| PLAYED AT: Vaillant Arena Date: Dec 28, 2019 GAME NOTES: CANADA BEATS HOSTS, BOOKS SEMIFINAL SPOT AT SPENGLER CUP JASON LA ROSE DAVOS, Switzerland – Alex Grant (Antigonish, N.S./Jokerit Helsinki, KHL) had a goal and an assist, five players scored goals and 13 recorded points to help Canada’s National Men’s Team to a 5-1 win over HC Davos on Saturday at the 2019 Spengler Cup. The victory sends Canada into the semifinals on Monday (9 a.m. ET/6 a.m. PT). They will face the winner of the Sunday quarter-final between HC Davos and TPS Turku. It is the sixth-consecutive time Canada has beaten Davos in what is always the marquee match-up of the tournament. Since 1984, the Canadians are 31-12 against the tournament hosts. With the Davos resting a number of regulars, Canada jumped out to an early two-goal lead. Andrew MacDonald (Judique, N.S./SC Bern, NLA) got the first at 2:18, hammering a shot from the point that nicked off a Davos skater and eluded goaltender Joren van Pottelberghe, and Dustin Jeffrey (Sarnia, Ont./Lausanne HC, NLA) found space upstairs from a sharp angle at 3:30 to make it 2-0. After Davos pressed in the latter half of the first period, the Canadians dominated the second; they outshot the hosts 16-5 in the middle frame and stretched their lead to five with three goals in exactly 10 minutes. Eric Fehr (Winkler, Man./Genève-Servette HC, NLA) was the recipient of a pretty pass from behind the net from Daniel Winnik (Toronto, Ont./Genève-Servette HC, NLA) for the 3-0 goal at 7:16, Kevin Clark (Winnipeg Man./SC Rapperswil-Jona, NLA) dangled his way to the net to score his fourth goal in two games at 10:38 and Grant whipped a shot past van Pottelberghe off a won face-off at 17:16 to put the Canadians in complete control. Luca Hischier finally put a puck past Canadian netminder Matt Tomkins (Edmonton, Alta./Rockford, AHL) on a Davos power play early in the third period, but that would do it for scoring. Canada finished with a 34-23 advantage in shots on goal. |
Visiting Team: Canada Director of Hockey Operations & Assistant Coach: Misha Donskov Head Coach: Craig MacTavish Assistant Coach: Paul Coffey |
Home Team: HC Davos |
| CANADA LINEUP | ||
| Pos | No. | Name |
| G | 1 | Burke, Brendan |
| G | 31 | Tomkins, Matt |
| 4 | Postma, Paul | |
| 5 | Mitchell, Ian | |
| 9 | Tambellini, Adam | |
| 10 | Versteeg, Kris | |
| 15 | Jeffrey, Dustin | |
| 16 | Fehr, Eric | |
| 17 | Danforth, Justin | |
| 18 | Maione, Mathew | |
| 19 | Upshall, Scottie | |
| 20 | Grant, Alex | |
| 22 | Riley, Blair | |
| 26 | Winnik, Daniel | |
| 27 | Faille, Éric | |
| 28 | Wiercioch, Patrick | |
| 32 | Clark, Kevin | |
| 47 | MacDonald, Andrew | |
| 49 | Maxwell, Ben | |
| 51 | Desharnais, David | |
| 56 | Noreau, Maxim | |
| 81 | Ross, Nick | |
| 86 | Jooris, Josh | |
| 89 | DiDomenico, Chris | |
| CANADA PENALTIES | ||||||||
| Per. | No. | Min | Offence | Off | PP | PS | Start | On |
| 1st | 20 | 2:00 | Hooking | 13:56 | 1 | 13:56 | 15:56 | |
| 2nd | 10 | 2:00 | Tripping | 8:27 | 1 | 8:27 | 10:27 | |
| 2nd | 28 | 2:00 | Tripping | 13:53 | 1 | 13:53 | 15:53 | |
| 3rd | 19 | 2:00 | Holding the Stick | 3:01 | 1 | 3:01 | 4:39 | |
| 3rd | 26 | 2:00 | Interference | 7:47 | 1 | 7:47 | 9:47 | |
| 3rd | 15 | 2:00 | Roughing | 14:28 | 1 | 14:28 | 16:28 | |
| 3rd | 18 | 2:00 | Holding | 16:15 | 1 | 16:15 | 18:15 | |
| HC DAVOS LINEUP | ||
| Pos | No. | Name |
| G | 29 | Aeschlimann, Sandro |
| G | 30 | van Pottelberghe, Joren |
| 10 | Ambühl, Andres | |
| 13 | Hischier, Luca | |
| 16 | Kienzle , Lorenz | |
| 19 | Aeschlimann , Marc | |
| 21 | Tedenby, Mattias | |
| 23 | Guerra , Samuel | |
| 27 | Nygren, Magnus | |
| 38 | Heinen, Oliver | |
| 52 | Rantakari , Otso | |
| 57 | Barandun, Davyd | |
| 61 | Herzog, Fabrice | |
| 62 | du Bois , Felicien | |
| 65 | Wieser, Marc | |
| 70 | Corvi, Enzo | |
| 75 | Stoop , Lukas | |
| 77 | Bader , Thierry | |
| 79 | Kristo , Danny | |
| 82 | Pesonen, Harri | |
| 88 | Meyer , Dario | |
| 90 | Jung, Sven | |
| 93 | Frehner, Yannick | |
| 98 | Baumgartner, Benjamin | |
| HC DAVOS PENALTIES | ||||||||
| Per. | No. | Min | Offence | Off | PP | PS | Start | On |
| 1st | 23 | 2:00 | Hooking | 12:09 | 1 | 12:09 | 14:09 | |
| 2nd | 90 | 2:00 | Holding | 18:03 | 1 | 18:03 | 0:03 | |
| 3rd | 65 | 2:00 | Holding | 10:36 | 1 | 10:36 | 12:36 | |
| 3rd | 52 | 2:00 | Interference | 16:27 | 1 | 16:27 | 18:27 | |
