Game Report 1075

World Sledge Hockey Challenge

PLAYED AT: Leduc Recreation Centre
Date: Feb 4, 2015
GAME NOTES: LANDEROS SCORES TWICE, U.S. BEATS CANADA IN FIRST-PLACE SHOWDOWN JASON LA ROSE LEDUC, Alta. – Nikko Landeros supplied the offence, Steve Cash made the saves and the United States claimed first place in the preliminary round at the 2015 World Sledge Hockey Challenge, beating Canada’s National Sledge Team 2-0 in the round-robin finale on Wednesday night. The win means the U.S. will face Korea in Thursday’s first semifinal (2 p.m. MT) at the Leduc Recreation Centre, while Canada will take on Russia in the late game (7 p.m. MT). Landeros scored with a pair of wrist shots from the point, while Declan Farmer added two assists. Cash made 13 saves to record his second consecutive shutout of the Canadians; the U.S. goaltender turned away all 11 shots he faced in a 3-0 American win in a semifinal at the Paralympic Winter Games last March. A back-and-forth game looked to be headed to the first intermission scoreless before Landeros let go a shot from just inside the blue-line that found its way over the glove of Canadian netminder Corbin Watson (Kingsville, Ont.) with just 1:12 left in the opening period. Canada struggled to get its offence going, managing just eight shots in the first two periods and rarely testing Cash. Landeros added insurance just past the midway point of the third period; after Watson chose not to freeze the puck, the American defenceman took a pass from Farmer and snuck a low, off-speed shot just inside the post. The Canadians couldn’t get one back, losing for just the fourth time in 26 games, dating back to April 2013. Canada lost a preliminary round game at the World Sledge Hockey Challenge for the first time ever; it was 23-0 entering the game and 32-2 overall, with its only two previous defeats coming to the U.S. in the gold medal game in 2009 and 2012.

Visiting Team: United States

Home Team: Canada

UNITED STATES LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	30	Huckaby, Kyle
G	34	Cash, Steve
	4	Roybal, Brody
	5	Hanning Jr, Billy
	6	McDermott, Luke
	9	Mumper, Sam
	11	Carron, Tyler
	13	Sweeney, Josh
	14	McCoy, Daniel
	15	Landeros, Nikko
	16	Farmer, Declan
	17	Douglas, Chris
	19	McKee, Kevin
	20	Page, Adam
	24	Misiewicz, Josh
	27	Pauls, Josh
	28	Schaus, Paul

UNITED STATES PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
2nd	11	2:00	Teeing minor	0:58	1		0:58	16:02

CANADA LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	1	Larocque, Dominic
G	30	Watson, Corbin
	4	Whitson, Derek
	5	Rempel, Kevin
	7	Dorion, Marc
	8	McGregor, Tyler
	9	Gale, Anthony
	10	Delaney, Ben
	11	Dixon, Adam
	12	Westlake, Greg
	14	Arsenault, Steve
	15	Sorley, Kevin
	20	Sholomicki, Bryan
	21	Cederstrand, Chris
	23	Block, Kieran
	25	Gemmell, James
	27	Bowden, Brad

CANADA PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
2nd	5	2:00	(auto) Elbowing minor	6:32	1		6:32	10:28
2nd	8	2:00	(auto) Holding minor	13:22	1		13:22	3:38

UNITED STATES Goals

UNITED STATES PLAYERS (plus)

CANADA PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st

13:48

15-4-16

3rd

8:51

15-16

CANADA Goals

CANADA PLAYERS (plus)

UNITED STATES PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
UNITED STATES	0 / 2
CANADA	0 / 1

PENALTY SUMMARY
UNITED STATES	2 min / 1 inf
CANADA	4 min / 2 inf

POINT SUMMARY
UNITED STATES	2 G + 3 A = 5 Pts
CANADA	0 G + A = 0 Pts

SCORING	1	2	3	Total
UNITED STATES	1	0	1	2
CANADA	0	0	0	0

GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time)	1	2	3	Tot.	On	Off
USA - Cash (45:00) (W)	4	4	5	13	/0:00	3rd/15:00
CAN - Watson (45:00) (L)	7	7	5	19	/0:00	3rd/15:00

Stars of the Game	TIME OF GAME:
-	Start:	9:00 PM
-	End:	9:00 PM
-	Attendance:	0

OFFICIALS

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CERTIFIED CORRECT

This report has been checked and verified against the Official World Sledge Hockey Challenge Game Report.

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