Brayden Point scored three goals to lead Team Alberta to a 6-3 win over Team Manitoba in Game 1 of the 2011 Western Canada U16 Challenge Cup from Moose Jaw, SK. Team Alberta will next face Team BC Friday at 3:00pm while Team Manitoba will square off with against Team Saskatchewan at 7:00pm at Mosaic Place in Moose Jaw, SK.
ALBERTA 6, MANITOBA 3
First Period
1 - AB - Point (MacMaster), PP, 5:12
2 - AB - Tambasco (Wong), 5:27
Second Period
3 - MB - Mathews (Baudry), 3:24
4 - MB - Hawryluk (Lindgren, Tait), PP, 5:41
Third Period
5 - AB - Bleackley (Quenneville, Wong), 1:18
6 - AB - Duke (Penner), 2:23
7 - MB - Hawryluk (Starodub, Fisher), PP, 10:28
8 - AB - Point (unassisted), 17:18
9 - AB - Point (MacMaster), PP, 19:14
SOG:
AB: 13, 6, 8 = 27
MB: 9,12, 7 = 28
Goalies:
Davies (AB) - 25/28
Hogue (MB) - 21/28
Players of the Game:
AB - Point
MB - Hawryluk