Game Report 2368

IIHF World Junior Championship - Pre-tournament

PLAYED AT: Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Date: Dec 21, 2018
GAME NOTES: EARLY OUTBURST SENDS CANADA TO PRE-WJC WIN JASON LA ROSE VICTORIA, B.C. – Cody Glass (Winnipeg, Man./Portland, WHL) had a goal and two assists for the second game in a row, and Canada’s National Junior Team rode a big first period to a 6-1 win over Slovakia on Friday night ahead of the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship. The Canadians scored four times in nine minutes and 43 seconds to take control early and close out a perfect Victoria portion of their pre-tournament schedule; they downed Switzerland 5-3 on Wednesday. Maxime Comtois (Longueuil, Que./Drummondville, QMJHL), who had a pair of goals in the win over the Swiss, got the offence going against Slovakia, taking a feed from Glass and snapping a quick shot over the glove of Slovak goaltender Samuel Hlavaj just 6:55 in. Jack Studnicka (Tecumseh, Ont./Oshawa, OHL) banged in a power-play goal for the second time in as many games to make it 2-0, and Nick Suzuki (London, Ont./Owen Sound, OHL) was the benefactor of hard work down low by Jaret Anderson-Dolan (Calgary, Alta./Spokane, WHL) on the 3-0 goal. Shane Bowers (Herring Cove, N.S./Boston University, HE) batted a Joe Veleno (Kirkland, Que./Drummondville, QMJHL) rebound out of midair and past Hlavaj to send Canada to the intermission up four. Glass had the lone goal of the second period, taking a pretty pass from Evan Bouchard (Oakville, Ont./London, OHL) and beating a diving Hlavaj for a power-play marker. Ty Smith (Lloydminster, Alta./Spokane, WHL) added the final Canadian goal early in the third period; his seeing-eye shot from the point made its way through traffic for a 6-0 lead. Patrik Hrehorcak spoiled the shutout for Ian Scott (Calgary, Alta./Prince Albert, WHL) with less than five minutes to go, racing in off the right wing and going over the short-side shoulder of the Canadian netminder. Canada finished with a 45-23 advantage in shots on goal. It finishes pre-tournament action Sunday against Finland in Vancouver (10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT) before opening the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship on Boxing Day when it takes on Denmark (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT).

Visiting Team: Slovakia

Home Team: Canada

SLOVAKIA LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	1	Kostelny, Jakub
G	2	Hlavaj, Samuel
	4	Boldinar, David
	5	Kupec, Martin
	7	Korencik, Marek
	8	Dlugos, Marcel
	9	Golian, Andrej
	10	Svec, Enrik
	12	Cajkovic, Maxim
	13	Krivosik, Filip
	14	Demo, Daniel
	15	Regenda, Pavol
	16	Giertl, Oliver
	17	Kelemen, Milos
	18	Hrehorcak, Patrik
	19	Fafrak, Milos
	20	Okuliar, Oliver
	21	Ruzicka, Adam
	22	Ziak, Adam
	24	Balaz, Jozef
	27	Kollar, Andrej
	28	Kukuca, Andrej

SLOVAKIA PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	10	2:00	Roughing	7:43	1		7:43	8:13
1st	13	2:00	Interference	17:03	1		17:03	19:03
2nd	20	2:00	Tripping	6:32	1		6:32	6:58
2nd	9	2:00	Hooking	7:20	1		7:20	9:20
3rd	15	2:00	Slashing	9:16	1		9:16	6:16

CANADA LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	1	DiPietro, Michael
G	31	Scott, Ian
	2	Bouchard, Evan
	3	Brook, Josh
	4	McIsaac, Jared
	5	Mitchell, Ian
	6	Dobson, Noah
	8	Glass, Cody
	9	Veleno, Joe
	11	Anderson-Dolan, Jaret
	14	Comtois, Maxime
	15	Bowers, Shane
	16	Entwistle, MacKenzie
	17	Suzuki, Nick
	18	Phillips, Markus
	21	Tippett, Owen
	22	Lafreniere, Alexis
	23	Studnicka, Jack
	24	Smith, Ty
	26	Frost, Morgan
	27	Hayton, Barrett

CANADA PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	15	2:00	Tripping	19:58	1		19:58	1:58
2nd	9	2:00	Interference	10:09	1		10:09	12:09

SLOVAKIA Goals

SLOVAKIA PLAYERS (plus)

CANADA PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

3rd

15:00

18-7

CANADA Goals

CANADA PLAYERS (plus)

SLOVAKIA PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st