BIDDEFORD, Maine – In the third day of games at the U18 Select Player Development Camp, Team Red defeated Team Blue 4-2 to earn a spot the championship game on Thursday, June 30. Team White also solidified their spot in the championship after defeating Team Gold 3-1.

Jesse Compher (Central) started off the scoring for Team Red on the power play by tapping a loose puck sitting on the goal line after Lolita Fidler (Minnesota) took a hard shot from the left face-off dot.

Clair DeGeorge (Pacific) added the second Team Red Goal when Compher passed the puck from the corner to DeGeorge in the slot, who quickly turned on the puck and fired it home.

Team Red took a 3-0 lead when Crystalyn Hengler (Minnesota) took a high shot from the top of the circle that went in cleanly. Natalie Heising (Minnesota) assisted on the goal.

Team Blue got on the board when Ramsey Parent (Minnesota) fed Giana Savastano (Rhode Island) the puck on the point. Savastano took a shot that snuck through off the far post and into the back of the net.

Fiddler added to the Team Red lead by collecting the puck off the half wall, skating the puck towards the net, shooting the puck along the near post and over the goaltender’s glove.

Team Blue cut Red’s lead to 4-2 when Natalie Buchbinder (New York) dropped the puck to Grace Markey (Michigan) in the slot. Markey one-timed the puck over the goaltender’s shoulder.

In the second game of the day, Taylor Wente (Minnesota) opened the scoring on a breakaway after a feed from Greta Skarzynski (Central).

Elana Zingas (Michigan) extended Team White’s lead to 2-0, knocking in a rebound in a three-on-one rush.

Team Gold cut White’s lead in half when Kylie Hanley (Minneosta) picked up a loose puck in the offensive zone, skated into the slot, and fired the puck past the goaltender.

Sharon Frankel (New England) added an empty-net goal to secure Team White’s 3-1 victory.  

Team White and Team Red will face off in the championship game at 10:00 a.m. on June 30.  Team Blue and Team Gold will face off in the bronze game at 8:00 a.m. on June 30.