Game Report 24		World Cup of Hockey
PLAYED AT: Air Canada Centre Date: Sep 21, 2016 GAME NOTES: TOEWS SCORES TWICE; CANADA CLINCHES GROUP A WENDY GRAVES TORONTO – Jonathan Toews (Winnipeg, Man./Chicago, NHL) scored twice and Corey Crawford (Montreal, Que./Chicago, NHL) earned his first-ever international win as Canada beat Europe 4-1 to claim top spot in Group A at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. Toews picked up an assist as well on Wednesday night. Sidney Crosby (Cole Harbour, N.S./Pittsburgh, NHL) and Logan Couture (London, Ont./San Jose, NHL) also scored, as Canada outshot Europe 46-20. Crosby gave Canada an early lead, scoring only four minutes in against Europe, a team of players from eight different countries. When Jay Bouwmeester (Edmonton, Alta./St. Louis, NHL) shot wide from the point, Crosby took the rebound off the end boards and tucked the puck in the side of the net. Canada hit its stride as the period played on. Only the stellar goaltending of Jaroslav Halak prevented more goals. With three minutes to go, he robbed Steven Stamkos (Markham, Ont./Tampa Bay, NHL) – standing only a step outside the blue paint – with a glove save. Two minutes later he stoned a wide-open Brad Marchand (Hammonds Plains, N.S./Boston, NHL) twice at the side of the net. Off the ensuing face-off, though, Canada finally beat the European goaltender, with Toews deflecting in a shot from Matt Duchene (Haliburton, Ont./Colorado, NHL). Europe enjoyed more time in the offensive zone to start the second period, but was unable to generate much on net as Canada quickly closed off the shooting lanes. Applying a different approach, Marian Hossa drove toward the goal line, where his bad-angle shot eluded Crawford and cut Canada’s lead to one. Toews restored the two-goal lead 10 minutes later when he kept the puck on a two-on-one. Up to that point the period had been the team’s flattest in the tournament, but a second goal from Captain Serious got the subdued crowd inside the Air Canada Centre back out of their seats. Late in the third period, with Marchand and Pierre-Édouard Bellemare sitting for off-setting minors, Couture pounced on a loose puck out front and roofed it for his first goal of the World Cup. Canada will face the second place finisher in Group B, either North America or Russia, in the semifinals on Saturday (7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT). Visiting Team: Europe Home Team: Canada
EUROPE LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Greiss, Thomas G 41   Halak, Jaroslav   2   Sekera, Andrej   7   Streit, Mark   8   Rieder, Tobias   10   Ehrhoff, Christian   11   Kopitar, Anze   12   Gaborik, Marian   21   Tatar, Tomas   22   Niederreiter, Nino   26   Vanek, Thomas   29   Draisaitl, Leon   33   Chara, Zdeno   36   Hansen, Jannik   44   Seidenberg, Dennis   51   Nielsen, Frans   59   Josi, Roman   63   Zuccarello, Mats   78   Bellemare, Pierre-Edouard   81   Hossa, Marian	EUROPE PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 2nd 2  2:00  High-Sticking 9:55 1   9:55 13:55 2nd 2  2:00  High-Sticking 9:55 1   9:55 13:55 2nd 7  2:00  Holding 16:03 1   16:03 18:03 2nd 33  2:00  Holding 19:11 1   19:11 1:11 3rd 33  2:00  High-Sticking 10:07 1   10:07 12:07 3rd 78  2:00  Hooking 17:26     17:26 19:26	CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 50   Crawford, Corey G 70   Holtby, Braden   4   Bouwmeester, Jay   7   Muzzin, Jake   8   Doughty, Drew   9   Duchene, Matt   16   Toews, Jonathan   20   Tavares, John   24   Perry, Corey   27   Pietrangelo, Alex   28   Giroux, Claude   37   Bergeron, Patrice   39   Couture, Logan   44   Vlasic, Marc-Edouard   63   Marchand, Brad   87   Crosby, Sidney   88   Burns, Brent   90   O'Reilly, Ryan   91   Stamkos, Steven   97   Thornton, Joe	CANADA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 2nd 97  2:00  Tripping 9:55     9:55 11:55 3rd 27  2:00  Cross-Checking 5:32 1   5:32 7:32 3rd 63  2:00  Unsportsmanlike Conduct 17:26     17:26 19:26

EUROPE Goals EUROPE PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     2nd 4:38   81-11-10

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) EUROPE PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 4:01   87-4                         1st 19:06   16-9                         2nd 14:48   16-39                         3rd 17:33   39-16-44

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES EUROPE 0 / 1 CANADA 0 / 5 PENALTY SUMMARY EUROPE 12 min / 6 inf CANADA 6 min / 3 inf POINT SUMMARY EUROPE 1 G + 2 A = 3 Pts CANADA 4 G + 5 A = 9 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total EUROPE 0 1 0 1 CANADA 2 1 1 4 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off EUR - Halak (60:00) (L) 15 12 15 42 /0:00 3rd/20:00 CAN - Crawford (60:00) (W) 4 4 11 19 /0:00 3rd/20:00 Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:   -  Start:   -  End:   -  Attendance:

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