Game Report 1547 World Sledge Hockey Challenge
PLAYED AT: Lunenburg County Lifestyle Centre
Date: Jan 21, 2016
GAME NOTES: U.S. TO DEFEND GOLD AFTER EDGING RUSSIA IN WSHC SEMIFINAL DAVID BRIEN BRIDGEWATER, N.S. – Brody Roybal scored the game-winning goal midway through the third period, allowing the United States to sneak past Russia 2-1 on Thursday in the first semifinal at the 2016 World Sledge Hockey Challenge. With the win, the U.S. will defend its gold medal against the winner of the Canada-Korea semifinal in Saturday’s final (5 p.m. AT/1 p.m. PT, TSN). The Americans got the scoring started 4:10 into the first period when Kevin McKee found Declan Farmer, who roofed a shot over Russian netminder Evgenii Plotnikov for his tournament-leading sixth goal in four games. Despite the U.S. outshooting Russia 8-3 in the first period – and 16-7 through the first two – that would be the only American goal in the opening 30 minutes, thanks in large part to Plotnikov. The Russians got even at the seven-minute mark of the middle frame; defenceman Vadim Selyukin benefitted from a failed clearing attempt by the Americans, beating goaltender Steve Cash to tie the game. Neither team generated much offence in the third period – the U.S. held a 4-2 advantage in shots on goal – but Roybal netted the winner at 8:10, taking a pass from Nikko Landeros before blasting a shot under the glove of Plotnikov. The game was largely played at five-on-five, with the Russians getting two chances on the power play to the Americans’ one; both teams went without a goal with the man advantage. The Russians will face the loser of the Canada-Korea semifinal for bronze on Saturday (1 p.m. AT). 		Visiting Team: Russia
 Home Team: United States
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
2nd2 2:00 (auto) Delay of Game minor 10:101 10:106:50
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
UNITED STATES LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G1  Reichenbach, Bo
G34  Cash, Steve
 4  Roybal, Brody
 5  Hanning Jr, Billy
 6  McDermott, Luke
 11   Carron, Tyler
 13  Sweeney, Josh
 14  McCoy, Dan
 15  Landeros, Nikko
 16  Farmer, Declan
 17  Douglas, Chris
 19  McKee, Kevin
 20  Page, Adam
 23  Roman, Rico
 27  Pauls, Josh
 28  Schaus, Paul
UNITED STATES PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st17 2:00 (auto) Interference minor 14:151 14:152:45
3rd27 2:00 (auto) Delay of Game minor 8:351 8:358:25
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
RUSSIA Goals RUSSIA PLAYERS (plus) UNITED STATES PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
2nd7:00  17-22            
                
UNITED STATES Goals UNITED STATES PLAYERS (plus) RUSSIA PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
1st10:50  16-19-4            
3rd8:10  4-15-19            
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
RUSSIA 0 / 2
UNITED STATES 0 / 1
PENALTY SUMMARY
RUSSIA 2 min / 1 inf
UNITED STATES 4 min / 2 inf
POINT SUMMARY
RUSSIA 1 G + 1 A = 2 Pts
UNITED STATES 2 G + 4 A = 6 Pts
SCORING 1 2 3 Total
RUSSIA0101
UNITED STATES1012
GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off
RUS - Plotnikov (45:00) (L)78318/0:003rd/15:00
USA - Cash (45:00) (W)3328/0:003rd/15:00
Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:
  -  Start: 1:00 PM
  -  End: 1:00 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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