PLAYED AT: Encana Events Centre
Date: Nov 3, 2015
GAME NOTES: U.S. CONTINUES TO ROLL AT U17S, BEATS BLACK FOR PERFECT PRELIMINARY ROUND
STACIE COUCH
DAWSON CREEK, B.C. – Brady Tkachuk netted a pair of goals, and added an assist, to lead the United States to a dominating 6-1 victory over Canada Black on Tuesday night in its final preliminary game at the 2015 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge at the Encana Events Centre.
The U.S. was the only team in either group to earn three regulation-time wins, and it outscored its opponents 19-7; the Americans have scored at least six goals in 10 consecutive round-robin games, dating back to 2013.
Needing a win to lock up second place in the group Canada Black couldn’t generate anything offensively in the first period, getting outshot 17-3 by the U.S. in the opening 20 minutes.
It made two of those count; Tkachuk opened the scoring by banging in a loose puck at the side of the Black net just past the seven-minute mark, and Nate Knoepke found Reedy with a cross-ice feed for the 2-0 goal just under three minutes later.
The Americans took advantage of a five-on-three advantage midway through the second period, converting on both halves. Reedy fed Josh Norris for a backdoor tap-in at 11:20, and David Farrance beat Canadian netminder Jacob McGrath (Mississauga, Ont./St. Michael’s, OJHL) with a point shot at 12:42 for a 4-0 lead.
Canada Black finally got on the board 15 minutes into the middle frame when Michael Rasmussen (South Surrey, B.C./Tri-City, WHL) went cross-ice and found Alex-Olivier Voyer (Sherbrooke, Que./Rimouski, QMJHL), who beat U.S. goaltender Dylan St. Cyr.
Randy Hernandez restored the four-goal advantage before the end of the period, going up and over McGrath’s shoulder to make it a 5-1 game through two.
Tkachuk opened the scoring in the first and closed it in the third, taking a backhand pass from Reedy and burying it past McGrath to ensure the Americans reached the half-dozen-goal mark once again.
The U.S. finished with a sizeable 30-18 advantage in shots on goal.
Quarter-final Thursday will see the United States take on Sweden in Dawson Creek (2:30 p.m. MT), while Canada Black will travel to Fort St. John for an all-Canadian match-up with Canada Red (2:30 p.m. MT). |
Visiting Team: United States
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Home Team: Canada Black
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UNITED STATES LINEUP
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| 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 | | | 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 |
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UNITED STATES PENALTIES
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| Per. |
No. |
Min |
Offence |
Off |
PP |
PS |
Start |
On |
| 1st | 49 | 2:00 | (auto) High-Sticking minor | 17:20 | 1 | | 17:20 | 4:40 | | 2nd | 55 | 2:00 | (auto) Holding minor | 4:13 | 1 | | 4:13 | 17:47 | | 2nd | 52 | 2:00 | (auto) Head Contact minor | 6:25 | 1 | | 6:25 | 15:35 | | 2nd | 52 | 10:00 | (auto) Head Contact misconduct | 6:25 | | | 6:25 | 3:35 | | 3rd | 44 | 2:00 | Tripping minor | 12:47 | 1 | | 12:47 | 9:13 | | 3rd | 41 | 2:00 | Roughing minor | 13:59 | | | 13:59 | 8:01 | | 3rd | 42 | 2:00 | (auto) Holding the Stick minor | 19:43 | | | 19:43 | 2:17 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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CANADA BLACK LINEUP
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| Pos |
No. |
Name |
| G | 30 | McGrath, Jacob | | | 3 | Crête-Belzile, Antoine | | | 4 | Kneen, Nolan | | | 5 | Krief, Alexander | | | 6 | Davis, Hayden | | | 7 | Jones, Ben | | | 8 | Leschyshyn, Jake | | | 9 | Veleno, Joseph | | | 10 | Walford, Scott | | | 11 | Gilmour, Brady | | | 12 | Mattheos, Stelio | | | 14 | Rasmussen, Michael | | | 16 | Bowers, Shane | | | 17 | Levin, David | | | 18 | Strome, Matthew | | | 19 | Paterson, Josh | | | 20 | Holt, Dawson | | | 21 | Voyer, Alex-Olivier | | | 22 | Brahaney, Jakob | | | 23 | Durandeau, Arnaud |
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CANADA BLACK PENALTIES
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| Per. |
No. |
Min |
Offence |
Off |
PP |
PS |
Start |
On |
| 1st | 7 | 2:00 | Tripping minor | 12:17 | 1 | | 12:17 | 9:43 | | 2nd | 21 | 2:00 | Slashing minor | 0:24 | 1 | | 0:24 | 1:36 | | 2nd | 18 | 2:00 | Roughing minor | 10:38 | 1 | | 10:38 | 11:22 | | 2nd | 21 | 2:00 | (auto) Delay of Game minor | 10:52 | 1 | | 10:52 | 11:08 | | 3rd | 22 | 2:00 | (auto) Hooking minor | 9:44 | 1 | | 9:44 | 12:16 | | 3rd | 20 | 2:00 | Roughing minor | 13:59 | | | 13:59 | 8:01 | | 3rd | 21 | 2:00 | (auto) Holding minor | 19:43 | | | 19:43 | 2:17 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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