PLAYED AT: North Peace Arena
Date: Nov 5, 2015
GAME NOTES: BROOK’S LATE WINNER SENDS CANADA RED TO U17 SEMIFINALS
JASON LA ROSE
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – Josh Brook (Roblin, Man./Moose Jaw, WHL) hammered in a point shot for the game-winning goal with just 2:03 to go, leading Canada Red to a 3-2 quarter-final win over Canada Black and a spot in the semifinals.
After Canadian teams were shut out of the semifinals last year in the debut of the six-team format, Red will be part of the final four; it’ll meet the winner of the Czech Republic-Russia quarter-final on Friday.
With the teams playing four-on-four in the late stages of the third period, Brook took a feed from Maxime Comtois (Ste-Martine, Que./Victoriaville, QMJHL) and got his hard shot through traffic and past Black goaltender Jacob McGrath (Mississauga, Ont./St. Michael’s, OJHL).
Joël Teasdale (Beloeil, Que./Blainville-Boisbriand, QMJHL) and Jack Studnicka (Tecumseh, Ont./Oshawa, OHL) also scored for Red.
It was Black who came out with jump, taking an early lead when Arnaud Durandeau (Beaconsfield, Que./Halifax, QMJHL) beat Red goaltender Michael DiPietro (Amherstburg, Ont./Windsor, OHL) along the ice after a pretty cross-ice feed from Joseph Veleno (Kirkland, Que./Saint John, QMJHL) just 8:15 in.
That goal would stand up through the first 40 minutes thanks to DiPietro and McGrath, who weren’t busy – shots were just 15-12 Red after two periods – but made the big saves when called upon.
Red needed seven minutes of the third to pull even; Teasdale drove the puck hard to the net off the right wing and slipped the puck through the legs of McGrath to tie the game and excite what was a pro-Red crowd at North Peace Arena.
Studnicka gave Red its first lead just 2:42 after the Teasdale goal, roofing the rebound of a Comtois shot, but Veleno snapped a quick shot off the far post and past DiPietro to tie the game less than four minutes later.
Red carried the play in the third period and outshot Black 11-5 in the decisive final frame. Overall, Red held a 26-17 advantage.
The loss means Black will play in the seventh-place game on Friday; the time, location and opponent for that game will be decided after the two late quarter-finals are played on Thursday night. |
Visiting Team: Canada Black
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Home Team: Canada Red
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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 | 4 | 2:00 | (auto) Interference minor | 16:29 | 1 | | 16:29 | 5:31 | | 2nd | 14 | 2:00 | (auto) Holding minor | 4:09 | 1 | | 4:09 | 17:51 | | 2nd | 23 | 2:00 | Slashing minor | 15:06 | 1 | | 15:06 | 6:54 | | 3rd | 6 | 2:00 | (auto) Head Contact minor | 9:40 | 1 | | 9:40 | 12:20 | | 3rd | 6 | 10:00 | (auto) Head Contact misconduct | 9:40 | | | 9:40 | 0:20 | | 3rd | 10 | 2:00 | Roughing minor | 11:24 | 1 | | 11:24 | 10:36 | | 3rd | 9 | 2:00 | Roughing minor | 17:19 | | | 17:19 | 4:41 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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CANADA RED LINEUP
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| Pos |
No. |
Name |
| G | 1 | 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 | | | 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 |
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CANADA RED PENALTIES
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| Per. |
No. |
Min |
Offence |
Off |
PP |
PS |
Start |
On |
| 1st | 10 | 2:00 | (auto) Delay of Game minor | 3:45 | 1 | | 3:45 | 18:15 | | 3rd | 6 | 2:00 | Roughing minor | 17:19 | | | 17:19 | 4:41 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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