PLAYED AT: A3 Arena
Date: Apr 23, 2019
GAME NOTES: CANADA DOWNS CZECHS TO FINISH PERFECT PRELIMS
JASON LA ROSE
UMEÅ, Sweden – Philip Tomasino (Mississauga, Ont./Niagara, OHL) had a goal and an assist in the decisive second period, and Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 Team erased an early deficit to beat the Czech Republic 6-2 in the preliminary-round finale Tuesday at the 2019 IIHF U18 World Championship.
The Canadians finished atop Group A with a perfect 4-0 record, and will face Latvia in the quarter-finals on Thursday (1:30 p.m. ET/10:30 a.m. PT).
Canada dominated the final 40 minutes, outshooting the Czechs 45-11 and scoring five unanswered goals.
Early on, though, it was the Europeans who had the advantage. Ondrej Volrab gave the Czechs the lead just 4:25 in, getting a point shot through traffic and past Canadian goaltender Nolan Maier (Yorkton, Sask./Saskatoon, WHL) on the power play, and Jan Mysak jumped on a turnover at the offensive blue-line and set up Marcel Barinka for the 2-0 goal only 92 seconds after that.
It was all Canada from there. Alex Newhook (St. John’s, N.L./Victoria, BCHL) got the Canadians on the board before the end of the opening frame, coming out of the penalty box and taking a feed from Jamieson Rees (Hamilton, Ont./Sarnia, OHL) before beating netminder Lukas Parik.
The puck never seemed to leave Canadian sticks in the second period; they outshot the Czechs 30-7 in the stanza and turned a deficit into a lead before the end of 40 minutes.
Dylan Holloway (Bragg Creek, Alta./Okotoks, AJHL) tied it less than two minutes in off a set-up from Tomasino, and Tomasino spun in the slot and beat Parik through the legs at 15:12 to put Canada ahead 3-2.
The offensive onslaught continued in the third, with three goals in three minutes.
Nathan Légaré (Montreal, Que./Baie-Comeau, QMJHL) made good on a two-man advantage at 11:51, hammering a one-timer past Parik, Rees tipped in a shot from Jordan Spence (Cornwall, P.E.I./Moncton, QMJHL) at 13:37 and captain Peyton Krebs (Okotoks, Alta./Winnipeg, WHL) finished off a tie-tac-toe passing play at 14:57 to cap the scoring.
Tomasino, Newhook, Rees and Holloway finished with a goal and an assist each, while Maier finished with 23 saves.
Canada outshot the Czechs 58-25 overall. |
Visiting Team: Canada
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Home Team: Czech Republic
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CANADA LINEUP
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| Pos |
No. |
Name |
| G | 1 | Gauthier, Taylor | | G | 29 | Maier, Nolan | | G | 30 | Lemieux, Jonathan | | | 2 | Schneider, Braden | | | 3 | Korczak, Kaedan | | | 4 | Harley, Thomas | | | 5 | Vukojevic, Michael | | | 6 | Drysdale, Jamie | | | 7 | Tracey, Brayden | | | 8 | Washkurak, Keean | | | 9 | Légaré, Nathan | | | 10 | Holloway, Dylan | | | 11 | Pelletier, Jakob | | | 14 | Rees, Jamieson | | | 15 | Newhook, Alex | | | 16 | Suzuki, Ryan | | | 17 | Cozens, Dylan | | | 18 | Zary, Connor | | | 19 | Krebs, Peyton | | | 20 | Spence, Jordan | | | 24 | Hunt, Daemon | | | 26 | Tomasino, Philip | | | 27 | Poulin, Samuel |
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CANADA PENALTIES
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| Per. |
No. |
Min |
Offence |
Off |
PP |
PS |
Start |
On |
| 1st | 27 | 2:00 | Late Hit | 2:40 | 1 | | 2:40 | 4:25 | | 1st | 5 | 2:00 | Late Hit | 9:36 | 1 | | 9:36 | 11:36 | | 1st | 5 | 10:00 | 10-Minute Misconduct | 9:36 | | | 9:36 | | | 2nd | 17 | 2:00 | Slashing | 17:51 | 1 | | 17:51 | 19:51 | | 3rd | 19 | 2:00 | Cross-Checking | 6:33 | 1 | | 6:33 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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CZECH REPUBLIC LINEUP
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| Pos |
No. |
Name |
| G | 1 | Skorpik, Jan | | G | 2 | Parik, Lukas | | G | 30 | Bednar, Jan | | | 5 | Kubicek, Simon | | | 6 | Mlcak, Jan | | | 7 | Rutar, Adam | | | 9 | Has, Martin | | | 10 | Prikryl, Filip | | | 12 | Raska, Adam | | | 13 | Teply, Michal | | | 14 | Barinka, Marcel | | | 15 | Toman, Matej | | | 16 | Peterek, Jonas | | | 17 | Najman, Adam | | | 20 | Kucerik, Radek | | | 21 | Psenicka, Ondrej | | | 22 | Lang, Martin | | | 23 | Koffer, Filip | | | 25 | Mysak, Jan | | | 27 | Rychlovsky, Jakub | | | 28 | Volrab, Ondrej | | | 29 | Muzik, Radek | | | | |
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CZECH REPUBLIC PENALTIES
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| Per. |
No. |
Min |
Offence |
Off |
PP |
PS |
Start |
On |
| 1st | 5 | 2:00 | Cross-Checking | 6:10 | 1 | | 6:10 | 8:10 | | 1st | 17 | 2:00 | Tripping | 11:52 | 1 | | 11:52 | 13:52 | | 1st | 15 | 2:00 | Diving | 13:52 | 1 | | 13:52 | 15:52 | | 2nd | 2 | 10:00 | 10-Minute Misconduct | 8:15 | | | 8:15 | | | 2nd | 12 | 2:00 | Tripping | 11:45 | 1 | | 11:45 | | | 2nd | 6 | 2:00 | Hooking | 17:10 | 1 | | 17:10 | | | 3rd | 28 | 2:00 | Boarding | 4:16 | 1 | | 4:16 | | | 3rd | 28 | 10:00 | 10-Minute Misconduct | 4:16 | | | 4:16 | | | 3rd | | 2:00 | Too Many Players | 10:58 | 1 | | 10:58 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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