Game Report 2214		IIHF U18 World Championship - Pre-tournament
PLAYED AT: Trakor Ice Arena Date: Apr 16, 2018 GAME NOTES: CANADA EDGES FINNS FOR SECOND PRE-WORLDS WIN JASON LA ROSE CHELYABINSK, Russia – Alexis Lafrenière (Saint-Eustache, Que./Rimouski, QMJHL) and Ty Smith (Lloydminster, Alta./Spokane, WHL) scored 1:23 apart in the second period, and Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 Team held off a third-period push to earn a 3-2 pre-tournament win over Finland on Monday ahead of the 2018 IIHF U18 World Championship. The Canadians finished their two-game exhibition schedule with a perfect record; they blanked Slovakia 5-0 in their opener Sunday. Cameron Hillis (Oshawa, Ont./Guelph, OHL) got the scoring started just past the midway mark of the first period, finding the back of the net for the second time in as many days to send Canada to the dressing room up one after one. Lafrenière doubled the lead at 10:14 of the second period off a set-up from Ty Dellandrea (Port Perry, Ont./Flint, OHL), and Smith made it 3-0 at 11:37. The Finns, who have won gold and silver at the last two U18 world championships, made it interesting in the third, getting goals from Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Niklas Nordgren to make it a one-goal game with just under 14 minutes to go, but Canadian goaltender Colten Ellis (Port Hawkesbury, N.S./Rimouski, QMJHL) closed the door the rest of the way. Canada will make the 312-kilometre trip south to Magnitogorsk for the preliminary round; it opens up against the United States – the defending gold medallist – on Thursday (10:30 a.m. ET/7:30 a.m. PT). Visiting Team: Canada Home Team: Finland
CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Ellis, Colten G 29   Maier, Nolan   2   Bahl, Kevin   3   Robertson, Matthew   4   Byram, Bowen   5   Tychonick, Jonathan   6   Smith, Ty   7   Merkley, Ryan   11   Lafreniere, Alexis   12   Clarke, Graeme   14   Fonstad, Cole   15   Hillis, Cameron   16   McShane, Allan   17   Foudy, Liam   18   Dellandrea, Ty   20   McBain, Jack   21   Krebs, Peyton   22   Wouters, Chase   23   Dach, Kirby   26   Noel, Serron	CANADA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 15  2:00  Slashing 1:31 1   1:31 1st 15  2:00  Slashing 6:19 1   6:19 1st 7  2:00  Hooking 16:52 1   16:52 2nd 20  2:00  Hooking 7:19 1   7:19 2nd 4  2:00  Interference 9:25 1   9:25 2nd 20  2:00  Roughing 11:47 1   11:47 3rd 5  2:00  Holding 3:12 1   3:12 3rd 17  2:00  Hooking 18:37 1   18:37	FINLAND LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Huhtamaa, Jere G 30   Patrikainen, Jasper G 31   Annunen, Justus   2   Salmela, Santeri   4   Heinola, Ville   5   Laitamäki, Elias   6   Thomson, Lassi   9   Kotkaniemi, Jesperi   10   Kupari, Rasmus   12   Aaltonen, Leevi   13   Hirvonen, Konsta   15   Nordgren, Niklas   19   Killinen, Lenni   20   Kokkonen, Mikko   21   Moilanen, Jesse   22   Lundell, Anton   23   Petman, Ville   24   Ranta, Sampo   25   Seppälä, Peetro   27   Tanus, Kristian   28   Siikanen, Patrik   29   Nousiainen, Kim   32   Suhonen, Pekka   33   Kakko, Kaapo   34   Nevasaari, Arttu   35   Immonen, Severi   36   Honka, Anttoni   37   Utunen, Toni	FINLAND PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 37  2:00  Interference 0:57 1   0:57 1st 9  2:00  Holding 17:50 1   17:50 2nd 24  2:00  Interference 9:32 1   9:32 2nd 2  2:00  Hooking 10:44 1   10:44 2nd 19  2:00  Hooking 15:56 1   15:56 3rd 37  2:00  Holding 15:43 1   15:43 3rd 9  2:00  Slashing 19:35 1   19:35

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) FINLAND PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 11:22   15-16-2                         2nd 10:14   11-18-5                         2nd 11:37  PP  6-7

FINLAND Goals FINLAND PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     3rd 4:13  PP  9-33-36                         3rd 6:15   15-20

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES CANADA 1 / 7 FINLAND 1 / 8 PENALTY SUMMARY CANADA 16 min / 8 inf FINLAND 14 min / 7 inf POINT SUMMARY CANADA 3 G + 5 A = 8 Pts FINLAND 2 G + 3 A = 5 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total CANADA 1 2 0 3 FINLAND 0 0 2 2 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off CAN - Ellis (60:00) (W) 0 0 0 0 /0:00 3rd/20:00 FIN - Annunen (58:37) (L) 0 0 0 0 /0:00 3rd/18:37 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 - Pre-tournament Game Report.

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