Game Report 1714

World Junior A Challenge

PLAYED AT: Rath Eastlink Community Centre
Date: Dec 16, 2017
GAME NOTES: ROSE LEADS WEST TO WJAC GOLD JASON LA ROSE TRURO, N.S. - Zach Rose was spectacular in a 35-save performance, Angus Crookshank scored the game-winning goal and added an assist, and Canada West beat the United States 5-1 on Saturday to win the gold medal at the 2017 World Junior A Challenge. It is the fifth gold for West - joining 2006, 2007, 2011 and 2015 - and the first time in four tries it has topped the Americans in the final. Rose - who was named tournament MVP following the game - was at his best in the final 40 minutes, making 14 saves in the second period and 12 more in the third to help the Canadians to the top of the podium. West spread around the scoring, with five different players scoring goals and 10 recording points. Brendan Budy netted the all-important first goal, racing away on a shorthanded breakaway and beating U.S. goaltender Jake Kucharski on the blocker side just 9:06 in. Crookshank, Budy's teammate with the BCHL's Langley Rivermen, doubled the advantage three-and-a-half minutes later, playing give and go with Ethan de Jong to send the Canadians to the dressing room up by a pair. The Americans poured on the pressure in the second period, outshooting West 15-6, but Rose was up to the task with one of his best periods of the tournament. Corey Andonovski gave the westerners a little more breathing room at 12:15 of the middle frame, dancing around a defender before sneaking in a shot to the far side of Kucharski. That would be all for the U.S. netminder, who had allowed just a single goal in two games entering the final. He was replaced by Ryan Bischel after giving up three on 12 shots in 32 minutes of work. Jake Drury gave the Americans life with a power play goal late in the second period, chipping a rebound over Rose. Sam Hentges was inches away from pulling the U.S. within one, but his shot rang off the crossbar in the dying seconds to keep it a 3-1 game after 40 minutes. Any U.S. momentum disappeared early in the third; Crookshank set up Armour for his fourth goal of the tournament at 6:36, and Carter Turnbull forced a turnover deep in the American zone before feeding Dylan Holloway for the fifth and final Canadian marker just 32 seconds later. West became just the second team in the 12-year history of the World Junior A Challenge to win gold after losing both of its preliminary-round games, joining the 2011 edition of Canada West.

Visiting Team: Canada West

Home Team: United States

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	1	2:00	Delay of Game	4:39	1		4:39	6:39
1st	4	2:00	Hooking	7:20	1		7:20	9:20
2nd	2	2:00	Hooking	13:04	1		13:04	14:38
3rd	20	2:00	Hooking	9:28	1		9:28	11:28

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	6	2:00	Kneeing	2:32	1		2:32	4:39
2nd		2:00	Too Many Players	15:04	1		15:04	17:04

CANADA WEST Goals

CANADA WEST PLAYERS (plus)

UNITED STATES PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st