PLAYED AT: FirstOntario Centre
Date: Dec 22, 2017
GAME NOTES: CANADA CLOSES PRE-WJC PLAY WITH WIN OVER SWISS
JASON LA ROSE
HAMILTON, Ont. - Dillon Dubé (Cochrane, Alta./Kelowna, WHL) and Tyler Steenbergen (Sylvan Lake, Alta./Swift Current, WHL) scored two goals apiece, and Canada's National Junior Team finished its pre-tournament schedule with an 8-1 win over Switzerland on Friday night.
The Canadians flexed their offensive muscle in exhibition play, outscoring the Swiss and Czechs by a combined 17-1.
They were just as dominant on the defensive end at the FirstOntario Centre, holding Switzerland to just seven shots on goal, and zero in the final 29 minutes. Canada had a 61-7 advantage in shots overall.
The scoring started early, with Jordan Kyrou (Toronto, Ont./Sarnia, OHL) finishing a gorgeous feed from Josh Mahura (St. Albert, Alta./Regina, WHL) to put the Canadians up 1-0 just 3:43 after the puck dropped.
Steenbergen doubled the lead less than four minutes later, finding a loose puck in the crease and knocking it past Swiss goaltender Philip Wüthrich.
Canada made a goaltending change to start the second period; Colton Point (North Bay, Ont./Colgate University, ECAC) replaced Carter Hart (Sherwood Park, Alta./Everett, WHL), who made three saves in the opening 20 minutes and did not allow a goal in his four periods of pre-tournament work.
Dubé, who missed the exhibition opener on Wednesday, got on the scoreboard at the 2:39 mark of the second, one-timing a centering pass from Sam Steel (Sherwood Park, Alta./Regina, WHL) for a three-goal advantage.
Guillaume Maillard got the Swiss on the board at 4:52, batting the puck up and over Point, but Jake Bean (Calgary, Alta./Calgary, WHL) beat Wüthrich over the glove at 8:15, Drake Batherson (New Minas, N.S./Cape Breton, QMJHL) tipped in a Mahura shot at 10:34 and Dubé snapped home his second of the period at 18:08 to send Canada to the intermission up 6-1.
Matteo Ritz replaced Wüthrich to start the third period, but the Canadians added two goals in rapid succession to finish the scoring; Steenbergen got his second at 7:35 before Kale Clague (Lloydminster, Alta./Brandon, WHL) went end-to-end just 1:34 later.
The Canadians are off to Buffalo for the 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship; they open the tournament against Finland on Boxing Day (4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT). |
Visiting Team: Canada
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Home Team: Switzerland
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CANADA LINEUP
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Pos |
No. |
Name |
G | 1 | Point, Colton | G | 31 | Hart, Carter | | 2 | Bean, Jake | | 3 | Timmins, Conor | | 5 | Mahura, Josh | | 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 | | | | | | | | | |
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CANADA PENALTIES
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SWITZERLAND LINEUP
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Pos |
No. |
Name |
G | 1 | Ritz, Matteo | G | 29 | Wüthrich, Philip | G | 30 | Schmid, Akira | | 2 | Gerber, Colin | | 3 | Cavalleri, Marco | | 4 | Le Coultre, Simon | | 6 | Stadler, Livio | | 8 | Barandun, Davyd | | 9 | Muller, Nicolas | | 10 | Maillard, Guillaume | | 11 | Miranda, Marco | | 12 | Geisser, Tobias | | 13 | Sigrist, Justin | | 14 | Jäger, Ken | | 15 | Kohler, Gilian | | 16 | Gross, Nico | | 17 | Riva, Elia | | 18 | Nussbaumer, Valentin | | 19 | Simic, Axel | | 20 | Leuenberger, Sven | | 21 | Berni, Tim | | 22 | Eggenberger, Nando | | 23 | Kurashev, Philipp | | 24 | Heim, André | | 27 | Egli, Dominik | | 28 | Rohrbach, Dario |
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SWITZERLAND PENALTIES
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Per. |
No. |
Min |
Offence |
Off |
PP |
PS |
Start |
On |
2nd | 22 | 2:00 | Slashing | 6:10 | 1 | | 6:10 | 8:10 | 2nd | 16 | 2:00 | High-Sticking | 14:48 | 1 | | 14:48 | 16:48 | 3rd | 16 | 2:00 | Slashing | 4:21 | 1 | | 4:21 | 6:21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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