Game Report 1935

IIHF World Junior Championship

PLAYED AT: Key Bank Center
Date: Jan 4, 2018
GAME NOTES: BATHERSON SCORES THREE, CANADA ADVANCE TO WJC FINAL JASON LA ROSE BUFFALO, N.Y. - Drake Batherson (New Minas, N.S./Cape Breton, QMJHL) led the offence with a hat trick, and Canada's National Junior Team moved into the gold medal game at the 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship with a 7-2 semifinal win over the Czech Republic on Thursday. The Canadians will face Sweden in the final Friday (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT), one win away from extending their own World Juniors record with a 17th gold medal. Batherson scored three times in just under 19 minutes across the first and second periods, giving him five goals in two medal round games, and seven in all - good for the tournament co-lead. The Czechs came out with jump and took an early lead when Filip Zadina cut to the middle of the ice and snapped a quick shot over the glove of Carter Hart (Sherwood Park, Alta./Everett, WHL) just six minutes in, but the Canadian power play took over from there. Sam Steel (Sherwood Park, Alta./Regina, WHL) hammered in a one-timer to get Canada even with the man advantage at 15:05, and Batherson redirected a Cale Makar (Calgary, Alta./University of Massachusetts, HE) shot for another power-play marker at 18:08 and a 2-1 lead after one period. The third Canadian goal was a carbon copy of the second, with Batherson getting his stick on a shot from Makar on the power play just shy of the eight-minute mark of the second period. Maxime Comtois (Longueuil, Que./Victoriaville, QMJHL) finished a set-up from Brett Howden (Oakbank, Man./Moose Jaw, WHL) less than two minutes later and Jordan Kyrou (Toronto, Ont./Sarnia, OHL) outwaited Czech goaltender Josef Korenar at 12:15 before Batherson drove to the net to finish his hat trick at 16:58, chasing Korenar and making it a 6-1 game through 40 minutes. The teams traded goals in the third; Boris Katchouk (Waterloo, Ont./Sault Ste. Marie, OHL) whipped in a wrist shot to convert the Canadian touchdown at 5:15, and Zadina knocked in a rebound with just under 10 minutes to go to provide the final margin of victory. Canada is into the gold medal game for the 16th time in 23 tournaments since the IIHF adopted the playoff format in 1996. Friday will mark 10 years to the day that Matt Halischuk scored in overtime to give Canada a 3-2 overtime win over Sweden and its fourth-consecutive gold.

Visiting Team: Czech Republic

Home Team: Canada

CZECH REPUBLIC LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	1	Skarek, Jakub
G	30	Korenar, Josef
	3	Hajek, Libor
	6	Zachar, Marek
	7	Mikyska, Dalimil
	8	Kvasnica, Michal
	12	Hrdinka, Frantisek
	14	Vala, Ondrej
	15	Kurovsky, Daniel
	16	Kaut, Martin
	17	Chytil, Filip
	18	Safin, Ostap
	19	Budik, Vojtech
	21	Blumel, Matej
	22	Reichel, Kristian
	23	Galvas, Jakub
	25	Pavlik, Radovan
	27	Pekar, Matej
	28	Kodytek, Petr
	29	Michnac, Albert

CZECH REPUBLIC PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	16	2:00	Delay of Game	14:10	1		14:10	15:05
1st	29	2:00	Cross-Checking	16:11	1		16:11	18:08
2nd	7	2:00	Roughing	7:36	1		7:36	7:48
2nd	27	2:00	High-Sticking	19:22	1		19:22	1:22

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
1st	24	2:00	Elbowing	8:28	1		8:28	10:28
2nd	12	2:00	High-Sticking	1:53	1		1:53	3:53
3rd	19	2:00	Tripping	6:46	1		6:46	8:46
3rd	24	2:00	Holding	11:33	1		11:33	13:33
3rd	3	2:00	Hooking	17:11	1		17:11	19:11

CZECH REPUBLIC Goals

CZECH REPUBLIC PLAYERS (plus)

CANADA PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st

5:55

18-8-29

3rd

10:11

18-19

CANADA Goals

CANADA PLAYERS (plus)

CZECH REPUBLIC PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st