| PLAYED AT: Encana Events Centre Date: Dec 13, 2019 GAME NOTES: CZECHS SCORE COME-FROM-BEHIND WIN OVER EAST IN PRELIM FINALE JASON LA ROSE DAWSON CREEK, B.C. – Robin Vsetecka scored a goal and set up three more, and the Czech Republic erased a two-goal deficit in the second period to earn a 6-4 win over the Canada East in the final game of the preliminary round Friday at the 2019 World Junior A Challenge. The win sends the Czechs to a semifinal showdown with Russia on Saturday night (7 p.m. MT), right after the Canadians take on the United States (2 p.m. MT) in their final-four match-up. Filip Prikryl opened and closed the scoring, and David Jindra had a goal and an assist for the Czechs, who entered the second period down 3-1 and left with a 4-3 lead. Prikryl took advantage of a two-man advantage to get the offence started early, kicking a rebound from skate to stick and tucking it past Canadian goaltender Devon Levi (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Que./Carleton Place, CCHL). But the rest of the opening period belonged to Canada East, which counted three goals in 11 minutes. Philippe Chapleau (Longueuil, Que./Longueuil, LHJAAAQ) tied the game less than two minutes after the Prikryl goal, going bar-down with a Colby MacArthur (Summerside, P.E.I./Summerside, MHL) rebound, and Ryan Alexander (Toronto, Ont./St. Michael’s, OJHL) tipped in a point shot from Tucker McIntosh (Toronto, Ont./Ottawa, CCHL) to give East its first lead at 13:14. Charles Tremblay (Saint-Félicien, Que./Longueuil, LHJAAAQ) made it 3-1 on the power play near the end of the period, hammering a one-timer off a cross-ice feed from Jérémy Laframboise (Sainte-Catherine, Que./Longueuil, LHJAAAQ). But the tide started to turn early in the second; Vsetecka was left alone in front to finish a centring pass from Jindra at 2:17, and Jakub Rychlovsky beat Levi with a pretty move to the backhand at 6:46 to tie the game. The teams looked destined to head to the intermission even, but a late East penalty led to a power-play goal from Matej Morong, who watched a pass from Marcel Barinka deflect off his skate and past Levi to make it 4-3. Jindra gave the Czechs some breathing room midway through the third period when he chipped a rebound up and over Levi, but Cole O’Hara (Richmond Hill, Ont./North York, OJHL) made it a one-goal game again with 4:14 left. East would get no closer, though, and Prikryl hit the empty net from his own zone to cap the scoring. Both goaltenders were busy throughout; the Czechs finished with a 39-30 advantage in shots on goal. |
Visiting Team: Canada East Head Coach: Martin Dagenais Assistant Coach: Corey Beer Assistant Coach: Greg Leland Assistant Coach: Dan Sauvé |
Home Team: Czech Republic Head Coach: Miroslav Prerost Assistant Coach: Rostislav Vlach |
| 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 |
| 1st | 3 | 2:00 | Tripping | 2:50 | 1 | 2:50 | ||
| 1st | 2 | 2:00 | Cross-Checking | 3:29 | 1 | 3:29 | ||
| 2nd | 20 | 2:00 | Hooking | 4:14 | 1 | 4:14 | ||
| 2nd | 6 | 2:00 | Tripping | 18:50 | 1 | 18:50 | ||
| 2nd | 11 | 2:00 | Closing Hand on Puck | 19:17 | 1 | 19:17 | ||
| 3rd | 7 | 2:00 | Delay of Game | 4:38 | 1 | 4:38 | ||
| CZECH REPUBLIC LINEUP | ||
| Pos | No. | Name |
| G | 1 | Dobes, Jakub |
| G | 2 | Skorpik, Jan |
| 3 | Rutar, Adam | |
| 4 | Siller, Albert | |
| 5 | Kowalczyk, Daniel | |
| 6 | Poizl, Daniel | |
| 7 | Cernohorsky, Jakub | |
| 8 | Malik, Zack | |
| 9 | Volrab, Ondrej | |
| 10 | Prikryl, Filip | |
| 11 | Bernat, Tomas | |
| 12 | Jindra, David | |
| 13 | Rychlovsky, Jakub | |
| 15 | Princl, Marek | |
| 17 | Poppel, Petr | |
| 18 | Morong, Matej | |
| 19 | Barinka, Marcel | |
| 20 | Najman, Adam | |
| 21 | Vsetecka, Robin | |
| 22 | Jelinek, Simon | |
| CZECH REPUBLIC PENALTIES | ||||||||
| Per. | No. | Min | Offence | Off | PP | PS | Start | On |
| 1st | 9 | 2:00 | Hooking | 15:03 | 1 | 15:03 | ||
| 2nd | 15 | 2:00 | High-Sticking | 2:45 | 1 | 2:45 | ||
| 2nd | 8 | 2:00 | Holding | 7:27 | 1 | 7:27 | ||
