Game Report 1575 IIHF World Junior Championship
PLAYED AT: Helsinki Ice Hall
Date: Dec 23, 2015
GAME NOTES: MARNER GETS GAME-WINNER; CANADA TAKES WILD ONE OVER SWEDEN WENDY GRAVES HELSINKI, Finland – If this was a pre-competition game, what exactly does the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship have in store for hockey fans? Canada’s National Junior Team took a four-goal lead after 40 minutes, but needed a goal from Mitchell Marner (Thornhill, Ont./London, Ont.) with less than four minutes to go in the third period to beat Sweden on Wednesday. The teams combined for seven goals in the third period to turn what looked to be a lopsided Canadian win upside-down. Canada was called for six straight penalties over the final 20 minutes, twice setting up extended five-on-three opportunities for its opponents. Trailing 6-4 with five minutes left in regulation, Sweden capitalized on its advantage, with Adrian Kempe and Marcus Pettersson scoring 29 seconds apart to tie the game. With Canada finally back to full strength, Rourke Chartier (Saskatoon, Sask./Kelowna, WHL) outworked two Swedish players behind their net to get the puck out front to Marner, who finished from the top of the crease. The need for late-game heroics appeared unnecessary heading out of the second intermission. After Jake Virtanen (Abbotsford, B.C./Vancouver, NHL) and Oskar Lindblom exchanged first period goals, Canada seemed to take control of the game. Early in the second period Brendan Perlini (Sault Ste. Marie, Ont./Niagara, OHL) outraced a Swedish defender behind the net, sent a pass back to Mathew Barzal (Coquitlam, B.C./Seattle, WHL), who fed Dylan Strome (Mississauga, Ont./Erie, OHL) cross ice. Canada then scored three goals in under four minutes to go up 5-1. Mitchell Stephens (Peterborough, Ont./Saginaw, OHL) took advantage of two Swedish players colliding along the side boards to drive the puck far side and sweep it past goalie Linus Soderstrom’s outstretched leg. Three minutes later, Marner slid a pass in front of the crease to Virtanen at the side of the net for a power play goal. And only 24 seconds after that, Haydn Fleury’s (Carlyle, Sask./Red Deer, WHL) floater from the blue line fooled Soderstrom, chasing the Swedish netminder from the crease. A 30-second span to start the third period gave an early indication of the chaotic conclusion to come. Pettersson, with a one-timer through the Canadian net – the first of three that would fly through twine – and Jacob Larsson made it 5-3, before Perlini replied for Canada. Axel Holmstrom’s one-timer from Joel Eriksson Elk pulled Sweden to 6-4 and helped set the stage for a crazy final five minutes. Mason McDonald (Halifax, N.S./Charlottetown, QMJHL) faced 32 shots for Canada.
Visiting Team: Canada
Home Team: Sweden
CANADA LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G McDonald, Mason
G29  Blackwood, Mackenzie
G33  Montembeault, Samuel
  Hicketts, Joe
  Fleury, Haydn
  Chabot, Thomas
  Hickey, Brandon
  Strome, Dylan
 11  Perlini, Brendan
 12  Gauthier, Julien
 13  Barzal, Mathew
 14  Chartier, Rourke
 16  Marner, Mitchell
 17  Konecny, Travis
 18  Virtanen, Jake
 19  Point, Brayden
 20  McKeown, Roland
 21  Beauvillier, Anthony
 22  Quenneville, John
 23  Sanheim, Travis
 24  Dermott, Travis
 27  Stephens, Mitchell
 28  Crouse, Lawson
CANADA PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st18 2:00 (auto) minor 12:011 12:019:59
1st16 2:00 (auto) Hooking minor 18:311 18:313:29
1st17 2:00 Slashing minor 19:561 19:562:04
2nd13 2:00 Tripping minor 8:381 8:3813:22
3rd2:00 (auto) Interference minor 3:571 3:5718:03
3rd2:00 (auto) Hooking minor 4:261 4:2617:34
3rd2:00 (auto) Holding minor 12:041 12:049:56
3rd20 2:00 Slashing minor 13:011 13:018:59
3rd14 2:00 (auto) minor 13:461 13:468:14
3rd20 2:00 (auto) High-Sticking minor 19:291 19:292:31
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
SWEDEN LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G Sandstrom,, Felix
G30  Soderstrom, Linus
G35  Kallgren, Erik
  Lagesson, William
  Larsson, Jacob
  Ollas Mattsson, Adam
  Englund, Andreas
  Pettersson, Marcus
  Forsling, Gustav
  Carlsson, Gabriel
 12  Forsbacka-Karlsson, Jakob
 16  Grundström, Carl
 17  Timashov,, Dmytro
 18  Asplund, Rasmus
 19   Nylander, Alexander
 20  Eriksson Ek, Joel
 21  Nylander, William
 23  Lindblom, Oskar
 24  Looke, Jens
 25  Holmstrom, Axel
 26  Ehn, Christoffer
 27  Karlsson, Anton
 29  Kempe, Adrian
SWEDEN PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st2:00 (auto) Holding minor 4:191 4:1917:41
2nd27 2:00 (auto) Interference minor 3:561 3:5618:04
2nd17 2:00 (auto) High-Sticking minor 8:201 8:2013:40
2nd2:00 (auto) Cross-Checking minor 12:581 12:589:02
2nd19 2:00 Slashing minor 18:141 18:143:46
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) SWEDEN PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
1st9:32  18            
2nd3:30  9-13-11            
2nd11:32  27            
2nd14:42 PP 18-16            
2nd15:06  4-17            
3rd1:58  11            
3rd16:20  16            
SWEDEN Goals SWEDEN PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
1st18:46 PP 23            
3rd1:28  7            
3rd1:46  4-29            
3rd8:41  25-20            
3rd14:57 PP 29            
3rd15:26 PP 7            
                
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
CANADA 1 / 5
SWEDEN 3 / 10
PENALTY SUMMARY
CANADA 20 min / 10 inf
SWEDEN 10 min / 5 inf
POINT SUMMARY
CANADA 7 G + 4 A = 11 Pts
SWEDEN 6 G + 2 A = 8 Pts
SCORING 1 2 3 Total
CANADA1427
SWEDEN1056
GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off
CAN - McDonald (60:00) (W)1214026/0:003rd/20:00
SWE - Soderstrom (35:07) 1015025/0:002nd/15:07
SWE - Kallgren (23:13) (L)0505/15:073rd/18:20
Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:
  -  Start: 12:00 PM
  -  End: 12:00 PM
  -  Attendance:
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CERTIFIED CORRECT
 


This report has been checked and verified against the Official IIHF World Junior Championship Game Report.

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