Game Report 1843

Olympic Winter Games - Men

PLAYED AT: Gangneung Hockey Centre
Date: Feb 24, 2018
GAME NOTES: CANADA TOPS CZECHS TO WIN OLYMPIC BRONZE JASON LA ROSE GANGNEUNG, South Korea - Andrew Ebbett (Vernon, B.C./SC Bern, NLA) and Chris Kelly (Toronto, Ont./Belleville, AHL) scored two goals apiece, leading Canada's Men's Olympic Team to the bronze medal at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games with a 6-4 win over the Czech Republic on Saturday. It is the 16th time Canada has medalled at the Olympics - nine gold (1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1948, 1952, 2002, 2010, 2014), four silver (1936, 1960, 1992, 1994) and three bronze (1956, 1968, 2018). Rob Klinkhammer (Lethbridge, Alta./Ak Bars Kazan, KHL), Cody Goloubef (Oakville, Ont./Stockton, AHL) and Brandon Kozun (Calgary, Alta./Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, KHL) added two assists each for the Canadians, who got points from 11 different players and 30 saves from Kevin Poulin (Montreal, Que./EHC Kloten, NLA). Ebbett struck first on the power play just shy of the nine-minute mark; a shot from Mat Robinson (Calgary, Alta./CSKA Moscow, KHL) hit a Czech stick and the skate of Ebbett before sneaking past goaltender Pavel Francouz. The Czechs quickly answered when Martin Ruzicka beat Poulin, but Kelly tipped in a point shot from Goloubef to cap a three-goals-in-31-seconds spurt and restore the Canadian lead. Derek Roy (Rockland, Ont./Linköping HC, SHL) made it a two-goal advantage before the end of the opening frame, tucking a backhand past Francouz after a pretty set-up from Kozun. A scoreless second period gave way to a wild third, with the teams combining for six goals in the final 20 minutes. Ebbett got it started with his second of the game at 5:50, redirecting a centering pass from Kozun, only for Jan Kovar to answer for the Czechs just 46 seconds later. Kelly got his second at 9:37, going off the post and in from the slot, and after a Czech goal was waved off for goaltender interference, Wojtek Wolski (Toronto, Ont./Metallurg Magnitogorsk, KHL) batted in a rebound with 4:37 left to make it a 6-2 game. Roman Cervenka scored a pair for the Europeans in the final four minutes to make it interesting, but the Canadians closed out the win to earn a medal for the third-consecutive Olympics. Roy and Maxim Noreau (Montreal, Que./SC Bern, NLA) finished as Canada's leading scorers with two goals and five assists each. With the gold medal game remaining, Noreau tops all defenceman in scoring.

Visiting Team: Canada

Home Team: Czech Republic

CANADA LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	30	Scrivens, Ben
G	31	Poulin, Kevin
G	35	Peters, Justin
	3	Stollery, Karl
	4	Lee, Chris
	5	Genoway, Chay
	8	Wolski, Wojtek
	9	Roy, Derek
	11	Kelly, Chris
	12	Klinkhammer, Rob
	15	Kozun, Brandon
	16	Howden, Quinton
	17	Bourque, René
	18	Gragnani, Marc-Andre
	19	Ebbett, Andrew
	21	Raymond, Mason
	22	O’Dell, Eric
	24	Elliott, Stefan
	27	Goloubef, Cody
	37	Robinson, Mat
	40	Lapierre, Maxim
	56	Noreau, Maxim
	91	Vey, Linden
	92	Thomas, Christian

CANADA PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	27	2:00	Tripping	11:42	1		11:42	13:42
2nd	9	2:00	Hooking	14:33	1		14:33	16:33
3rd		2:00	Too Many Players	16:55	1		16:55	17:55

CZECH REPUBLIC LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	32	Bartosak, Patrik
G	33	Francouz, Pavel
G	38	Furch, Dominik
	10	Beranek, Ondrej
	16	Birner, Michal
	18	Kubalik, Dominik
	23	Nemec, Ondrej
	27	Ruzicka, Martin
	29	Kolar, Jan
	42	Koukal, Petr
	43	Kovar, Jan
	47	Jordan, Michal
	51	Horak, Roman
	61	Polasek, Adam
	62	Repik, Michal
	64	Sekac, Jiri
	65	Mozik, Vojtech
	69	Radil, Lukas
	74	Vistasek, Ondrej
	79	Zohorna, Tomas
	82	Vondrka, Michal
	84	Pyrochta, Filip
	86	Mertl, Tomas
	87	Nakladal, Jakub
	91	Erat, Martin

CZECH REPUBLIC PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	27	2:00	Hooking	7:21	1		7:21	8:57
2nd	91	2:00	Slashing	8:02	1		8:02	10:02

CANADA Goals

CANADA PLAYERS (plus)

CZECH REPUBLIC PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st