Game Report 1531		Spengler Cup
PLAYED AT: Vaillant Arena Date: Dec 26, 2015 GAME NOTES: CANADA EDGES RUSSIAN SIDE IN SPENGLER CUP OPENER JASON LA ROSE DAVOS, Switzerland – Cory Conacher (Burlington, Ont./SC Bern, SUI) scored the winner late in the second period, helping Canada’s National Men’s Team to a 2-1 win over Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg in its opening game Saturday at the 2015 Spengler Cup. Trevor Carrick (Stouffville, Ont./Charlotte, AHL) had the other goal for Canada, which earned itself a day off with the win; it’ll be on the ice next on Monday (2:15 p.m. ET/11:15 a.m. PT), taking on host team HC Davos. The Canadians controlled much of the offence in the first period, outshooting Yekaterinburg 13-5, but it took a buzzer-beater for Carrick to start the scoring; his shot hit a defenceman in front and eluded goaltender Igor Ustinsky with less than a second to go in the opening frame. Yekaterinburg pulled even nine minutes into the second when Alexander Torchenyuk outmuscled a Canadian defender on a shorthanded break and slipped a shot past netminder Drew MacIntyre (Charlottetown, P.E.I./Charlotte, AHL). But Conacher restored the Canadian lead for good less than five minutes after that, taking a perfect saucer feed from Derek Roy (Rockland, Ont./SC Bern, SUI) and going to the backhand to beat Ustinsky. Canada had plenty of chances to extend its lead in the third period, including back-to-back five-on-three opportunities early in the final stanza, but couldn’t put another puck past Ustinsky. The Canadians struggled with the man advantage, going goalless on seven chances and giving up a shorthanded goal, but their penalty kill was perfect, negating both Yekaterinburg opportunities. Canada finished with a 27-23 advantage in shots on goal. Visiting Team: Canada Home Team: Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 22   MacIntyre, Drew G 35   Glass, Jeff   5   Aulie, Keith   9   Roy, Derek   10   Giroux, Alexandre   11   Clark, Kevin   14   Carrick, Trevor   15   Cundari, Mark   16   Paille, Dan   18   Lombardi, Matthew   19   Conacher, Cory   20   Malhotra, Manny   21   Bergeron, Marc-André   25   Emmerton, Cory   27   Pyatt, Tom   36   D’Agostini, Matt   44   Johnson, Aaron   45   Picard, Alexandre   55   Vukovic, Daniel   83   Ellison, Matt   88   Sheppard, James   89   DiDomenico, Chris	CANADA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 9  2:00  (auto) Goaltender Interference minor 11:44 1   11:44 10:16 2nd 21  2:00  (auto) Interference minor 18:28 1   18:28 3:32	AVTOMOBILIST YEKATERINBURG LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 21   Kovar, Jakub G 40   Ustinsky, Igor   3   Velichkin, Igor   4   Kivistö, Tommi   5   Zhuravlyov, Yegor   7   Timashov, Nikolai   8   Mikhnov, Alexei   10   Alexeyev, Andrei   12   Torchenyuk, Alexander   15   Golyshev, Anatoly   23   Roman, Ondrej   25   Popov, Vitaly   34   Turbin, Pavel   38   Knyazev, Kirill   42   Koukal, Petr   60   Gareyev, Artyom   71   Polozov, Kirill   74   Pankov, Alexander   77   Megalinsky, Dmitry   88   Tryamkin, Nikita   93   Vasilevsky, Alexei	AVTOMOBILIST YEKATERINBURG PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 8  2:00  Tripping minor 12:16 1   12:16 9:44 1st 23  2:00  (auto) Hooking minor 16:52 1   16:52 5:08 2nd 7  2:00  Tripping minor 3:50 1   3:50 18:10 2nd 4  2:00  (auto) Delay of Game minor 7:37 1   7:37 14:23 3rd 71  2:00  (auto) Hooking minor 2:58 1   2:58 19:02 3rd 12  2:00  (auto) Delay of Game minor 4:17 1   4:17 17:43 3rd 34  2:00  Tripping minor 5:12 1   5:12 16:48

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) AVTOMOBILIST YEKATERINBURG PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 19:59   14-88-18                         2nd 13:15   19-9

AVTOMOBILIST YEKATERINBURG Goals AVTOMOBILIST YEKATERINBURG PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     2nd 8:57  SH  12

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES CANADA 0 / 7 AVTOMOBILIST YEKATERINBURG 0 / 2 PENALTY SUMMARY CANADA 4 min / 2 inf AVTOMOBILIST YEKATERINBURG 14 min / 7 inf POINT SUMMARY CANADA 2 G + 3 A = 5 Pts AVTOMOBILIST YEKATERINBURG 1 G + A = 1 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total CANADA 1 1 0 2 AVTOMOBILIST YEKATERINBURG 0 1 0 1 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off CAN - MacIntyre (60:00) (W) 5 9 8 22 /0:00 3rd/20:00 YEK - Ustinsky (59:11) (L) 12 6 7 25 /0:00 3rd/19:11 Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:   -  Start: 2:15 PM   -  End: 2:15 PM   -  Attendance: 0

OFFICIALS Referee: Referee: Linesmen: Linesmen: CERTIFIED CORRECT   This report has been checked and verified against the Official Spengler Cup Game Report.

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