Game Report 183		Spengler Cup
PLAYED AT: Vaillant Arena Date: Dec 30, 2016 GAME NOTES: THREE POINTS FROM POULIOT SEND CANADA TO SPENGLER FINAL JASON LA ROSE DAVOS, Switzerland – Marc-Antoine Pouliot (Quebec City, Que./EHC Biel-Bienne, NLA) scored a goal and set up two others, leading Canada’s National Men’s Team back to the championship game at the Spengler Cup with a 3-2 semifinal win over HC Dinamo Minsk on Friday. Canada will defend its 2015 title against the winner of the HC Davos-HC Lugano semifinal in the final on Saturday (6 a.m. ET/3 a.m. PT, TSN1/4). It will be the 21st championship game appearance for the Canadians, who are in search of their 14th title. Chris DiDomenico (Woodbridge, Ont./SCL Tigers, NLA) and Chay Genoway (Morden, Man./Jokerit Helsinki, KHL) had the other goals for Canada, which avenged a 7-4 loss to Minsk in the tournament opener for both on Monday. The Canadians dominated the first period, outshooting Minsk 21-5, thanks in large part to five power-play opportunities in the opening 20 minutes. Pouliot got the scoring started with his first goal of the tournament at 7:07, taking a no-look, behind-the-back pass from Jacob Micflikier (Winnipeg, Man./EHC Biel-Bienne, NLA) and roofing a shot over the shoulder of Minsk goaltender Ben Scrivens. DiDomenico doubled the lead on the power play seven minutes later; he gathered in the rebound of a Maxim Noreau (Montreal, Que./SC Bern, NLA) shot and tried to feed the puck back in front of the net, only for it to hit a Minsk defender and elude Scrivens. The KHL side enjoyed a long five-on-three to start the second period, and got one goal back when Andrei Stepanov used a Canadian as a screen before rifling a wrist shot over the blocker of netminder Zach Fucale (Rosemère, Que,/Brampton, ECHL), who finished with 21 saves. Both teams traded chances through the second period and early in the third, before the Canadians finally added a little bit of insurance midway through the final frame. Pouliot kept the puck on a two-on-one before a loose puck squirted to Genoway, who hammered a slap shot through two Minsk skaters and Scrivens for the 3-1 goal at 12:29. That would end up as the game-winner after Matt Ellison – who won the Spengler Cup with Canada last year – converted on a five-on-three for Minsk to make it a one-goal game again with 4:44 remaining. The Belarus-based team swarmed the Canadian net with Scrivens on the bench for an extra attacker in the dying minutes, and Rob Klinkhammer hit the post behind Fucale with less than 10 seconds left, but Canada held on to advance. Visiting Team: Canada Home Team: HC Dinamo Minsk
CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   MacIntyre, Drew G 30   Fucale, Zach   3   Gormley, Brandon   4   Genoway, Colby   5   Genoway, Chay   7   Parlett, Blake   11   Campbell, Gregory   16   Spaling, Nick   19   Ebbett, Andrew   21   Raymond, Mason   23   Katic, Mark   25   Emmerton, Cory   26   Heshka, Shaun   36   Flood, Mark   40   Paré, Francis   42   McIntyre, David   55   Vukovic, Daniel   56   Noreau, Maxim   71   Micflikier, Jacob   78   Pouliot, Marc-Antoine   88   Sheppard, James   89   DiDomenico, Chris	CANADA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 36  2:00  Slashing 19:25 1   19:25 1:25 1st 25  2:00  Tripping 19:50 1   19:50 1:50 2nd 88  2:00  Slashing 12:45 1   12:45 14:45 3rd 78  2:00  Hooking 4:03 1   4:03 6:03 3rd 40  2:00  Tripping 13:29 1   13:29 15:29 3rd 26  2:00  Hit to the Head 14:27 1   14:27 16:27 3rd 26  10:00  10-Minute Misconduct 14:27     14:27 20:00	HC DINAMO MINSK LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 30   Scrivens, Ben G 35   Lalande, Kevin G 69   Karnaukhov, Mikhail   2   Gotovets, Kirill   5   Mitskevich, Nikita   8   Shinkevich, Ilya   9   Pettersson, Fredrik   10   Ellison, Matt   11   Kulakov, Alexander   12   Klinkhammer, Rob   13   Drozd, Sergei   14   Lisovets, Evgeny   15   Ambrozheichik, Dmitry   17   Gragnani, Marc-Andre   18   Khenkel, Kristian   19   Komarov, Nikita   22   Karaban, Danila   23   Stas, Andrei   24   Korobov, Dmitry   28   Materukhin, Alexander   55   Bailen, Nick   61   Stepanov, Andrei   68   Kazakevich, Pavel   71   Pavlovic, Alexander   73   Znakharenko, Dmitry   74   Kostitsyn, Sergei   77   Kitarov, Alexander   81   Lopachuk, Stanislav   85   Volkov, Artyom   88   Kovyrshin, Evgeny   91   Gavrus, Artur   92   Graborenko, Roman	HC DINAMO MINSK PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 18  2:00  Interference 2:03 1   2:03 4:03 1st 92  2:00  Hit to the Head 11:09 1   11:09 13:09 1st 92  10:00  10-Minute Misconduct 11:09     11:09 1:09 1st 24  2:00  Boarding 12:43 1   12:43 14:43 1st 30  2:00  Unsportsmanlike Conduct 12:43 1   12:43 14:43 1st 14  2:00  Holding 16:47 1   16:47 18:47 2nd 28  2:00  Interference 4:58 1   4:58 6:58 2nd 30  2:00  Delay of Game 18:06 1   18:06 0:06 3rd 92  2:00  Hooking 8:37 1   8:37 10:37

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) HC DINAMO MINSK PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 7:07   78-71                         1st 14:03  PP  89-56-78                         3rd 12:29   5-78

HC DINAMO MINSK Goals HC DINAMO MINSK PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     2nd 1:43  PP  61-9                         3rd 15:16  PP  10-24-88

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES CANADA 1 / 8 HC DINAMO MINSK 2 / 6 PENALTY SUMMARY CANADA 22 min / 7 inf HC DINAMO MINSK 26 min / 9 inf POINT SUMMARY CANADA 3 G + 4 A = 7 Pts HC DINAMO MINSK 2 G + 3 A = 5 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total CANADA 2 0 1 3 HC DINAMO MINSK 0 1 1 2 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off CAN - Fucale (60:00) (W) 5 10 6 21 /0:00 3rd/20:00 MIN - Scrivens (58:14) (L) 19 6 9 34 /0:00 3rd/18:14 Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:   -  Start:   -  End:   -  Attendance:

OFFICIALS Referee: Referee: Linesmen: Linesmen: CERTIFIED CORRECT   This report has been checked and verified against the Official Spengler Cup Game Report.

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