| PLAYED AT: Encana Events Centre Date: Dec 7, 2019 GAME NOTES: RUSSIA EDGES EAST IN OT IN WJAC OPENER JASON LA ROSE DAWSON CREEK, B.C. – Vasili Ponomaryov scored the winner on the power play with 51.9 seconds left in overtime, giving Russia a tournament-opening 3-2 win over Canada East on Saturday afternoon at the 2019 World Junior A Challenge. It’s the seventh time in a row the Russians have beaten East, and the fifth year in a row they have started their schedule with a victory. With the clock ticking closer to a shootout, Ponomaryov took a drop pass from Kirill Kirsanov at the blue-line, wheeled into the middle of the ice and beat a screened Devon Levi (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Que./Carleton Place, CCHL) on the glove side. The Russians looked to be on their way to the full three points after Daniil Gushchin went five-hole on Levi seven minutes into the third period, but Dovar Tinling (Pointe-Claire, Que./Hawkesbury, CCHL) banked a shot off the back of goaltender Yegor Guskov with just 2:40 left to force overtime. Tinling finished with a goal and an assist for the Canadians, while Shakir Mukhamadullin added two helpers for Russia; they were the lone players with multi-point efforts. A scoreless first period was a feeling-out process for both teams, with just six shots apiece. Jérémy Laframboise (Sainte-Catherine, Que./Longueuil, LHJAAAQ) finally broke through when he scored from in close off a Tinling set-up on an East power play 8:24 into the second, but Nikita Kiryanov poked a loose puck through Levi just over five minutes later to get the Russians even. There were chances at both ends leading to the Ponomaryov winner in overtime; Gushchin was turned away by Levi on a breakaway just seconds into the extra period, and Ryan O’Hara (Oakville, Ont./Oakville, OJHL) beat Guskov but not the post. Both teams are back in action Sunday; Russia takes on the Czech Republic in the early game (2 p.m. MT) before East meets West in an all-Canadian match-up (7 p.m. MT). |
Visiting Team: Russia Head Coach: Sergey Golubovich Assistant Coach: Alexey Davydov Assistant Coach: Dmitrii Kokorev Assistant Coach: Vladimir Popov Assistant Coach: Vladimir Potapov |
Home Team: Canada East Head Coach: Martin Dagenais Assistant Coach: Corey Beer Assistant Coach: Greg Leland Assistant Coach: Dan Sauvé |
| RUSSIA LINEUP | ||
| Pos | No. | Name |
| G | 29 | Guskov, Yegor |
| G | 30 | Motorygin, Maxim |
| 2 | Grushnikov, Artyom | |
| 4 | Zotov, Filat | |
| 5 | Chayka, Daniil | |
| 6 | Gushchin, Daniil | |
| 8 | Didkovski, Ivan | |
| 9 | Zugan, Dmitri | |
| 11 | Steklov, Kirill | |
| 13 | Ponomaryov, Vasili | |
| 14 | Buruyanov, Nikita | |
| 17 | Kiryanov, Nikita | |
| 18 | Tyutnev, Pavel | |
| 19 | Rychkov, Iliya | |
| 20 | Kirsanov, Kirill | |
| 22 | Khusnutdinov, Marat | |
| 23 | Zlodeev, Dmitriy | |
| 25 | Kokhanin, Ignat | |
| 26 | Shumilin, Eremey | |
| 27 | Mukhamadullin, Shakir | |
| 28 | Pashin, Aleksander | |
| RUSSIA PENALTIES | ||||||||
| Per. | No. | Min | Offence | Off | PP | PS | Start | On |
| 1st | 23 | 2:00 | High-Sticking | 9:50 | 1 | 9:50 | ||
| 1st | 25 | 2:00 | Interference | 15:00 | 1 | 15:00 | ||
| 2nd | 5 | 2:00 | High-Sticking | 8:14 | 1 | 8:14 | 8:24 | |
| 2nd | 2 | 2:00 | Roughing | 16:43 | 16:43 | |||
| 3rd | 27 | 2:00 | Delay of Game | 3:21 | 1 | 3:21 | ||
| CANADA EAST LINEUP | ||
| Pos | No. | Name |
| G | 1 | Levi, Devon |
| G | 31 | Say, Owen |
| 2 | Kennette, Brendan | |
| 3 | Coulson, Richard | |
| 4 | McIntosh, Tucker | |
| 5 | Chapleau, Philippe | |
| 6 | Lafrance, David | |
| 7 | Tanos, Evan | |
| 8 | Biggar, Zach | |
| 9 | O'Hara, Ryan | |
| 10 | Alexander, Ryan | |
| 11 | Mosley, Ryland | |
| 12 | DeGrazia, Nicholas | |
| 14 | Vermaeten, Matthew | |
| 15 | Laframboise, Jérémy | |
| 16 | Tinling, Dovar | |
| 17 | Tremblay, Charles | |
| 18 | O'Hara, Cole | |
| 19 | MacArthur, Colby | |
| 20 | Martino, Ayrton | |
| 21 | Craft, Cole | |
| 22 | Tverberg, Ryan | |
| CANADA EAST PENALTIES | ||||||||
| Per. | No. | Min | Offence | Off | PP | PS | Start | On |
| 2nd | 3 | 2:00 | Holding | 0:28 | 1 | 0:28 | ||
| 2nd | 5 | 2:00 | Goaltender Interference | 14:46 | 1 | 14:46 | ||
| 2nd | 4 | 2:00 | Cross-Checking | 16:43 | 16:43 | |||
| 1st OT | 9 | 2:00 | Goaltender Interference | 2:37 | 1 | 2:33 | ||
