Game Report 1707		World Junior A Challenge
PLAYED AT: Rath Eastlink Community Centre Date: Dec 12, 2017 GAME NOTES: U.S. EDGES WEST IN THRILLER TO CLOSE PRELIMS AT WJAC JASON LA ROSE TRURO, N.S. – Jack Dugan poked in a loose puck with 32.7 seconds remaining, giving the United States a narrow 2-1 win over Canada West in the preliminary-round finale Tuesday at the 2017 World Junior A Challenge. The win means the U.S. will face Switzerland in the first quarter-final Wednesday (3:30 p.m. AT), followed by West meeting East in an all-Canadian medal round match-up (7:30 p.m. AT). With overtime looming, Dugan found the puck laying in the crease after a shot from Paul Cotter had squeezed under the arm of Canadian goaltender Zach Rose. The winning goal capped arguably the best game of the tournament thus far, with more than 2,500 fans at the RECC treated to an end-to-end classic between the only two teams to ever win WJAC gold that was short on offence but not on excitement. A fast-paced and physical first period failed to produce a goal, with West holding an 11-8 advantage in shots. The Americans struck first just past the three-minute mark of the second period when a Clayton Phillips shot banked off the skate of Graham Slaggert and right to Cole Guttman, who beat Rose for a 1-0 lead. But the advantage lasted just 35 seconds; Ross Armour finished a beautiful cross-ice feed from Angus Crookshank to pull the Canadians even. Rose and American counterpart Jake Kucharski took over from there, going save for save for close to 36 minutes until Dugan won it for the U.S. The game included only a single penalty, a hooking call on West defenceman Ryan O’Connell in the early minutes. It is just the second game in tournament history with one minor, joining the 2011 gold medal game between Canada East and Canada West. Visiting Team: United States Home Team: Canada West
UNITED STATES LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Kucharski, Jake G 30   Bischel, Ryan   2   Krygier, Christian   5   Blackmun, Chase   6   St. Ivany, Jack   7   Lillibridge, Graham A 8   Phillips, Clayton A 9   Drury, Jack   10   Madden, Tyler   11   Hentges, Sam   12   Dugan, Jack   14   Perbix, Nick   15   Smith, Nathan   16   McLaughlin, Blake   17   Cotter, Paul   18   Bushy, Brendan   19   Guttman, Cole   20   Hall, Curtis   21   Steeves, Alex C 22   Slaggert, Graham   23   Walker, Nolan   24   Randl, Jack	UNITED STATES PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On	CANADA WEST LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Rose, Zach G 31   Adamyk, Mitch   2   Barton, Seth   3   Gourley, Jarrod   4   Bernard-Docker, Jacob A 6   Tychonick, Jonny   7   Lloyd, T.J.   8   Kleiboer, Levi   9   Crookshank, Angus   10   de Jong, Ethan   11   Budy, Brendan   12   Blaisdell, Harrison   14   Gaber, Riese   15   Van Unen, Rylan   16   Holloway, Dylan A 17   Stapley, Brett C 18   Turnbull, Carter   19   Andonovski, Corey   20   Armour, Ross   22   Collin, Chrystopher A 23   Johnson, Kyle   24   O’Connell, Ryan	CANADA WEST PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 24  2:00  Hooking 4:06 1   4:06 6:06

UNITED STATES Goals UNITED STATES PLAYERS (plus) CANADA WEST PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     2nd 3:02   19-22-8                         3rd 19:28   12-17

CANADA WEST Goals CANADA WEST PLAYERS (plus) UNITED STATES PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     2nd 3:37   20-9

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES UNITED STATES 0 / 1 CANADA WEST 0 / 0 PENALTY SUMMARY UNITED STATES 0 min / 0 inf CANADA WEST 2 min / 1 inf POINT SUMMARY UNITED STATES 2 G + 3 A = 5 Pts CANADA WEST 1 G + 1 A = 2 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total UNITED STATES 0 1 1 2 CANADA WEST 0 1 0 1 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off USA - Kucharski (60:00) (W) 11 7 9 27 /0:00 3rd/20:00 CAN-W - Rose (59:45) (L) 8 8 9 25 /0:00 3rd/19:45 Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:   -  Start: 7:37 PM   -  End: 9:43 PM   -  Attendance: 2500

OFFICIALS Referee: Referee: Linesmen: Linesmen: CERTIFIED CORRECT   This report has been checked and verified against the Official World Junior A Challenge Game Report.

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