Game Report 1447 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge
PLAYED AT: North Peace Arena
Date: Nov 2, 2015
GAME NOTES: HUGE FIRST PERIOD LEADS CANADA RED PAST SWEDEN AT U17S JASON LA ROSE FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – Antoine Morand (Mercier, Que..Acadie-Bathurst, QMJHL) scored twice in a dominant first period as Canada Red topped Sweden 4-1 on Monday night in preliminary round action at the 2015 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge. The win leaves the Canadians as the lone undefeated team in Group B; it can clinch first place with a win over Russia in Tuesday night’s preliminary round finale at North Peace Arena (7 p.m. MT). Josh Brook (Roblin, Man./Moose Jaw, WHL) and Joël Teasdale (Beloeil, Que./Blainville-Boisbriand, QMJHL) did the rest of the scoring for Red, which jumped all over Sweden in the first period, outshooting the Scandinavians 18-2 and taking a 3-0 lead to the intermission. Morand got it started at 6:56, wiring a wrist shot over the glove of Swedish goaltender Arvid Söderblom off the left wing, and Brook blasted a point shot through traffic and through Söderblom on a Canadian power play just over eight minutes later. Red clicked again with the man advantage at 17:19, Jordan Bellerive (North Vancouver, B.C./Lethbridge, WHL) spun in the slot and got his shot through, and Morand was there to bury the rebound for his second of the period. Olle Eriksson Ek replaced Söderblom to start the second period and the Swedes came out firing, outshooting Red 11-9. But just as he did in Sunday’s tournament-opening win over Finland, netminder Michael DiPietro (Amherstburg, Ont,/Windsor, OHL) always had the answer, keeping the Swedish offence at bay. Teasdale added to the lead with just 5.1 seconds left in the period; he tried to feed MacKenzie Entwistle (Georgetown, Ont./Hamilton, OHL) on a 2-on-0, but the puck bounced off a Swedish defenceman and past Eriksson Ek for a 4-0 advantage through 40 minutes. The Swedes continued to press in the third period and finally beat DiPietro at the 7:33 mark, with Timothy Liljegren rifling a wrist shot over the Canadian goaltender’s blocker. That would be it for the offence, though, and Red dropped Sweden to 0-2. An all-Nordic match-up is the other game on the Tuesday schedule as Sweden meets Finland (2:30 p.m. MT). 		Visiting Team: Sweden
 Home Team: Canada Red
SWEDEN LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G1  Eriksson Ek, Olle
G30  Söderblom, Arvid
 3  Björkman, Anton
 4  Brannstrom, Erik
 6  Liljegren, Timothy
 7  Markström, Karl
 9  Walfridsson, Sebastian
 10  Westerlund, Filip
 11  Aterius, Erik
 12  Elvenes, Lucas
 14  Widén, Jonathan
 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
1st29 2:00 (auto) Holding minor 7:281 7:2814:32
1st3 2:00 Tripping minor 11:231 11:2310:37
1st9 2:00 (auto) Delay of Game minor 13:321 13:328:28
1st19 2:00 Roughing minor 16:591 16:595:01
1st12 2:00 Unsportsmanlike Conduct minor 20:00  20:002:00
2nd27 2:00 Roughing minor 6:05  6:0515:55
2nd17 2:00 Unsportsmanlike Conduct minor 12:47  12:479:13
3rd14 2:00 (auto) Interference minor 2:471 2:4719:13
3rd27 2:00 (auto) Head Contact minor 19:491 19:492:11
3rd27 10:00 (auto) Head Contact misconduct 19:49  19:4910:11
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
CANADA RED LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G1  DiPietro, Michael
 2  Phillips, Markus
 3  Brook, Josh
 4  Smart, Jonathan
 5  Blacker, Ian
 6  Paquette, Jacob
 7  Flower, Walter
 8  Watson, Nick
 9  Glass, Cody
 10  Gallant, Zach
 11  Hoyt, Peyton
 12  Neumann, Brett
 14  Comtois, Maxime
 15  Bellerive, Jordan
 16  Morand, Antoine
 17  Studnicka, Jack
 18  Entwistle, MacKenzie
 19  Ratcliffe, Isaac
 20  Teasdale, Joël
 21  Semchuk, Brendan
 22  Boudrias, Shawn
   
CANADA RED PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st21 2:00 Slashing minor 4:191 4:1917:41
1st7 2:00 Tripping minor 20:00  20:002:00
2nd4 2:00 Roughing minor 6:05  6:0515:55
2nd6 2:00 Tripping minor 8:111 8:1113:49
2nd4 2:00 Tripping minor 12:47  12:479:13
2nd18 2:00 Slashing minor 17:481 17:484:12
3rd4 2:00 (auto) Hooking minor 0:201 0:201:40
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
SWEDEN Goals SWEDEN PLAYERS (plus) CANADA RED PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
3rd7:33  6-27            
                
                
                
CANADA RED Goals CANADA RED PLAYERS (plus) SWEDEN PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
1st6:56  16-14-8            
1st14:58 PP 3-20-4            
1st17:19 PP 16-15-17            
2nd19:55  20-10            
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
SWEDEN 0 / 4
CANADA RED 2 / 6
PENALTY SUMMARY
SWEDEN 28 min / 10 inf
CANADA RED 14 min / 7 inf
POINT SUMMARY
SWEDEN 1 G + 1 A = 2 Pts
CANADA RED 4 G + 7 A = 11 Pts
SCORING 1 2 3 Total
SWEDEN0011
CANADA RED3104
GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off
SWE - Söderblom (20:00) (L)150015/0:002nd/0:00
SWE - Eriksson Ek (60:00) 08614/0:003rd/20:00
RED - DiPietro (60:00) (W)2111023/0:003rd/20:00
Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:
  -  Start: 9:00 PM
  -  End: 9:00 PM
  -  Attendance: 0 
OFFICIALS
Referee: Ryan Elbers
Referee: Jesse Gour
Linesmen: James Warmington
Linesmen: Michael Daltrey
CERTIFIED CORRECT
 
This report has been checked and verified against the Official World Under-17 Hockey Challenge Game Report.

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