PLAYED AT: Aréna Howie-Morenz
Date: Apr 29, 2016
GAME NOTES: CANADA BEATS U.S. TO OPEN SLEDGE DEVELOPMENT SERIES
DAVID BRIEN
MONTREAL, Que. – Stefano Tamburello (Bradford, Ont.) had a goal and an assist to pace the offence and lead Canada’s National Sledge Development Team to a 4-1 win over the United States on Friday as part of the Défi sportif AlterGo.
The game was the first in a three-game weekend series between the North American rivals.
Branden Sison (Edmonton, Alta.), Aurélien Bucquet (Saint-Rémi, Que.) and Coalton Martin (Six Nations, Ont.) had the other goals for Canada, and Mathieu Trudeau (Saint-Isidore, Que.) added two assists.
The U.S. limited Canada to just a single shot on goal in the first period, and took a 1-0 lead midway through the opening frame when Kyle Zych beat goaltender Tyson Rietveld (Fort Saskatchewan, Alta.) with a quick wrist shot from the face-off dot.
But the Canadian offence would get on track in the second; Tamburello tied the game just 3:56 in, picking up a bank pass from Trudeau and beating U.S. goaltender Kyle Huckaby under his glove.
Sison put Canada ahead for the first time at 12:09, taking a feed from Francis Lacombe (Saint-Zotique, Que.) and converting on a breakaway opportunity to make it a 2-1 game after two periods.
The Canadians took advantage of their scoring chances in the final 15 minutes, scoring on both shots they recorded in the period.
Bucquet made it 3-1 just 52 seconds into the final stanza, taking a pass from Tamburello and going up and over Huckaby through traffic, and Martin capitalized on a loose puck that was sitting in the crease, tucking it under the American netminder at 2:11.
The U.S. replaced Huckaby with Griffin LaMarre, but he didn’t face a shot the rest of the way.
The series continues Saturday night at the Aréna Howie-Morenz (7:30 p.m. ET), before wrapping up on Sunday afternoon (1:30 p.m. ET).
The 33rd Défi sportif AlterGo is an international event designed to bring together both elite and up-and-coming athletes with disabilities. The seven-day event hosts approximately 5,000 athletes from 20 countries who compete in venues throughout Montreal and the South Shore. |
Visiting Team: Canada
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Home Team: United States
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CANADA LINEUP
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Pos |
No. |
Name |
G | 1 | Kingsmill, Adam | G | 30 | Rietveld, Tyson | | 2 | Henry, Tyrone | | 4 | Dunn, James | | 5 | Bucquet, Aurelien | | 7 | Tamburello, Stefano | | 8 | Sison, Branden | | 9 | Smith, Corbyn | | 10 | Cullum, Jordan | | 11 | Martin, Coalton | | 12 | Lambert, Spencer | | 14 | Close, Braden | | 23 | Savage, Zach | | 24 | Lehoux, Antoine | | 26 | Lacombe, Francis | | 28 | Trudeau, Mathieu | | | | | | |
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CANADA PENALTIES
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Per. |
No. |
Min |
Offence |
Off |
PP |
PS |
Start |
On |
1st | 26 | 2:00 | Teeing minor | 11:22 | 1 | | 11:22 | 5:38 | 1st | 4 | 2:00 | (auto) Interference minor | 12:34 | 1 | | 12:34 | 4:26 | 2nd | 26 | 2:00 | (auto) Holding minor | 13:16 | 1 | | 13:16 | 3:44 | 3rd | 5 | 2:00 | (auto) Holding minor | 7:07 | 1 | | 7:07 | 9:53 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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UNITED STATES LINEUP
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Pos |
No. |
Name |
G | 29 | LaMarre, Griffin | G | 30 | Huckaby, Kyle | | 3 | de Quebec, Ralph | | 4 | Grove, Noah | | 5 | Phillips, David | | 7 | Knotts, Erik | | 8 | Wallace, Jack | | 9 | Dodson, Travis | | 11 | DiClaudio, Kelsey | | 13 | Thrailkill Jr., Robert | | 14 | Digby, A.J. | | 15 | Zych, Kyle | | 17 | Hargis, Joshua | | 18 | Lundquist, Vlad | | 23 | Eustace, David | | 24 | Couture, Chandler | | 27 | Bryant, Nathan | | 89 | Gooley, Colin |
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UNITED STATES PENALTIES
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Per. |
No. |
Min |
Offence |
Off |
PP |
PS |
Start |
On |
1st | 11 | 2:00 | (auto) Holding minor | 5:28 | 1 | | 5:28 | 11:32 | 2nd | 8 | 2:00 | Teeing minor | 7:35 | 1 | | 7:35 | 9:25 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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