| PLAYED AT: Ostravar Arena Date: Dec 28, 2019 GAME NOTES: CANADA BLANKED BY RUSSIA AT WORLD JUNIORS JASON LA ROSE OSTRAVA, Czech Republic – Nico Daws (Burlington, Ont./Guelph, OHL) and Joel Hofer (Winnipeg, Man./Portland, WHL) combined to make 34 saves, but Canada’s National Junior Team was held off the scoresheet in a 6-0 loss to Russia on Saturday at the 2020 IIHF World Junior Championship. The Canadian defeat means all five teams in Group B – Canada, the Czech Republic, Germany, Russia and the United States – have a win and loss midway through the preliminary round. Alexander Khovanov started the scoring just 1:44 in, picking off an outlet pass at the Canadian blue-line and letting go a wrist shot that hit the blocker of Daws before popping up and over the goaltender. Pavel Dorofyev made it 2-0 midway through the first when he found space behind the defence and roofed a backhand past Daws, and Nikita Rtishev banged in a rebound three-and-a-half minutes later for a 3-0 Russian lead after 20 minutes. Canada picked up its offence in the second period, firing 14 shots on goal, but couldn’t find a way past Russian netminder Amir Miftakhov, who turned aside 28 shots in all to record just the fifth shutout against Canada in World Juniors history. Nikita Alexandrov forced a change in the Canadian goal early in the middle frame when he drove down the right wing and tucked the 4-0 goal around Daws, who gave way to Hofer. Hofer was solid in his 38 minutes of work, stopping 20 of 22 shots. Yegor Sokolov got a piece of a shot from Yegor Zamula to make it 5-0 at 13:09 before Khovanov set up Grigori Denisenko to cap the scoring late in the middle frame. Russia finished with a 40-28 advantage in shots on goal. The Canadians will look to bounce back Monday when they take on Germany (9 a.m. ET/6 a.m. PT). The IIHF World Junior Championship returns to Canadian ice next year when Edmonton and Red Deer, Alta., host the 2021 World Juniors. Fans have until Jan. 5 to sign up for the Priority Draw for their chance to purchase tickets in both cities. Visit HockeyCanada.ca/Tickets for more information. |
Visiting Team: Canada Head Coach: Dale Hunter Assistant Coach: Alan Letang Assistant Coach: Mitch Love Assistant Coach: André Tourigny |
Home Team: Russia |
| CANADA LINEUP | ||
| Pos | No. | Name |
| G | 1 | Daws, Nico |
| G | 30 | Hofer, Joel |
| 2 | Bahl, Kevin | |
| 3 | Addison, Calen | |
| 4 | Byram, Bowen | |
| 5 | Bernard-Docker, Jacob | |
| 6 | Drysdale, Jamie | |
| 8 | Foudy, Liam | |
| 9 | Veleno, Joe | |
| 10 | Lavoie, Raphael | |
| 11 | Lafreniere, Alexis | |
| 14 | McIsaac, Jared | |
| 16 | Thomas, Akil | |
| 17 | McMichael, Connor | |
| 18 | Dellandrea, Ty | |
| 19 | Byfield, Quinton | |
| 20 | Mercer, Dawson | |
| 22 | Cozens, Dylan | |
| 24 | Smith, Ty | |
| 25 | Dudas, Aidan | |
| 27 | Hayton, Barrett | |
| 29 | Foote, Nolan | |
| CANADA PENALTIES | ||||||||
| Per. | No. | Min | Offence | Off | PP | PS | Start | On |
| 1st | 9 | 2:00 | Interference | 11:21 | 1 | 11:21 | 13:21 | |
| 1st | 1 | 2:00 | Tripping | 14:28 | 1 | 14:28 | 16:28 | |
| 1st | 5 | 2:00 | Holding the Stick | 15:39 | 1 | 15:39 | 17:39 | |
| 2nd | 9 | 2:00 | Tripping | 19:55 | 1 | 19:55 | 1:55 | |
| RUSSIA LINEUP | ||
| Pos | No. | Name |
| G | 1 | Miftakhov, Amir |
| G | 30 | Askarov, Yaroslav |
| 2 | Zhuravlyov, Danil | |
| 3 | Galenyuk, Danila | |
| 4 | Zamula, Yegor | |
| 5 | Malyshev, Anton | |
| 6 | Pylenkov, Danil | |
| 7 | Khovanov, Alexander | |
| 8 | Morozov, Ivan | |
| 9 | Marchenko, Kirill | |
| 10 | Voronkov, Dmitri | |
| 11 | Podkolzin, Vasili | |
| 12 | Kruglov, Ilya | |
| 13 | Sokolov, Yegor | |
| 14 | Denisenko, Grigori | |
| 17 | Sorkin, Maxim | |
| 19 | Rtishev, Nikita | |
| 24 | Alexandrov, Nikita | |
| 25 | Misyul, Danil | |
| 26 | Romanov, Alexander | |
| 27 | Dorofeyev, Pavel | |
| 28 | Groshev, Maxim | |
| RUSSIA PENALTIES | ||||||||
| Per. | No. | Min | Offence | Off | PP | PS | Start | On |
| 1st | 10 | 2:00 | Roughing | 19:50 | 1 | 19:50 | 1:50 | |
| 2nd | 11 | 2:00 | Tripping | 9:35 | 1 | 9:35 | 11:35 | |
| 3rd | 13 | 2:00 | Hit to the Head | 19:43 | 1 | 19:43 | ||
| 3rd | 13 | 10:00 | 10-Minute Misconduct | 19:43 | 1 | 19:43 | ||
