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 1   Point, Colton G 31   Hart, Carter   2   Bean, Jake   3   Timmins, Conor   6   Foote, Cal   7   Makar, Cale   8   Fabbro, Dante   9   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 2nd 19  2:00  Tripping 16:00 1   18:00 3rd 11  2:00  Charging 10:11 1   12:11	SLOVAKIA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Hrenak, David G 2   Kostelny, Jakub G 30   Durny, Roman   3   Hedera, Tomas   4   Smolka, Erik   5   Bodak, Martin   6   Fehervary, Martin   7   Korencik, Marek   9   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 1st 27  2:00  Holding 18:11 1   0:11 2nd 7  2:00  Holding 0:09 1   1:24 2nd 7  2:00  Holding 8:49 1   10:49 3rd 23  2:00  Face-off Violation 5:38 1   7:38 3rd 16  2:00  Hooking 12:46 1   14:46 3rd 3  2:00  Hooking 16:35 1   18:30

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) SLOVAKIA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 2:39   23-7-25                         2nd 1:24  PP  25-28-9                         2nd 5:43   11-7                         2nd 10:33  PP  16-25-23                         3rd 15:58   14                         3rd 18:30  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 CANADA 1 3 2 6 SLOVAKIA 0 0 0 0 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off CAN - Point (60:00) (W) 6 8 6 20 /0:00 3rd/20:00 SVK - Hrenak (60:00) (L) 12 18 16 46 /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 IIHF World Junior Championship Game Report.

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