Game Report 2058		IIHF U18 World Championship
PLAYED AT: Arena Metallurg Date: Apr 24, 2018 GAME NOTES: CANADA TOPS SWEDEN IN OT THRILLER AT U18 WORLDS JESSICA GOWANS MAGNITOGORSK, Russia – Alexis Lafrenière (Saint-Eustache, Que./Rimouski, QMJHL) netted the game-winner 2:27 into overtime to lead Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 Team to a thrilling 3-2 victory over Sweden on Tuesday at the IIHF U18 World Championship. The win finishes an unbeaten preliminary round for the Canadians, clinches first place in Group A and sets up a quarter-final date with the Czech Republic on Thursday (10:30 a.m. ET/7:30 a.m. PT). Parked in front of the net with Canada on the power play in the extra period, Lafrenière took a pass from Ryan Merkley (Mississauga, Ont./Guelph OHL) and swept in the winner on the 40th Canadian shot of the game. Lafrenière finished with a goal and an assist, Merkley had two helpers, while Raphaël Lavoie (Chambly, Que./Halifax, QMJHL) and Chase Wouters (Lloydminster, Alta./Saskatoon, WHL) had the other goals for Canada. Sweden struck first when Adam Boqvist beat Canadian goaltender Olivier Rodrigue (Chicoutimi, Que./Drummondville, QMJHL) just past the midway mark the opening frame. Canada had its chances in the period, but was unable to solve Swedish netminder Olof Lindbom, and went into the first intermission trailing 1-0. Lavoie got Canada on the board in the second, finishing off a pretty passing play between Jared McIsaac (Truro, N.S./Halifax, QMJHL) and Ty Dellandrea (Port Perry, Ont./Flint, OHL) to tie the game. The Canadians continued to pressure throughout the middle stanza, but were unable to break the deadlock. Canada took its first lead of the game eight minutes into the third period. Merkley found Wouters on an odd-man rush and he tipped it home for the 2-1 lead. Sweden tied the game with less than two minutes left thanks to a power-play goal by Boqvist. Visiting Team: Canada Home Team: Sweden
CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Ellis, Colten G 29   Rodrigue, Olivier G 30   Mandolese, Kevin   2   Bahl, Kevin   3   Robertson, Matthew   4   Byram, Bowen   5   Tychonick, Jonathan   6   Smith, Ty   7   Merkley, Ryan   9   Veleno, Joe   10   Thomas, Akil   11   Lafreniere, Alexis   14   Fonstad, Cole   15   Hillis, Cameron   16   McShane, Allan   17   Foudy, Liam   18   Dellandrea, Ty   19   Dudas, Aidan   20   McBain, Jack   22   Wouters, Chase   24   McIsaac, Jared   25   Lavoie, Raphael   26   Noel, Serron	CANADA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 6  2:00  Holding 0:30 1   0:30 2:30 1st 26  2:00  Elbowing 4:28 1   4:28 6:28 1st 15  2:00  Slashing 9:18     9:18 11:18 2nd 20  2:00  High-Sticking 3:17 1   3:17 5:17 3rd 18  2:00  Interference 17:23     17:23 3rd 15  2:00  Tripping 18:08 1   18:08	SWEDEN LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Lindbom, Olof G 29   Wallstedt, Jesper G 30   Eliasson, Jesper   2   Granberg, Fredrik   3   Boqvist, Adam   4   Björnfot, Tobias   5   Johansson, Filip   6   Andersson, Axel   7   Lundkvist, Nils   10   Ginning, Adam   11   Bäck, Oskar   12   Lilja, David   13   Gustafsson, David   16   Fagemo, Samuel   17   Berggren, Jonatan   19   Höglander, Nils   21   Olofsson, Jacob   22   Pasic, Nikola   23   Wernblom, Lukas   24   Grewe, Albin   25   Nässén, Linus   26   Westfält, Marcus   27   Jakobsson, Carl	SWEDEN PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 10  2:00  Cross-Checking 9:18     9:18 11:18 1st 26  2:00  Slashing 14:38 1   14:38 16:38 2nd 5  2:00  Roughing 4:25 1   4:25 6:25 2nd 10  2:00  Tripping 18:00 1   18:00 20:00 3rd 11  2:00  High-Sticking 4:36 1   4:36 6:36 3rd 24  2:00  Interference 10:52 1   10:52 12:52 3rd 23  2:00  Roughing 17:23     17:23 1st OT 17  2:00  Holding 0:47 1   0:47

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) SWEDEN PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     2nd 6:39   25-24-18                         3rd 8:15   22-11-7                         1st OT 2:27  PP  11-7-9

SWEDEN Goals SWEDEN PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 10:27   3-16-21                         3rd 18:26  PP  3-7

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES CANADA 1 / 6 SWEDEN 1 / 4 PENALTY SUMMARY CANADA 12 min / 6 inf SWEDEN 16 min / 8 inf POINT SUMMARY CANADA 3 G + 6 A = 9 Pts SWEDEN 2 G + 3 A = 5 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 OT1 Total CANADA 0 1 1 1 3 SWEDEN 1 0 1 0 2 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 OT1 Tot. On Off CAN - Rodrigue (62:27) (W) 9 9 10 1 29 /0:00 1st OT/2:27 SWE - Lindbom (62:27) (OTL) 11 12 12 2 37 /0:00 1st OT/2:27 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 IIHF U18 World Championship Game Report.

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