2015 Esso Cup

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2015 Esso Cup
Game #11
Final
April 22, 2015 5:30 pm MST
Red Deer Arena
Red Deer Arena

Scoring

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

Shots on Goal

1st
2nd
3rd
Final
1
2
3
F
7
15
11
33
5
8
8
21

Statistics

PP
PIM
0 / 4
4
0 / 2
8

Game Story

FISHER’S FOUR POINTS LEAD CAPITALS OVER LADY WOLVES

WENDY GRAVES

RED DEER, Alta. – One day after her line mate Sheridan Oswald (MacGregor, Man.) lit up the Moncton Rockets for a two-goal, two-assist game, Mekaela Fisher (Warren, Man.) pulled the same four-point feat in leading the Central Plains Capitals past the Sudbury Lady Wolves.

With the win the Capitals moved up the leaderboard and kept the Lady Wolves closer to the pack by handing the Ontario champions their first loss.

Emily Upgang (Poplar Point, Man.) had a goal and two assists for the winners, while Oswald added another goal and assist to her stats. Kelly-Rae Zdan (Alonsa, Man.) also had an assist.

Lauren Taraschuk (Winnipeg, Man.) made 20 saves in the win.

Karli Shell (Sudbury, Ont.) scored for Sudbury; Melisa Kingsley (Sudbury, Ont.) picked up an assist.

Danika Lefrancois (Sudbury, Ont.) stopped 29 of 33 saves in the loss.

The question entering the game was whether the defensive-minded Capitals would be able to slow the Sudbury attack. The Lady Wolves had scored 19 goals coming in and had never trailed in any game.

It took the Capitals 3:20 to change that. Fisher found Upgang from behind the net for the forward’s third goal at the Esso Cup.

Sudbury didn’t stay down long. Shell fed Kingsley across the ice to the side of net. Taraschuk made the initial save, but with the rebound sitting only inches in front of the goal line, a following Shell easily tipped in the puck.

Central Plains got off an even quicker start in the second. Just 3:05 in Upgang’s backhand centering pass went in off defender Deidre Debassige (M’Chigeeng, Ont.).

After not being tested for two day the question was how would Sudbury respond to being challenged.

It didn’t have much say in the answer. The Capitals didn’t allow the Lady Wolves to move as they had in starting 3-0-0-0.

For a team that had been vaunted for its defence coming in, for the second straight game the Capitals’ offence led the way.

It supplied two more goals in less than three minutes in the third. First, Oswald converted Fisher’s centering pass from the side boards. Then, after blocking Carley Olivier’s (Sudbury, Ont.) clearing attempt along the side boards, Fisher kept it on the ensuing two-on-one and finished five-hole.

Central Plains winds up its preliminary round Thursday night (7 p.m.) against the Red Deer Chiefs, while Sudbury finishes off against the Edmonton Thunder in the day’s first game (12 p.m. MT).

Play-by-Play

Team
Description
Time
1st Period
GOAL
Goal: Mekaela Fisher

Assists: Emily Upgang, Sheridan Oswald
03:20
GOAL
Goal: Karli Shell

Assists: Melisa Kingsley, Meagan McGaughey
08:36
PENALTY
Penalty: Emily Upgang
(auto) Body Checking minor (2:00)
10:41
PENALTY
Penalty: Carley Olivier
(auto) Body Checking minor (2:00)
16:10
PENALTY
Penalty: Amelie Samson
(auto) minor (2:00)
18:11
2nd Period
GOAL
Goal: Emily Upgang

Assists: Mekaela Fisher
03:05
PENALTY
Penalty: Alexie Legault
(auto) Interference minor (2:00)
15:17
PENALTY
Penalty: Bryn Schmidt
(auto) Hooking minor (2:00)
18:37
3rd Period
GOAL
Goal: Sheridan Oswald

Assists: Mekaela Fisher
05:28
GOAL
Goal: Mekaela Fisher

Assists: Sheridan Oswald, Tamara McVannel
08:21
PENALTY
Penalty: Taylor McGaughey
(auto) Cross-Checking minor (2:00)
15:17

Goaltenders

Name Team Mins SA SVS GA SV%
Lauren Taraschuk CPC 60 21 20 1 0.952
Danika Lefrancois SUD 60 33 29 4 0.879

Game Leaders

Goals 2 - Assists 2 - Points 4
G 2 - A 2 - P 4
Goals 1 - Assists 0 - Points 1
G 1 - A 0 - P 1
Goals 1 - Assists 2 - Points 3
G 1 - A 2 - P 3
Goals 0 - Assists 1 - Points 1
G 0 - A 1 - P 1
Goals 1 - Assists 1 - Points 2
G 1 - A 1 - P 2
Goals 0 - Assists 1 - Points 1
G 0 - A 1 - P 1

Previous Games

1 - 5 L @ Saskatoon StarsSAS
Apr 25, 2015
2 - 1 W vs. Red Deer ChiefsRDC
Apr 25, 2015
0 - 3 L @ Sudbury Lady WolvesSUD
Apr 24, 2015
3 - 0 W vs. Central Plains CapitalsCPC
Apr 24, 2015
2 - 3 L @ Red Deer ChiefsRDC
Apr 23, 2015
2 - 1 W vs. Edmonton ThunderEDM
Apr 23, 2015
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