Game Report 2084		Paralympic Winter Games
PLAYED AT: Gangneung Hockey Centre Date: Mar 10, 2018 GAME NOTES: MCGREGOR SCORES FOUR, CANADA BLANKS SWEDEN IN PARALYMPIC OPENER JASON LA ROSE GANGNEUNG, South Korea - Tyler McGregor (Forest, Ont.) scored four goals and added two assists, pacing Canada's Paralympic Hockey Team to a convincing 17-0 win over Sweden in its opener Saturday at the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. The 17 goals are tied for the second-most scored by Canada since Hockey Canada took over the sledge hockey program in 2004. The Canadians also scored 17 against the Swedes at the IPC World Para Hockey Championship in Gangneung last spring. (The record is 18 in a win over Japan in 2010.) McGregor was just one of a number of Canadians who had big days offensively - Bryan Sholomicki (Winnipeg, Man.) had a hat trick of his own along with two assists, Adam Dixon (Midland, Ont.) had a goal and five helpers, and Liam Hickey (St. John's, N.L.) and Rob Armstrong (Erin, Ont.) finished with two goals and three assists apiece. Canada scored early and often in the first period, converting the touchdown before the end of the opening frame. McGregor got it started with a power-play goal just 1:52 in, he and Sholomicki alternated goals to put Canada up 4-0 before the six-minute mark, and McGregor finished his hat trick with a long shot through traffic at 9:20 to make it 5-0. Dixon danced in off the blue-line and went low with the left hand at 11:13, and Dominic Cozzolino (Mississauga, Ont.) found a loose puck in the slot just 18 seconds after that to send Canada to the dressing room up by seven. Hickey led the way in the second period, scoring a pair of goals just 60 seconds apart that extended the lead to 11-0 after Ben Delaney (Ottawa, Ont.) and Corbyn Smith (Monkton, Ont.) had netted markers early in the middle stanza. Armstrong got his first goal late in the second, driving to the net and wiring a short-side shot up and over Swedish netminder Andreas Nejman to get Canada to an even dozen after 30 minutes. Billy Bridges (Summerside, P.E.I.) got the 13th goal on an absolute rocket early in the third period before Armstrong scored his second, Sholomicki got his third and McGregor potted his fourth, all in a span of 3:43 to make it 16-0. Greg Westlake (Oakville, Ont.) finished off a pretty under-the-sled pass from McGregor with 17.7 seconds remaining to provide the final margin of victory for the Canadians. Corbin Watson (Kingsville, Ont.) and Dominic Larocque (Quebec City, Que.) stopped one shot each to share the shutout for Canada, which finished with a massive 45-2 advantage in shots on goal. The Canadians are right back to action Sunday (6 a.m. ET/3 a.m. PT), taking on Italy. Visiting Team: Sweden Home Team: Canada
SWEDEN LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 5   Nilsson, Ulf G 84   Nejman, Andreas   3   Ingvarsson, Niklas   6   Nilsson, Peter   7   Karlsson, Goeran   8   Kasperi, Per   9   Magnevill, Martin   10   Meng, Robin   11   Lundgren, Rasmus   14   Jonsson, Kenth   15   Hedberg, Christian   17   Cederstam, Daniel   18   Ojala, Peter   19   Wistrand, Anders   20   Rakos, Niklas   21   Holm, Marcus   93   Gyllsten, Maximilian Dickson	SWEDEN PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 18  2:00  Teeing 0:16 1   0:16 1:52 2nd 15  2:00  Holding 2:32 1   2:32 2:43 3rd 20  2:00  Roughing 12:37 1   12:37 14:37	CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 30   Watson, Corbin G 31   Larocque, Dominic   4   Dunn, James   5   Henry, Tyrone   6   Culmone, Anthony   8   McGregor, Tyler   9   Smith, Corbyn   10   Delaney, Ben   11   Dixon, Adam   12   Westlake, Greg   14   Arsenault, Steve   18   Bridges, Billy   19   Cozzolino, Dominic   20   Sholomicki, Bryan   23   Hickey, Liam	CANADA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 3rd 10  2:00  Roughing 12:37 1   12:37 14:37

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

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) SWEDEN PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 1:52  PP  8-23-11                         1st 2:22   20-6-4                         1st 5:22   8-12-23                         1st 5:39   20-4-11                         1st 9:20   8-12-11                         1st 11:13   11-10-9                         1st 11:31   19-10-11                         2nd 2:43  PP  10-6-19                         2nd 3:06   9-20-4                         2nd 9:37   23-6-5                         2nd 10:37   23-12-8                         2nd 11:38   6-20                         3rd 1:55   18                         3rd 3:05   6-18-19                         3rd 4:53   20-9-4                         3rd 6:48   8-11                         3rd 14:42   12-8-23

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES SWEDEN 0 / 1 CANADA 2 / 3 PENALTY SUMMARY SWEDEN 6 min / 3 inf CANADA 2 min / 1 inf POINT SUMMARY SWEDEN 0 G + A = 0 Pts CANADA 17 G + 30 A = 47 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total SWEDEN 0 0 0 0 CANADA 7 5 5 17 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off SWE - Nilsson (22:43) (L) 8 4 0 12 /0:00 2nd/7:43 SWE - Nejman (22:17) 0 3 13 16 /7:43 3rd/15:00 CAN - Watson (22:43) (W) 1 0 0 1 /0:00 2nd/7:43 CAN - Larocque (22:17) 0 0 1 1 /7:43 3rd/15:00 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 Paralympic Winter Games Game Report.

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