Game Report 1437

World Junior A Challenge

PLAYED AT: Cobourg Community Centre
Date: Dec 18, 2015
GAME NOTES: CZECHS SCORE TWICE IN THREE SECONDS, BEAT SWISS FOR FIFTH PLACE JASON LA ROSE COBOURG, Ont. – Lukas Doudera and Pavel Kousal scored just three seconds apart midway through the first period – setting a new tournament record – to help lead the Czech Republic past Switzerland 5-3 on Friday night in the fifth-place game at the 2015 World Junior A Challenge. It’s the second fifth-place finish in the last two appearances for the Czechs; they finished fifth in 2013 in Yarmouth, N.S., after sixth-place results in 2011 (Langley, B.C.) and 2012 (Yarmouth). Outshot 21-5 in the first period, the Swiss took an early lead when Axel Simic took a pass in the slot and snapped a quick shot past Czech goaltender Dominik Groh at the seven-minute mark. Doudera tied the game at 10:44, beating Swiss netminder Philip Wüthrich under the arm from the point, and Kousal took the puck off the ensuing face-off, cut to the net and beat Wüthrich to the far side at 10:47, giving the Czechs the lead for good, and making a little history. The goals comfortably bested the old mark of nine seconds between goals, set by Martin Filo and Ondrej Rusnak in Slovakia’s 8-2 quarter-final win over Belarus on Nov. 9, 2006. Tomas Smerha added a third goal in the opening frame, tipping in a Daniel Novak point shot at 18:21 to send the Czechs to the intermission with a two-goal advantage. The Swiss turned the tables in the second period, outshooting the Czechs 10-4, but Petr Kodytek scored shorthanded just past the 13-minute mark to push the Czech lead to 4-1. Lee Roberts got that one back for the Swiss in the final minute of the middle frame, capitalizing on a turnover behind the Czech net and beating Wüthrich through the five-hole to make it a 4-2 game after 40 minutes. Switzerland made things interesting late in the third; a centering pass from Kaj Suter deflected off a Czech skate in front and got behind Wüthrich with 6:48 to go, making it a one-goal game. But Jiri Karafiat hit the empty net at 18:10, clinching the win for the Czechs. After reaching the semifinals in their first three appearances, the Swiss have played in the fifth-place game in consecutive years, and the sixth-place finish is their worst ever at the tournament.

Visiting Team: Czech Republic

Home Team: Switzerland

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	8	2:00	(auto) Cross-Checking minor	4:43	1		4:43	17:17
2nd	22	2:00	Roughing minor	8:52			8:52	13:08
2nd	29	2:00	(auto) Holding minor	12:19	1		12:19	9:41
3rd	29	2:00	Unsportsmanlike Conduct minor	7:46	1		7:46	14:14

SWITZERLAND LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	29	Wüthrich, Philip
G	30	Ritz, Matteo
	3	Öjdemark, Victor
	4	Le Coultre, Simon
	7	Suter, Kaj
	8	Egli, Dominik
	9	Berni, Fabian
	10	Oehen, Cyril
	11	Volejnicek, Dominik
	12	Roberts, Lee
	14	Stadler, Livio
	15	Steinmann , Fabian
	17	Miranda, Marco
	18	Lerch, Yannick
	19	Simic, Axel
	20	Geisser, Tobias
	23	Kurashev, Philipp
	25	Eggenberger, Nando
	26	Heim, André
	27	Riva, Elia
	28	Rüegsegger, Stefan

SWITZERLAND PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	12	2:00	(auto) High-Sticking minor	4:05	1		4:05	17:55
2nd	4	2:00	Roughing minor	4:43	1		4:43	17:17
2nd	4	2:00	Roughing after the whistle minor	8:52			8:52	13:08
2nd	23	2:00	Tripping minor	16:02	1		16:02	5:58
3rd	11	2:00	(auto) High-Sticking double minor	2:49	1		2:49	1:11

CZECH REPUBLIC Goals

CZECH REPUBLIC PLAYERS (plus)

SWITZERLAND PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st