GAME DAY RECAP: September 19-20, 2024

Coeur d’Alene Hockey Academy (0) vs RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna (9) U17 AAA

Aiden Andrews (2G) and Kesler Hamilton (2G) each scored twice while Griffin Hoy (1G, 2A) led all skaters with three points as RHA Kelowna defeated CDA 9-0. William Stewart (9/9) made just 9 saves for the shutout victory. Steven Jones (35/44) faced 44 shots in the loss. 

Delta Hockey Academy Black (6) vs North Shore Warriors (3) U15 AAA

Delta Black outshot North Shore 53-30 en route to a 6-3 win Friday. Jake Gagno and Taegon Park (2G) scored less than five minutes apart to give Delta Black the early lead. Nicholas Sheldon responded for North Shore 37 seconds later. Woojin Seo (2G, 2A) scored early in the second before Park and Seo scored 1:48 apart. Keegan Hole brought his team back within three late in the period. Brody Watson (1G, 1A) scored late in the third to give North Shore life but Lukas Kravcak halted the comeback attempt 36 seconds later. 

North Shore Warriors (4) vs Delta Hockey Academy (10) U17 Prep

Caden Leibel (1G, 4A) scored the lone first period goal, finding the back of the net on the power play 6:22 in. Wyatt Callander (1G, 3A) scored 15 seconds into the second and Kesler Curtis scored short handed 3:11 later as Delta led 3-0. Chase Vossenaar (1G, 1A) got North Shore on the board with a power play goal before Kishan Saggu (2G, 2A) responded 12 seconds later, Luke Anderson scored 55 seconds later, and Saggu scored again 44 seconds after that. Beckett Matlock closed out the period with his first goal of the season to give Delta a 7-1 lead. In the third, each team would score three times as Luke Blanchard (1G, 1A), Christopher Mah and Connor Liu (1G, 1A) scored for North Shore, while Andy Kim (2G, 1A) scored twice and Bryson Roberts once for Delta. 

CIH Academy (3) vs Mount Academy (1) Eastern U17

CIH Academy led 1-0 after 20 as Luca Chiarizia (1G, 2A) scored 3:20 into the game. Caellum Shields extended the lead 29 seconds into the second before Tobin MacEwen got Mount on the board late in the second. Tobias Lednicky scored an empty net goal with one second remaining to secure the CIH Academy victory. 

RINK Hockey Academy Winnipeg (6) vs OHA Edmonton (10) U15 Prep

Athens Shingoose (3G) scored 1:41 into a first period that would see RHA Winnipeg lead 4-3 after 20. The scoring died down in the second with Easton Pitz scoring shorthanded for the lone goal of the period, extending the RHA Winnipeg lead. But things ramped back up again in the third as OHA Edmonton scored 6 unanswered, including 5 in a span of 5:10. Defenseman Chayse Fedoriuk (2G, 2A) led his team with four points while Damian Anderson (2G) and Jackson Konelsky (2G) each scored twice. 

St. George’s School (3) vs North Shore Warriors (5) U18 Prep

The game remained tied heading into the final three minutes of the first before Liam Kilfoil (2G, 1A) scored on the power play with 2:35 left to put North Shore ahead. Austin Griffin would add a power play goal of his own just 22 seconds later. Jonathan Lee (1G, 2A) added his first of the season with 41 seconds remaining in the frame to give North Shore a commanding 3-0 lead. But St. George’s would battle back with Brenden  (2G) and Sam Auld scoring 1:39 apart late in the second. Morgan would tie the game early in the third as it looked as though the game would head to overtime. But Dominic Seminoff scored with 1:23 left and Kilfoil added an empty netter exactly a minute later to secure the North Shore win. 

Coeur d’Alene Hockey Academy (3) vs RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna U17 (11) AAA

RHA Kelowna outshot CDA 55-14 en route to an 11-3 win. Griffin Hoy (2G) and Kesler Hamilton (2G) each scored twice while Bennett Macek (1G, 4A) led all skaters with five points. Jay Nooney (2G) scored twice for CDA in the loss. 

STAR Hockey Academy (8) vs BWC Academy (4) U15 Prep

Daniel Makovestkiy (1G, 1A) scored on the power play and Zakhar Kovalenko (1G, 1A) scored shorthanded to counter even strength goals from Kane Nicholas (2G) and Logan Henry (1G, 1A). Ronin Brunner (1G, 2A) and Lincoln Angst (3G) scored second period goals for STAR to put them ahead 4-2. Justin Moon (1G, 1A) and Nicholas scored within the first five minutes of the third to tie the game but Braxton Baker (1G, 2A) scored the eventual game winner just 30 seconds later. Angst would score twice in a span of 39 seconds in the closing minutes to complete the hat-trick while Levi Ellingsen (1G, 1A) added a power play goal with 1:05 left to secure an 8-4 STAR victory. 

Yale Hockey Academy (4) vs Pacific Coast Hockey Academy (5/OT) U17 Prep

Seth Castronuovo and Ethan Naus traded late first period goals to start the game. Francesco Ruffolo and Castronuovo did the same in the second as the two teams remained in a deadlock heading into the third. Jack MacMillan and Kody Pham scored early third period goals for PCHA but Mikkel Dennill tied the game 1:06 later and Hudson Gehring scored in the final two minutes to force overtime. In OT Brayden Howe scored 1:22 in to give PCHA the 5-4 victory. Ander Reyes (35/39) made 35 saves for the win. 

CIH Academy (3) vs Mount Academy (4/SO) Eastern U18

CIH Academy would hold the early advantage in this contest, tallying three goals in the first with Andrew Mark scoring the game changer to make it a one goal lead. Bryson Robinson (2G) would go on to tie things for Mount, potting home his second of the evening. After three, everything was still knotted up at three, forcing this game into an eventual shootout where Jansen Guitard would score the lone goal in the fourth round, capping off Mount’s comeback for their first win of the regular season.

RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna (2) vs Delta Hockey Academy White (8) U15 AAA

Zhehan Zhao (1G, 3A) and Jayden Ni (2G, 1A) led the charge in Delta White’s offensive performance while ten other skaters striked the scoresheet, including Colby Walker (4A) and Carson Brown (3A) each picking up a plethora of assists. Cohen Wood (26/28) turned aside 26-shots in the victory while Griffin Prairie Chicken (46/54) made a respectable 46-stops in the loss.

St. Mary’s Academy (2) vs RINK Hockey Academy Winnipeg (3) Female U18 Prep

RHA Winnipeg and St. Mary’s picked up the scoring in this game quickly, scoring one after another within the first three minutes of the contest thanks to the efforts of Attica Sobering and Jakiah Curle. However, RHA Winnipeg would take off in the second with two unanswered off the sticks of Tyhia Delorme and Shayla Scinocca to establish a two goal lead into the third. Peyton Mages would get one back for St. Mary’s but the strong play from Bailey Schwartz (26/28) in goal was enough to cement RHA Winnipeg’s victory.

Coeur d’Alene Hockey Academy (4) vs Wenatchee Wild Hockey Academy (3) U18 Prep

After splitting goals in the first two periods, Wenatchee found themselves up one 12-minutes into the third with a tally from Kyson Lindsay. However, in a last ditch effort CDA would claw back after Ryder Orr tied the affair with less than 4-minutes on the clock. Then with 39-seconds to spare, Aleksandr Skuratov put the nail in the coffin with a late goal to give CDA the eventual win. Bennett Byers (26/29) made 26-saves in his second win of the season.

Okanagan Hockey Ontario (5) vs Fort Erie International Academy (4) Eastern U18

OHO got off on the right foot after securing a two goal lead in the second, but a four goal frame from Fort Erie shifted the momentum into their favour entering the third. Matys Lefebvre (2G) potted the last two to create the cushion. However, Jacob Zilber would pot a shorthanded marker to notch things up at four as time dwindled in the third. Then with only 58-seconds left to play, Addison St. Cyr would net the game winner for OHO, wrapping up the comeback in heroic fashion.

Pacific Coast Hockey Academy (1) vs North Shore Warriors (4) U17 AAA

Santino Esposito (1G, 2A) got the ball rolling for NSW early on into this contest before PCHA’s Rhys Wilcox made things even in the following period. Later in the frame, NSW’s offence would strike back with goals from Rock Oosterveld (1G, 2A) and Noah Russo. Graeson Miller would put the cherry on top for NSW in the third while Kellen Ceraldi (41/42) held down the fort with a strong 41-save effort, tallying an assist in the process as well en route to NSW’s victory.

OHA Edmonton (7) vs Edge School (5) U17 AAA

A potent first period from OHA Edmonton would be the key to their victory over Edge School in their season opener. Rylan Ross (1G, 3A) would ban the first goal then add assists on OHA Edmonton’s next three tallies. After Rhett Hudson (2G, 2A) nabbed the sixth unanswered goal for OHA Edmonton. Edge School would strike back with four unanswered of their own spanning into the third. Noah Stone would stop the bleeding halfway through the final frame before Winston Chicilo snatched one back to give Edge one more chance late. OHA Edmonton would go on to hold out for the victory with Daniel Marsden (32/37) picking up the W in goal.

Okanagan Hockey Academy (2) vs Yale Hockey Academy (5) U15 AAA

Yale started this contest off with three unanswered to establish a comfortable cushion going forward with a pair of goals coming from Chilliwack, BC’s Ben Bury (2G). Later in the second, OHA would cut Yale’s lead down to one with goals from Lux Naka and Ryson Barker. Yale would remain unfazed into the third, potting another two to secure the overall win with Lucca Tassone (27/29) picking up the win in between the pipes while Ethan Watson (51/56) put up an astounding 51-saves to give his team a shot later in the contest.

Okanagan Hockey Academy (3) vs Yale Hockey Academy (7) U15 Prep

Matching hat-tricks for Michael Kuzik (3G, 1A) and Parker McMillan (3G, 1A) were the highlight of this matchup in Abbotsford. McMillan would pot two on the powerplay to put Yale back in the contest while Kuzik supplied the cavalry in the second, picking up his hat-trick in only 6:17 of elapsed time. Christopher Kokkoris (3A) would produce three helpers in the win from the blueline and Gavin Craig (36/39) picked up the win in tidy fashion.

RINK Hockey Academy Winnipeg (5) vs Pilot Mound Hockey Academy (1) U17 Prep

Five separate skaters picked up goals for RHA Winnipeg in their season debut. Brady Keith (1G, 1A) and Christian Pitz (2A) led the stats sheet en route to victory while Chase Charriere (31/32) made 31-stops. Adam Zamecnik picked up the lone goal for Pilot Mound and Barrett Hayes (44/49) made a respectable 40+ saves in the loss.

Shawnigan Lake School (3) vs Wenatchee Wild Hockey Academy (2) U17 Prep

After Eric Hendricks gave Wenatchee the early lead, Shawnigan would claw back with two late goals in the first with efforts from Sullivan Bryan and Ryder Kerr. McAllister Mugford would extend Shawnigan’s lead in the second, establishing a cushion in a period where Wenatchee was pouring on the pressure. Tyler Stefani would score late in the third on the powerplay for Wenatchee but that’s all they were permitted to do as Stefan Kostin (39/41) had the crease on lockdown, securing the win for Shawnigan.

Okanagan Hockey Academy (3) vs RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna (2) U17 Prep

Each goal in this contest would come as a result of a powerplay. OHA’s Luke Assi (1G, 1A ) would start things off with the lone goal of the first two frames. Things would heat up in the third as OHA and RHAK would go tick for tac on the powerplay before David Aggen called the game with a late effort. Charlie Peppinck (26/28) would go on the close the door and lead OHA to a victory in their season opener while Kai Ebert (28/31) put in a valid effort in goal for RHA Kelowna.