Game Report 1883		NMT - Karjala Cup
PLAYED AT: Hartwall Arena Date: Nov 12, 2017 GAME NOTES: CANADA FALLS TO FINNS IN KARJALA CUP FINALE JASON LA ROSE HELSINKI, Finland – Gilbert Brulé (Edmonton, Alta./Kunlun Red Star, KHL) and Maxim Noreau (Montreal, Que./SC Bern, NLA) scored to give Canada’s National Men’s Team a pair of one-goal leads, but it dropped a 4-3 decision to Finland to close out the 2017 Karjala Cup on Sunday. The Canadians finished with a win and two losses in the round-robin tournament, good for fourth place. Matt Ellison (Duncan, B.C./Metallurg Magnitogorsk, KHL) did the work on the first goal, battling behind the net before finding Brulé in front to put the Canadians up 1-0 just 2:22 in, but Sakari Manninen got the Finns even 10 minutes later to send the game to the intermission tied 1-1. Noreau restored the lead for Canada midway through the second period, hammering a point shot past Finnish netminder Eero Kilpelainen for a power-play goal, only for the hosts to answer on a very late man advantage of their own; Sami Lepisto beat Ben Scrivens (Spruce Grove, Alta./Salavat Yulaev Ufa, KHL) from the slot with just six seconds left in the middle frame, making it a 2-2 game after 40 minutes. Finland took its first lead less than three minutes into the third period when a bouncing puck found Miro Heiskanen at the side of the net, but Christian Thomas (Toronto, Ont./Wilkes Barre/Scranton, AHL) jumped all over an offensive-zone turnover to bring the Canadians even at 6:25. Eeli Tolvanen provided the winner for the Finns with less than eight minutes to go on another power play, walking in to the face-off dot and wiring a wrist shot over the blocker of Scrivens. The Canadian puck-stopper was terrific in the dying minutes to keep his team within a goal, but Canada couldn’t find the equalizer. Canada continues its Olympic preparations next month for the Channel One Cup in Moscow. It opens the tournament Dec. 13 against Korea, before games against the Czech Republic and the host Russians. Visiting Team: Canada Home Team: Finland
CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Peters, Justin G 30   Scrivens, Ben   2   Stollery, Karl   4   Genoway, Chay   5   Lee, Chris   6   Noreau, Maxim   7   Després, Simon   8   Wolski, Wojtek   9   Raymond, Mason   11   Blacker, Jesse   12   Kinrade, Geoff   14   Kozun, Brandon   17   Bourque, René   18   Vey, Linden   19   Brulé, Gilbert   20   Ellison, Matt   21   Howden, Quinton   22   Spaling, Nick   23   Ebbett, Andrew   25   Purcell, Ted   26   Thomas, Christian   29   Klinkhammer, Rob	CANADA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 12  2:00  Delay of Game 7:55 1   7:55 9:55 2nd 17  2:00  Roughing 13:09     13:09 15:09 2nd 7  2:00  Slashing 14:47 1   14:47 16:47 2nd 17  2:00  Cross-Checking 19:13 1   19:13 19:54 3rd 17  2:00  High-Sticking 12:02 1   12:02 12:36 3rd 5  2:00  Hooking 19:20 1   19:20 20:00	FINLAND LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 19   Koskinen, Mikko G 31   Ortio, Joni G 35   Kilpelainen, Eero   2   Jokipakka, Jyrki   4   Lehtonen, Mikko   5   Kukkonen, Lasse   7   Mikkola, Niko   12   Anttila, Marko   13   Junttila, Julius   18   Lepisto, Sami   20   Tolvanen, Eeli   21   Virtanen, Jesse   22   Niemi, Mika   23   Kemppainen, Joonas   24   Lajunen, Jani   25   Manninen, Sakari   27   Kontiola, Petri   37   Pyorala, Mika   40   Koskiranta, Jarno   41   Pihlstrom, Antti   42   Heiskanen, Miro   47   Lajunen, Ville   50   Koivisto, Miika   55   Ohtamaa, Atte   70   Hartikainen, Teemu   74   Erkinjuntti, Antti   81   Peltola, Jukka   86   Savinainen, Veli-Matti	FINLAND PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 18  2:00  High-Sticking 17:25 1   17:25 0:35 2nd 55  2:00  Holding 7:42 1   7:42 9:36 2nd 18  2:00  Roughing 13:09     13:09 15:09 3rd 18  2:00  Tripping 18:49 1   18:49 20:00

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) FINLAND PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 2:22   19-20-8                         2nd 9:36  PP  6-25                         3rd 6:25   26

FINLAND Goals FINLAND PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 12:19   25-37-21                         2nd 19:54  PP  18-37                         3rd 2:48   42-24-74                         3rd 12:36  PP  20-18-37

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES CANADA 1 / 3 FINLAND 2 / 5 PENALTY SUMMARY CANADA 12 min / 6 inf FINLAND 8 min / 4 inf POINT SUMMARY CANADA 3 G + 3 A = 6 Pts FINLAND 4 G + 7 A = 11 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total CANADA 1 1 1 3 FINLAND 1 1 2 4 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off CAN - Scrivens (58:31) (L) 13 6 7 26 /0:00 3rd/18:31 FIN - Kilpelainen (60:00) (W) 9 6 9 24 /0:00 3rd/20:00 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 NMT - Karjala Cup Game Report.

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