Game Report 193

IIHF World Junior Championship

PLAYED AT: Air Canada Centre
Date: Dec 27, 2016
GAME NOTES: CANADA BLANKS SLOVAKIA FOR SECOND WIN WENDY GRAVES TORONTO, Ont. – Canada’s National Junior Team completely shut the door on Slovakia on the second day of the 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship, limiting its opponent to only six shots on net – tying a team record for fewest allowed – in earning a 5-0 win. In 1983, Canada held Norway to half a dozen shots in a 13-0 victory. Connor Ingram (Imperial, Sask./Kamloops, WHL) was barely tested in picking up his first international win. Canada, in turn, fired 44 shots on Slovakian netminder Adam Huska. Jérémy Lauzon (Val-d’Or, Que./Rouyn-Noranda, QMJHL), Taylor Raddysh (Caledon, Ont./Erie, OHL), Anthony Cirelli (Woodbridge, Ont./Oshawa, OHL), Thomas Chabot (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce, Que./Saint John, QMJHL) and Michael McLeod (Mississauga, Ont./Mississauga, OHL) scored the goals. Chabot, Lauzon and Cirelli also had an assist each. After no real excitement over the first 20 minutes, Canada broke the game open with a four-goal second period. Lauzon got the ball rolling, taking a short pass from Tyson Jost (Kelowna, B.C./University of North Dakota, NCHC) and going glove side from the slot. Midway through, off a turnover in the neutral zone, Mathieu Joseph (Chambly, Que./Saint John, QMJHL) drove to the net and drew a tripping penalty. Canada controlled played in the offensive zone throughout the ensuing power play, with Raddysh finishing a below-the-goal-line pass from Pierre-Luc Dubois (Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Que./Cape Breton, QMJHL) to make it 2-0. Just 1:40 later Cirelli redirected a shot from Lauzon for Canada’s third goal. Canada then scored its second power play goal of the period. Chabot beat Huska cleanly from above the right face-off circle. The team now has five power play goals through two games. By the end of the second period Canada had more goals (4) than Slovakia had shots on net (3). The scoring was complete when Cirelli sent a centering pass to McLeod for an easy tap-in early in the third period. Canada now has a day off. Its next game is against Latvia on Thursday (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT).

Visiting Team: Canada

Home Team: Slovakia

CANADA LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	1	Ingram, Connor
G	31	Hart, Carter
	2	Bean, Jake
	3	Juulsen, Noah
	5	Chabot, Thomas
	6	Myers, Philippe
	8	Fabbro, Dante
	9	Dubé, Dillon
	10	Clague, Kale
	11	Joseph, Mathieu
	12	Gauthier, Julien
	14	Barzal, Mathew
	15	Lauzon, Jérémy
	16	Raddysh, Taylor
	17	Jost, Tyson
	18	Dubois, Pierre-Luc
	19	Strome, Dylan
	20	McLeod, Michael
	21	Speers, Blake
	22	Cirelli, Anthony
	25	Roy, Nicolas
	27	Stephens, Mitchell

CANADA PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	3	2:00	Interference	8:54	1		8:54	10:54
2nd	6	2:00	High-Sticking	7:39	1		7:39	9:39

SLOVAKIA LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	1	Durny, Roman
G	2	Tomek, Matej
G	30	Huska, Adam
	3	Bodak, Martin
	4	Kosecky, Oliver
	6	Fehervary, Martin
	7	Hain, Samuel
	8	Hecl, Marek
	11	Bondra, Radovan
	12	Studenic, Marian
	14	Cernak, Erik
	15	Sloboda, Marek
	16	Hatala, Andrej
	17	Grman, Mario
	18	Sadecky, Boris
	20	Ruzicka, Adam
	22	Pataky, Oliver
	23	Andrisik, Martin
	25	Struska, Miroslav
	26	Roman, Milos
	27	Lestan, Filip
	29	Osko, Patrik

SLOVAKIA PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	16	2:00	Hooking	15:38	1		15:38	17:38
2nd	17	2:00	Tripping	9:50	1		9:50	11:50
2nd	3	2:00	Slashing	13:51	1		13:51	15:51
2nd	11	2:00	Tripping	15:25	1		15:25	17:25

CANADA Goals

CANADA PLAYERS (plus)

SLOVAKIA PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

2nd