Game Report 1014		Spengler Cup
PLAYED AT: Vaillant Arena Date: Dec 26, 2014 GAME NOTES: CANADA OUTSHOOTS HOSTS, BUT FALLS IN SPENGLER CUP OPENER JASON LA ROSE DAVOS, Switzerland – Alexandre Giroux (Quebec City, Que./HC Ambri-Piotta, SUI) scored midway through the third period to make it a one-goal game, but Canada’s National Men’s Team dropped a 2-1 decision to host side HC Davos to open the 2014 Spengler Cup on Friday. The loss means Canada will play Saturday against Medvescak Zagreb (2:15 p.m. ET/11:15 a.m. PT) in its second and final preliminary round game in the Cattini Group. The Canadians had no issues on the offensive side of the puck, outshooting Davos 37-28, including 29-15 over the final 40 minutes. But goaltender Leonardo Genoni kept the Team Canada offence at bay. HC Davos opened the scoring at the 7:34 mark of the opening period; on a three-on-one break, Beat Forster cut to the Canadian net and lifted a backhand over the shoulder of netminder Nolan Schaefer (Yellow Grass, Sask./SC Bern, SUI) for a 1-0 lead. That would be it for scoring in the first 40 minutes, with Genoni and Schaefer going save-for-save to keep it a one-goal game. Canada’s best chance came off the stick of Curtis Hamilton (Kelowna, B.C./Oklahoma City, AHL), who redirected a feed in front late in the second period, only to be denied by a quick pad stop from Genoni. The HC Davos power play doubled the lead eight minutes into the third period; Dick Axelsson danced through the Canadian defence before slipping a shot through the five-hole of Schaefer. Canada answered on a man advantage of its own just 80 seconds later. A point shot from Marc-André Gragnani (Ile-Bizard, Que./SC Bern, SUI) rang off the crossbar and landed at the feet of Giroux, who deftly kicked the puck to his stick before knocking in the 2-1 goal. But that would be as close as the Canadians would get, as one more late power play, and 90 seconds of six-on-five play with Schaefer on the bench in the final minutes, failed to produce the game-tying goal. Visiting Team: Canada Home Team: HC Davos
CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Schaefer, Nolan G 22   MacIntyre, Drew   2   Vandermeer, Jim   4   Holloway, Bud   5   Genoway, Colby   6   Mikkelson, Brendan   7   Tambellini, Jeff   8   Kwiatkowski, Joel   9   Hamilton, Curtis   10   Giroux, Alexandre   11   Walter, Ben   12   Giliati, Stefano   15   McLean, Brett   17   Gragnani, Marc-Andre   19   McCarthy, Steve   21   Samson, Jérôme   25   DuPont, Micki   26   Hedden, Mike   43   Walser, Derrick   47   Parent, Ryan   77   Martindale, Ryan   78   Pouliot, Marc-Antoine   89   DiDomenico, Chris   93   Ritchie, Byron	CANADA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 78  2:00  Tripping minor 9:39 1   9:39 12:21 3rd 43  2:00  (auto) Head Contact minor 6:17 1   6:17 15:43 3rd 43  10:00  (auto) Head Contact misconduct 6:17     6:17 3:43 3rd 6  2:00  Slashing minor 9:36 1   9:36 12:24	HC DAVOS LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Wolf, Tim G 30   Genoni, Leonardo G 91   Senn, Gilles   10   Ambühl, Andres   11   Camperchioli, Luca   15   Hofmann, Gregory   17   Lindgren, Perttu   18   Scaroni, Gregory   19   Aeschlimann , Marc   21   Jörg, Mauro   22   Sieber, Lukas   23   Walser, Samuel   26   Persson, Niklas   27   Guerra , Samuel   28   Axelsson, Dick   29   Forster, Beat   31   Paulsson, Mrcus   32   Schneeberger, Noah   44   Koistinen, Ville   47   Kindschi, Simon   56   Wieser, Dino   59   Simion, Dario   61   Heldner, Fabian   62   DuBois, Felicien   65   Wieser, Marc   68   Ryser, Sven   70   Corvi, Enzo   71   Paschoud, Claude-Curdin   78   von Arx, Jan   81   Schommer, Patrick   83   von Arx, Reto   90   Jung, Sven   96   Kessler, Tino   97   Danielsson, Nicklas   98   Fransson, Johan	HC DAVOS PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 2nd 17  2:00  (auto) Hooking minor 6:05 1   6:05 15:55 2nd 83  2:00  (auto) Holding the Stick minor 8:57 1   8:57 13:03 3rd 21  2:00  Slashing minor 8:21 1   8:21 13:39 3rd 29  2:00  (auto) Interference minor 11:41 1   11:41 10:19

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) HC DAVOS PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     3rd 9:10  PP  10-17

HC DAVOS Goals HC DAVOS PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 7:34   29-17                         3rd 7:50  PP  28

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES CANADA 1 / 4 HC DAVOS 1 / 3 PENALTY SUMMARY CANADA 16 min / 4 inf HC DAVOS 8 min / 4 inf POINT SUMMARY CANADA 1 G + 1 A = 2 Pts HC DAVOS 2 G + 1 A = 3 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total CANADA 0 0 1 1 HC DAVOS 1 0 1 2 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off CAN - Schaefer (58:26) (L) 12 7 7 26 /0:00 3rd/18:26 DAV - Genoni (60:00) (W) 8 18 10 36 /0:00 3rd/20:00 Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:   -  Start: 2:15 PM   -  End: 2:15 PM   -  Attendance: 0

OFFICIALS Referee: Referee: Linesmen: Linesmen: CERTIFIED CORRECT   This report has been checked and verified against the Official Spengler Cup Game Report.

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