Game Report 2717 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge
PLAYED AT: Canalta Centre
Date: Nov 7, 2019
GAME NOTES: RUSSIA SCORES EARLY AND OFTEN, DOWNS BLACK IN QUARTER-FINALS JASON LA ROSE MEDICINE HAT, Alta. – Prokhor Poltapov netted a hat trick and added an assist, and Russia scored the first five goals to help it to an 8-4 quarter-final win over Canada Black on Thursday night at the 2019 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge. The Russians still have a chance to defend their gold medal; they will face the Czech Republic in the semifinals on Friday night (6 p.m. CT) in Swift Current. Sask. Matvei Nadvorniy scored a pair of goals, and Daniil Lazutin and Nikita Chibrikov added a goal and two assists apiece as Russia took a commanding lead before quieting a comeback attempt by the Canadians. The scoring started less than five minutes in; Mikhail Berezovskiy rocketed a one-timer from the point past Black goaltender Ben Gaudreau (Corbeil, Ont./Sarnia, OHL) for a power-play goal. Poltapov doubled the lead before the end of the opening period, driving to the net and poking a centring feed from Chibrikov through the five-hole of Gaudreau. When Nadvorniy got his first just over three minutes into the second period, finding room from a sharp angle, that was all for Gaudreau; he gave way to William Blackburn (Jonquière, Que./Jonquière, LHMAAAQ) after allowing three goals in 10 shots. The offensive push continued from the Russians, with Lazutin burying a cross-ice feed from Poltapov on the power play at 8:21 and Poltapov going bar-down on another man advantage at 11:48. Sean Tschigerl (Whitecourt, Alta./Calgary, WHL) finally gave the pro-Canadian crowd at the Canalta Centre something to cheer about late in the period when he wired a wrist shot past over the glove of Russian netminder Valerii Brinkman, and Brennan Othmann (Pickering, Ont./Flint, OHL) converted on the power play late in the middle frame to give the Canadians a little bit of momentum. But Chibrikov finished a two-on-one with Fedor Svechkov only 93 seconds into the third period, and every time Black chipped away at the lead in the final frame it was quickly answered by the Russians. Jayden Grubbe (Calgary, Alta./Red Deer, WHL) found the back of the net twice in the third, but Nadvorniy scored 2:48 after the first goal and Poltapov finished his hat trick into an empty net 1:56 after the second. The loss means Canada Black will make the trip east to Swift Current to take on Finland in the seventh-place game on Saturday morning (11 a.m. CT).
Visiting Team: Russia
Head Coach: Andrei Kozyrev
Assistant Coach: Denis Gusmanov
Assistant Coach: Artem Nekhoroshih
Assistant Coach: Vladimir Popov
Assistant Coach: Evgenii Stavrovskii
Home Team: Canada Black
Head Coach: Jody Hull
Assistant Coach: Steve Hartley
Assistant Coach: Dylan Hunter
RUSSIA LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G29  Kanaev, Pavel
G30  Brinkman, Valerii
  Sapunov, Vladislav
  Berezovskiy, Mikhail
A Ivantsov, Ilia
  Dimitrov, Nikita
  Lazutin, Daniil
A Svechkov, Fedor
 10  Mintyukov, Pavel
 11  Ivanov, Gleb
 12  Ganin, Danila
 13  Poltapov, Prokhor
 14  Svishchev, Artem
 16  Mekhovov, Ivan
 17  Sychev, Vladimir
 18  Nadvorniy, Matvei
 19  Chibrikov, Nikita
 20  Grudinin, Vladimir
 21  Lukashevich, Vladislav
 25  Iurov, Danila
C26  Prokopenko, Aleksei
 28  Gaidamak, Vsevolod
RUSSIA PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st18 2:00 Tripping 16:031 16:0318:03
2nd2:00 Interference 17:531 17:5318:09
3rd2:00 Tripping 6:471 6:478:11
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
CANADA BLACK LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G30  Blackburn, William
G31  Gaudreau, Benjamin
  Ceulemans, Corson
  Langlois, Jérémy
  Clarke, Brandt
  Bentham, Nolan
  Othmann, Brennan
  Whynot, Cameron
  Grubbe, Jayden
A10  Tschigerl, Sean
 11  Malatesta, James
C12  Wright, Shane
 14  Del Mastro, Ethan
 16  L'Heureux, Zachary
 17  Zhilkin, Danny
 18  Uchacz, Kai
 19  Lawrence, Kaleb
 20  McCue, Max
 21  Winterton, Ryan
 22  Dean, Zach
A23  Boutin, Olivier
 24  McCallum, Landon
CANADA BLACK PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st20 2:00 Slashing 3:211 3:214:45
2nd2:00 Boarding 3:201 3:205:20
2nd10:00 10-Minute Misconduct 3:20  5:2015:20
2nd11 2:00 Boarding 7:061 7:068:21
2nd20 2:00 Roughing 11:381 11:3811:48
3rd16 2:00 Kneeing 5:091 5:097:09
3rd2:00 Cross-Checking 17:091 17:0919:09
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
RUSSIA Goals RUSSIA PLAYERS (plus) CANADA BLACK PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
1st4:45 PP 4-21-6            
1st12:21  13-19-10            
2nd3:11  18-20-16            
2nd8:21 PP 8-13-19            
2nd11:48 PP 13-8-10            
3rd1:33  19-9-10            
3rd10:59  18-16-6            
3rd16:19  13-8-30            
CANADA BLACK Goals CANADA BLACK PLAYERS (plus) RUSSIA PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
2nd15:33  10-5-2            
2nd18:09 PP 7-16-12            
3rd8:11 PP 9-16-11            
3rd14:23  9-23            
                
                
                
                
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
RUSSIA 3 / 6
CANADA BLACK 2 / 3
PENALTY SUMMARY
RUSSIA 6 min / 3 inf
CANADA BLACK 22 min / 7 inf
POINT SUMMARY
RUSSIA 8 G + 16 A = 24 Pts
CANADA BLACK 4 G + 7 A = 11 Pts
SCORING 1 2 3 Total
RUSSIA2338
CANADA BLACK0224
GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off
RUS - Brinkman (60:00) (W)97521/0:003rd/20:00
CAN-B - Gaudreau (23:11) 7007/0:002nd/3:11
CAN-B - Blackburn (29:16) (L)013316/3:113rd/12:27
CAN-B - Blackburn (0:07) (L)0000/14:233rd/14:30
CAN-B - Blackburn (3:41) (L)0000/16:193rd/20:00
Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:
  -  Start: 7:08 PM
  -  End: 9:22 PM
  -  Attendance:  
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This report has been checked and verified against the Official World Under-17 Hockey Challenge Game Report.

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