HEFFERNAN SCORES IN FINAL MINUTE, RED AND WHITE SKATE TO TIE AT U18 CAMP

ROCKLAND, Ont. – Karly Heffernan (Sherwood Park, Alta./Edge School, JWHL) scored the game-tying goal with 29 seconds left in the third period to help White salvage a 3-3 tie with Red in the opening game Wednesday at Canada’s National Women’s Under-18 Team selection camp.

White trailed by two with less than 10 minutes to go before Heffernan set up Brooke Stacey (Kahnawake, Que./Ontario Hockey Academy, Int. AA) to make it 3-2 at 10:41, and then tied the game herself in the final minute.

Mackenzie MacNeil (Richmond Hill, Ont./Toronto, PWHL) had the other goal for White, opening the scoring 12 minutes into the first period, but Red scored the next three goals.

Kennedy Marchment (Courtice, Ont./Durham, PWHL) scored early in the second period and Taylor Murphy (Corbeil, Ont./North Bay, LLFHL) gave Red its first lead late in the middle frame, before Danielle Krzyszczyk (Winnipeg, Man./St. Mary’s Academy, NAPHA) added what looked like an insurance goal at 2:08 of the third period.

The lead would not last, however, as White forced extra time with its late heroics.

A scoreless overtime led to a shootout, where Red’s Victoria Bach (Milton, Ont./Mississauga, PWHL) and White’s Stephanie Lalancette (St-Félicien, Que./Saguenay Lac-St-Jean, Midget AA) traded goals before the last four shooters came up empty and the game finished in a draw.

Shea Tiley (Shallow Lake, Ont./Saugeen-Maitland, LLFHL) and Kassidy Sauvé (Brooklin, Ont./Durham, PWHL) went the distance in goal for Red and White, respectively. Tiley made 22 saves, while Sauvé finished with 32 stops.

Red outshot White 35-25, including 15-3 in the second period.

The teams are back on the ice Thursday night (6 p.m. ET) at the Canadian International Hockey Academy for the second intrasquad game, before wrapping up camp with a Saturday afternoon contest (2 p.m. ET).