| PLAYED AT: Canalta Centre Date: Nov 4, 2019 GAME NOTES: AMERICANS KEEP SCORING, BEAT WHITE TO STAY UNBEATEN JASON LA ROSE MEDICINE HAT, Alta. – Chaz Lucius had a goal and two assists to pace the offence, leading the United States to a 6-4 win over Canada White on Monday night at the 2019 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge. The Americans have scored 16 goals in their first two games, the most by one team since the U.S. netted 19 en route to a gold medal at the January 2014 tournament in Cape Breton, N.S. Caden Brown – one of only two U.S. skaters who failed to record a point in the tournament-opening 10-1 win over the Czech Republic on Sunday – added a goal and an assist, as did Colby Saganiuk and Dylan Duke. It was Saganiuk who got the scoring started just over two minutes in, redirecting a pretty cross-ice feed from Brown past Canadian goaltender William Rousseau (Trois-Rivières, Que./Trois-Rivières, LHMAAAQ). Riley Kidney (Enfield, N.S./Acadie-Bathurst, QMJHL) got that back for White midway through the opening period, taking advantage of a giveaway in the offensive zone, but Brown tipped in a shot from Sasha Pastujov at 11:11 and Duke toe-dragged around a White defender before beating Rousseau 50 seconds after that to put the Americans ahead for good. Lucius extended the advantage to two early in a back-and-forth second period, converting on a 2-on-0 break with Saganiuk, only for Jack Beck (Richmond Hill, Ont./Ottawa, OHL) to jump on a misplayed puck in front to get White back within a goal not even three minutes later. Luke Hughes struck for the 5-2 goal on an American power play at 8:49 before Cole Sillinger (Regina, Sask./Medicine Hat, WHL) got his stick on a shot from Oscar Plandowski (Halifax, N.S./Charlottetown, QMJHL) for a man-advantage marker to cut the White deficit to two again before the end of the period. Sillinger struck again early in the third on another power play when he intercepted a clearing attempt in the high slot and beat U.S. netminder Kaidan Mbereko, but Aidan Hreschuk needed just 45 seconds to beat Rousseau over the short-side shoulder and provide the final margin of victory. The teams finished even in shots on goal, 26-26. The U.S. will look to finish an unblemished preliminary round when it takes on Canada Black in its Group A finale Tuesday afternoon (3 p.m. MT), while Canada White closes its schedule against the Czech Republic (7 p.m. MT). |
Visiting Team: Canada White Head Coach: Sylvain Favreau Assistant Coach: Maxime Desruisseaux Assistant Coach: Ryan Marsh |
Home Team: United States Head Coach: John Wroblewski Associate Coach: Dan Hinote Assistant Coach: Mike Leone |
| CANADA WHITE LINEUP | ||
| Pos | No. | Name |
| G | 30 | Brennan, Tyler |
| G | 31 | Rousseau, William |
| 2 | Lambos, Carson | |
| 3 | Richard, Guillaume | |
| 4 | Enright, Isaac | |
| 6 | Legault, Charles-Alexis | |
| 7 | Plandowski, Oscar | |
| 8 | Hinds, Tyson | |
| 9 | Harrison, Brett | |
| 10 | Avon, Jon-Randall | |
| 11 | Savoie, Matthew | |
| 12 | Kidney, Riley | |
| A | 14 | McTavish, Mason |
| C | 15 | Robidas, Justin |
| 16 | Stillman, Chase | |
| 17 | Arnsby, Liam | |
| 18 | Mianscum, Israel | |
| A | 19 | Sillinger, Cole |
| 20 | Pellerin, Maxime | |
| 21 | Sward, Graham | |
| 22 | Guenther, Dylan | |
| 23 | Beck, Jack | |
| CANADA WHITE PENALTIES | ||||||||
| Per. | No. | Min | Offence | Off | PP | PS | Start | On |
| 1st | 17 | 2:00 | Hooking | 6:21 | 1 | 6:21 | 8:21 | |
| 1st | 9 | 2:00 | Cross-Checking | 15:03 | 1 | 15:03 | 17:03 | |
| 2nd | 12 | 2:00 | Hooking | 7:58 | 1 | 7:58 | 8:49 | |
| 2nd | 11 | 2:00 | Interference | 18:33 | 1 | 18:33 | 0:33 | |
| 3rd | 9 | 2:00 | Slashing | 10:07 | 1 | 10:07 | 12:07 | |
| UNITED STATES LINEUP | ||
| Pos | No. | Name |
| G | 31 | Mbereko, Kaidan |
| G | 32 | Homer, Gibson |
| 33 | Gilmartin, Liam | |
| 34 | Hughes, Jack | |
| 36 | Pastujov, Sasha | |
| 37 | Brown, Caden | |
| 39 | Wilmer, Jeremy | |
| 40 | Hreschuk, Aidan | |
| 42 | Gallagher, Ty | |
| 43 | Hughes, Luke | |
| 44 | Behrens, Sean | |
| 46 | St. Louis, Ryan | |
| 47 | Martin, Jacob | |
| A | 48 | Savage, Red |
| 49 | Devine, Jack | |
| 51 | Lucius, Chaz | |
| 52 | Saganiuk, Colby | |
| 53 | Boucher, Tyler | |
| A | 56 | Duke, Dylan |
| 57 | Straky, Ethan | |
| A | 58 | Janicke, Justin |
| 60 | Schmidt, Roman | |
| UNITED STATES PENALTIES | ||||||||
| Per. | No. | Min | Offence | Off | PP | PS | Start | On |
| 1st | 49 | 2:00 | Hooking | 8:22 | 1 | 8:22 | 10:22 | |
| 1st | 33 | 2:00 | Charging | 13:35 | 1 | 13:35 | 15:35 | |
| 2nd | 42 | 2:00 | Roughing | 14:23 | 1 | 14:23 | 14:59 | |
| 2nd | 36 | 2:00 | Slashing | 19:43 | 1 | 19:43 | 1:43 | |
| 3rd | 48 | 2:00 | Tripping | 1:44 | 1 | 1:44 | 2:07 | |
| 3rd | 37 | 2:00 | Interference | 11:34 | 1 | 11:34 | 13:34 | |
| 3rd | 48 | 2:00 | Hooking | 13:05 | 1 | 13:05 | 15:05 | |
