Game Report 2210		Hlinka Gretzky Cup
PLAYED AT: Rogers Place Date: Aug 10, 2018 GAME NOTES: WILLIAMS SCORES OT WINNER, SENDS CANADA TO GOLD MEDAL GAME JASON LA ROSE EDMONTON, Alta. – Dylan Cozens (Whitehorse, Y.T./Lethbridge, WHL) tied the game with a buzzer-beater and Josh Williams (Langley, B.C./Medicine Hat, WHL) won it early in overtime, putting Canada in the gold medal game at the 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup with a wild 6-5 win over the United States in semifinal action Friday night. With the crowd still roaring from the emotion of the Cozens goal, Williams took a drop pass from Peyton Krebs (Okotoks, Alta./Kootenay, WHL) and fired a wrist shot past the glove of U.S. goaltender Dustin Wolf, keeping hopes alive for a 22nd summer under-18 gold medal. The Canadians will face Sweden in the gold medal game Saturday night (7 p.m. MT). Cozens got the game to an extra period, gathering in a feed from Bowen Byram (Cranbrook, B.C./Vancouver, WHL) and snapping a quick shot past Wolf to tie the game just as the horn sounded. The wild finish was fitting for a back-and-forth thriller between the North American rivals; the U.S. held leads of 1-0, 2-1, 3-2 and 5-4 before the Canadians came back, and the Americans erased a 4-3 deficit in the third period before the Cozens goal. Nicholas Robertson opened the scoring with his first of three goals, wiring a shot under the cross-bar for a power-play marker just 3:20 in. The shot was in and out off the back bar so quickly, play continued for more than two minutes before the referees confirmed the goal. That started a run of four goals in less than five minutes – Alexis Lafrenière (St-Eustache, Que./Rimouski, QMJHL) tied the game at 4:39 and Aaron Huglen restored the American advantage with a beautiful lacrosse-style goal at 5:48 before Jamieson Rees (Hamilton, Ont./Sarnia, OHL) stuffed in a bouncing puck at 8:10 to even things up again. Robertson got his second of the period with less than six minutes left, sneaking a backhand through Canadian netminder Nolan Maier (Yorkton, Sask./Saskatoon, WHL) right off a scrambled face-off. The lone goal of the second period came from Xavier Parent (Blainville, Que./Halifax, QMJHL), who one-timed a feed from Lafrenière for a power-play marker to send the game to the intermission tied 3-3. Williams gave Canada its first lead early in the third period, whipping a shot over the shoulder of Wolf, but Robertson finished his hat trick at 11:58 to tie the game before Josh Groll jumped on a turnover behind the Canadian net and set up Luke Toporowski to put the U.S. back in front. That led to the wild finish, with Williams sending the pro-Canadian crowd at Rogers Place home happy. The Americans will have a short turnaround ahead of the bronze medal game against Russia on Saturday afternoon (3 p.m. MT). Visiting Team: United States Home Team: Canada
UNITED STATES LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Mullahy, Derek G 30   Wolf, Dustin   2   Davies, Dylan   3   Koster, Mike   4   Miller, Mitchell   5   Reid, Luke   6   Feenstra, Michael   7   LaCombe, Jackson   8   Colangelo, Sam   9   Farinacci, John   10   Groll, Josh   11   Kaliyev, Arthur   12   Huglen, Aaron   14   Jutting, Jackson   15   Paquette, Tyler   16   Mancinelli, Michael   17   Mastrosimone, Robert   18   Nodler, Josh   19   Robertson, Nicholas   20   Silianoff, Grant   21   Webber, Cade   22   Toporowski, Luke	UNITED STATES PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 21  2:00  Holding 3:20 1   3:20 4:39 2nd 17  2:00  Hooking 7:31 1   7:31 8:34 3rd 17  2:00  High-Sticking 0:25 1   0:25 2:25 3rd 6  2:00  Interference 3:10 1   3:10 3:31	CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Gauthier, Taylor G 30   Maier, Nolan   2   Barron, Justin   3   Robertson, Matthew   4   Byram, Bowen   5   Vukojevic, Michael   6   Korczak, Kaedan   7   Schneider, Braden   8   Guenette, Maxence   9   Clarke, Graeme   10   Rees, Jamieson   11   Lafreniere, Alexis   14   Mutala, Sasha   15   Williams, Josh   16   Suzuki, Ryan   17   Dach, Kirby   18   Krebs, Peyton   19   Poulin, Samuel   20   Holloway, Dylan   22   Cozens, Dylan   24   Parent, Xavier	CANADA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 16  2:00  Holding 2:08 1   2:08 3:20 2nd   2:00  Too Many Players 2:40 1   2:40 4:40 2nd 7  2:00  Interference 4:38 1   4:38 6:38 2nd 3  2:00  Holding 15:30 1   15:30 17:30

UNITED STATES Goals UNITED STATES PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 3:20  PP  19-18-3                         1st 5:48   12-11-16                         1st 14:33   19-18                         3rd 11:58   19-11                         3rd 13:33   22-10

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) UNITED STATES PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 4:39   11-24-4                         1st 8:10   10                         2nd 8:34  PP  24-11-17                         3rd 3:31  PP  15-16                         3rd 19:59   22-4-6                         1st OT 1:44   15-18

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES UNITED STATES 1 / 4 CANADA 2 / 4 PENALTY SUMMARY UNITED STATES 8 min / 4 inf CANADA 8 min / 4 inf POINT SUMMARY UNITED STATES 5 G + 7 A = 12 Pts CANADA 6 G + 8 A = 14 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 OT1 Total UNITED STATES 3 0 2 0 5 CANADA 2 1 2 1 6 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 OT1 Tot. On Off USA - Wolf (61:44) (OTL) 12 8 8 0 28 /0:00 1st OT/1:44 CAN - Maier (58:46) (W) 14 8 11 0 33 /0:00 3rd/18:46 CAN - Maier (1:44) (W) 0 0 0 1 1 /0:00 1st OT/1:44 Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:   -  Start: 7:08 PM   -  End: 9:41 PM   -  Attendance:

OFFICIALS Referee: Referee: Linesmen: Linesmen: CERTIFIED CORRECT   This report has been checked and verified against the Official Hlinka Gretzky Cup Game Report.

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