Game Report 1429

World Junior A Challenge

PLAYED AT: Cobourg Community Centre
Date: Dec 14, 2015
GAME NOTES: BEDNARD BLANKS CZECHS AS U.S. OPENS WJAC WITH WIN JASON LA ROSE COBOURG, Ont. – Ryan Bednard stopped all 17 shots he faced to record the shutout, backstopping the United States to a 6-0 win over the Czech Republic in its opening game Monday night at the 2015 World Junior A Challenge. The Americans, the three-time defending gold medallists, have won 14 in a row at the tournament; their last loss was a 4-2 setback at the hands of Canada East in the semifinals of the 2011 WJAC in Langley, B.C. Six different goal-scorers paced the U.S. offence, and 14 players recorded at least one point. Carson Meyer wasted no time getting the scoring started, going bar-down over the glove of Czech netminder Dominik Groh for a quick 1-0 lead just 1:55 in, the lone goal of the first period. The U.S. dominated the second, outshooting the Czechs 17-2 and pushing its lead to four. Max Zimmer made it 2-0 midway through the middle frame, finishing off a pretty passing play on the power play, and Ross Colton beat Groh with a rocket off the post and in at 17:08 for a three-goal advantage. Andrew Peeke added another goal 22 seconds after Colton’s marker, taking a drop pass in the slot from Keegan Ford and snapping a quick shot past Groh to put the Americans in control through 40 minutes. Callahan Burke was the fifth American to put his name on the scoresheet, beating Groh from the slot early in the third, and Rem Pitlick rounded out the scoring with 8:33 left, walking out from the corner and slipping a shot past the Czech goaltender. Bednard was at his best in the final period as the Czechs pushed to find the scoreboard, but he became the second American in as many years to post a tournament-opening shutout; Eric Schierhorn made 24 saves to blank Switzerland 7-0 last year in Kindersley, Sask. The Americans will face Canada West on Tuesday night in a first-place showdown in Group B (7 p.m. ET), while the Czechs know they’ll finish third in the group and will wait for Tuesday’s play to conclude to find out who, where and when they’ll play in Wednesday’s quarter-finals.

Visiting Team: United States

Home Team: Czech Republic

UNITED STATES LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	1	Bednard, Ryan
G	30	Oldham, Kris
	2	Ahcan, Jack
	4	Marino, John
	5	Zuhlsdorf, Ryan
	6	Zimmer, Max
	7	Ford, Keegan
	8	Reinke, Mitch
	9	Peeke, Andrew
	10	Laczynski, Tanner
	11	Burke, Callahan
	12	Young, Spenser
	14	Wilkins, Josh
	15	Jozefek, Grant
	16	Pitlick, Rem
	17	Peters, Collin
	18	Meyer, Carson
	19	Pecararo, Liam
	20	Wahlin, Jake
	21	Pearson, Chase
	22	Colton, Ross
	24	Knierim, William

UNITED STATES PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	2	2:00	Tripping minor	7:17	1		7:17	14:43
1st	17	2:00	(auto) Hooking minor	12:20	1		12:20	9:40
1st	20	2:00	(auto) Delay of Game minor	14:11	1		14:11	7:49
2nd	10	2:00	(auto) Hooking minor	7:36	1		7:36	14:24
3rd	14	2:00	(auto) Hooking minor	13:37	1		13:37	8:23
3rd	17	2:00	Slashing minor	17:52	1		17:52	4:08

CZECH REPUBLIC LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	2	Groh, Dominik
G	30	Korenar, Josef
	3	Sirota, Jakub
	6	Zachar, Marek
	7	Kachyna, Ondrej
	8	Valik, Dominik
	10	Najman, Ondřej
	12	Kvasnicka, David
	13	Pšenička, Tomáš
	14	Kurovsky, Daniel
	15	Furch, Michal
	17	Novak, Daniel
	18	Davidek, Milan
	19	Kodytek, Petr
	20	Havranek, Tomas
	21	Karafiát, Jiří
	22	Reichel, Kristian
	23	Doudera, Lukas
	24	Šmerha, Tomáš
	25	Pavlik, Radovan
	28	Kousal, Pavel
	29	Kantner, Matyas

CZECH REPUBLIC PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
2nd	7	2:00	Tripping minor	0:12	1		0:12	1:48
2nd	28	2:00	(auto) Hooking minor	8:32	1		8:32	13:28
2nd	7	2:00	Roughing minor	13:43	1		13:43	8:17

UNITED STATES Goals

UNITED STATES PLAYERS (plus)

CZECH REPUBLIC PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st