Game Report 1453 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge
PLAYED AT: Encana Events Centre
Date: Nov 5, 2015
GAME NOTES: ERIKSSON EK STARS AS SWEDES STUN U.S. AT U17 CHALLENGE STACIE COUCH DAWSON CREEK, B.C. – Olle Eriksson Ek stole the show on Thursday afternoon, making 31 saves to send Sweden to the semifinals at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge after a 5-4 win over the United States. The Swedes earned their first win of the tournament while handing the Americans their first loss, and will take on the winner of the Canada White-Finland quarter-final in Friday’s final four. Lucas Elvenes, Karl Markström and Rickard Hugg led the way for Sweden, recording a goal and an assist each. Early on it looked as the American offence would be the dominant force it was in the preliminary round, as Max Gildon took a feed from Grant Mismash and beat Eriksson Ek from the blue-line just 87 seconds in for an early U.S. lead. The Swedes missed a glorious opportunity to pull even, coming up empty on a 61-second two-man advantage, but the third power play of the opening frame proved to be the lucky one; Isac Lundeström found a wide-open Elvenes in front, and he made no mistake beating American goaltender Adam Scheel at 14:19. Less than two minutes later the Swedes had their first lead, executing a three-on-two to perfection; Elevenes went cross-ice to Hugo Leufvenius, who roofed it past Scheel to make it a 2-1 game after one period. The lead became two just past the midway point of the second period when Erik Brännström outwaited Scheel on a Swedish power play, but Sean Dhooghe got that back just under three minutes later, taking advantage of a turnover at the offensive blue-line and beating Eriksson Ek through the five-hole. Markström restored the two-goal advantage late in the middle frame; his point shot went off Scheel, off an American defenceman and in, chasing Scheel and giving the Scandinavians a 4-2 lead after two. Not surprisingly, the Americans refused to go away; after Markström was hurt blocking a shot, Logan Hutsko took advantage and parked himself at the top of the crease, knocking the 4-3 goal past Eriksson Ek at 10:22. The U.S. continued to push for the equalizer but couldn’t find a way past Eriksson Ek. Hugg added what proved to be the game-winner into an empty net with 19 seconds left, before Dhooghe’s goal with eight ticks remaining finished the scoring. It’s the first time since 2005 the Americans won’t be part of the semifinals or take home a medal, and just the third time in that stretch that they won’t appear in the gold medal game. 		Visiting Team: Sweden
 Home Team: United States
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
2nd23 2:00 (auto) Cross-Checking minor 5:20  5:2016:40
3rd11 2:00 (auto) Boarding minor 2:281 2:2819:32
3rd7 2:00 (auto) Boarding minor 6:291 6:2915:31
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
UNITED STATES LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G31  Scheel, Adam
G33  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
   
UNITED STATES PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st 2:00 Too Many Men on the Ice minor 8:461 8:4613:14
1st43 2:00 Slashing minor 9:471 9:4712:13
1st43 2:00 (auto) Interference minor 13:501 13:508:10
2nd56 2:00 (auto) Cross-Checking minor 5:20  5:2016:40
2nd34 2:00 (auto) Interference minor 9:231 9:2312:37
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
SWEDEN Goals SWEDEN PLAYERS (plus) UNITED STATES PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
1st14:19 PP 12-20-9            
1st16:13  19-12-15            
2nd11:26 PP 4-26            
2nd17:59  7            
3rd19:41  15-7            
UNITED STATES Goals UNITED STATES PLAYERS (plus) SWEDEN PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
1st1:27  56-52-48            
2nd14:08  42            
3rd10:22  44-55-43            
3rd19:52  42-41            
                
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
SWEDEN 2 / 4
UNITED STATES 0 / 2
PENALTY SUMMARY
SWEDEN 6 min / 3 inf
UNITED STATES 10 min / 5 inf
POINT SUMMARY
SWEDEN 5 G + 6 A = 11 Pts
UNITED STATES 4 G + 5 A = 9 Pts
SCORING 1 2 3 Total
SWEDEN2215
UNITED STATES1124
GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off
SWE - Eriksson Ek (59:41) (W)810826/0:003rd/19:41
SWE - Söderblom (0:10) 0000/19:413rd/19:51
SWE - Eriksson Ek (0:09) (W)0011/19:513rd/20:00
USA - Scheel (37:59) 88016/0:002nd/17:59
USA - St. Cyr (20:37) (L)0134/17:593rd/18:36
USA - St. Cyr (0:19) (L)0000/19:163rd/19:35
USA - St. Cyr (0:11) (L)0000/19:413rd/19:52
Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:
  -  Start: 4:30 PM
  -  End: 4:30 PM
  -  Attendance: 0 
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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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