Bandits shut out Thunder 3-0 to open AJHL Showcase
CAMROSE, AB – Jakob Lee (Owen Sound, ON) scored the game-winner in the first period, and Pierce Charleson (Aurora, ON) stopped all 20 shots he faced for his second Junior A shutout, as the Brooks Bandits (5-1) extended their winning streak to five with a 3-0 win over the Drayton Valley Thunder (2-4) at the AJHL Showcase on Friday night.
With the win, the Bandits moved back into a tie with the Calgary Mustangs for first place in the AJHL South division.
Lee’s game-winner came 13:49 into the game when William Lemay (Marieville, QC) took a puck away at the end boards and flung it in front to the Canisius commit, who one-timed it past Drayton Valley goalie Shawn Parkinson top shelf to put the Bandits up 1-0. It was the only goal of the first, in which the Bandits outshot the Thunder 7-2.
In the second, Luke Bast (Red Deer, AB) charged down the wall and set up Mack Hancock (Kingston, ON) at the side of the net, whose point blank stuff attempt popped by Parkinson and in behind him to double the Bandit lead at the 9:15 mark.