PLAYED AT: R.J. Lalonde Arena
Date: Dec 16, 2018
GAME NOTES: WEST WINS BRONZE IN BONNYVILLE
JASON LA ROSE
BONNYVILLE, Alta. – Dylan Holloway (Bragg Creek, Alta./Okotoks, AJHL) scored a pair of goals and Matthew Radomsky (Winnipeg, Man./Steinbach, MJHL) made 46 saves, leading Canada West to the bronze medal at the 2018 World Junior A Challenge with a 3-1 win over the Czech Republic on Sunday afternoon.
It’s the 10th medal in 13 years for West at the tournament, and second bronze – it also finished third in 2013.
Ethan Leyh (Port Moody, B.C./Langley, BCHL) added the game-winning goal and Layton Ahac (North Vancouver, B.C./Prince George, BCHL) chipped in with two assists for the Canadians, who were on the ice less than 15 hours after their heart-breaking overtime loss to the United States.
Despite the short turnaround it was all West early; Holloway got it started at 1:52, banging his third chance past Czech goaltender Tomas Vomacka, and Leyh ripped home a one-timer at 7:16 to make it 2-0.
That was more than enough for Radomsky, who turned aside 33 shots through the first two periods and stopped the first 40 he faced before Michal Teply tipped in a Zack Malik shot with 6:16 remaining.
But Holloway got that back within two minutes, wiring a quick shot upstairs on Vomacka to restore the two-goal advantage and all but clinch the bronze medal.
Holloway, Leyh and Harrison Blaisdell (Abbotsford, B.C./Chilliwack, BCHL) finished as the leading scorers for the Canadians, posting five points each in six games.
Radomsky starred throughout the tournament; his 1.64 goals-against average .955 save percentage are the second-best marks in the tournament, both behind Russian netminder Yaroslav Askarov. |
Visiting Team: Czech Republic
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Home Team: Canada West
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CZECH REPUBLIC LINEUP
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| Pos |
No. |
Name |
| G | 1 | Dvorak, Daniel | | G | 2 | Vomacka, Tomas | | | 3 | Stibingr, Jan | | | 4 | Muller, Jakub | | | 5 | Aubrecht, David | | | 6 | Adamek, Jakub | | | 7 | Malik, Zack | | | 9 | Dajcar, Tomas | | | 10 | Sik, Otakar | | | 11 | Sedlak, Zdenek | | | 12 | Sklenar, Dominik | | | 13 | Blumel, Matej | | | 14 | Sir, Jan | | | 15 | Strondala, Vojtech | | | 17 | Dvorak, Jaroslav | | | 18 | Bambula, Jan | | | 19 | Kropacek, Vojtech | | | 20 | Rousek, Lukas | | | 21 | Pucek, Roman | | | 22 | Teply, Michal | | | | | | | | |
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CZECH REPUBLIC PENALTIES
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| Per. |
No. |
Min |
Offence |
Off |
PP |
PS |
Start |
On |
| 2nd | 11 | 2:00 | Slashing | 7:29 | 1 | | 9:29 | | | 2nd | 15 | 2:00 | Unsportsmanlike Conduct | 15:49 | 1 | | 17:49 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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CANADA WEST LINEUP
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| Pos |
No. |
Name |
| G | 1 | Davis, Matthew | | G | 31 | Radomsky, Matthew | | | 2 | Bucheler, Jérémie | | | 3 | Snell, Mason | | | 4 | Judson, Jack | | | 5 | Bast, Luke | | | 6 | Berger, Carter | | | 7 | Lloyd, T.J. | | | 8 | Ahac, Layton | | | 10 | Funk, Reilly | | | 11 | Campbell, Alexander | | | 12 | Gosselin, Mathieu | | | 15 | Holloway, Dylan | | | 16 | Blaisdell, Harrison | | | 17 | Hughes, Riley | | | 18 | Rizzo, Massimo | | | 19 | Wong, Austin | | | 20 | Silye, David | | | 21 | Leyh, Ethan | | | 22 | Newhook, Alex | | | 23 | Osadick, Matt | | | 24 | Swetlikoff, Alex |
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CANADA WEST PENALTIES
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| Per. |
No. |
Min |
Offence |
Off |
PP |
PS |
Start |
On |
| 1st | 19 | 2:00 | Interference | 7:34 | 1 | | 9:34 | | | 2nd | 6 | 2:00 | Hooking | 4:22 | 1 | | 6:22 | | | 2nd | 4 | 2:00 | Tripping | 13:42 | 1 | | 15:42 | | | 2nd | 21 | 2:00 | Tripping | 15:49 | 1 | | 17:49 | | | 3rd | 20 | 2:00 | Interference | 16:05 | 1 | | 18:05 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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