Game Report 1913 IIHF World Junior Championship
PLAYED AT: Key Bank Center
Date: Dec 27, 2017
GAME NOTES: POINT GETS SHUTOUT, CANADA BLANKS SLOVAKS AT WJC JASON LA ROSE BUFFALO, N.Y. – Colton Point (North Bay, Ont./Colgate University, ECAC) made 20 saves for the shutout in his Program of Excellence debut, backstopping Canada’s National Junior Team to a 6-0 win over Slovakia on Wednesday night at the 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship. Point made six saves each in the first and third periods and eight in the second to help the Canadians stay perfect at the World Juniors, and stay unbeaten all-time against the Slovaks (11-0-1). Sam Steel (Sherwood Park, Alta./Regina, WHL) needed just 2:39 to open the scoring, banging in a loose puck after a point shot from Cale Makar (Calgary, Alta./University of Massachusetts, HE) pinballed to the side of the net. That was it for scoring in the first period despite Canada holding a 13-6 advantage in shots on goal. The Canadians pulled away in the second, finding the back of the net three times in just over nine minutes to take control. Jordan Kyrou (Toronto, Ont,/Sarnia, OHL) doubled the lead to 2-0 on the power play, sliding the puck through the legs of a defender before whipping a wrist shot past Slovak netminder David Hrenak only 84 seconds into the middle frame. Jonah Gadjovich (Whitby, Ont,/Owen Sound, OHL) tucked in his first of two goals at 5:43, and Taylor Raddysh (Caledon, Ont./Erie, OHL) buried his own rebound from in close on another Canadian man advantage at 10:33 to make it a four-goal lead after 40 minutes. A pair of late goals capped the scoring in the third period; Maxime Comtois (Longueuil, Que./Victoriaville, QMJHL) jumped on an offensive-zone turnover and roofed a backhand past Hrenak, before Gadjovich redirected a feed from Michael McLeod (Mississauga, Ont./Mississauga, OHL) with 90 seconds left. Canada heads outside for its next preliminary-round game, taking on the host United States on Friday afternoon (3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT) in the first outdoor game in IIHF World Junior Championship history.
Visiting Team: Canada
Home Team: Slovakia
CANADA LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G Point, Colton
G31  Hart, Carter
  Bean, Jake
  Timmins, Conor
  Foote, Cal
  Makar, Cale
  Fabbro, Dante
  Dubé, Dillon
 10  Clague, Kale
 11  Gadjovich, Jonah
 12  Katchouk, Boris
 14  Comtois, Maxime
 16  Raddysh, Taylor
 17  Steenbergen, Tyler
 19  Batherson, Drake
 20  McLeod, Michael
 21  Howden, Brett
 23  Steel, Sam
 24  Formenton, Alex
 25  Kyrou, Jordan
 27  Thomas, Robert
 28  Mete, Victor
   
CANADA PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
2nd19 2:00 Tripping 16:001 18:00
3rd11 2:00 Charging 10:111 12:11
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
SLOVAKIA LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G Hrenak, David
G Kostelny, Jakub
G30  Durny, Roman
  Hedera, Tomas
  Smolka, Erik
  Bodak, Martin
  Fehervary, Martin
  Korencik, Marek
  Matejovic, David
 12  Ivan, Michal
 13  Bucek, Samuel
 14  Cacho, Viliam
 16  Krivosik, Filip
 17  Kelemen, Milos
 18  Liska, Adam
 19  Studenic, Marian
 20  Kundrik, Peter
 21  Ruzicka, Adam
 23  Solensky, Samuel
 24  Zeleňák, Vojtech
 25  Tamasi, Alex
 26  Roman, Milos
 27  Fereta, Samuel
SLOVAKIA PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st27 2:00 Holding 18:111 0:11
2nd2:00 Holding 0:091 1:24
2nd2:00 Holding 8:491 10:49
3rd23 2:00 Face-off Violation 5:381 7:38
3rd16 2:00 Hooking 12:461 14:46
3rd2:00 Hooking 16:351 18:30
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) SLOVAKIA PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
1st2:39  23-7-25            
2nd1:24 PP 25-28-9            
2nd5:43  11-7            
2nd10:33 PP 16-25-23            
3rd15:58  14            
3rd18:30 PP 11-20-3            
SLOVAKIA Goals SLOVAKIA PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
                
                
                
                
                
                
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
CANADA 3 / 6
SLOVAKIA 0 / 2
PENALTY SUMMARY
CANADA 4 min / 2 inf
SLOVAKIA 12 min / 6 inf
POINT SUMMARY
CANADA 6 G + 9 A = 15 Pts
SLOVAKIA 0 G + A = 0 Pts
SCORING 1 2 3 Total
CANADA1326
SLOVAKIA0000
GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off
CAN - Point (60:00) (W)68620/0:003rd/20:00
SVK - Hrenak (60:00) (L)12181646/0:003rd/20:00
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This report has been checked and verified against the Official IIHF World Junior Championship Game Report.

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