Game Report 2103		Olympic Winter Games Men - Pre-tourn
PLAYED AT: Arena Riga Date: Feb 6, 2018 GAME NOTES: POULIN PERFECT AGAIN, CANADA SHUTS OUT BELARUS JASON LA ROSE RIGA, Latvia - Kevin Poulin (Montreal, Que./EHC Kloten, NLA) turned away all 29 shots he faced, leading Canada's Men's Olympic Team to a 2-0 pre-Olympic win over Belarus on Tuesday. Poulin posted his second-straight international shutout after blanking Switzerland 2-0 in the Spengler Cup final on New Year's Eve, and the Canadians made it back-to-back clean sheets in Riga following a 2-0 win over Latvia on Sunday. After the teams traded early power plays, Canada opened the scoring just shy of the 12-minute mark; Eric O'Dell (Ottawa, Ont./HC Sochi, KHL) drove wide in the Belarus zone and centered for Maxim Lapierre (Brossard, Que./HC Lugano, NLA), who jammed the 1-0 goal past goaltender Igor Brikun from in tight. The Canadians had a 13-5 edge in shots on goal in the opening 20 minutes, but Belarus would have the advantage the rest of the way, testing Poulin with 24 shots over the final two periods. Andrew Ebbett (Vernon, B.C./SC Bern, NLA) added a second Canadian goal seven minutes into the third, but it was far from over; Canada paraded to the penalty box immediately following the insurance marker, taking four minors in just over five minutes and giving Belarus a 5-on-3 advantage for 47 seconds. But Poulin barred the door, making 13 saves in the final frame to preserve the shutout and send Canada to South Korea with a scoreless streak of more than 205 minutes, dating back to the semifinals at the Spengler Cup. Canada departs for PyeongChang on Wednesday; it will take on Sweden in its final pre-tournament game on Sunday (11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT) in Incheon, a rematch of the 2014 Olympic gold medal game. Visiting Team: Canada Home Team: Belarus
CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Peters, Justin G 31   Poulin, Kevin   2   Gragnani, Marc-Andre   3   Stollery, Karl   4   Genoway, Chay   5   Lee, Chris   6   Noreau, Maxim   7   Goloubef, Cody   8   Wolski, Wojtek   9   Raymond, Mason   10   Roy, Derek   11   Kelly, Chris   12   Elliott, Stefan   15   O’Dell, Eric   16   Kozun, Brandon   18   Vey, Linden   19   Brulé, Gilbert   21   Howden, Quinton   22   Thomas, Christian   23   Ebbett, Andrew   25   Lapierre, Maxim   28   Robinson, Mat   29   Klinkhammer, Rob	CANADA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 18  2:00  Slashing 7:58 1   7:58 9:58 2nd 3  2:00  Tripping 13:00 1   13:00 15:00 3rd 16  2:00  Checking from Behind 8:02 1   8:02 10:02 3rd 16  10:00  10-Minute Misconduct 8:02     8:02 20:00 3rd 23  2:00  Tripping 10:13 1   10:13 12:13 3rd 8  2:00  Tripping 12:23 1   12:23 14:23 3rd 7  2:00  Slashing 13:36 1   13:36 15:36	BELARUS LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 30   Brikun, Igor G 69   Karnaukhov, Mikhail   5   Bokun, Danil   8   Shinkevich, Ilya   9   Dyukov, Roman   11   Kulakov, Alexander   13   Drozd, Sergei   14   Lisovets, Evgeny   16   Platt, Geoff   18   Khenkel, Kristian   38   Parfeyevets, Maxim   55   Karaban, Danila   71   Pavlovich, Alexander   77   Demkov, Artem   88   Khoromando, Mikhail   91   Gavrus, Artur   95   Kogalyov, Alexander	BELARUS PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st   2:00  Too Many Players 5:46 1   5:46 7:46 2nd 5  2:00  Tripping 2:23 1   2:23 4:23 2nd 5  2:00  Slashing 18:05 1   18:05 0:05

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) BELARUS PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 11:58   25-15-2                         3rd 6:58   23-10

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

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES CANADA 0 / 3 BELARUS 0 / 6 PENALTY SUMMARY CANADA 22 min / 7 inf BELARUS 6 min / 3 inf POINT SUMMARY CANADA 2 G + 3 A = 5 Pts BELARUS 0 G + A = 0 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total CANADA 1 0 1 2 BELARUS 0 0 0 0 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off CAN - Poulin (60:00) (W) 5 11 13 29 /0:00 3rd/20:00 BLR - Brikun (59:04) (L) 12 7 4 23 /0:00 3rd/19:04 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 Olympic Winter Games Men - Pre-tourn Game Report.

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