Game Report 2191

World Under-17 Hockey Challenge

PLAYED AT: qplex
Date: Nov 9, 2018
GAME NOTES: CRNKOVIC HAT TRICK LEADS BLACK TO FIFTH AT U17 CHALLENGE JASON LA ROSE QUISPAMSIS, N.B. – Kyle Crnkovic (Chestermere, Alta./Saskatoon, WHL) finished his hat trick into an empty net, helping Canada Black to a 5-3 win over Canada White in the fifth-place game at the 2018 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge on Friday night. James Hardie (Innisfil, Ont./Mississauga, OHL) added the game-winning goal with 2:39 to go for Black, which gained a small measure of revenge for its 5-4 overtime loss to White in the opening prelim game for both last Sunday. Garin Bjorklund (Grande Prairie, Alta./Calgary Buffaloes, AJHL) starred in his second start of the week in the Black goal, finishing with 35 saves to record the victory. The first period belonged to White, which outshot Black 14-5 and netted a pair of goals. Cameron Tolnai (Oakville, Ont./Ottawa, OHL) opening the scoring just shy of the seven-minute mark, finishing a behind-the-net feed from Colby Ambrosio (Welland, Ont./Tri-City, USHL), before Cole Perfetti (Whitby, Ont./Saginaw, OHL) doubled the advantage late in the opening frame. Crnkovic counted twice in less than five minutes in the second period to get Black even; he beat White goaltender Sebastian Cossa (Fort McMurray, Alta./Edmonton, WHL) with a quick shot over the pad at 13:11, and went short-side from a sharp angle at 17:32 to send the teams to the dressing room tied 2-2 after two. Black took its first lead of the game when Ryan O’Rourke (Pickering, Ont./Sault Ste. Marie, OHL) hammered a one-timer past Cossa just four minutes into the third, but Connor McClennon (Wainwright, Alta./Kootenay, WHL) went bar-down for his tournament-leading eighth goal at 8:31 to tie the game again. McClennon scored a goal in all five games, and finished with the most goals by a Canadian at the tournament in at least the last eight years. With another overtime between the Canadian sides looming, Hardie let go a quick shot from the high slot that went post-and-in past the glove of Cossa to put Black ahead for good before Crnkovic iced the win with Cossa on the bench.

Visiting Team: Canada Black

Home Team: Canada White

CANADA BLACK LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	30	Bjorklund, Garin
G	31	Vrbetic, Joe
	2	Hunt, Daemon
	3	de la Gorgendiere, Aidan
	4	Drysdale, Jamie
	5	Terry, Zack
	7	Sebrango, Donovan
	8	Smith, Spencer
	10	Valade, Reid
	11	Lawrence, Josh
	12	Foudy, Jean-Luc
	14	Finley, Jack
	15	Crnkovic, Kyle
	16	Beaudoin, Charles
	17	Wiesblatt, Ozzy
	18	Cuylle, Will
	19	Byfield, Quinton
	20	O'Rourke, Ryan
	21	Helliwell, Ryan
	22	Hardie, James
	23	Roy, Pier-Olivier
	24	Tullio, Tyler

CANADA BLACK PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	7	2:00	Tripping	4:38	1		4:38
2nd	20	2:00	Holding	19:14	1		19:14

CANADA WHITE LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	1	Lennox, Tristan
G	31	Cossa, Sebastian
	2	Power, Owen
	3	Renwick, Michael
	4	DesRoches, Charlie
	5	Poirier, Jérémie
	6	Prokop, Luke
	7	Evangelista, Luke
	8	Seeley, Ronan
	10	Rochette, Théo
	12	Veillette, William
	14	Butler, Cameron
	15	McClennon, Connor
	16	Robinson, Dylan
	17	Bourgault, Xavier
	18	Piercey, Riley
	19	Neighbours, Jake
	20	Tolnai, Cameron
	21	Perfetti, Cole
	22	Bourque, Mavrik
	23	Ambrosio, Colby
	24	Moore, Lleyton

CANADA WHITE PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	18	2:00	Tripping	7:15	1		7:15
1st	20	2:00	Hooking	11:12	1		11:12
3rd	15	2:00	Tripping	11:55	1		11:55

CANADA BLACK Goals

CANADA BLACK PLAYERS (plus)

CANADA WHITE PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

2nd