Game Report 1441

World Under-17 Hockey Challenge

PLAYED AT: North Peace Arena
Date: Nov 1, 2015
GAME NOTES: ZHUKOV SHUTS DOOR, RUSSIA BEATS SWEDEN IN U17 OPENER JASON LA ROSE FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – Maxim Zhukov was the difference, finishing with 33 saves as Russia opened the 2015 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge with a 5-2 win over Sweden on Sunday afternoon. The Russians earned the first three points despite being outshot in all three periods, and 35-28 overall. Mark Rubinchik, Kirill Slepets and Ivan Chekhovich did the offensive damage for Russia, scoring once and adding an assist each. Igor Zenchikov and Aleksander Osin did the rest of the scoring. Erik Brännström and Timothy Liljegren were the goal-scorers for Sweden. It was the Swedes who jumped out to an early lead – Brännström’s point shot on the power play found its way through traffic and past Zhukov at 5:08 – but Zenchikov replied on a Russian man advantage just over two minutes later, knocking a rebound past Swedish netminder Olle Erikkson Ek. Russia’s first lead came 10 minutes after Zenchikov’s goal; Slepets did the hard work, driving to the Swedish net, and Osin trailed behind to tap-in the go-ahead goal after an Eriksson Ek poke check. The Swedes came out firing in the second period, leading to the tying goal at 4:02 when Liljegren took the puck end-to-end before snapping a shot to the far side past the blocker of Zhukov. But that would be the last puck to beat the Russian goaltender. Rubinchik gave Russia the lead for good on the power play at 12:19, picking the top corner over Eriksson Ek’s blocker, and Slepets parked himself at the top of the Swedish crease to bang in a rebound four minutes after that, giving the defending gold medallists some breathing room. Despite holding a 12-9 advantage in shots in the third period, the Swedes could get no closer than two goals, and Chekhovich found the empty net with 57 seconds left to round out the scoring. Both teams are back on the ice Monday at North Peace Arena; the Russians are up first, taking on Finland (2:30 p.m. MT), while the Swedes go up against Canada Red in the night-cap (7 p.m. MT).

Visiting Team: Russia

Home Team: Sweden

RUSSIA LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	30	Zhukov, Maxim
	2	Rodionychev, Dmitri
	3	Galeniuk, Danila
	4	Alexeev, Aleksander
	5	Kazamanov, Vladislav
	6	Rubinchik, Mark
	8	Demin, Pavel
	9	Bitsadze, Mikhail
	10	Lipanov, Alexey
	12	Alekseev, Yaroslav
	13	Statsenko, Alexey
	14	Svechnikov, Andrei
	15	Zenchikov, Igor
	16	Zaplatnikov, Yegor
	17	Slepets, Kirill
	18	Samorukov, Dmitri
	19	Chekhovich, Ivan
	24	Kostin, Klim
	25	Kovalenko, Nikolai
	27	Marushev, Maxim
	28	Osin, Aleksander

RUSSIA PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	4	2:00	(auto) Interference minor	2:33	1		2:33	19:27
1st	14	2:00	(auto) Hooking minor	4:39	1		4:39	17:21
1st	25	2:00	(auto) High-Sticking minor	8:28	1		8:28	13:32
2nd	18	2:00	(auto) Head Contact minor	13:30	1		13:30	8:30
2nd	18	10:00	(auto) Head Contact misconduct	13:30			13:30	16:30
3rd	9	2:00	Slashing minor	2:03	1		2:03	19:57
3rd	19	2:00	(auto) Interference minor	6:59	1		6:59	15:01
3rd	5	2:00	Tripping minor	16:55	1		16:55	5:05

SWEDEN LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	1	Eriksson Ek, Olle
	3	Björkman, Anton
	4	Brannstrom, Erik
	6	Liljegren, Timothy
	7	Markström, Karl
	9	Walfridsson, Sebastian
	10	Westerlund, Filip
	11	Aterius, Erik
	12	Elvenes, Lucas
	15	Hugg, Rickard
	17	Emanuelsson, Jesper
	18	Johansson, Anton
	19	Leufvenius, Hugo
	20	Lundestrom, Isac
	21	Miketinac, Kalle
	22	Hellgren, Henrik
	23	Wennlund, Max
	26	Zetterlund, Fabian
	27	Sveningsson, Filip
	29	Tjernström, Max

SWEDEN PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	17	2:00	(auto) Boarding minor	6:45	1		6:45	15:15
1st	23	2:00	(auto) Head Contact minor	14:05	1		14:05	7:55
1st	23	10:00	(auto) Head Contact misconduct	14:05			14:05	15:55
2nd	27	2:00	(auto) Holding minor	6:47	1		6:47	15:13
2nd	7	2:00	Tripping minor	11:59	1		11:59	10:01
3rd	11	2:00	Roughing minor	6:39	1		6:39	15:21

RUSSIA Goals

RUSSIA PLAYERS (plus)

SWEDEN PLAYERS (minus)

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Time

G-As1-As2

1st