Game Report 2218		IIHF World Championship - Pre-tournament
PLAYED AT: Arena Riga Date: May 1, 2018 GAME NOTES: CANADA ROLLS PAST LATVIA FOR PRE-WORLDS WIN JASON LA ROSE RIGA, Latvia – Jean-Gabriel Pageau (Ottawa, Ont./Ottawa, NHL) scored twice, Connor McDavid (Newmarket, Ont./Edmonton, NHL) and Pierre-Luc Dubois (Sainte-Agathe-de-Monts, Que./Columbus, NHL) had a goal and an assist apiece, and Canada’s National Men’s Team earned a 6-1 win over Latvia on Tuesday in its lone pre-tournament game ahead of the 2018 IIHF World Championship. Colton Parayko (St. Albert, Alta./St. Louis, NHL) added three assists, and Bo Horvat (Rodney, Ont./Vancouver, NHL) and Jaden Schwartz (Wilcox, Sask./St. Louis, NHL) had two for the Canadians, who took charge with a three-goal second period. McDavid was first on the board for Canada, cruising through the slot and getting his stick on a Parayko point shot for the 1-0 goal at 16:59 of the opening period. But the Latvians responded just a minute later, with Rodrigo Abols tipping a shot past Canadian goaltender Darcy Kuemper (Saskatoon, Sask./Arizona, NHL) to send the game to the intermission tied 1-1. The goals came fast and furious for Canada early in the second period. Anthony Beauvillier (Sorel-Tracy, Que./N.Y. Islanders, NHL) was first at 1:08, racing down the left wing and beating Latvian netminder Kristers Gudlevskis with a quick shot over the glove. The Dubois-Horvat-Pageau line extended the lead with a pair of goals on the same shift; Dubois parked himself in the slot and finished a feed from Horvat to make it 3-1 at 6:05, before finding Pageau with a cross-crease feed to make it a three-goal lead just 28 seconds later. Curtis McElhinney (London, Ont./Toronto, NHL) took over for Kuemper – who stopped 15 of 16 – to start the third period. He made 12 saves in the final 20 minutes. Pageau poked in his second of the game early in the third period before McDavid and Schwartz set up Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (Burnaby, B.C./Edmonton, NHL) to finish the scoring midway through the final stanza. The Canadians will travel to Herning, Denmark for the preliminary round at the 2018 IIHF World Championship. It opens its quest for a third gold medal in four years against the United States on Friday (10:15 a.m. ET/7:15 a.m. PT). Visiting Team: Canada Home Team: Latvia
CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 0   DiPietro, Michael G 30   McElhinney, Curtis G 35   Kuemper, Darcy   3   Edmundson, Joel   5   Ekblad, Aaron   6   Pulock, Ryan   7   Eberle, Jordan   10   Schenn, Brayden   12   Bailey, Josh   13   Barzal, Mathew   17   Schwartz, Jaden   18   Dubois, Pierre-Luc   21   Jost, Tyson   25   Nurse, Darnell   27   Murray, Ryan   44   Pageau, Jean-Gabriel   52   Chabot, Thomas   53   Horvat, Bo   55   Parayko, Colton   72   Beauvillier, Anthony   90   O'Reilly, Ryan   93   Nugent-Hopkins, Ryan   97   McDavid, Connor	CANADA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 3rd 10  2:00  Holding 14:51 1   14:51 16:51	LATVIA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 74   Gudlevskis, Kristers G 80   Kivleneks, Matiss Edmunds   5   Salija, Arturs   11   Batna, Oskars   13   Skvorcovs, Gunars   14   Bukarts, Rihards   15   Karsums, Martins   18   Abols, Rodrigo   23   Zohovs, Eriks   24   Redlihs, Mikelis   25   Dzerins, Andris   26   Balinskis, Uvis Janis   27   Cibulskis, Oskars   29   Freibergs, Ralfs   37   Kalns, Egils   41   Razgals, Frenks   47   Cipulis, Martins   58   Galvins , Guntis   70   Indrasis, Miks   71   Bukarts, Roberts   77   Zile, Kristaps   79   Pavlovs, Vitalijs   81   Siksna, Edgars   84   Jevpalovs, Nikita   94   Rubins, Kristians   96   Bicevskis, Maris	LATVIA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) LATVIA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 16:59   97-53-55                         2nd 1:08   72-17-10                         2nd 6:05   18-53-55                         2nd 6:33   44-55-18                         3rd 5:32   44                         3rd 9:20   93-97-17

LATVIA Goals LATVIA PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 17:59   18-24-29

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES CANADA 0 / 0 LATVIA 0 / 1 PENALTY SUMMARY CANADA 2 min / 1 inf LATVIA 0 min / 0 inf POINT SUMMARY CANADA 6 G + 10 A = 16 Pts LATVIA 1 G + 2 A = 3 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total CANADA 1 3 2 6 LATVIA 1 0 0 1 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off CAN - Kuemper (40:00) (W) 8 7 0 15 /0:00 2nd/20:00 CAN - McElhinney (20:00) 0 0 12 12 /0:00 3rd/20:00 LAT - Gudlevskis (50:45) (L) 12 16 9 37 /0:00 3rd/10:45 LAT - Kivleneks (9:15) 0 0 3 3 /10:45 3rd/20:00 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 IIHF World Championship - Pre-tournament Game Report.

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