Game Report 28		World Cup of Hockey
PLAYED AT: Air Canada Centre Date: Sep 27, 2016 GAME NOTES: CANADA TAKES GAME 1 OF WORLD CUP FINAL WENDY GRAVES TORONTO – It wasn’t pretty, and it definitely wouldn’t win any style points, but it was enough to win the game. Canada wasn’t at its best Tuesday night, but it found the offence it needed and got great goaltending from Carey Price (Anahim Lake, B.C./Montreal, NHL) to defeat Team Europe 3-1 in Game 1 of the best-of-three final series of the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. Brad Marchand (Hammonds Plains, N.S./Boston, NHL), with his team-leading fourth goal, Steven Stamkos (Markham, Ont./Tampa Bay, NHL) and Patrice Bergeron (Ancienne-Lorette, Que./Boston, NHL) all scored for Canada. Marchand added an assist. Sidney Crosby (Cole Harbour, N.S./Pittsburgh, NHL) had two helpers and now has a tournament-best nine points. Price finished with 32 saves. Tomas Tatar scored for Team Europe. Jaroslav Halak made 35 saves in the loss. Team Europe seemed to get the quick start it needed to overcome its underdog status. Right off the opening face-off, it crashed the Canadian crease and drew a cross-checking penalty on Marchand. But no sooner had Canada killed off the penalty then Crosby sprung Bergeron behind the defence; Bergeron sent a short pass across to Marchand, who made it 1-0 only 12 seconds after being allowed back on the ice. Later in the period Ryan Getzlaf (Regina, Sask./Anaheim, NHL) picked Zdeno Chara’s pocket along the side boards. On the ensuing rush he fed Stamkos at the side of the net for an easy tap in. Team Europe dominated the offensive chances early in the second and was rewarded for their assertive play seven minutes in, when Tatar put home a rebound in front. The crowd grew restless with Canada’s listless play as the period wore on. An offensive push thanks to a late power play opportunity and some momentum built from that allowed the team to finally gain an advantage in shots on net, 17-11 for the period and 26-24 to that point in the game. Canada came out stronger to start the third period. Less than two minutes in, Stamkos picked off Halak’s pass behind the net and fed John Tavares (Mississauga, Ont./New York Islanders, NHL) out front. Moments later Ryan O’Reilly (Clinton, Ont./Buffalo, NHL) jumped on the ice undetected and got off an unmarked shot in the slot, but hit Halak squarely in the chest. Crosby found Bergeron out front midway through the final period to finally give Canada some breathing room. Canada can clinch the World Cup with a win on Thursday night (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT). Visiting Team: Europe Home Team: Canada
EUROPE LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 31   Grubauer, Philipp G 41   Halak, Jaroslav   2   Sekera, Andrej   5   Sbisa, Luca   7   Streit, Mark   8   Rieder, Tobias   10   Ehrhoff, Christian   11   Kopitar, Anze   12   Gaborik, Marian   21   Tatar, Tomas   22   Niederreiter, Nino   26   Vanek, Thomas   29   Draisaitl, Leon   33   Chara, Zdeno   36   Hansen, Jannik   44   Seidenberg, Dennis   51   Nielsen, Frans   59   Josi, Roman   63   Zuccarello, Mats   78   Bellemare, Pierre-Edouard   81   Hossa, Marian   89   Boedker, Mikkel	EUROPE PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 2nd 10  2:00  Delay of Game 14:16 1   14:16 16:16	CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 31   Price, Carey G 50   Crawford, Corey   4   Bouwmeester, Jay   6   Weber, Shea   7   Muzzin, Jake   8   Doughty, Drew   9   Duchene, Matt   15   Getzlaf, Ryan   16   Toews, Jonathan   20   Tavares, John   24   Perry, Corey   27   Pietrangelo, Alex   28   Giroux, Claude   37   Bergeron, Patrice   39   Couture, Logan   44   Vlasic, Marc-Edouard   63   Marchand, Brad   87   Crosby, Sidney   88   Burns, Brent   90   O'Reilly, Ryan   91   Stamkos, Steven   97   Thornton, Joe	CANADA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 63  2:00  Cross-Checking 0:21 1   0:21 2:21 2nd 63  2:00  Interference 17:03 1   17:03 12:03

EUROPE Goals EUROPE PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     2nd 7:00   21-44-11

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) EUROPE PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 2:33   63-37-87                         1st 13:20   91-15                         3rd 9:24   37-87-63

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES EUROPE 0 / 2 CANADA 0 / 1 PENALTY SUMMARY EUROPE 2 min / 1 inf CANADA 4 min / 2 inf POINT SUMMARY EUROPE 1 G + 2 A = 3 Pts CANADA 3 G + 5 A = 8 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total EUROPE 0 1 0 1 CANADA 2 0 1 3 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off EUR - Halak (57:04) (L) 11 12 12 35 /0:00 3rd/17:04 CAN - Price (60:00) (W) 10 10 12 32 /0:00 3rd/20:00 Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:   -  Start:   -  End:   -  Attendance:

OFFICIALS Referee: Referee: Linesmen: Linesmen: CERTIFIED CORRECT   This report has been checked and verified against the Official World Cup of Hockey Game Report.

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