PLAYED AT: Bossard Arena
Date: Apr 23, 2015
GAME NOTES: STEPHENS’ THREE POINTS LEAD CANADA TO SEMIS AT U18 WORLDS
JASON LA ROSE
ZUG, Switzerland – Mitchell Stephens (Peterborough, Ont./Saginaw, OHL) led the way with two goals and an assist, helping Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 Team to the semifinals at the 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship with a 5-3 quarter-final win over Sweden on Thursday.
The Canadians will face the United States in a Saturday semifinal in Zug (time to be determined).
Jansen Harkins (North Vancouver, B.C./Prince George, WHL), Deven Sideroff (Summerland, B.C./Kamloops, WHL) and Graham Knott (Holland Landing, Ont./Niagara, OHL) had the other goals for Canada, which is among the final four teams at the world championship for the fifth year in a row.
Knott finished with a goal and two assists, Harkins had a goal and a helper, and Mathew Barzal (Coquitlam, B.C./Seattle, WHL) chipped in with two assists to tie U.S. forward Auston Matthews for the tournament scoring lead with 12 points.
Harkins got the scoring started just 5:11 in, taking a pass from Ethan Bear (Ochapowace, Sask./Seattle, WHL) and wiring a wrist shot to the short-side on Swedish goaltender Felix Sandstrom, and Stephens’ first made it 2-0 just 56 seconds later.
The Swedes got one back when Lucas Carlsson blasted a point shot past Canadian netminder Zach Sawchenko (Calgary, Alta./Moose Jaw, WHL) on the power play at 7:11, but Sideroff restored the two-goal lead in the last minute of the period, scoring from in close to make it 3-1 after 20 minutes.
Sweden again cut the lead to one early in the second period when Joel Eriksson took advantage of a turnover in the Canadian zone to score shorthanded.
Stephens answered late in the middle frame, taking a pass from Knott, spinning in the slot and roofing a shot over the blocker of Sandstrom to put Canada back up by two heading to the third period.
Canada missed a glorious opportunity to put the Swedes away when it failed to score on 1:34 two-man advantage, before Sweden got back within one with 4:26 left on the luckiest of bounces.
With Sawchenko on the bench on a delayed Swedish penalty, Knott’s pass back to the point hopped over Bear’s stick and slid the length of the ice into the empty net, gifting the Swedes the 4-3 goal.
But Knott got it right back on the ensuing power play, redirecting a feed from Stephens past Sandstrom just 22 seconds after his own goal, and rounding out the scoring.
The Swedes held a slight advantage in shots on goal, 38-34. |
Visiting Team: Sweden
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Home Team: Canada
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SWEDEN LINEUP
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| Pos |
No. |
Name |
| G | 1 | Marmenlind, Daniel | | G | 29 | Sandstrom, Felix | | G | 30 | Werner, Adam | | | 4 | Younan, Alexander | | | 5 | Carlsson, Lucas | | | 6 | Kylington, Oliver | | | 7 | Larsson, Jacob | | | 8 | Léman, Jonathan | | | 9 | Dahlen, Jonathan | | | 10 | Dahlstom, John | | | 11 | Ahl, Filip | | | 12 | Asplund, Rasmus | | | 14 | Davidsson, Jonathan | | | 17 | Grundstrom, Carl | | | 18 | Zetterberg, Lukas | | | 19 | Ölund, Linus | | | 20 | Looke, Jens | | | 21 | Ohlsson, Sebastian | | | 22 | Olhaver, Gustav | | | 24 | Lindström, Linus | | | 25 | Carlsson, Gabriel | | | 27 | Lindgren, Jesper | | | 28 | Eriksson, Joel |
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SWEDEN PENALTIES
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| Per. |
No. |
Min |
Offence |
Off |
PP |
PS |
Start |
On |
| 1st | 12 | 2:00 | (auto) Holding minor | 16:56 | 1 | | 16:56 | 5:04 | | 2nd | 12 | 2:00 | (auto) Boarding minor | 1:25 | 1 | | 1:25 | 0:35 | | 2nd | 6 | 2:00 | (auto) Delay of Game minor | 19:44 | 1 | | 19:44 | 2:16 | | 3rd | 17 | 2:00 | (auto) High-Sticking minor | 6:47 | 1 | | 6:47 | 15:13 | | 3rd | 5 | 2:00 | (auto) Holding the Stick minor | 7:13 | 1 | | 7:13 | 14:47 | | 3rd | 17 | 2:00 | Roughing minor | 15:34 | 1 | | 15:34 | 6:26 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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CANADA LINEUP
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| Pos |
No. |
Name |
| G | 1 | Cormier, Evan | | G | 30 | Sawchenko, Zachary | | | 2 | Bear, Ethan | | | 4 | Chabot, Thomas | | | 5 | Brisebois, Guillaume | | | 7 | Roy, Jérémy | | | 8 | Dubois, Pierre-Luc | | | 9 | Beauvillier, Anthony | | | 10 | Noel, Nathan | | | 11 | Roy, Nicolas | | | 12 | Harkins, Jansen | | | 13 | Knott, Graham | | | 14 | Barzal, Mathew | | | 15 | Gawdin, Glenn | | | 18 | Sideroff, Deven | | | 19 | Soy, Tyler | | | 21 | Benson, Tyler | | | 22 | Howden, Brett | | | 23 | Stephens, Mitchell | | | 26 | Wotherspoon, Parker | | | 27 | Spencer, Matthew | | | 28 | Capobianco, Kyle | | | | |
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CANADA PENALTIES
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| Per. |
No. |
Min |
Offence |
Off |
PP |
PS |
Start |
On |
| 1st | 18 | 2:00 | Slashing minor | 6:31 | 1 | | 6:31 | 15:29 | | 2nd | 18 | 2:00 | Tripping minor | 6:23 | 1 | | 6:23 | 15:37 | | 3rd | 21 | 2:00 | (auto) Hooking minor | 12:52 | 1 | | 12:52 | 9:08 | | 3rd | 18 | 2:00 | (auto) Interference minor | 17:08 | 1 | | 17:08 | 4:52 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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