2017 RBC Cup

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2017 RBC Cup
Game #12
Semifinal
Final
May 20, 2017 7:30 pm EDT
Cobourg Community Centre
Cobourg, ON

Scoring

Teams
1st
2nd
3rd
Final
Teams
1
2
3
F
1
1
2
4

Shots on Goal

1st
2nd
3rd
Final
1
2
3
F
9
9
10
28
18
10
18
46

Statistics

PP
PIM
0 / 3
20
2 / 5
6

Game Story

BANDITS BLANK COBRAS, ADVANCE TO RBC CUP FINAL

JASON LA ROSE

COBOURG, Ont. – Mitch Benson turned away all 28 shots he faced for his second shutout of the tournament, backstopping the Brooks Bandits into the championship game at the 2017 RBC Cup with a 4-0 semifinal win over the Cobras de Terrebonne on Saturday night.

The Bandits will take on the host Cobourg Cougars in the final on Sunday (5:30 p.m. ET, TSN 3/5). Cobourg had the edge in the preliminary round, winning 5-2 on Thursday night.

Benson made nine saves in each of the first two periods, and stopped 10 in the third. He has been lights out for the Bandits, winning all four of his starts and posting a 0.99 goals-against average and .961 save percentage. With 60 perfect minutes against the Cobras, his personal shutout streak sits at 165 minutes and 27 seconds.

Nick Prkusic led the offence with a goal and an assist for Brooks, which exercised the demons of 2016; the Bandits fell in the national semis a year ago, and have lost just 11 times in 83 games since then.

The teams combined for seven first-period goals when they met last Saturday in the tournament opener, but there would be no offensive fireworks with a spot in the national final on the line; Tyler Carangelo had the lone goal of the opening frame, beating Terrebonne goaltender Jérémy Bélisle on the blocker side to give Brooks the 1-0 lead less than five minutes in.

Just past the midway mark of the second period, Prkusic intercepted a pass in the neutral zone and carried deep into Terrebonne territory before finding Ty Mappin, who beat Bélisle from the low slot to make it a two-goal advantage.

Brooks kept up the pressure in the third, directing 18 more shots at Bélisle and adding a pair of power-play goals.

Joe O’Connor was first at 4:36, hammering a one-timer past Bélisle, and Prkusic got a wrist shot from the point through bodies and past the Cobras netminder to finish the scoring at 7:53.

Brooks is in search of its second RBC Cup title; it claimed Canada’s National Junior A Championship in 2013, beating the host Summerside Western Capitals 3-1 in the final.

Play-by-Play

Team
Description
Time
1st Period
GOAL
Goal: Tyler Carangelo

Assists: Nathan Plessis, Arnaud Vachon
04:51
PENALTY
Penalty: Chad Pietroniro
Hooking (2:00)
10:28
PENALTY
Penalty: (Served by David D'Agostino)
Too Many Players (2:00)
17:43
2nd Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Loïk Léveillé
Holding (2:00)
00:31
PENALTY
Penalty: Nick Prkusic
Roughing (2:00)
05:53
GOAL
Goal: Ty Mappin

Assists: Nick Prkusic
11:30
PENALTY
Penalty: Charlie Marchand
Hooking (2:00)
13:11
PENALTY
Penalty: Domenico Argento
Slashing (2:00)
18:32
3rd Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Kevin Laliberté
Slashing (2:00)
02:36
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Joe O'Connor

Assists: Cale Makar, Josh McKechney
04:36
PENALTY
Penalty: Raphaël Sawyer
Hooking (2:00)
06:52
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Nick Prkusic

07:53
PENALTY
Penalty: Domenico Argento
10-Minute Misconduct - Misconduct (10:00)
18:11

Goaltenders

Name Team Mins SA SVS GA SV%
Jérémy Bélisle TER 60 46 42 4 0.913
Mitch Benson BRO 60 28 28 0 1.000

Game Leaders

GA 4 - SVS - 42 - SV% - 0.913
GA 0 - SVS - 28 - SV% - 1.000
Goals 1 - Assists 1 - Points 2
G 1 - A 1 - P 2
Goals 1 - Assists 0 - Points 1
G 1 - A 0 - P 1

Previous Games

0 - 4 L @ Brooks BanditsBRO
May 20, 2017
2 - 3 L @ Cobourg CougarsCOB
May 21, 2017
3 - 1 W vs. Penticton VeesPEN
May 18, 2017
4 - 0 W vs. Cobras de TerrebonneTER
May 20, 2017
1 - 6 L @ Cobourg CougarsCOB
May 16, 2017
2 - 5 L vs. Cobourg CougarsCOB
May 18, 2017
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