Queens success continues at Showcase

Tournament action Saturday from the annual Thunder Bay Queens Showcase, held at the Fort William First Nations Arena. The action wraps up on Sunday.

Game No. 17: Bantam – Kelly’s Family Hair Care Queens 4 Fort Frances Leafs 1
An early start in day two action saw the Kelly’s Family Hair Care Queens improve to 3-0 with a 4-1 victory over Fort Frances. They would three first period markers from Monica Browczuk, Phoebe Leishman and Veronica Pellerin to grab the early lead. Sarah Milling would get the Leafs on the board in the middle frame before Sarah Doyle rounded out the scoring. Browczuk also chipped in with two assists.
 
Game No. 18: Midget A – Winning Streak Charters Queens 3 Ontario Power Generation Queens 1
In a battle of the Queens it was the Winning Streak Charters bantam AAs who came out on top over their Ontario Power Generation midget A counterparts by a 3-1 score. Samantha Strassburger tallied twice for the winners while Brooke Boquist added a solo marker and Bronwyn Bolduc dished out a pair of helpers. Jessica Minoletti had the lone marker for the OPG side. Sydney Horst picked up the win in net.

Game No. 19: Midget AA – Shattuck-St. Mary’s Sabres U-19 6 Minnesota Crunch 0
The powerful Shattuck U-19s won their second straight game after defeating the Crunch 6-0 in this one. Dana Trivigno had two goals while singles went to Rebecca Russo, Lexi Bender, Kayla Sullivan and Brook Garzone. Game stars went to Courtney Burke of the Sabres and Steph Johnson of the Crunch.
 
Game No. 20: Midget AA – Shattuck-St. Mary’s Sabres U-16 4 Sault Ste. Marie Wildcats 1
After the Wildcats grabbed the lead Shattuck-St. Mary’s roared back with four straight to win to improve to 2-0. Baylee Wellhausen got the Sabres on the board for the second consecutive contest while Lilly Derby, Kennedy Ottenbriet and Taylor Salewske accounted for the other markers. Mariah Krancevich had the lone goal for Sault Ste. Marie. Game MVP laurels went to Derby for SSM while Wildcats goaltender Aleisha Labbe was recognized for the Sault.
 
Game No. 21: Midget A – Keweenaw Storm 3 Brookings Rangers 1
Keweenaw of Calumet, Mich., jumped out to a three-goal lead and held for a 3-1 triumph over Brookings from South Dakota. Alexis Pyykkonen had a goal and two assists for the Strom while Jessica Schlaff and Kimberly Harter notched the other tallies. Karley Schiesl had the marker for the Rangers.
 
Game No. 22: Peewee – Taranis Contracting Queens 5 Dryden Timberwolves 2
Madeline Browczuk scored three times in the final period to help the Queens defeat Dryden by a 5-2 score. Amanda Pages and Briana Prete also found the back of the net for Thunder in the victory. Sydney Allen and Jessica Carter notched markers for the Timberwolves. Game stars went to Browczuk and Carter.
 
Game No. 23: Bantam – Thunder Bay Fury 3 Hearst Ice Cats 0
The Fury rode the shutout goaltending of Rebecca Williams in 3-0 victory over the Ice Cats. Ariel Antonnen had the game-winner in the second period while Jordyn Paris and Amanda Cain supplied some insurance.

Game No. 24: Bantam – Green Bay Bobcats 2 Dryden Sunset Granite Snipers 2
One of the few tie games so far saw Green Bay and Dryden skate to a 2-2 draw. Paige Goodwin and McKenna Holman tallied for the Bobcats while Emmy Arsenault and Liv Carter replied for the Snipers. Goodwin and Carter would go on to pick up game star laurels.

Game No. 25: Bantam – Schreiber North Shore Stars 2 Kelly’s Family Hair Care Queens 1
After Schreiber opened the scoring in the opening period on a goal by Julie Bouchard, Veronica Pellerin levelled the proceedings before the frame was complete. The Stars would notch the winner early in the second period courtesy of Kayle Koevoet en route to the win.
 
Game No. 26: Midget AA – Minnesota Crunch 5 Sportop Queens 4
Whitney Wivoda’s goal with just 39 seconds remaining was the difference as the Crunch edged the Queens 5-4. Minnesota jumped out to a 4-0 lead by the 3:30 mark of the second period on two goals and as many assists from Carly Kuhbander. The other markers were scored by Kaycie Anderson and Karen Larson. Courtney Tougas notched the first of three goals for her in the middle frame and then tacked on two more sandwiched around one by Michela Cava to tie it only to Minnesota win it late. Bryna Hanson picked up the win in net for the Crunch while Megan Leikkari suffered the loss. Game star honours went to Kuhbander and Cava, who also had two assists to go along with her goal.
 
Game No. 27: Midget A – Hearst vs. OPG Queens 3 p.m. (Rink 1) (No Report)
 
Game No. 28: Bantam – 4th Round Robin vs. 5th Round Robin 4 p.m. (Rink 2) (No Report)
 
Game No. 29: Bantam Semifinal – Kelly’s Family Hair Care Queens 3 Thunder Bay Fury 1
The Queens punched their ticket to the championship game with a 3-1 victory over their Thunder Bay rivals. Sarah Doyle and Taylor Basaraba with a pair paced the Queens offensively. Sabrina Aiello answered for the Fury.
 
Game No. 30: Midget AA – Shattuck-St. Mary’s Sabres U-19 6 Sault Ste. Marie Wildcats 0
The Sabres stayed perfect with their third straight shutout win. Lexi Bender, Dana Trivigno, Courtney Burke, Blayre Turnbull and Alexis Crossley all scored for Shattuck with Breanna Simon of the Sabres and Wildcats goaltender Amanda Alexander earning game star honours.

Day 2 action at the Thunder Bay Queen's Showcase. The tournament wraps up on Sunday at the Fort William First Nations Arena.

Game No. 31: Peewee – Taranis Contracting Queens 3 Dryden Timberwolves 0
The peewee Queens completed a three-game sweep of Dryden by blanking them 3-0 in the finale. Kayla Etreni gave Thunder Bay the lead heading into the third period before Madeline Browczuk and Alyssa Cicigoi added some insurance in the final frame.
 
Game No. 32: Midget A – Winning Streak Charters Queens 12 Brookings Rangers 0
The Queens scored five times in the opening period and never looked back in blanking Brookings. Bronwyn Bolduc and Kaley Tienhaara had hat-tricks, Jessica Gazzola tallied twice while solo markers went to Karli Nummikoski, Whitney Scott and Brooke Boquist. Kara Scavarelli of Thunder Bay and Hallie Theodosopoulos of the Rangers were awarded the game stars. 

Game No. 33: Midget AA – Sportop Queens 4 Shattuck-St. Mary’s Sabres 3
A Kaitlyn Tougas midway through the third period goal was the difference as the Queens edged the Shattuck-St. Mary’s under-16 side 4-3. Also scoring for Thunder Bay were Courtney Tougas, Michaela Coulter and Ellia Heroux. Mika Nervick, Emma Tani and Allie Lewis replied for the Sabres. Lewis and Heroux were rewarded for their respective efforts by being named their team game MVPs. 
 
Game No. 34: Midget A – Hearst Ice Cats 2 Keweenaw Storm 1
Kelsey Boivin’s second period strike stood up to be the winner as Hearst slipped by Keweenaw 2-1. Lina Perrier had the other Ice Cats contribution while Alena Porkka replied for the Storm. Perrier picked up game star honours for Hearst and Cassidy Rajala was recognized for Keweenaw.
 
Game No. 35: Bantam 6th vs. 7th: Dryden Sunset Granite Snipers 2 Hearst Ice Cats 0
The final game of day two saw Dryden shutout Hearst 2-0 in bantam division play. C.J. Ecker posted the shutout and picked up game star laurels for the Snipers who got goals from Liv Carter and Rachel Getson. Kayla Jacques earned MVP accolades for the Ice Cats.