ORR 4 CHERRY 3
CALGARY (CP) – Jared McCann of the Sault St. Marie Greyhounds scored the game-winning goal with 3:29 left in the third period to lift Team Orr to a 4-3 win over Team Cherry at the CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game on Wednesday at the Scotiabank Saddledome.
Josh Ho-Sang of the Windsor Spitfires had a goal and an assist for Team Orr, while Julius Honka of the Swift Current Broncos and Aaron Ekblad of the Barrie Colts both had two assists. Brendan Lemieux, also of the Colts, and Blake Clarke of the Saginaw Spirit also scored for Team Orr.
Sam Reinhart of the Kootenay Ice and Nikolay Goldobin of the Sarnia Sting had a goal and an assist each for Team Cherry while Michael Dal Colle of the Oshawa Generals also scored.
Playing the second half of the game, goalie Julio Billia of the Chicoutimi Sagueneens made 17 saves to backstop Team Orr to the victory.
Team Cherry held a 14-7 advantage in shots after the first period, but couldn’t find a way to get any pucks past starting Team Orr goalie Mason McDonald of the Charlottetown Islanders.
Did the Reinharts take hot chocolate down to the kids after the game? frick. what is this game fricking turning into. When I played, Sam Reinhart would have told his dad to stay 50 miles from that bench, and if he didn't, Reinhart would have been some humiliated in the room, that he would have packed up. A frickin dad coaching his kid in a prospects game as a promo. Good frickin grief. And we wonder why we are heading to relegation at the WJHC. Meanwhile the CHL scouts are probably looking through the garbage at the rink to get… Read more »
You again! Get over it! You're going to pop a blood vessel!