Game Report 1711

World Junior A Challenge

PLAYED AT: Rath Eastlink Community Centre
Date: Dec 14, 2017
GAME NOTES: WEST EXPLODES LATE, BOOKS SPOT IN WJAC GOLD MEDAL GAME JASON LA ROSE TRURO, N.S. - Angus Crookshank scored the first of four goals in the final nine minutes, helping Canada West to a 5-1 semifinal win over the Czech Republic on Thursday night and a spot in the gold medal game at the 2017 World Junior A Challenge. The westerners will face off against the United States on Saturday (3 p.m. AT on TSN) in a showdown of the only two teams to ever win WJAC gold - the U.S. has claimed seven titles, while West owns the other four. Brett Stapley scored a pair of goals for the Canadians, while Dylan Holloway and Brendan Budy added one each. In all, 11 different skaters got their names on the scoresheet for West. The game was a battle of the goaltenders early, with Canadian netminder Zach Rose and Czech counterpart Milan Kloucek combining for 21 saves in a scoreless first period. Canada West had the run of play in the second, outshooting the Czechs 12-4, and finally broke through thanks to Stapley; he went end-to-end before cutting into the slot and catching Kloucek going the wrong way, putting the Canadians up a goal after 40 minutes. Jan Kern tied the game with an impressive effort of his own midway through the third period, taking a blind, behind-the-back swat at a rebound and knocking it past Rose with 9:32 remaining. But it was all West after that. Crookshank was first at 11:09, squeezing a shot past Kloucek from a sharp angle, and Holloway raced down the left wing before going short-side on the Czech goaltender to make it a 3-1 game at 14:02. Stapley showed off his hands in close to net his second and make it a three-goal game at 16:45, and Budy streaked down the middle to finish the scoring at 18:53, delighting the pro-Canadian crowd at the RECC. Canada West is only the second team to lose both of its preliminary-round games in regulation time and still reach the final; West turned the trick itself in 2011, when it won gold in Langley, B.C. The loss sends the Czech Republic to the bronze medal game; it will face Russia on Friday night (7:30 p.m. AT) in a rematch of last year's third-place game, which was a 7-4 win for the Russians.

Visiting Team: Canada West

Home Team: Czech Republic

CANADA WEST LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	1	Rose, Zach
G	31	Adamyk, Mitch
	2	Barton, Seth
	3	Gourley, Jarrod
	4	Bernard-Docker, Jacob
	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
	17	Stapley, Brett
	18	Turnbull, Carter
	19	Andonovski, Corey
	20	Armour, Ross
	22	Collin, Chrystopher
	23	Johnson, Kyle

CANADA WEST PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	12	2:00	Slashing	11:18	1		11:18	13:18
1st	14	2:00	Cross-Checking	15:19	1		15:19	17:19
2nd		2:00	Too Many Players	6:38	1		6:38	8:38
3rd	6	2:00	Hooking	4:29	1		4:29	6:29
3rd	6	2:00	Delay of Game	7:35	1		7:35	9:35
3rd	11	2:00	Tripping	18:59	1		18:59	20:00

CZECH REPUBLIC LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	1	Brízgala, Adam
G	30	Kloucek, Milan
	3	Salda, Radim
	5	Bednar, Jan
	6	Kunst, Vratislav
	8	Veber, Vaclav
	9	Bukac, Daniel
	10	Havranek, Tomas
	11	Eret, Petr
	12	Sedlak, Zdenek
	13	Chrtek, Ondrej
	14	Mysak, Josef
	15	Dvorak, Jaroslav
	16	Vochozka, Tomas
	18	Cajka, Petr
	20	Blumel, Matej
	21	Kofron , David
	22	Kvasnicka, David
	23	Vaclavek, Jan
	24	Novak, Matej
	28	Kousal, Pavel

CZECH REPUBLIC PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	13	2:00	Interference	11:44	1		11:44	13:44
2nd	10	2:00	Slashing	13:59	1		13:59	15:59
2nd		2:00	Too Many Players	19:26	1		19:26	1:26

CANADA WEST Goals

CANADA WEST PLAYERS (plus)

CZECH REPUBLIC PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

2nd