Game Report 1609		IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship
PLAYED AT: Ralph Engelstad Arena Date: Apr 19, 2016 GAME NOTES: CANADA EDGES FINNS TO FINISH PERFECT PRELIMS AT U18 WORLDS JASON LA ROSE GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Evan Fitzpatrick (Lower Sackville, N.S./Sherbrooke, QMJHL) was terrific, making 26 saves and leading Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 Team past Finland 3-1 on Tuesday afternoon in the preliminary round finale for both at the 2016 IIHF U18 World Championship. The win gives Canada first place in Group B with an unblemished 4-0 record in the round robin, and means the Canadians will face either Russia or Switzerland in Thursday’s quarter-finals (time to be confirmed). Pascal Laberge (Ste-Martine, Que./Victoriaville, QMJHL), David Quenneville (Edmonton, Alta./Medicine Hat, WHL) and Tyson Jost (Kelowna, B.C./Penticton, BCHL) had the goals for Canada. Facing last year’s silver medallists with 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship MVP Jesse Puljujärvi in the line-up, the Canadians got the quick start they wanted with two first-period goals. Laberge opened the scoring on the power play just past the seven-minute mark of the opening frame, carrying the puck to the top of the face-off circle before going low to beat Finnish netminder Leevi Laakso. Quenneville made it a 2-0 game just over five minutes after that, letting go a slap shot from the point that made its way through traffic and through Laakso. Fitzpatrick took over from there, making his three best saves in the second period – one with the glove, one with the right pad, and one on a shorthanded breakaway – although he got some help from his friends; the Finns hit three posts through the first 40 minutes. Finland held a 12-7 advantage in shots on goal in the third period, and finally got one behind Fitzpatrick when Eetu Tuulola redirected a point shot past the Canadian netminder with 5:16 to go. But Jost iced the win in the final minute, outracing a Finnish defenceman before tapping the puck into an empty net with 36.6 seconds to go. The Canadians continued their strong play at five-on-five; they allowed five goals in four games through the preliminary round, and only two of those came with the teams at even strength. Visiting Team: Canada Home Team: Finland
CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Fitzpatrick, Evan G 29   DiPietro, Michael G 30   Skinner, Stuart   2   Hall, Connor   4   Fabbro, Dante   5   Chychrun, Jakob   6   Katchouk, Boris   7   Jost, Tyson   8   Shaw, Mason   9   Laberge, Pascal   10   Howden, Brett   11   Malenstyn, Beck   12   Comtois, Maxime   14   Bitten, William   15   Gregor, Noah   17   Phillips, Markus   18   Quenneville, David   20   Stanley, Logan   21   Tippett, Owen   22   McLeod, Michael   23   Morrison, Cameron   25   Kyrou, Jordan   26   Hague, Nicolas	CANADA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 20  2:00  Slashing minor 10:05 1   10:05 11:55 2nd 4  2:00  Slashing minor 11:42 1   11:42 10:18 2nd 21  2:00  (auto) Head Contact minor 19:03 1   19:03 2:57 2nd 21  10:00  (auto) Head Contact misconduct 19:03     19:03 10:57 3rd 10  2:00  (auto) Cross-Checking minor 11:29 1   11:29 10:31	FINLAND LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka G 30   Halonen, Niilo G 31   Laakso, Leevi   2   Jääskä, Juha   4   Salo, Robin   6   Välimäki, Juuso   7   Vaakanainen, Urho   10   Vesalainen, Kristian   12   Moilanen, Sami   15   Koppanen, Joona   18   Kuokkanen, Janne   19   Tuulola, Eetu   20   Tolvanen, Eeli   21   Niemeläinen, Markus   22   Räsänen, Aapeli   23   Oksanen, Emil   24   Somppi, Otto   25   Mäkinen, Otto   27   Nurmi, Markus   28   Jokiharju, Henri   33   Heiskanen, Miro	FINLAND PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 24  2:00  (auto) Holding minor 6:40 1   6:40 15:20 2nd 22  2:00  Slashing minor 4:55 1   4:55 17:05 3rd 10  2:00  Tripping minor 7:16 1   7:16 14:44

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) FINLAND PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 7:16  PP  9-25-8                         1st 12:30   18                         3rd 19:24   7-22-5

FINLAND Goals FINLAND PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     3rd 14:44   19-4-27

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES CANADA 1 / 3 FINLAND 0 / 4 PENALTY SUMMARY CANADA 18 min / 5 inf FINLAND 6 min / 3 inf POINT SUMMARY CANADA 3 G + 4 A = 7 Pts FINLAND 1 G + 2 A = 3 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total CANADA 2 0 1 3 FINLAND 0 0 1 1 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off CAN - Fitzpatrick (60:00) (W) 6 9 11 26 /0:00 3rd/20:00 FIN - Laakso (59:06) (L) 8 7 0 15 /0:00 3rd/19:06 FIN - Laakso (0:35) (L) 0 0 6 6 /19:25 3rd/20:00 Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:   -  Start: 4:30 PM   -  End: 4:30 PM   -  Attendance: 0

OFFICIALS Referee: Referee: Linesmen: Linesmen: CERTIFIED CORRECT   This report has been checked and verified against the Official IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Game Report.

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