Game Report 1710

World Junior A Challenge

PLAYED AT: Rath Eastlink Community Centre
Date: Dec 14, 2017
GAME NOTES: U.S. ROLLS PAST RUSSIA, ADVANCES TO GOLD MEDAL GAME JASON LA ROSE TRURO, N.S. - Tyler Madden scored a pair of goals and Jake Kucharski stopped all 21 shots he faced for the shutout, sending the United States back to the gold medal game at the World Junior A Challenge with a 5-0 semifinal win over Russia on Thursday afternoon. The Americans will face either Canada West or the Czech Republic in the final on Saturday (3 p.m. AT, TSN), in search of their second-consecutive gold, and eighth overall. Paul Cotter, Nathan Smith and Jack Dugan also scored for the U.S., which netted a goal in each of the first two periods before scoring three times in the final 6:05 to pull away. Cotter got it started just past the 12-minute mark of the first period, burying a centering pass from Dugan. It could have been much worse for the Russians; Madden and Sam Hentges both hit the post in the first 20 minutes, and goaltender Amir Miftakhof robbed Dugan with the right pad late in the opening frame to keep it a one-goal game. Madden got credit for a follow-the-bouncing-puck goal early in the second period; a shot from Alex Steeves banked off the end boards, hit Madden at the side of the net, then deflected off a Russian defender and in for the 2-0 marker. The Americans smothered a very good Russian offence, holding it to just 14 shots through 40 minutes, and most of the seven Russia managed in the third period came with the game well in hand. Madden added his second goal at 13:55 of the final stanza, knocking in a loose puck in front, Smith finished a set-up from Graham Slaggert at 15:10, and Dugan danced around a Russian before tucking in the fifth and final goal with 50 seconds left. Russia, which lost to the U.S. in the semifinals for the second year in a row, will take on the loser of the West-Czech semifinal in the bronze medal game on Friday night (7:30 p.m. AT).

Visiting Team: United States

Home Team: Russia

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
	8	Phillips, Clayton
	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
	22	Slaggert, Graham
	23	Walker, Nolan
	24	Randl, Jack

UNITED STATES PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	11	2:00	Hooking	1:11	1		1:11	3:11
1st	9	2:00	Tripping	2:10	1		2:10	4:10
2nd	17	2:00	Slashing	7:35	1		7:35	9:35
2nd	5	2:00	Hooking	9:13	1		9:13	11:13
3rd	15	2:00	Slashing	10:37	1		10:37	12:37

RUSSIA LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	1	Miftakhof, Amir
G	29	Isaev, Daniil
	2	Zhilyakov, Bogdan
	3	Galeniuk, Danila
	5	Malyshev, Anton
	6	Yasinsky , Pyotr
	7	Kotkov , Vladislav
	8	Morozov, Ivan
	9	Zhabreyev, Alexander
	10	Rotenberg, Pavel
	11	Rozhkov, Nikita
	14	Denisenko, Grigory
	17	Zavgorodny, Dmitri
	18	Kizimov, Semyon
	19	Rtishchev, Nikita
	22	Iskhakov, Ruslan
	23	Zhuravlev, Daniil
	24	Mikhailov, Vladislav
	25	Misyul, Danil
	26	Romanov, Alexander
	27	Sorkin, Maxim
	28	Okhotyuk, Nikita

RUSSIA PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	2	2:00	Holding	18:49	1		18:49	0:49
2nd	28	2:00	Delay of Game	3:12	1		3:12	5:12
2nd	14	2:00	High-Sticking	7:39	1		7:39	9:39
3rd	23	2:00	Hooking	2:26	1		2:26	4:26
3rd	10	2:00	Boarding	3:42	1		3:42	5:42

UNITED STATES Goals

UNITED STATES PLAYERS (plus)

RUSSIA PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st