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Cents Fall 5-4 to the Vees in Exhibition Action

The Merritt Centennials played their first exhibition game of the 2008 season Tuesday night at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena against the Penticton Vees.

The Vees opened the scoring just 2:44 into the first period on a goal by David Andreassen (88) with assists to Adam Gradin (88) and Mitch Labreche (90). Devon Hobbs (89) replied for the Cents at 16:06 of the first on a setup from Dylan Herold (89) and Ryan Stanimir (90).

Jason Alessio (90) gave the Centennials a 2-1 lead early in the second period with assists to Casey Fratkin (89) and Cody Abbey (91) before Andreassen scored unassisted to tie the game at 11:32. The Cents picked things up late in the middle frame though, a goal by Ryan Townsend (89) from John Waldrop (90) at 14:43 made it 3-2 and Herold notched his second point of the game on a goal assisted by Cam Brodie (88) with ten seconds left in the second period.

The Vees came out strong in the third period, drawing themselves to within one on a goal by Curtis McKenzie (91) from Garret Milan (91) and Brad Reid (90) at 13:40 before McKenzie set up Labreche to tie the game at four with 19 seconds remaining. McKenzie posted his second goal and third point of the game with just 22 seconds left in the first overtime period to give Penticton the 5-4 victory. Graeme Gordon (89) played the full game for the Centennials in goal and took the loss. Andrew Walton (91) got the win for the Vees. These two teams meet again on Wednesday night in Penticton.


Team Rosters
Merritt Centennials
1 – Josh LaFrenniere (G)
2 – Kyle Beaulieu (0g, 0a)
4 – Matt Mazzarolo
(0g, 0a)
6 – David Picard (0g, 0a)
7 – Jake Baker (0g, 0a)
9 – Steven MacDonald (0g, 0a)
10 – Cody Abbey (0g, 1a)
11 – Tyler Barr (0g, 0a)
15 – Ryan Townsend (1g, 0a)
16 – Dylan Herold (1g, 1a)
17 – Cam Brodie
(0g, 1a)
18 – Casey Fratkin (0g, 1a)
19 – Taylor Paziuk (0g, 0a)
21 – Paul Forster (0g, 0a)
22 – Devon Hobbs (1g, 0a)
24 – Ryan Stanimir (0g, 1a)
25 – Jarryd Ten Vaan Holt
(0g, 0a)
27 – Jason Alessio (1g, 0a)
28 – John Waldrop
(0g, 1a)
35 – Graeme Gordon (G)

Penticton Vees
2 – Brad Stefanski (0g, 0a)
3 – Joey Laleggia (0g, 0a)
4 – Bob Pond (0g, 0a)
5 – Curtis McKenzie (1g, 1a)
6 – Nathan Westover
(0g, 0a)
8 – Isaac MacLeod (0g, 0a)
10 – Vinny Muchalla (0g, 0a)
11 – Logan Johnston (0g, 0a)
15 – Ryan Johansen (0g, 0a)
17 – Mitch Labreche (1g, 1a)
19 – Joey Holka
(0g, 0a)
21 – Matt Tinordi (0g, 0a)
22 – Garret Milan (0g, 1a)
23 – Brad Reid (0g, 1a)
24 – Elias Grossman (0g, 0a)
25 – David Andreassen (2g, 0a)
27 – Hayden Trupp