Game Report 1712

World Junior A Challenge

PLAYED AT: Rath Eastlink Community Centre
Date: Dec 15, 2017
GAME NOTES: THEOCHARIDIS GETS OT WINNER, EAST EARNS FIFTH PLACE AT WJAC JASON LA ROSE TRURO, N.S. - Tim Theocharidis scored with 41.2 seconds left in overtime, giving Canada East a come-from-behind 3-2 win over Switzerland on Friday night and fifth place at the 2017 World Junior A Challenge. With a shootout looking likely, Jack McBain kept the puck in at the Swiss blue-line and let go a wrist shot that bounced off the end boards and tipped off the stick of Zachary Tupker, bouncing in front for the East captain to tap into an empty net. The Canadians trailed in the final minute before Colin Doyle poked in the game-tying goal at 19:41 of the third period, sending the game to extra time. After a scoreless first period that saw the Swiss outshoot East 12-9, Colton Kalezic needed just 17 seconds of the second to open the scoring, tapping his own rebound past goaltender Luca Jan Hollenstein after a set-up from McBain. Gian-Marco Wetter equalized for Switzerland on a power play later in the middle frame, going five-hole on East netminder Jett Alexander to send the game to the intermission even after 40 minutes. Dario Wüthrich gave the Swiss the lead with less than five minutes to go, jumping in off the blue-line and snapping a shot past the blocker of Alexander, but Doyle jabbed at a loose puck in the crease to keep the Canadians alive. The win kept East from going winless for just the second time in tournament history, while Switzerland finished sixth for the third year in a row and has now 12 consecutive World Junior A Challenge games.

Visiting Team: Switzerland

Home Team: Canada East

SWITZERLAND LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	29	Schmid, Akira
G	30	Hollenstein, Luca Jan
	2	Wüest, Simon
	5	Anex, Guillaume
	6	Kiener, Luca
	7	Matewa, Lucas
	8	Tanner, Ramon
	9	Henauer, Mika
	10	Aebischer, David
	12	Dopfner, Andreas
	13	Verboon, Matthew
	15	Vouardoux, Loic
	16	De Nisco, Luca
	17	Lehmann, Marco
	18	Wüthrich, Dario
	21	Mettler, Julian
	23	Weibel, Keijo
	24	Vouillamoz, Mathieu
	25	Petrig, Jan
	27	Sopa, Kyen
	28	Wetter, Gian-Marco

SWITZERLAND PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
3rd	5	2:00	Roughing	9:48	1		9:48	11:48

CANADA EAST LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	1	Battaglia, Noah
G	31	Alexander, Jett
	4	Townend, Cade
	5	Snell, Mason
	6	Theocharidis, Tim
	7	Maziarz, Joey
	8	Kellenberger, Matthew
	9	Campoli, Nick
	10	Dicaire, Derek
	11	MacEachern, Connor
	12	Lowry, Mac
	14	Evans, Ben
	15	Doyle, Colin
	16	Tupker, Zachary
	17	Kalezic, Colton
	19	McBain, Jack
	20	Thibeault, Francis
	21	Johnston, Logan
	22	Clarke, Jeff
	23	Evans, Finn
	24	Girduckis, Aidan

CANADA EAST PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	8	2:00	Delay of Game	16:04	1		16:04	18:04
2nd	21	2:00	Boarding	4:33	1		4:33	6:33
2nd	4	2:00	Holding	11:10	1		11:10	12:35
3rd	20	2:00	Boarding	4:50	1		4:50	6:50

SWITZERLAND Goals

SWITZERLAND PLAYERS (plus)

CANADA EAST PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

2nd

12:35

28-21-23

3rd

15:05

18-24-23

CANADA EAST Goals

CANADA EAST PLAYERS (plus)

SWITZERLAND PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

2nd

:17

17-19

3rd

19:41

15-23

1st OT

4:19

6-16-19

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
SWITZERLAND	1 / 4
CANADA EAST	0 / 1

PENALTY SUMMARY
SWITZERLAND	2 min / 1 inf
CANADA EAST	8 min / 4 inf

POINT SUMMARY
SWITZERLAND	2 G + 4 A = 6 Pts
CANADA EAST	3 G + 4 A = 7 Pts

SCORING	1	2	3	OT1	Total
SWITZERLAND	0	1	1	0	2
CANADA EAST	0	1	1	1	3

GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time)	1	2	3	OT1	Tot.	On	Off
SUI - Hollenstein (64:14) (OTL)	9	11	8	1	29	/0:00	1st OT/4:14
CAN-E - Alexander (59:24) (W)	12	10	4	0	26	/0:00	3rd/19:24
CAN-E - Alexander (4:50) (W)	0	0	0	0	0	/19:24	1st OT/4:14

Stars of the Game	TIME OF GAME:
-	Start:	3:37 PM
-	End:	5:51 PM
-	Attendance:

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CERTIFIED CORRECT

This report has been checked and verified against the Official World Junior A Challenge Game Report.

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