2011 National Women's Under-18 Championship

ROESLER SCORES TWO TO LEAD DEFENDING CHAMPS TO OPENING WIN

SAGUENAY, Que. – Cydney Roesler (Stittsville, Ont.) scored twice to pace the offence as Ontario Red opened the 2011 National Women’s Under-18 Championship with an 8-2 win over Manitoba on Wednesday afternoon.

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Roesler scored twice in the third period to cap off a seven-goal outburst from Ontario Red (1-0), which trailed 2-1 after one period.

Erin Ambrose (Keswick, Ont.), Laura Stacey (Kleinburg, Ont.), Ailish Forfar (Sutton West, Ont.), Jaimie McDonell (East York, Ont.), Cayley Mercer (Exeter, Ont.) and Nicole Connery, (Newmarket, Ont.) had the other goals for Ontario Red, which has lost only one game in seven trips to the national championship.

Callan Harland (Portage la Prairie, Man.) and Jessica Vallotton (Glenboro, Man.) scored the goals for Manitoba (0-1), with both goals coming on the power play.

Ontario Red looks to move to 2-0 on Thursday when it meets British Columbia (5 p.m. ET), while Manitoba takes on Alberta (10 a.m. ET) in a match-up of teams that suffered opening-day losses.

Game Information
Game Number	3	Round	Preliminary
Arena	Centre Georges-Vézina	City, Country	Saguenay, Que.
Month / Day / Year	11/02/2011	Time	05:00 PM ET
Attendance		Game Status	Final

Box Score	1	2	3	Total
Ontario Red (ON-R)	1	5	2	8
Manitoba (MB)	2	0	0	2

Goals/Penalties

First Period

Goals:
   05:33 MB 11 Callan Harland (7 Ashleigh Brykaliuk, 4 Rebecca Babiak) PP
   15:48 ON-R 13 Erin Ambrose (10 Jaimie McDonell)
   16:53 MB 8 Jessica Vallotton (12 Alexis Woloschuk, 7 Ashleigh Brykaliuk) PP

Penalties:
   04:21 ON-R 14 Victoria Pittens (Tripping)
   06:03 ON-R 27 Nicole Connery (Hooking)
   16:46 ON-R 2 Morgan Richardson (Holding)

Second Period

Goals:
   07:33 ON-R 7 Laura Stacey (18 Cayley Mercer)
   08:21 ON-R 19 Ailish Forfar (41 Mellissa Channell, 21 Cydney Roesler)
   09:17 ON-R 10 Jaimie McDonell (7 Laura Stacey)
   13:00 ON-R 18 Cayley Mercer (8 Michela Cava, 7 Laura Stacey)
   19:12 ON-R 27 Nicole Connery (9 Kristyn Capizzano, 13 Erin Ambrose) PP

Penalties:
13:47 MB 15 Meghan Dufault (Tripping)
19:04 MB 2 Halli Krzyzaniak (Tripping)

Third Period

Goals:
04:47 ON-R 21 Cydney Roesler (2 Morgan Richardson)
18:41 ON-R 21 Cydney Roesler (2 Morgan Richardson)

Penalties:
   07:36 ON-R (Too Many Men)
   07:53 MB 5 Danielle Leslie (Checking to the Head)
   14:57 MB 8 Jessica Vallotton (Holding)

Goaltenders

Ontario Red

31 Amanda Leveille

On 1/00:00

Off 3/20:00

Manitoba

1 Amanda Schubert

On 1/00:00