Game Report 2033		Spengler Cup
PLAYED AT: Vaillant Arena Date: Dec 31, 2017 GAME NOTES: POULIN BACKSTOPS CANADA TO THIRD-STRAIGHT SPENGLER TITLE JASON LA ROSE DAVOS, Switzerland – Kevin Poulin (Montreal, Que./KHL Medvescak Zagreb, EBEL) turned aside all 36 shots he faced in a terrific performance, and Canada’s National Men’s Team blanked Switzerland 3-0 on Sunday to win its third-consecutive Spengler Cup championship. It is the first time a team has gone back-to-back-to-back at the tournament since Canada won four in a row from 1995-98. The title is also the 15th for Canada, tying host HC Davos for most all-time. Both goaltenders were busy early, with Poulin and Swiss counterpart Leonardo Genoni combining for 20 saves in scoreless first period. It took a fortuitous bounce for Canada to open the scoring in the second; a shot by Maxim Noreau (Montreal, Que./SC Bern, NLA) hit the leg of Zach Boychuk (Airdrie, Alta./HC Slovan Bratislava, KHL) and eluded Genoni at 7:34. Noreau needed less than four minutes to add insurance, blasting a point shot past Genoni directly off a won face-off to send Canada to the intermission up by a pair of goals. The defenceman – who wore the ‘C’ for the second year in a row – finished the tournament as the co-leader in scoring, netting a pair of goals to go along with five assists in four games. David McIntyre (Pefferlaw, Ont./EV Zug, NLA) added an exclamation point for the Canadians with less than eight minutes left, spinning in the slot and squeezing a shot under the arm of Genoni to make it 3-0. That was more than enough for Poulin, who fashioned just the eighth shutout by a Canadian goaltender in tournament history, and the second in a championship game – Canada blanked Lada Togliatti in the 1995 final. Poulin made 16 saves in the second period but was arguably at his best in the third, keeping the Swiss at bay as they looked to get back within a goal early in the final frame. His best save came with less than two minutes to go, a how-did-he-do-that pad stop off Damien Brunner. The Spengler Cup was the last of five Olympic tune-up events for the Canadians, who will select their team for the 2018 Games in the coming weeks. Canada opens the Olympic tournament against Switzerland on Feb. 15 in PyeongChang, South Korea. Visiting Team: Switzerland Home Team: Canada
SWITZERLAND LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 30   Boltshauser, Luca G 63   Genoni, Leonardo   4   Geering, Patrick   8   Praplan, Vincent   12   Cunti, Luca   15   Hofmann, Gregory   16   Diaz, Raphael   17   Fazzini, Luca   19   Schäppi, Reto   23   Bodenmann, Simon   27   Schlumpf, Dominik   33   Rathgeb, Yannick   35   Untersander, Ramon   42   Sutter, Dave   44   Suter, Pius   45   Fora, Michael   46   Rod, Noah   58   Blum, Eric   60   Scherwey, Tristan   61   Herzog, Fabrice   70   Hollenstein, Denis   71   Richard, Tanner   76   Genazzi, Joel   80   Kreis, Samuel   83   Vermin, Joel   93   Martschini, Lino   96   Brunner, Damien	SWITZERLAND PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 17  2:00  Hooking 2:07 1   4:17 2nd 46  2:00  Boarding 13:46 1   15:46	CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 30   Roy, Olivier G 31   Poulin, Kevin G 33   Brust, Barry   4   Hickey, Brandon   7   McIntyre, David   9   Raymond, Mason   10   Hamilton, Curtis   11   McClement, Jay   12   Boychuk, Zach   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   65   Petschenig, Will   74   Sikura, Dylan   76   Davies, Jeremy   78   Bartley, Victor	CANADA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 3rd 9  2:00  Delay of Game 9:45 1   11:45 3rd 56  2:00  Hooking 19:59 1   20:00

SWITZERLAND Goals SWITZERLAND PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) SWITZERLAND PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     2nd 7:34   12-56-19                         2nd 11:31   56-78-11                         3rd 12:19   7-15

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES SWITZERLAND 0 / 2 CANADA 0 / 2 PENALTY SUMMARY SWITZERLAND 4 min / 2 inf CANADA 4 min / 2 inf POINT SUMMARY SWITZERLAND 0 G + A = 0 Pts CANADA 3 G + 5 A = 8 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total SWITZERLAND 0 0 0 0 CANADA 0 2 1 3 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off SUI - Genoni (56:42) (L) 11 10 4 25 /0:00 3rd/16:42 CAN - Poulin (60:00) (W) 9 16 11 36 /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 Spengler Cup Game Report.

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