Game Report 1451 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge
PLAYED AT: North Peace Arena
Date: Nov 3, 2015
GAME NOTES: COMTOIS COMPLETES CANADIAN COMEBACK IN U17 WIN OVER RUSSIA JASON LA ROSE FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – Maxime Comtois (Ste-Martine, Que./Victoriaville, QMJHL) was the overtime hero, scoring 1:06 into the extra period to help Canada Red to a wild 4-3 win over Russia in the Group B finale Tuesday night at the 2015 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge. Comtois parked himself in front of the Russian net early in overtime, and got some piece of himself on a Walter Flower (Lunenburg, N.S./Halifax, QMJHL) point shot to help it past netminder Maxim Zhukov for the game-winner. The Canadians finished the preliminary round atop their group, setting up an all-Canadian quarter-final against Canada Black on Thursday afternoon at North Peace Arena (2:30 p.m. MT). Russia’s loss means it finished third in Group B, behind the Canadians and Finns, and will travel to Dawson Creek for a quarter-final against the Czech Republic on Thursday night (7 p.m. MT). The first period was all Russia, as it jumped out to a big, early lead. Dmitri Samorukov opened the scoring at 15:21, tipping a shot up and over Canadian goaltender Kyle Jessiman (Châteauguay, Que./Cape Breton, QMJHL), and Klim Kostin finished off a two-on-one down low just 11 seconds later for a quick 2-0 advantage. Ivan Chekhovich pushed the lead to 3-0 at 17:06, knocking a centering pass behind Jessiman. But the Canadians started to claw back; Jordan Bellerive (North Vancouver, B.C./Lethbridge, WHL) jammed the puck past Russian netminder Maxim Zhukov on the power play with just 42 seconds left in the first period, getting a little momentum back on the Red side and igniting the pro-Canadian crowd at North Peace Arena. Brett Neumann (Toronto, Ont./Erie, OHL) had the lone goal of the second period just past the 13-minute mark, beating Zhukov from in close, sending the Canadians to the intermission down just a single goal. The offensive push continued in the third, with Red outshooting the Russians 11-4, and Joël Teasdale (Beloeil, Que./Blainville-Boisbriand, QMJHL) finally got the Canadians back to even at 11:45, sneaking a shot through Zhukov on the power play. Once the game reached overtime the single point was enough to ensure Red first in the group, but Comtois’ winner sent the crowd home happy and set up what should be a wild Thursday in Fort St. John. 		Visiting Team: Russia
 Home Team: Canada Red
RUSSIA LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G30  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
 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
1st24 2:00 (auto) Cross-Checking minor 18:541 18:543:06
2nd6 2:00 (auto) Interference minor 4:261 4:2617:34
2nd5 2:00 (auto) Interference minor 9:161 9:1612:44
3rd9 2:00 Tripping minor 10:431 10:4311:17
3rd30 2:00 Slashing minor 12:521 12:529:08
3rd24 10:00 Unsportsmanlike Conduct misconduct 17:08  17:0812:52
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
CANADA RED LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G31  Jessiman, Kyle
 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
1st10 2:00 Slashing minor 19:321 19:322:28
1st18 2:00 (auto) High-Sticking minor 20:001 20:002:00
2nd11 2:00 (auto) Elbowing minor 14:031 14:037:57
3rd20 2:00 Tripping minor 7:541 7:5414:06
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
RUSSIA Goals RUSSIA PLAYERS (plus) CANADA RED PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
1st15:21  18-16-6            
1st15:32  24-10-19            
1st17:06  19-24-10            
                
CANADA RED Goals CANADA RED PLAYERS (plus) RUSSIA PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
1st19:18 PP 15-14-17            
2nd13:06  12-10-20            
3rd11:45 PP 20-14-17            
1st OT1:06  14-7-4            
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
RUSSIA 0 / 4
CANADA RED 2 / 5
PENALTY SUMMARY
RUSSIA 20 min / 6 inf
CANADA RED 8 min / 4 inf
POINT SUMMARY
RUSSIA 3 G + 6 A = 9 Pts
CANADA RED 4 G + 8 A = 12 Pts
SCORING 1 2 3 OT1 Total
RUSSIA30003
CANADA RED11114
GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 OT1 Tot. On Off
RUS - Zhukov (63:54) (OTL)81410133/0:001st OT/3:54
RED - Jessiman (50:40) (W)11123026/0:003rd/10:40
RED - Jessiman (13:11) (W)00101/10:431st OT/3:54
Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:
  -  Start: 9:00 PM
  -  End: 9:00 PM
  -  Attendance: 0 
OFFICIALS
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CERTIFIED CORRECT
 
This report has been checked and verified against the Official World Under-17 Hockey Challenge Game Report.

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