Richard Stethem’s shootout goal was the Canadians’ game
winner in a close-fought battle against the Grads.
Carleton Place took on Cumberland at the Central Jr. A league’s
Winter Showcase in Kemptville on Dec. 18.
The game ended in a 1-1 tie with both goals being scored in
the first period of play.
Zach Allen
scored the lone regulation goal for the Canadians with assists from Ryan Lowe
and Robbie Lepine in the opening minute of play.
The Grads would even the score with about five minutes left
in first period.
The next two periods would go scoreless with neither team
recording any shots on net.
In the third period, the Grads would fire 24 shots at Carleton Place’s
Scott Shackell. The Canadians would get 16 shots of their own.
In overtime, the Grads would get the puck on net just three
times compared to the Canadians’ four.
It would take six rounds of shootout play to decide a
winner.
The Grads’ shooters Mathieu Ouellette, Michael Borkowski,
Stephen Farrell and Mitchell Gallant all failed to score. The Canadians’
Lepine, Brock Plouffe, Zach Rodier and Samuel Coyne couldn’t beat Cumberland’s Adam
Laderoute.
Jason McCarthy scored for the Grads, but Tyler Kotlarz
answered with his own goal.
When the Grads’ Greg Sartoretto failed to score, it was all
up to Stethem who didn’t fail his teammates.
Cumberland
would outshoot Carleton Place
37-30, excluding the shootout.
Shackell took first-star honours and Stetham was named the
third-star of the afternoon game.
The Canadians play Gloucester
Dec. 19 in Kemptville at 5 p.m.