Game Report 2467		Spengler Cup
PLAYED AT: Vaillant Arena Date: Dec 31, 2018 GAME NOTES: CANADA EDGED IN SHOOTOUT, TAKES SECOND AT SPENGLER CUP JASON LA ROSE DAVOS, Switzerland – Daniel Winnik (Toronto, Ont./Genève-Servette HC, NLA) opened the scoring in the third period, but Canada’s National Men’s Team came out on the wrong end of an eight-round shootout in a 2-1 loss to KalPa Kuopio in the championship game Monday at the 2018 Spengler Cup. Zach Boychuk (Airdrie, Alta./SC Bern, NLA) and Cory Emmerton (St. Thomas, Ont./Lausanne HC, NLA) added goals in the shootout for the Canadians, who had four chances to win their fourth-consecutive tournament title but couldn’t find a way past Denis Godla. The Kuopio goaltender, whose name is familiar to Canadian fans as MVP of the 2015 IIHF World Junior Championship in Toronto and Montreal, was spectacular, finishing with 39 saves in regulation and overtime before stopping six of eight in the shootout. Chris DiDomenico (Woodbridge, Ont./SCL Tigers, NLA), Boychuk, Zac Dalpe (Paris, Ont./Cleveland, AHL) and Emmerton all had the championship on their stick, but it was Jaakko Rissanen who scored the winner, beating Canadian netminder Zach Fucale (Rosemère, Que./Fort Wayne, ECHL) with a quick shot to the glove side on the 15th attempt. Andrew Ebbett (Vernon, B.C./SC Bern, NLA) had the last chance for the Canadians, but the captain was turned away by one final stop from Godla. The game was a goaltender’s duel from the first drop of the puck, with Fucale and Godla matching saves through two scoreless periods that saw Canada hold a 25-13 advantage in shots on goal. Winnik finally broke through just past the five-minute mark of the third period, following up a Torrey Mitchell (Greenfield Park, Que./Lausanne HC, NLA) breakaway and stuffing the rebound past Godla for the 1-0 goal. But Eetu Luostarinen got the Finnish side even at 11:24, swatting a bouncing puck past Fucale at the side of the Canadian net to eventually force an extra period. The teams traded opportunities during the five minutes of three-on-three hockey, with Dalpe owning the best chance; his quick backhand beat Godla but not the post. Boychuk and Emmerton matched goals by Ville-Vesa Vainiola and Alexandre Texier in the opening stage of the shootout before the goaltenders took over again, at one point making nine-straight saves. The loss ends Canada’s record-setting win streak at the tournament at 12 games. Visiting Team: Canada Home Team: KalPa Kuopio
CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 30   Fucale, Zach G 31   Coreau, Jared   2   Després, Simon   3   Bieksa, Kevin   4   Curran, Kodie   7   Conrad, Colt   8   Fabbro, Dante   9   Knelsen, Dion   11   Gagnon, Aaron   16   Micflikier, Jacob   17   Mitchell, Torrey   18   Dalpe, Zac   19   Ebbett, Andrew   22   Boychuk, Zach   24   Cracknell, Adam   25   Emmerton, Cory   26   Winnik, Daniel   27   Quincey, Kyle   28   Moore, Dominic   36   D’Agostini, Matt   40   Lapierre, Maxim   46   Wiercioch, Patrick   55   Vukovic, Daniel   56   Noreau, Maxim   89   DiDomenico, Chris	CANADA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 19  2:00  Hooking 11:39 1   11:39 13:39 2nd   2:00  Too Many Players 0:49 1   0:49 2:49 2nd 28  2:00  Roughing 19:54 1   19:54 1:54 3rd 56  2:00  Interference 7:11 1   7:11 9:11 3rd 25  2:00  Tripping 12:32 1   12:32 14:32	KALPA KUOPIO LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 30   Godla, Denis G 84   Manzato, Daniel   5   Seppala, Mikael   6   Riekkinen, Joona   11   Vainiola, Ville-Vesa   12   Piipponen, Topi   13   Texier, Alexandre   14   Sebok, Balazs   15   Hyvarinen, Toni   18   Grondahl, Ari   20   Klemetti, Aleksi   21   Luostarinen, Eetu   22   Fairchild, Cade   25   Leskinen, Otto   26   Juusola, Mikko   28   Rissanen, Jaakko   29   Knuutinen, Henri   39   Nousiainen, Kim   40   Nuutinen, Mikko   41   Kononen, Juuso   42   Jokinen, Tommi   51   Wilson, Ryan   55   Lappalainen, Lasse   61   Ikonen, Joni   76   Makinen, Konsta   81   Kantola, Kai   82   Ruuttu, Alexander	KALPA KUOPIO PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 29  2:00  Interference 15:07 1   15:07 17:07 1st 51  2:00  Roughing 19:59 1   19:59 1:59 2nd 41  2:00  Holding 7:54 1   7:54 9:54 2nd 51  2:00  Tripping 17:02 1   17:02 19:02 2nd 25  2:00  Holding 19:54 1   19:54 1:54

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) KALPA KUOPIO PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     3rd 5:16   26-17-24

KALPA KUOPIO Goals KALPA KUOPIO PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     3rd 11:24   21-55-40

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES CANADA 0 / 5 KALPA KUOPIO 0 / 5 PENALTY SUMMARY CANADA 10 min / 5 inf KALPA KUOPIO 10 min / 5 inf POINT SUMMARY CANADA 1 G + 2 A = 3 Pts KALPA KUOPIO 1 G + 2 A = 3 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 OT1 SO Total CANADA 0 0 1 0 0 1 KALPA KUOPIO 0 0 1 0 1 2 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 OT1 Tot. On Off CAN - Fucale (65:00) (SL) 8 5 7 2 22 /0:00 1st OT/5:00 KUO - Godla (65:00) (W) 13 12 10 4 39 /0:00 1st OT/5:00 SHOOTOUT CANADA shoots first for each round. CANADA KALPA KUOPIO #  SHOOTER  22   Zach Boychuk  Goal  40   Maxim Lapierre    --    25   Cory Emmerton  Goal  89   Chris DiDomenico    --    22   Zach Boychuk    --    18   Zac Dalpe    --    25   Cory Emmerton    --    19   Andrew Ebbett    --   #   SHOOTER  Goal 11    Ville-Vesa Vainiola  Goal 13    Alexandre Texier    --   21    Eetu Luostarinen    --   13    Alexandre Texier    --   11    Ville-Vesa Vainiola    --   82    Alexander Ruuttu    --   13    Alexandre Texier  Goal 28    Jaakko Rissanen TOTALS:  2  3 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 Spengler Cup Game Report.

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