| PLAYED AT: Steel Arena Date: May 12, 2019 GAME NOTES: CANADA BLANKS BRITS FOR FIRST WIN AT WORLDS QUINTON AMUNDSON KOSICE, Slovakia – Anthony Mantha (Longueuil, Que./Detroit, NHL) had two goals and three assists to power Canada’s National Men’s Team to an 8-0 victory over Great Britain on Sunday at the 2019 IIHF World Championship. Canadian captain Kyle Turris (New Westminster, B.C./Nashville, NHL) added two goals and an assist. Mathieu Joseph (Laval, Que./Tampa Bay, NHL), Dylan Strome (Mississauga, Ont./Chicago, NHL), Dante Fabbro (Coquitlam, B.C./Nashville, NHL) and Sean Couturier (Bathurst, N.B./Philadelphia, NHL) also scored for Canada, which also prevailed 8-0 the last time the nations met in 1994. Carter Hart (Sherwood Park, Alta./Philadelphia, NHL) stopped 12 shots for the shutout. Canada achieved its objective of storming out of the gate as it earned a massive 22-4 edge in shots to build a 2-0 lead in the first 20 minutes. Joseph gave Canada its first lead of the tournament at 2:43 by wiring in a rebound off an Adam Henrique (Burford, Ont./Anaheim, NHL) backhand from the slot, and Mantha doubled the lead at 12:33, one-touching a centering pass from Jared McCann (London, Ont./Pittsburgh, NHL). Mantha demonstrated his playmaking prowess with a tape-to-tape pass from the left wing to set up a one-on-one rush that Turris took advantage of with a backhand deke to give Canada a 3-0 lead at 2:35 of the second period. Strome scored a power-play goal to expand Canada’s advantage to four, putting home a loose puck in the crease just over seven minutes into the middle frame, and Fabbro capped the scoring in the stanza with a vintage slap shot from the high slot with 23 seconds to go before the intermission. Canada kept its huge territorial edge intact as it outshot Great Britain 18-2 in the second period. The Mantha-Turris connection struck again as Turris completed a give-and-go 57 seconds into the period before Couturier made it 7-0 with a chip shot in tight at 6:46. Mantha capped his five-point game midway through the period by converting on a rebound. Canada will next battle host Slovakia on Monday (2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT). |
Visiting Team: Canada Head Coach: Alain Vigneault Assistant Coach: Dave Hakstol Assistant Coach: Kirk Muller Assistant Coach: Lindy Ruff |
Home Team: Great Britain |
| CANADA LINEUP | ||
| Pos | No. | Name |
| G | 30 | Murray, Matt |
| G | 31 | Hart, Carter |
| 4 | Fabbro, Dante | |
| 7 | Couturier, Sean | |
| 10 | Jost, Tyson | |
| 14 | Henrique, Adam | |
| 16 | McCann, Jared | |
| 17 | Strome, Dylan | |
| 18 | Dubois, Pierre-Luc | |
| 19 | Turris, Kyle | |
| 21 | Joseph, Mathieu | |
| 23 | Reinhart, Sam | |
| 25 | Nurse, Darnell | |
| 27 | Theodore, Shea | |
| 28 | Severson, Damon | |
| 39 | Mantha, Anthony | |
| 51 | Stecher, Troy | |
| 59 | Bertuzzi, Tyler | |
| 61 | Stone, Mark | |
| 62 | Montour, Brandon | |
| 71 | Cirelli, Anthony | |
| 72 | Chabot, Thomas | |
| 81 | Marchessault, Jonathan | |
| CANADA PENALTIES | ||||||||
| Per. | No. | Min | Offence | Off | PP | PS | Start | On |
| 1st | 16 | 2:00 | Tripping | 18:47 | 1 | 18:47 | 0:47 | |
| 3rd | 71 | 2:00 | High-Sticking | 19:30 | 1 | 19:30 | 20:00 | |
| GREAT BRITAIN LINEUP | ||
| Pos | No. | Name |
| G | 1 | Whistle, Jackson |
| G | 30 | Murdy, Thomas |
| G | 33 | Bowns, Ben |
| 2 | Ehrhardt, Dallas | |
| 4 | Lee, Stephen | |
| 5 | Davies, Ben | |
| 7 | Lachowicz, Robert | |
| 8 | Myers, Matthew | |
| 9 | Perlini, Brett | |
| 10 | Farmer, Robert | |
| 11 | Lewis, Joseph | |
| 13 | Phillips, David | |
| 14 | Kirk, Liam | |
| 17 | Richardson, Mark | |
| 19 | Shields, Colin | |
| 20 | Phillips, Jonathan | |
| 21 | Hammond, Mike | |
| 23 | Swindlehurst, Paul | |
| 26 | Mosey, Evan | |
| 27 | Ferrara, Luke | |
| 28 | Oconnor, Ben | |
| 54 | Billingsley, Tim | |
| 74 | Betteridge, Oliver | |
| 75 | Dowd, Robert | |
| 91 | Lake, Ben | |
| GREAT BRITAIN PENALTIES | ||||||||
| Per. | No. | Min | Offence | Off | PP | PS | Start | On |
| 1st | 13 | 2:00 | Holding | 13:31 | 1 | 13:31 | 15:31 | |
| 2nd | 7 | 2:00 | Boarding | 6:15 | 1 | 6:15 | 7:05 | |
| 2nd | 7 | 10:00 | 10-Minute Misconduct | 6:15 | 6:15 | |||
| 3rd | 28 | 2:00 | Hooking | 4:47 | 1 | 4:47 | 6:47 | |
