Game Report 1579 Olympic Winter Games - Youth
PLAYED AT: Kristins Hall
Date: Feb 13, 2016
GAME NOTES: CANADA GETS CLOSE LATE, BUT DROPS YOUTH OLYMPICS OPENER JASON LA ROSE LILLEHAMMER, Norway – Allan McShane (Collingwood, Ont./Toronto Marlboros, GTHL) and Luka Burzan (Surrey, B.C./Valley West, BCMML) scored in the final minute to make it close, but Canada dropped a 4-3 decision to Russia to open the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games on Saturday. The Canadians held a one-sided 40-21 advantage in shots on goal, including 32-13 over the final two periods, but struggled to put pucks behind Russian goaltender Amir Mifyakhov. Russia struck quickly, taking advantage of an early power play; Yegor Sokolov beat Canadian netminder Olivier Rodrigue (Canton Tremblay, Que./Jonquière, LHMAAAQ) with the man advantage just 2:04 in, and Andrei Svechnikov doubled the lead at 5:20, forcing Canadian head coach Martin Raymond to use his timeout. The Canadians settled down after that and took over offensively in the second period, directing 22 shots at Mifyakhov in the middle frame, compared to just eight for the Russians. But it took until the closing minutes of the period for Canada to finally break through; Aidan Dudas (Parry Sound, Ont./North Central, OMHA) set up Ty Smith (Lloydminster, Alta./Lloydminster, AMHL) on a Canadian power play, and the captain made it a one-goal game heading to the third period. The momentum wouldn’t last long, however; Vladislav Kotkov needed just 37 seconds of the final stanza to restore the two-goal Russian lead, and Alexander Khovanov made it a 4-1 game at 4:39. Canada pushed to get back into the game, outshooting Russia 10-5 in the third period, but ran out of time. McShane, with 48 seconds to go, and Burzan, with five ticks left, got consolation goals late in the third. The Canadians are back to action Monday at the Kristins Hall in Lillehammer, taking on the defending gold medallists from Finland (11 a.m. ET/8 a.m. PT) in the second of four preliminary-round games. 		Visiting Team: Russia
 Home Team: Canada
RUSSIA LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G1  Mifyakhov, Amir
G30  Dubrovski , Georgi
 2  Zhilyakov, Bogdan
 3  Kupchikhin, Pavel
 5  Malyshev, Anton
 6  Zhuravlyov, Danil
 7  Babintsev, Gleb
 8  Kotkov, Vladislav
 9  Zhabreyev, Alexander
 10  Svechnikov, Andrei
 11  Denezhkin, Maxim
 12  Sitdikov, Ilyas
 14  Denisenko, Grigori
 15  Rotenberg, Pavel
 17  Khovanov, Alexander
 19  Nizhnikov, Kirill
 21  Sokolov, Yegor
RUSSIA PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
2nd7 2:00 (auto) Delay of Game minor 5:311 5:3111:29
2nd10 2:00 (auto) Interference minor 11:221 11:225:38
3rd6 2:00 (auto) Holding minor 8:321 8:328:28
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
CANADA LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G1  Gravel, Alexis
G30  Rodrigue, Olivier
 2  Woo, Jett
 3  McIsaac, Jared
 5  Groulx, Benoit-Olivier
 6  Smith, Ty
 7  Dudas, Aidan
 8  Merkley, Ryan
 9  Fortier, Gabriel
 10  Burzan, Luka
 11  Busby, Dennis
 12  Chisholm, Declan
 15  Nielsen, Tristen
 17  MacDonald, Anderson
 19  McShane, Allan
 20  Focht, Carson
 21  Roberts, Connor
CANADA PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st2 2:00 Tripping minor 0:471 0:4716:13
1st7 2:00 (auto) Interference minor 11:321 11:325:28
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
RUSSIA Goals RUSSIA PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
1st2:04 PP 21-10            
1st5:20  10-17            
3rd:37  8-10-17            
3rd4:39  17            
CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) RUSSIA PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
2nd12:37 PP 6-7            
3rd14:12  19            
3rd14:55  10            
                
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
RUSSIA 1 / 2
CANADA 1 / 3
PENALTY SUMMARY
RUSSIA 6 min / 3 inf
CANADA 4 min / 2 inf
POINT SUMMARY
RUSSIA 4 G + 4 A = 8 Pts
CANADA 3 G + 1 A = 4 Pts
SCORING 1 2 3 Total
RUSSIA2024
CANADA0123
GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off
RUS - Mifyakhov (45:00) (W)821837/0:003rd/15:00
CAN - Rodrigue (44:30) (L)68317/0:003rd/14:30
Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:
  -  Start: 11:00 AM
  -  End: 11:00 AM
  -  Attendance: 0 
OFFICIALS
Referee: Lars Johan
Referee:
Linesmen: Niclas Lundsgaard
Linesmen: Thomas Nordberg
CERTIFIED CORRECT
 
This report has been checked and verified against the Official Olympic Winter Games - Youth Game Report.

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