Copyright Pointstreak Sports Technologies Inc. Updated July 25, 2025, 11:50 pm AAU: AAU Nationals FINAL AAU 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL --- --- --- ----- Soo Firehawks 1 1 0 2 El Paso Rhinos 6 4 2 12 GOAL SCORING: 1ST PER: ELP - Eric Baldwin (Drew DePalma, Andrew Bradford) 0:23 ELP - Jeremy Rezaeepour (Drew DePalma) 3:57 ELP - (SH) Nick Plesa (Kendal Craig) 5:05 ELP - (PP) Chad Cesarz (Andrew Bradford, Roman Konecny) 6:33 SF - Andrew Holder 6:50 ELP - Austin Hoff (Jiri Pestuka, Tom Bartel) 8:03 ELP - Tom Bartel (Kendal Craig) 11:39 2ND PER: ELP - Jack Strusz (Kalvis Ozols) 1:06 ELP - Tom Bartel (Kalvis Ozols, Jiri Pestuka) 4:38 ELP - Chris Wilhite (Nick Plesa, Kendal Craig) 10:29 ELP - (PP) Kalvis Ozols (Eric Baldwin, Drew DePalma) 14:45 SF - Andrew Holder (Nate Fitzpatrick) 17:40 3RD PER: ELP - Nick Plesa 13:36 ELP - Austin Hoff (Andrew Bradford) 17:25 POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: SF - 0 OF 5, ELP - 2 OF 4. SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL --- --- --- ----- SF 11 5 7 23 ELP 17 13 11 41 GOALIES: SF - Anthony Benvenuti SF - Brandon Hansen ELP - Adam Vay OFFICIALS: REF - Default Referee LIN - , ATT: 500 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOW THEY SCORED -------------------------------------------------- Soo Firehawks 1 1 0 -- 2 El Paso Rhinos 6 4 2 -- 12 -------------------------------------------------- FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: ELP - Baldwin (DePalma, Bradford) 0:23. ELP - Rezaeepour (DePalma) 3:57. ELP - Plesa (shorthanded) (Craig) 5:05. ELP - Cesarz (powerplay) (Bradford, Konecny) 6:33. SF - Holder 6:50. ELP - Hoff (Pestuka, Bartel) 8:03. ELP - Bartel (Craig) 11:39. Penalties: Killips, SF (Slashing, Minor, 2 min) 0:46. Bradford, ELP (Tripping, Minor, 2 min) 4:02. Majic, SF (Illegal Stick, Minor, 2 min) 5:42. Wright, ELP (Interference, Minor, 2 min) 16:58. DePalma, ELP (Tripping, Minor, 2 min) 19:37. Holder, SF (Slashing, Minor, 2 min) 19:59. SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: ELP - Strusz (Ozols) 1:06. ELP - Bartel (Ozols, Pestuka) 4:38. ELP - Wilhite (Plesa, Craig) 10:29. ELP - Ozols (powerplay) (Baldwin, DePalma) 14:45. SF - Holder (Fitzpatrick) 17:40. Penalties: Cesarz, ELP (Head Contact, Minor, 2 min) 11:39. Holder, SF (Head Contact, Minor, 2 min) 13:52. Gleason, ELP (Slashing, Minor, 2 min) 18:28. Gleason, ELP (Unsportsmanlike Conduct, Misconduct, 10 min) 18:28. Marshall, SF (Unsportsmanlike Conduct, Misconduct, 10 min) 18:28. THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: ELP - Plesa 13:36. ELP - Hoff (Bradford) 17:25. Shots on goal: -------------------------------------------------- Soo Firehawks 11 5 7 -- 23 El Paso Rhinos 17 13 11 -- 41 -------------------------------------------------- Power-play Conversions: Soo Firehawks - 0 of 5, El Paso Rhinos - 2 of 4 GOALIES AWAY TEAM MIN S SV Anthony Benvenuti 30:20 16 11 Brandon Hansen 29:40 25 18 HOME TEAM MIN S SV Adam Vay 60:00 23 21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLAYER GAME STATISTICS AWAY TEAM G A HOME TEAM G A Benvenuti, Anthony Gleason, Patrick Majic, Matthew Ozols, Kalvis 1 2 McNary, Connor Cesarz, Chad 1 Wizauer, Luke Nelson, David MacLaren, Matthew Bartel, Tom 2 1 Garton, Justin Plesa, Nick 2 1 Holder, Andrew 2 DePalma, Drew 3 Marshall, Ryan Bradford, Andrew 3 Anderson, Cody Plesa, Peter Smoltz, Steven Rezaeepour, Jeremy 1 Killips, Kevin Baldwin, Eric 1 1 Hansen, Brandon Craig, Kendal 3 Laaksonen, Anthony Wilhite, Chris 1 Goudreau, James Konecny, Roman 1 Fitzpatrick, Nate 1 Wright, Nick Myotte, Quinton Strusz, Jack 1 McRorie, Taylor Hoff, Austin 2 Murphy, Nicholas Pestuka, Jiri 2 Parker, Matt Vay, Adam Soden, Bill Fink, Bryce Esson, Joe Herman, Cory ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GAMENOTES Referee: Default Referee, Default Linesman Linesman: Game Length: 2:15 Backup Goalies: El Paso Rhinos - Bryce Fink Copyright Pointstreak Sports Technologies Inc.