Game Report 1548

World Sledge Hockey Challenge

PLAYED AT: Lunenburg County Lifestyle Centre
Date: Jan 21, 2016
GAME NOTES: CANADA ROUTS KOREA, ADVANCES TO GOLD MEDAL GAME AT WSHC DAVID BRIEN BRIDGEWATER, N.S. – Billy Bridges (Summerside, P.E.I.) had two goals and three assists, and Dominic Cozzolino (Mississauga, Ont.) added a goal and four helpers to pace the Canadian offence to a 10-0 win over Korea in Thursday’s second semifinal at the 2016 World Sledge Hockey Challenge. The Canadians will face the United States in the gold medal game Saturday (5 p.m. AT/1 p.m. PT, TSN). It’s the fifth time in the last seven editions of the tournament, dating back to 2009, that the North American rivals will face off for gold; Canada (Nov. 2011, 2013) and the U.S. (2009, 2012) have each won two of the previous four meetings in the final. Against the Koreans, Brad Bowden (Orton, Ont.) finished with two goals and two assists, while Rob Armstrong (Mississauga, Ont.), Adam Dixon (Midland, Ont.), and Greg Westlake (Oakville, Ont.) had a goal and two helpers apiece. Ben Delaney (Ottawa, Ont.) and Bryan Sholomicki (Winnipeg, Man.) rounded out the scoring for Canada, while Dominic Larocque (Quebec City, Que.) made one save in each period to record the shutout. Delaney got the festivities started just 4:38 in, Sholomicki converted on a breakaway opportunity less than three minutes later, and the Canadians were off and running, adding goals by Bridges, Westlake and Bowden to take a 5-0 lead to the first intermission. The Canadians outshot Korea 11-1 in the first period, chasing Jae-Woong Lee from the net in favour of Man-Gyun Yu, who didn’t fare much better in the middle frame. Armstrong’s wrist shot hit the mesh just 2:24 into the middle frame, Cozzolino got his first of the tournament at 5:43, and Bowden and Bridges both added their second of the game to put Canada up 9-0 after two. Cozzolino earned assists on the three goals he didn’t score in the second period, making him just the third player (after Westlake and U.S. forward Dan McCoy), to record at least four points in a single period. Dixon capped the scoring in the third period, making good on a Canadian power play with 1:52 left. Canada finished 2-for-3 with the power play, while playing a penalty-free game. The Koreans will play for the bronze medal on Saturday afternoon, taking on Russia (1 p.m. AT).

Visiting Team: Korea

Home Team: Canada

KOREA LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	2	Lee, Jae Woong
G	31	Yu, Man-Gyun
	6	Ryu, Ji-Hyun
	10	Cho, Young Jae
	12	Kim, Young Sung
	14	Jung, Seung Hwan
	21	Lee, Ju-Seung
	27	Cho, Byeong Seok
	28	Lee, Jong Kyung
	38	Choi, Chi-Heon
	55	Jang, Jong Ho
	68	Han, Min-Su
	89	Lee, Ji-Hoon

KOREA PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	27	2:00	(auto) Head Contact minor	10:58	1		10:58	6:02
1st	27	10:00	(auto) Head Contact misconduct	10:58			10:58	14:02
3rd	27	2:00	(auto) Hooking minor	3:59	1		3:59	13:01
3rd	12	2:00	Spearing double minor	11:14	1		11:14	7:46

CANADA LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	30	Watson, Corbin
G	31	Larocque, Dominic
	3	Cozzolino, Dominic
	4	Whitson, Derek
	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
	27	Bowden, Brad

CANADA PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On

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