Game Report 1542 World Sledge Hockey Challenge
PLAYED AT: Lunenburg County Lifestyle Centre
Date: Jan 17, 2016
GAME NOTES: SPECIAL TEAMS LEAD CANADA PAST RUSSIA AT WSHC DAVID BRIEN BRIDGEWATER, N.S. – Rob Armstrong (Mississauga, Ont.), Tyler McGregor (Forest, Ont.) and Greg Westlake (Oakville, Ont.) had a goal and an assist each to lead Canada’s National Sledge Team past Russia 5-1 in the opening game for both Sunday at the 2016 World Sledge Hockey Challenge. Canada’s special teams highlighted the game, going a perfect 3-for-3 on the power play and adding a goal while shorthanded, while killing off all five of Russia’s power-play opportunities. The Canadians directed just four shots at the Russian goal in the first period, but found the back of the net on three of them, starting with Westlake’s power-play goal just 41 seconds in. Armstrong doubled the lead, again with the man advantage, at 3:57, and McGregor went under the sled of Ivanov while the Canadians were a man down at 7:42, making it 3-0 and chasing starting goaltender Mikhail Ivanov, who was replaced by Evgenii Plotnikov after allowing three goals on four shots. The power play struck again with 3:22 gone in the second period; McGregor carried the puck into the Russian zone and circled the net before finding Billy Bridges (Summerside, P.E.I.), who snapped a shot past Plotnikov. Both teams picked up the offence in the middle frame, with more than half of the game’s shots (13 of 25) coming in the period. The Russians finally beat Corbin Watson (Kingsville, Ont.) at 7:59 of the third period when Nikolai Terentev got his shot through traffic and past the Canadian netminder, but Adam Dixon got that one back for Canada just 44 seconds later, beating Plotnikov under the cross-bar. Canada finished with a 17-8 advantage in shots on goal, getting a small measure of revenge for their upset loss to the Russians in last year’s semifinal in Leduc, Alta. The Canadians will look to keep their record intact when they face Korea on Monday night (7 p.m. AT), while the Russians are right back to action in a Monday matinee, taking on the United States (noon AT). 		Visiting Team: Canada
 Home Team: Russia
CANADA LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G30  Watson, Corbin
G31  Larocque, Dominic
 3  Cozzolino, Dominic
 6  Culmone, Anthony
 8  McGregor, Tyler
 10  Delaney, Ben
 11  Dixon, Adam
 12  Westlake, Greg
 14  Arsenault, Steve
 15  Sorley, Kevin
 18  Bridges, Billy
 20  Sholomicki, Bryan
 23  Block, Kieran
 25  Gemmell, James
 27  Bowden, Brad
   
CANADA PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st18 2:00 (auto) Goaltender Interference minor 6:271 6:2710:33
1st15 2:00 Teeing minor 11:321 11:325:28
2nd15 2:00 (auto) Elbowing minor 4:431 4:4312:17
3rd15 2:00 (auto) Interference minor 5:461 5:4611:14
3rd18 2:00 Roughing minor 12:231 12:234:37
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
RUSSIA LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G1  Ivanov, Mikhail
G20  Plotnikov, Evgeny
 2  Lysov, Aleksei
 3  Berdnik, Ivan
 4  Andriyanov, Maksim
 7  Panfilov, Sergey
 8  Lisov, Dmitriy
 11  Amosov, Alexey
 14  Kuzminykh, Maksim
 15  Shcherbakov, Alexander
 16  Ivanov, Fedor
 17  Selyukin, Vadim
 19  Popov, Ilia
 21  Petrov, Evgeny
 22  Terentev, Nikolai
 23  Volkov, Ilia
RUSSIA PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st2 2:00 Teeing minor 0:091 0:0916:51
1st11 2:00 Teeing minor 2:491 2:4914:11
2nd4 2:00 Teeing minor 1:441 1:4415:16
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) RUSSIA PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
1st:41 PP 12-27            
1st3:57 PP 6-10            
1st7:42 SH 8-23            
2nd3:22 PP 18-8-12            
3rd8:43  11-6            
RUSSIA Goals RUSSIA PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
3rd7:59  22-8            
                
                
                
                
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
CANADA 3 / 3
RUSSIA 0 / 5
PENALTY SUMMARY
CANADA 10 min / 5 inf
RUSSIA 6 min / 3 inf
POINT SUMMARY
CANADA 5 G + 6 A = 11 Pts
RUSSIA 1 G + 1 A = 2 Pts
SCORING 1 2 3 Total
CANADA3115
RUSSIA0011
GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off
CAN - Watson (45:00) (W)1517/0:003rd/15:00
RUS - Ivanov (10:09) (L)1001/0:001st/10:09
RUS - Plotnikov (34:51) 07411/10:093rd/15:00
Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:
  -  Start: 4:00 PM
  -  End: 4:00 PM
  -  Attendance: 0 
OFFICIALS
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CERTIFIED CORRECT
 
This report has been checked and verified against the Official World Sledge Hockey Challenge Game Report.

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