, 34 seconds later. Any thought of a Fort Erie comeback ended early in the third, when Cristofaro (2G), Baig-Mirza (2G, 1A) and Marcus Montpetit (1G, 1A) scored three times in 72 seconds. Davide Gargano (1G) added a 10th late. Khmelkov (3G) reached 20 goals on the season with the hat trick, a milestone on a night that went the other way.
OHA Edmonton (4) vs Edge School (5/SO) U15
Edge School finally got to keep a lead, but it took a shootout to do it. The Mountaineers went in front of OHA Edmonton four times, and four times the visitors pulled even. Maddox Sigalet then scored the only goal of the shootout to give Edge a 5-4 win. The pattern set in early: Eric Bowhay (1G) opened the scoring midway through the first, and Maddox Peddle (1G, 2A) answered 43 seconds later. Colton Roussel (1G) and Lars Lund (1G) traded goals on either side of the first intermission. Kase Lindberg (1G) and Krew Kehler (1G, 1A) did the same around the second. Beckhem Falloon (1G) gave Edge a fourth lead early in the third, and Duke Hughes (1G) matched it with under nine minutes left, set up by Peddle (1G, 2A). Neither side scored in overtime. Peddle had a hand in three of the four OHA Edmonton goals, a big night from the blue line for a team that still took home a point.
Prairie Hockey Academy (5) vs Delta Hockey Academy (1) U17
Shot totals can lie, and this one told a whopper. Delta Hockey Academy put 64 pucks on Riley Kwasniuk (63/64) and came away with a single goal, as Prairie Hockey Academy skated off with a 5-1 win. The Delta pressure was there from the start, with 26 shots in the first period alone, but Prairie opened the scoring late in the frame when Titan Sauter (2G) scored unassisted. Jovan Sandhu (1G) answered with 42 seconds left before intermission. It was the only time all night Kwasniuk was beaten. Dylan Bye (1G) restored the lead midway through the second, and two minutes later Sauter doubled it on the power play. Delta kept firing, with 23 more shots in the middle period and 15 in the third, and the Prairie netminder kept turning them away. Dallin Mitchell (1G) made it 4-1 early in the third, and Rhett Benaschak (1G) finished the scoring, also unassisted, with five and a half minutes to go.
Calgary International Hockey Academy (2) vs South Alberta Hockey Academy (7) U17 Prep
On paper, this was a meeting of two teams with 23 wins between them, and for most of the first period it played like one. Carter Jarvis (1G) opened the scoring for SAHA, and Bentley Hope (1G) answered on a CIHA power play. Then Lucas Fisher (3G, 2A) went to work. His unassisted goal late in the first put the home side back in front. Less than three minutes later, he set up Jaxon Scherr (1G, 3A) for what held up as the winner. CIHA kept finding life on the man advantage, with Devin Shape (1G, 1A) converting midway through the second, but every answer drew a reply. Kyan Vansandt (1G, 1A) restored the two-goal cushion, Fisher (3G, 2A) added his second 45 seconds into the third, and Brendan Espersen (1G) made it 6-2 late. That left one piece of business. With 52 seconds remaining, Scherr (1G, 3A) fed Fisher (3G, 2A) for the hat trick, capping a five-point afternoon.
Delta Hockey Academy White (2) vs STAR Hockey Academy (5) U15
Mitchell Host (4G) came into Saturday with three goals on the season. He left with seven. The STAR forward scored four of his team’s five against Delta White, and he needed them, because the visitors had jumped out to a 2-0 lead inside the first three minutes on goals from Dane Tekavc (1G) and Mason Nishi (1G). Host started the climb midway through the first, finishing a play set up by Owen Miller (1A) and Benjamin Herbert (1A). Late in the period, he tied it on his own. Thirty seconds into the second, he completed the hat trick to put STAR in front for good. Stefan Tsoy (1G) gave the home side some breathing room later in the frame, and Host closed out his afternoon with another unassisted goal early in the third. Delta White beat STAR 3-1 in October, but this time its two goals in the opening 2:42 were all the offence it could find.
Delta Hockey Academy (5) vs Okanagan Hockey Academy (8) U17 Prep
Delta Hockey Academy walked into the Okanagan Hockey Training Centre with 13 wins in 13 games. It walked out with its first loss, and most of the damage came from one stick. Nathan Marques (5G) scored five times for OHA. He scored twice in the first period, while Ander-Hubert Lauri (2G) and defenceman Shea Mooney (1G), on the power play, also scored as the hosts built a 4-1 lead. Delta pushed back the way unbeaten teams do. Ryan Pickell (1G) converted on the man advantage, and Carson Brown (2G, 2A) made it 4-3 midway through the second. Marques answered nine seconds later. He scored again late in the period and finished his five-goal night early in the third. Brown (2G, 2A) and Colby Walker (1G, 1A) brought Delta back within two, but Lauri sealed it with an empty-net goal.
CHE Academy (2) vs CIH Academy (6) East CCM
Eight points from the blue line. That’s what CIH Academy got from its defencemen in a 6-2 home win over CHE Academy. David Sepiashvili (3A) led the way with three helpers, and Connor Napash (2A) added two more. Artem Osin (2G) opened the scoring on his own midway through the first. Then the back end got involved. Sepiashvili (3A) and Maksim Gomba (1A) set up Frederick Rivet (1G) at 11:27, and barely a minute later, Napash (2A) and Matteo Arriaga (1A) fed Frederyk Gosselin (1G, 2A). Mason Tanguay (1G) and Wyatt Rowland (1G) each pulled CHE within two, but CIH had a reply both times: Osin (2G) scored his second, then Nikita Lozhenitsyn (1G) converted on the power play early in the third. Malik Riopel (1G) closed it out midway through the period. Rivet, also a defenceman, scored his first goal of the season.
RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna (1) vs St. George’s School (5) U15
St. George’s School made it three for three against RINK Kelowna this season with a 5-1 win, one that also ended a three-game winless run for the Saints. Five different players scored. Ben Hamilton (1G) opened the scoring late in the first with his first goal of the season, set up by defenceman Oliver Toigo (1A). Forrest Zhu (1G), another blueliner, doubled the lead unassisted midway through the second. Three minutes later, Rhys Borisoff (1G) converted on the power play off a feed from Sajan Bal (1A). RHA Kelowna went 0-for-5 with the extra man and couldn’t find a way back in. Dominic Guizzo (1G) made it 4-0 early in the third, and SGS carried a shutout into the final three minutes before Beckham Therrien (1G) broke through for the visitors. The response took barely a minute: Adam Johnson (1G) scored at 18:34, set up by Ansom Lam (1A), to restore the four-goal margin.
Okanagan Hockey Ontario (4) vs Fort Erie International Academy (6) East CCM
Knox McBride (50/56) spent the night under siege in the Okanagan Hockey Ontario crease, and for most of it he kept his team within a goal. Fort Erie outshot OHO 21-5 in the first, and all it had to show for it was a goal from defenceman Emerick Girard (1G, 1A), his first of the season. Mitchell Goodine (1G) tied it shorthanded early in the second. The hosts answered with two goals 18 seconds apart, from Elisei Melikian (1G) and Zach Girard (1G, 1A), but OHO kept clawing back. Cohen Hoyles (1G) scored on the power play. Charles-Antoine Racette (1G) restored the two-goal lead with the man advantage, and Luke Lang (2G) cut it to 4-3 before the second intermission. The pattern held into the third. Alex McMahon (1G), another Fort Erie blueliner, made it 5-3, and Lang (2G) answered again. With 33 seconds left, OHO was on the power play pushing for the equalizer when Matvei Zakharov (1G, 1A) scored shorthanded, unassisted, to seal it.
STAR Hockey Academy (1) vs Coeur d’Alene Hockey Academy (4) U17 Prep
Coeur d’Alene didn’t need a star turn on Saturday, just a lot of hands on the puck. Defenceman Shawn Casey Jr. (1G, 1A) opened the scoring unassisted midway through the first. Then, 47 seconds before the intermission, he helped set up Jagger Clark (1G, 1A) for a second goal. STAR got one back 1:19 into the second, when Mason Casorso (1G) finished a feed from Cole Carter (1A). Less than five minutes later, Alex Li (1G, 1A) restored the two-goal cushion with his 13th goal of the season, assisted by Clark (1G, 1A) and Brayden Lee (1G, 1A). From there, CDA kept STAR off the board, and Lee (1G, 1A) sealed the 4-1 win with an empty-net goal set up by Hudson Saltarella (1A). By the final horn, four Coeur d’Alene skaters had a goal and an assist each.
STAR Hockey Academy (4) vs Coeur d’Alene Hockey Academy (7) U18 Prep
An early powerplay marker off the blade of Dominik Silbernagel (2G, 2A) got the momentum going for Coeur d’Alene early. Easton Margettie (1G, 2A) would double the Wings lead later in the frame before Mason Casorso’s first of the season cut the deficit in half for STAR. Silbernagel would open the scoring once again the second while Kirill Zhikharev (2G, 1A) added another CDA powerplay goal under a minute later. Liam Yackel (1G, 1A) would stop flood gates from opening but Zhikharev would respond shortly after to restore CDA’s three goal advantage. Alexander Green got STAR back to within two with an early third period tally but a quick PP and SH goal from CDA would spell the end to this contest. Sam Trnecka was credited with the win for CDA making 31 stops through sixty minutes, taking down one of the divison’s best on home ice.
