| PLAYED AT: North Peace Arena Date: Dec 5, 2019 GAME NOTES: FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – Nikita Kiryanov scored twice in the third period, including the game-winning goal, and Russia scored the final five goals to earn a 6-3 win over Canada West in pre-tournament action Thursday ahead of the 2019 World Junior A Challenge. Vasili Ponomaryov and Nikita Buruyanov added a goal and an assist apiece for the Russians, while Michael Benning (St. Albert, Alta./Sherwood Park, AJHL), Massimo Rizzo (Burnaby, B.C./Coquitlam, BCHL) and Kent Johnson (Port Moody, B.C./Trail, BCHL) provided first-period offence for Canada West. |
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 West Head Coach: Joe Martin Assistant Coach: Clayton Jardine |
| RUSSIA LINEUP | ||
| Pos | No. | Name |
| G | 1 | Nefyodov, Bogdan |
| G | 29 | Guskov, Yegor |
| G | 30 | Motorygin, Maxim |
| 2 | Grushnikov, Artyom | |
| 3 | Kuznetsov, Yan | |
| 4 | Zotov, Filat | |
| 5 | Chayka, Daniil | |
| 6 | Gushchin, Daniil | |
| 7 | Yegorov, Alexey | |
| 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 | 28 | 2:00 | Tripping | 5:20 | 1 | 5:20 | ||
| 1st | 14 | 2:00 | Hooking | 16:17 | 1 | 16:17 | ||
| CANADA WEST LINEUP | ||
| Pos | No. | Name |
| G | 1 | Gylander, Carter |
| G | 31 | Davis, Matthew |
| 2 | Benning, Michael | |
| 3 | Ceulemans, Corson | |
| 4 | Connor, Powell | |
| 5 | Lund, Ethan | |
| 6 | Henry, Xavier | |
| 7 | Murray, Owen | |
| 8 | Edwards, Ethan | |
| 9 | Budy, Brendan | |
| 10 | Savoie, Carter | |
| 11 | Lapointe, Philippe | |
| 12 | Rizzo, Massimo | |
| 13 | Johnson, Kent | |
| 14 | Poisson, Nicholas | |
| 15 | Loney, Carter | |
| 16 | Young, Alex | |
| 17 | Mitchell, Cam | |
| 18 | Kovich, Kyler | |
| 19 | Scardina, Ethan | |
| 20 | Ozar, Owen | |
| 21 | Mylymok, Luke | |
| CANADA WEST PENALTIES | ||||||||
| Per. | No. | Min | Offence | Off | PP | PS | Start | On |
| 2nd | 13 | 2:00 | Holding the Stick | 16:32 | 1 | 16:32 | ||
