Game Report 2639		IIHF U18 World Championship
PLAYED AT: A3 Arena Date: Apr 25, 2019 GAME NOTES: CANADA HOLDS OFF LATVIA, BOOKS SEMIFINAL SPOT AT U18 WORLDS JASON LA ROSE UMEÅ, Sweden – Taylor Gauthier (Calgary, Alta./Prince George, WHL) was terrific in a 38-save performance and Peyton Krebs (Okotoks, Alta./Winnipeg, WHL) scored twice, leading Canada to a 3-1 quarter-final win over Latvia on Thursday at the 2019 IIHF U18 World Championship. The Canadians are into the semifinals for the first time since 2016; they will face the host Swedes on Saturday (1:30 p.m. ET/10:30 a.m. PT) in Örnsköldsvik. Braden Schneider (Prince Albert, Sask./Brandon, WHL) had the other goal for Canada, which was pushed to the limit by a Latvian team making its first-ever appearance in the medal round. After both teams failed on power-play opportunities in the opening 10 minutes, Schneider jumped into the rush, took a feed from Brayden Tracey (Calgary, Alta./Moose Jaw, WHL) and went five-hole on Latvian goaltender Arturs Silovs just before the 14-minute mark. Krebs extended the lead to 2-0 at 7:34 of the second period on a weird one; off a lost face-off by the Canadian captain, the puck hit a Latvian stick and trickled through Silovs for the eventual game-winner. Latvia, which scored only six goals in four preliminary-round games, buzzed in the third period and capitalized on Canadian penalty trouble to get on the board; Harijs Brants ripped a one-timer past Gauthier on a two-man advantage to make it 2-1 with 10 minutes to go. The Europeans would get no closer, and Krebs wrapped up the win into an empty net with 19.3 seconds left after terrific work in the defensive zone by Schneider and Connor Zary (Saskatoon, Sask./Kamloops, WHL). Canada finished with a 43-39 edge in shots on goal. Visiting Team: Latvia Home Team: Canada
LATVIA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 29   Lazdins, Rudolfs G 30   Silovs, Arturs   2   Brants, Harijs   4   Sejejs, Nauris   5   Prohorenkovs, Glebs   8   Skrastins, Kristaps   9   Polcs, Rudolfs   10   Svanenbergs, Janis   11   Ligis, Rihards   12   Krustins, Karlis   13   Zabusovs, Patriks   14   Biskins, Aleksandrs   16   Vitolins, Raimonds   17   Ansons, Raivis   19   Jevdokimovs, Ralfs   22   Petrovics, Roberts   23   Millers, Gustavs   24   Ozols, Patriks   25   Mateiko, Nikita   26   Osenieks, Ernests   28   Tumanovs, Miks	LATVIA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 24  2:00  Tripping 0:56 1   0:56 1st 19  2:00  Hit to the Head 16:59 1   16:59 1st 19  10:00  10-Minute Misconduct 16:59     16:59 2nd 25  2:00  Slashing 15:45 1   15:45 3rd 16  2:00  Hooking 5:48 1   5:48	CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Gauthier, Taylor G 29   Maier, Nolan   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	CANADA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 26  2:00  Slashing 8:33 1   8:33 10:33 1st 7  2:00  Closing Hand on Puck 18:04 1   18:04 0:04 2nd 9  2:00  Late Hit 3:59 1   3:59 5:59 3rd 10  2:00  Roughing 1:54 1   1:54 19:54 3rd 7  2:00  Interference 8:06 1   8:06 10:01 3rd 10  2:00  Goaltender Interference 8:57 1   8:57 10:57

LATVIA Goals LATVIA PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     3rd 10:01  PP  2-16

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) LATVIA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 13:48   2-7                         2nd 7:34   19                         3rd 19:40  EN  19-18

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES LATVIA 1 / 6 CANADA 0 / 4 PENALTY SUMMARY LATVIA 18 min / 5 inf CANADA 12 min / 6 inf POINT SUMMARY LATVIA 1 G + 1 A = 2 Pts CANADA 3 G + 2 A = 5 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total LATVIA 0 0 1 1 CANADA 1 1 1 3 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off LAT - Silovs (59:08) (L) 13 15 12 40 /0:00 3rd/19:08 LAT - Silovs (0:20) (L) 0 0 0 0 /19:40 3rd/20:00 CAN - Gauthier (60:00) (W) 11 12 15 38 /0:00 3rd/20:00 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 IIHF U18 World Championship Game Report.

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