Game Report 1438

World Junior A Challenge

PLAYED AT: Iroquois Park Sports Centre
Date: Dec 18, 2015
GAME NOTES: U.S. BEATS CANADA EAST, WINS WJAC BRONZE DAVID BRIEN WHITBY, Ont. – Max Zimmer had two goals and an assist, and Rem Pitlick and Chase Pearson had a goal and two helpers each to pace the United States to a 7-1 win over Canada East on Friday, and a bronze medal at the 2015 World Junior A Challenge. The U.S. has now medalled at all nine of their appearances, winning six gold medals and three bronze. After outshooting Canada East 12-3 in the first period but settling for a scoreless draw after 20 minutes, the Americans started the second with a bang, striking twice in the first 90 seconds. Pitlick gathered in a rebound off Colton Point (North Bay, Ont./Carleton Place, CCHL) and beat the Canadian goaltender just 19 seconds into the period, and Zimmer made it 2-0 at 1:26, making his way to the slot before going five-hole on Point. Grant Jozefek crashed the net and capitalized on a rebound at 8:45 to make it 3-0, and Pearson buried his own second-chance opportunity on the power play at 13:04 to push the American lead to 4-0. Canada East got on the board before the second intermission when Tyler Rollo (Burlington, Ont./Oakville, OJHL) stripped an American defender and fed Lucas Batt (Lewisporte, N.L./Carleton Place, CCHL), who was left alone in the low slot to beat U.S. netminder Kris Oldham. The Americans put the game out of reach in the third, scoring three times in less than four minutes. Callahan Burke took a stretch pass and beat Point with a top-corner shot at 8:59, Pecararo knocked in the 6-1 goal on a back-door set-up at 12:25, and Zimmer netted his second just 24 ticks after that to finish the scoring. The U.S. doubled up Canada East on the shot clock, finishing with a 36-18 advantage, and killed off the only two power-play chances the Canadians had. The Americans went 1-for-4 with the man advantage. It’s the second year in a row Canada East has lost in the bronze medal game; it fell 2-0 to Russia in last year’s third-place game in Kindersley, Sask.

Visiting Team: Canada East

Home Team: United States

CANADA EAST LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	1	Point, Colton
G	31	Latinovich, Nicholas
	2	Grant, Owen
	4	Batt, Lucas
	5	Smith, Adam
	6	Topatigh, Derek
	7	Brown, Luc
	8	Wichers, Quinn
	9	Michaud, Édouard
	10	Cooper, Grant
	11	Dunn, Sam
	15	Dickinson, Josh
	16	Parker, Makail
	17	Murray, Brett
	18	Rollo, Tyler
	19	Jordan, Noah
	20	Cairns, Matt
	21	Kosack, Josh
	22	King, Sam
	23	Lawson, Geoff
	24	Sokay, Ben
	25	St. Pierre, Maxime

CANADA EAST PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	20	2:00	Tripping minor	4:32	1		4:32	17:28
2nd	5	2:00	(auto) Hooking minor	5:30	1		5:30	16:30
2nd	25	2:00	(auto) Handling the Puck minor	11:45	1		11:45	10:15
2nd	8	2:00	Slashing minor	16:29	1		16:29	5:31

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
2nd	17	2:00	Slashing minor	6:15	1		6:15	15:45
2nd	17	2:00	(auto) Cross-Checking minor	18:05	1		18:05	3:55

CANADA EAST Goals

CANADA EAST PLAYERS (plus)

UNITED STATES PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

2nd

14:31

4-18

UNITED STATES Goals

UNITED STATES PLAYERS (plus)

CANADA EAST PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

2nd

:19

16-7-19

2nd