Game Report 2024		Spengler Cup
PLAYED AT: Vaillant Arena Date: Dec 26, 2017 GAME NOTES: CANADA OPENS TITLE DEFENCE WITH WIN AT SPENGLER CUP JASON LA ROSE DAVOS, Switzerland – David McIntyre (Pefferlaw, Ont./EV Zug, NLA) scored the game-winning goal shorthanded with just over six minutes to go, and Canada survived a frantic finish to earn a 5-3 win over Mountfield HK in its opening game Tuesday at the 2017 Spengler Cup. With the Canadians nursing a one-goal lead late and the Czech side pushing for the equalizer, McIntyre picked up a loose puck in the neutral zone and wired a shot over the blocker of Patrik Rybar to make it 4-2. Mountfield got one in the dying minutes to get within one again, but P-A Parenteau (Boucherville, Que./Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg, KHL) found the empty net with 33.6 seconds left to secure the win for Canada. Five different players scored goals for the Canadians, who got two assists apiece from Jay McClement (Kingston, Ont./EHC Olten, NLB) and Maxim Noreau (Montreal, Que./SC Bern, NLA) as it opened defence of its 2015 and 2016 titles with a win. It was Mountfield who struck first midway through the first period when Lukas Vopelka beat Canadian netminder Barry Brust (Swan River, Man./HC Fribourg-Gottéron, NLA) up and over the shoulder, but a point shot from Victor Bartley (Maple Ridge, B.C./Örebro, HK, SHL) banked off the end boards, off the skate of Rybar and in to tie the game less than five minutes later. Curtis Hamilton (Kelowna, B.C./SC Rapperswil-Jona, NLA) gave Canada the lead in the final minute of the opening frame, redirecting in the 2-1 after pretty passing from Jeremy Davies (Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Que./Northeastern University, HE) and McClement. Oskars Cibulskis tied it for the Extraliga team 4:03 into the second period, banking a centering pass off a Canadian defender and past Brust, but a point shot from Noreau hit the pants of Mason Raymond (Cochrane, Alta./SC Bern, NLA) and eluded Rybar for a power-play goal and a 3-2 lead after 40 minutes. Mountfield had an 11-4 advantage in shots on goal in the third – and 33-28 overall – but couldn’t get closer than one goal. The win means Canada will enjoy an off day Wednesday before facing tournament host HC Davos to wrap up the preliminary round on Thursday (2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT). Visiting Team: Canada Home Team: Mountfield HK
CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 31   Poulin, Kevin G 33   Brust, Barry   4   Hickey, Brandon   7   McIntyre, David   9   Raymond, Mason   10   Hamilton, Curtis   11   McClement, Jay   15   Parenteau, P-A   18   Evans, Jake   19   Ebbett, Andrew   21   Kelly, Chris   22   Schultz, Jeff   25   Lapierre, Maxim   26   Thomas, Christian   27   Goloubef, Cody   36   D’Agostini, Matt   56   Noreau, Maxim   74   Sikura, Dylan   76   Davies, Jeremy   78   Bartley, Victor	CANADA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 7  2:00  Interference 9:58 1   11:58 2nd 11  2:00  Hooking 19:05     1:05 3rd 27  2:00  High-Sticking 13:05 1   15:05 3rd 11  2:00  Slashing 15:25 1   17:25 3rd 4  2:00  Interference 16:40     18:40	MOUNTFIELD HK LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 31   Pavelka, Jaroslav G 42   Rybar, Patrik G 85   Horcicka, Lubos   6   Cingel, Lukas   9   Köhler, Bedrich   14   Miskar, Patrik   15   Gregorc, Blaz   16   Kukumberg, Roman   17   Berger, Jan   19   Planek, Martin   20   Zamorsky, Petr   21   Koukal, Petr   22   Simanek, Jiri   23   Vydareny, Rene   24   Zigo, Tomas   25   Dzerins, Andris   26   Bednar, Jaroslav   27   Cibulskis, Oskars   29   Dragoun, Michal   36   Vopelka, Lukas   45   Pavlik, Filip   51   Granak, Dominik   52   Lhotak, Lukas   53   Gernat, Martin   62   Latal, Martin   65   Cerveny, Rudolf   70   Smolenak, Radek	MOUNTFIELD HK PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 2nd 27  2:00  Hooking 4:03 1   6:03 2nd 19  2:00  Holding 8:29 1   9:34 2nd 70  2:00  Tripping 13:30 1   15:30 2nd 27  2:00  Holding 15:45 1   17:45 2nd 36  2:00  Holding the Stick 19:05     1:05 3rd 21  2:00  Tripping 16:40     16:40

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) MOUNTFIELD HK PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 14:23   78-11-25                         1st 19:22   10-76-11                         2nd 9:34  PP  9-56-19                         3rd 13:42  SH  7                         3rd 19:26   15-7-56

MOUNTFIELD HK Goals MOUNTFIELD HK PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 12:28   36-53-16                         2nd 7:41   27-26-20                         3rd 18:12   25-6-22

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES CANADA 1 / 4 MOUNTFIELD HK 0 / 3 PENALTY SUMMARY CANADA 10 min / 5 inf MOUNTFIELD HK 12 min / 6 inf POINT SUMMARY CANADA 5 G + 8 A = 13 Pts MOUNTFIELD HK 3 G + 6 A = 9 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total CANADA 2 1 2 5 MOUNTFIELD HK 1 1 1 3 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off CAN - Brust (60:00) (W) 10 10 10 30 /0:00 3rd/20:00 MHK - Rybar (55:40) (L) 9 12 2 23 /0:00 3rd/15:40 MHK - Rybar (1:14) (L) 0 0 0 0 /18:12 3rd/19:26 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 Spengler Cup Game Report.

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