Officials selected for Canada Winter Games
RED DEER, Alta. – For the second time, Quebec has received males’s hockey gold on the Canada Winter Games, defeating Ontario 4-3 in extra time in Friday’s gold medal recreation on the ENMAX Centrium in Red Deer.
It marks the tenth males’s hockey medal ever for Quebec on the Canada Winter Games, which additionally received gold in 1987. It was silver medallist thrice (1999, 2003, 2011) and received bronze 5 occasions (1971, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1995). Ontario received its ninth medal, together with 5 gold (1971, 1983, 1991, 2007, 2015), two silver (1987, 2019) and two bronze (1967, 2003).
Zachary L’Heureux (Mercier, Que./Châteauguay, LHMAAAQ) was the extra time hero, jamming in his team-leading tenth purpose halfway by way of the additional interval. William Blackburn posted a 38-save efficiency, selecting up his fifth win of the match.
Quebec jumped out to 2-0 lead within the first interval, as Guillaume Richard (Cap-Santé, Que./Séminaire St-François, LHMAAAQ) scored on the ability play and Maxime Pellerin (Victoriaville, Que./Trois-Rivières, LHMAAAQ) added a purpose with simply over two minutes to play within the first.
Ontario took a 3-2 lead after Connor Punnett (Powassan, Ont./North Central, OMHA), Roman Schmidt (Toronto/Don Mills, GTHL) and Brennan Othmann (Pickering, Ont./Don Mills, GTHL) scored three unanswered objectives within the second interval. Joshua Roy (St-Georges, Que./Lévis, LHMAAAQ) tied the sport with lower than three minutes remaining within the third interval, sending the sport to extra time.
Alberta downs Saskatchewan 12-0 to take bronze
Earlier within the day, Alberta rebounded after a troublesome 8-4 loss to Ontario within the semifinals to win the bronze medal in convincing trend, defeating Saskatchewan 12-0.
Alberta suffered a 4-3 extra time loss by the hands of Saskatchewan within the preliminary spherical, a recreation that noticed Saskatchewan erase two completely different one-goal deficits and rating slightly below two minutes into extra time.
Matt Savoie (St. Albert, Alta./Northern Alberta, CSSHL) netted a pure hat-trick and added two assists, whereas Dylan Guenther (Edmonton/Northern Alberta, CSSHL) scored twice and added three helpers. In complete, eight completely different gamers scored objectives and 15 registered at the least one level.
Alberta goaltender Drew Sim (Tees, Alta./Delta Hockey Academy, CSSHL) was busy in web, posting a 36-save shutout to provide Alberta its eleventh males’s hockey medal on the Canada Winter Games.
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