Game Report 242 International Para Hockey Tournament
PLAYED AT: Palaghiaccio Tazzoli
Date: Feb 28, 2017
GAME NOTES: DIXON DOES IT ALL, LEADS CANADA PAST ITALY AT SLEDGE TOURNEY JASON LA ROSE TURIN, Italy – Adam Dixon (Midland, Ont.) provided all the offence, scoring a natural hat trick in the first 17 minutes to send Canada’s National Sledge Team past Italy 3-0 on Tuesday at the 2017 International Para Hockey Tournament. The win keeps Canada perfect ahead of a potential first-place showdown with Norway on Wednesday (9 a.m. ET/6 a.m. PT) in the preliminary-round finale. Dixon wasted no time opening the scoring, jumping in from the blue-line and driving off the right wing before slipping a shot past Italian goaltender Santino Stillitano on the short-side for an unassisted goal just 5:17 after the puck dropped. The defenceman made it 2-0 at 11:02, taking a pass in the slot from Ben Delaney (Ottawa, Ont.) and wiring a quick shot low to the glove side of Stillitano to send the Canadians to the dressing room up by a pair. Tyler McGregor (Forest, Ont.) did the hard work on the hat trick goal with Canada enjoying a two-man advantage just 1:29 into the second period, stretching to push a pass to Dixon, who quickly whipped a left-handed shot up and over Stillitano to finish the scoring. The final margin of victory would have been much larger if not for the play of Stillitano, who finished with 25 saves, many of them point-blank stops. He turned away McGregor three times from in close in the second period alone, and the Canadian also hit the crossbar in the middle frame. Canada finished with a 28-5 advantage in shots on goal, holding the hosts without a shot in the third period. Corbin Watson (Kingsville, Ont.) earned the shutout in his first start of the tournament. 		Visiting Team: Canada
 Home Team: Italy
CANADA LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G30  Watson, Corbin
G31  Larocque, Dominic
 3  Cozzolino, Dominic
 5  Henry, Tyrone
 7  Savage, Zach
 8  McGregor, Tyler
 9  Smith, Corbyn
 10  Delaney, Ben
 11  Dixon, Adam
 12  Westlake, Greg
 15  Sorley, Kevin
 20  Sholomicki, Bryan
 23  Hickey, Liam
 25  Gemmell, James
 28  Lehoux, Antoine
   
CANADA PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st10 2:00 Hooking 11:551 11:5513:55
2nd30 2:00 Interference 3:391 3:395:39
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
ITALY LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G1  Stillitano, Santino
G15  Araudo, Gabriele
 3  Rosa, Gianluigi
 5  Planker, Florian
 6  Cavaliere, Gianluca
 8  Radice, Roberto
 11  Larch, Nils
 14  Balossetti, Bruno
 18  Macri, Andrea
 26  Antochi, Eusebiu
 27  Andreoni, Alessandro
 33  Kafmann, Stephan
 62  Depaoli, Christoph
 66  Parolin, Emanuele
 68  Corvino, Valerio
 73  Leperdi, Gregory Brian
ITALY PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st26 2:00 Teeing 14:401 14:401:29
2nd5 2:00 Interference 0:281 0:282:28
2nd27 2:00 Holding 10:451 10:4512:45
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) ITALY PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
1st5:17  11            
1st11:02  11-10            
2nd1:29 PP 11-8            
ITALY Goals ITALY PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
                
                
                
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
CANADA 1 / 3
ITALY 0 / 2
PENALTY SUMMARY
CANADA 4 min / 2 inf
ITALY 6 min / 3 inf
POINT SUMMARY
CANADA 3 G + 2 A = 5 Pts
ITALY 0 G + A = 0 Pts
SCORING 1 2 3 Total
CANADA2103
ITALY0000
GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off
CAN - Watson (45:00) (W)3205/0:003rd/15:00
ITA - Stillitano (45:00) (L)512825/0:003rd/15:00
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CERTIFIED CORRECT
 
This report has been checked and verified against the Official International Para Hockey Tournament Game Report.

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