Calgary, AB – Team Alberta skated to an 8-1 victory over Team Manitoba in Game 4 of the 2012 Western Canada U-16 Challenge Cup on Friday afternoon at Father David Bauer arena in Calgary, AB. Nick Merkley and Braylon Shmyr each tallied a goal and three assists for Alberta, which improves to 1-1 in round-robin play, while Patrick Dea stopped 20 of 21 shots to post the win. Meyer Nell scored the only goal for Manitoba, which drops to 0-2 through their first two round robin games. Alberta closes out their round-robin schedule versus Saskatchewan on Saturday afternoon while Manitoba faces Team BC on Saturday night to wrap up the round-robin.
Alberta’s victory over Manitoba means that Team BC earns a berth in Sunday’s Gold medal game as BC already defeated Alberta and Saskatchewan, both 1-1 through their first two round-robin games.
ALBERTA 8, MANITOBA 1
First Period
1 – AB – Estephan (Shmyr, Merkley) PP, 6:27
2 – MB – Nell, 10:31
3 – AB – Comrie (Burke, B. Reagan), 15:52
4 – AB – Stewart (Elynuik, McCarty), 16:00
5 – AB – Forrest (Merkley, Xavier), 17:22
Second Period
6 – AB – Merkley (Shmyr, Forrest) PP, 4:31
7 – AB – Burke (Shmyr, Guhle) PP, 12:09
8 – AB – Shmyr (Guhle, B. Reagan) PP, 19:12
Third Period
9 – AB – Pawlenchuk (Merkley, Xavier), 11:08
SOG:
AB: 9, 14, 7 = 30
MB: 3, 14, 4 = 21
Goalies:
Dea (AB) – 20/21
Petit (MB) – 16/23
Verhelst (MB) – 6/7
Players of the Game:
AB - Merkley
MB - Zimmer
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Calgary, AB – Team BC improved to 2-0 in round-robin play at the 2012 Western Canada U-16 Challenge Cup with a 4-1 victory over Team Saskatchewan on Friday afternoon at Father David Bauer arena in Calgary, AB. Glenn Gawdin scored a pair of goals and Matthew Barzal drew two assists to lead BC to the win. Ethan Bear scored his third goal for Team Saskatchewan, who fall to 1-1 in round-robin play, while goaltender Matt Kustra stopped 41 of 45 shots. BC will take on Team Manitoba on Saturday evening while Saskatchewan closes out their round-robin versus Team Alberta on Saturday morning.
BRITISH COLUMBIA 4, SASKATCHEWAN 1
First Period
No Scoring
Second Period
1 – BC – Reddekopp (Gatenby, Barzal) PP, 1:31
Third Period
2 – SK – Bear (Arnold, Riddle) PP, 5:43
3 – BC – Vela (Szeto), 11:21
4 – BC – Gawdin SH, 12:45
5 – BC – Gawdin (Soy, Barzal), 18:50
SOG:
BC: 15, 12, 18 = 45
SK: 7, 5, 7 = 19
Goalies:
Burman (BC) – 18/19
Kustra (SK) – 41/45
Players of the Game:
BC - Gawdin
SK - Kustra