Game Report 1283 IIHF World Junior Championship
PLAYED AT: Helsinki Ice Hall
Date: Dec 28, 2015
GAME NOTES: 13 PLAYERS PICK UP POINTS AS CANADA DEFEATS DENMARK WENDY GRAVES HELSINKI, Finland – Brayden Point (Calgary, Alta./Moose Jaw, WHL), Mathew Barzal (Coquitlam, B.C./Seattle, WHL) and Mitchell Marner (Thornhill, Ont./London, OHL) each had multipoint games – and 13 skaters in all got on the score sheet Monday – as Canada’s National Junior Team defeated Denmark 6-1 to pick up its first win of the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship. Despite outshooting Denmark 19-4 over the opening 20 minutes, Canada found itself tied 1-1 heading into the first intermission. But a four-goal second period blew the game open and allowed Canada to improve its record to 4-0 all- time against Denmark at the World Juniors. Canada outshot Denmark 58-11 overall, 18-0 in the third period alone. It was only the third time in team history – and the first since 1985 – that Canada did not allow a single shot in a period. The Canadians were dominant right from the opening puck drop. Less than a minute in, Lawson Crouse (Mt. Brydges, Ont./Kingston, OHL) came within millimetres of scoring, the puck clinging to a fraction of the Danish goal line to stay out. But it would be the Danes scoring first, on a goal from Alexander True 12:49 into the first. Sixty-three seconds later Barzal drew the Danish defenders to him and fed a cross-ice pass to Anthony Beauvillier (Sorel, Que./Shawinigan, QMJHL), who tapped the puck into an open net. The goals started coming for Canada only 1:14 into the second period. Marner’s shot from the face-off circle hit both a Danish defender and teammate John Quenneville (Edmonton, Alta., Brandon, WHL) before going in. Nearly four minutes later, Barzal – Canada’s Player of the Game – roofed a wrist shot far side from the face-off circle to put Canada up two. Fifty-one seconds later, Travis Konecny (Clachan, Ont./Ottawa, OHL) drove behind the net and sent a pass cross-crease to Crouse, who directed the puck under goalie Mathias Seldrup’s pads. The lead grew to four halfway through the period after Dylan Strome (Mississauga, Ont./Erie, OHL) sent a pass from the goal line cross-ice to the face-off circle, where Marner beat Seldrup short side. Strome put an exclamation point on the win midway through the third, deking a defender then picking the top corner on the power play. Goalie Mason McDonald (Halifax, N.S./Charlottetown, QMJHL) got the win for Canada. Seldrup made 52 saves and was named Denmark’s Player of the Game. 		Visiting Team: Denmark
 Home Team: Canada
DENMARK LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G1  Seldrup, Mathias
G31  Lillie, Thomas
 2  Krogsgaard, Anders
 4  Adamsen, Ludvig
 6  Bo Knudsen, Lasse
 7  TRUE, Alexander
 8  Weichel, Nicolai
 9  Jensen, Marcus
 10  Olsen, Thomas
 11  Jensen, Kristian
 12  Mieritz, Christian
 15  Jensen, Morten
 16  Rondbjerg, Jonas
 17  From, Mathias
 18  Boysen, William
 19  Krag-Christensen, Nikolaj
 20  Korsgaard, Jeppe Jul
 23  Holmberg, Jeppe
 24  Andersen, Niklas
 25  Nielsen, Soren
 28  Christensen, Emil Oliver
   
DENMARK PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
2nd17 2:00 Slashing minor 3:131 3:1318:47
2nd16 2:00 (auto) Delay of Game minor 9:171 9:1712:43
3rd17 2:00 (auto) Delay of Game minor 3:471 3:4718:13
3rd10 2:00 Roughing minor 8:201 8:2013:40
3rd7 2:00 (auto) Delay of Game minor 10:561 10:5611:04
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
CANADA LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G1  McDonald, Mason
G33  Montembeault, Samuel
 2  Hicketts, Joe
 4  Fleury, Haydn
 5  Chabot, Thomas
 6  Hickey, Brandon
 9  Strome, Dylan
 11  Perlini, Brendan
 12  Gauthier, Julien
 13  Barzal, Mathew
 14  Chartier, Rourke
 16  Marner, Mitchell
 17  Konecny, Travis
 18  Virtanen, Jake
 19  Point, Brayden
 20  McKeown, Roland
 21  Beauvillier, Anthony
 22  Quenneville, John
 23  Sanheim, Travis
 24  Dermott, Travis
 27  Stephens, Mitchell
 28  Crouse, Lawson
CANADA PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
2nd5 2:00 Slashing minor 13:201 13:208:40
3rd16 2:00 (auto) Interference minor 12:501 12:509:10
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
DENMARK Goals DENMARK PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
1st12:49  7-17-2            
                
                
                
                
                
CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) DENMARK PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
1st13:52  21-13-14            
2nd1:14  22-16-4            
2nd5:03 PP 13-5-2            
2nd5:54  28-17-24            
2nd11:30  16-9-19            
3rd9:32 PP 9-19            
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
DENMARK 0 / 2
CANADA 2 / 5
PENALTY SUMMARY
DENMARK 10 min / 5 inf
CANADA 4 min / 2 inf
POINT SUMMARY
DENMARK 1 G + 2 A = 3 Pts
CANADA 6 G + 11 A = 17 Pts
SCORING 1 2 3 Total
DENMARK1001
CANADA1416
GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off
DEN - Seldrup (60:00) (L)18171752/0:003rd/20:00
CAN - McDonald (60:00) (W)37010/0:003rd/20:00
Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:
  -  Start: 1:00 PM
  -  End: 1:00 PM
  -  Attendance: 0 
OFFICIALS
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CERTIFIED CORRECT
 
This report has been checked and verified against the Official IIHF World Junior Championship Game Report.

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