Game Report 1442

World Under-17 Hockey Challenge

PLAYED AT: Encana Events Centre
Date: Nov 1, 2015
GAME NOTES: QUICK-STRIKE OFFENCE LEADS U.S. TO OPENING WIN AT U17S STACIE COUCH DAWSON CREEK, B.C. – Jacob Tortora and Joey Cassetti scored 18 seconds apart early in the first period, pacing the United States to a 6-1 win over the Czech Republic on Sunday night at the Encana Events Centre as part of the 2015 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge. The Americans have won 14 consecutive preliminary round games at the tournament, dating back to 2012. Sasha Chmelevski and Scott Reedy added goals 42 seconds apart late in the second period for the U.S. Reedy finished with two goals, and Tommy Miller had the final American marker in the final minutes of the third. U.S. goaltender Dylan St. Cyr was outstanding between the pipes, stopping 26 of the 27 shots he faced. Tortora opened the scoring at 3:58, sneaking a sharp-angle shot past Czech goaltender Jakub Skarek, and Chmelevski set up Joey Cassetti just moments after that for a very quick 2-0 lead. Ten minutes after the Cassetti goal, Brady Tkachuk danced around a Czech defender and got off a shot that Skarek spilled into the path of Reedy, who buried the rebound into an open net. The Czechs kept it a three-goal game for most of the second, but were again done in by two goals in rapid succession; Chmelevski made it 4-0 at 18:20, knocking in a rebound after Grant Mismash stole the puck in the Czech zone, and Reedy showed off some fancy stick work before flipping his second goal past Skarek at 19:02. St. Cyr frustrated the Czechs in the first two periods, making 19 stops in the opening 40 minutes. The European side finally got on the board at 4:27 of the third when Filip Zadina found the puck in the corner and dished it out front to Matyas Svoboda who deked out St. Cyr and went top shelf. Miller roofed a backhand over Skarek with 4:38 left to finish the scoring for the Americans. The Czechs were done in by a power play that went goalless in six chances. The U.S. was 0-for-2 with the man advantage; both chances came in the final 12 minutes, with the game well in hand. Both teams are back in action tomorrow in Dawson Creek. The U.S. will play Canada White in the early game (2:30 p.m. MT), before the Czech Republic faces Canada Black (7 p.m. MT).

Visiting Team: United States
Assistant Coach: Greg Moore

Home Team: Czech Republic

UNITED STATES LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	33	St. Cyr, Dylan
	34	Cassetti, Joey
	37	Tkachuk, Brady
	38	Slaggert, Graham
	39	Norris, Josh
	41	Maniscalco, Josh
	42	Dhooghe, Sean
	43	Hughes, Quinn
	44	Hutsko, Logan
	45	Knoepke, Nate
	46	Mismash, Grant
	47	Cockerill, Logan
	48	Miller, Tommy
	49	Hernández, Randy
	51	Farrance, David
	52	Tortora, Jacob
	53	Barratt, Evan
	55	Kemp, Phil
	56	Gildon, Max
	57	Reedy, Scott
	58	Chmelevski, Sasha

UNITED STATES PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	42	2:00	Tripping minor	6:27	1		6:27	15:33
2nd	37	2:00	(auto) Elbowing minor	0:51	1		0:51	1:09
2nd	56	2:00	Tripping minor	5:23	1		5:23	16:37
2nd	39	2:00	Slashing minor	8:53	1		8:53	13:07
3rd	34	2:00	Tripping minor	2:07	1		2:07	19:53
3rd	46	2:00	(auto) Hooking minor	16:04	1		16:04	5:56
3rd	52	2:00	Roughing minor	16:04			16:04	5:56
3rd	41	2:00	Roughing minor	18:49	1		18:49	3:11

CZECH REPUBLIC LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	1	Skarek, Jakub
	3	Zelinger, Matyas
	5	Bednar, Ian
	6	Kvasnicka, David
	8	Galvas, Jakub
	9	Mikyska, Dalimil
	10	Bukac, Daniel
	11	Hrabik, Krystof
	12	Sedlak, Zdenek
	13	Pekar, Matej
	14	Novak, Matej
	15	Skvrne, Marek
	16	Svoboda, Matyas
	17	Kern, Jan
	18	Necas, Martin
	19	Safin, Ostap
	20	Toman, Radim
	21	Blumel, Matej
	22	Kaut, Martin

CZECH REPUBLIC PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
3rd	9	2:00	(auto) Boarding minor	1:13	1		1:13	0:47
3rd	22	2:00	(auto) Interference minor	8:27	1		8:27	13:33
3rd	9	2:00	Roughing minor	16:04			16:04	5:56

UNITED STATES Goals

UNITED STATES PLAYERS (plus)

CZECH REPUBLIC PLAYERS (minus)

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Time

G-As1-As2

1st