Game Report 2866 Spengler Cup
PLAYED AT: Vaillant Arena
Date: Dec 31, 2019
GAME NOTES: CANADA BLANKS TRINEC, WINS SPENGLER CUP FOR 16TH TIME JASON LA ROSE DAVOS, Switzerland – Zach Fucale (Rosemère, Que./Orlando, ECHL) made 26 saves for his second-straight shutout and Dustin Jeffrey (Sarnia, Ont./Lausanne HC, NLA) scored twice, leading Canada’s National Men’s Team to a 4-0 win over HC Ocelari Trinec in the championship game Tuesday at the 2019 Spengler Cup. It is the fourth title in five years and 16th overall for the Canadians, which breaks a tie with host HC Davos for the most in tournament history. Canada simply dominated from start to finish; it outscored its opponents 19-2 in four games, setting an all-time mark for fewest goals allowed in a single tournament. Fucale was a big reason why. The goaltender gave up just a single goal in three starts, ended the tournament with a 151:29 shutout streak and finished with tournament-leading marks in goals-against average (0.33) and save percentage (.986). He is a remarkable 10-0-1 in three appearances at the Spengler Cup. After a scoreless first period, the Canadians rode their special teams to a big lead in the second. Jeffrey finally broke through nine minutes into the middle frame on the power play, finishing a tic-tac-toe passing play with a back-door tap-in off a set-up from Adam Tambellini (Edmonton, Alta./MODO Hockey, Allsvenskan). Trinec continued its march the penalty box and Canada continued to take advantage, scoring a pair of five-on-three goals just 89 seconds apart. Ian Mitchell (Calahoo, Alta./University of Denver, NCHC) made it 2-0 at 11:40, whipping a wrist shot past the glove of goaltender Jakub Stepanek, and Kris Versteeg (Lethbridge, Alta./HK Nitra, SVK) roofed a shot from the side of the net at 13:09 to put Canada in complete control. In all, the Canadians scored three power-play goals in a span of 4:07 to take a big lead to the intermission. Trinec pushed in the third period to get back into the game, but Fucale was there each and every time. He made more than half of his stops – 14 in total – in the final 20 minutes. Jeffrey capped the scoring early in the final stanza, taking a long stretch pass from captain Maxim Noreau (Montreal, Que./ZSC Lions, NLA) and banging his own rebound past Stepanek. Prior to the game, Fucale, Noreau and Kevin Clark (Winnipeg, Man./SC Rapperswil-Jona, NLA) – who led the tournament in goals (six) and points (eight) – were named to the tournament all-star team.
Visiting Team: Canada
Director of Hockey Operations & Assistant Coach: Misha Donskov
Head Coach: Craig MacTavish
Assistant Coach: Paul Coffey
Home Team: HC Ocelari Trinec
CANADA LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G Burke, Brendan
G30  Fucale, Zach
G31  Tomkins, Matt
  Postma, Paul
  Mitchell, Ian
  Tambellini, Adam
 10  Versteeg, Kris
 11  Boychuk, Zach
 15  Jeffrey, Dustin
 16  Fehr, Eric
 17  Danforth, Justin
 18  Maione, Mathew
 19  Upshall, Scottie
 20  Grant, Alex
 21  Knelsen, Dion
 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
1st2:00 Hooking 17:511 17:5119:51
3rd18 2:00 Interference 2:241 2:244:24
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
HC OCELARI TRINEC LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G30  Stepánek , Jakub
G33  Danecek , Lukás
G60  Kváca , Petr
  Hrachovský , Ondrej
  Musil , David
  Chmielewski , Aron
 10  Zahradnícek , Jan
 17  Haman , Filip
 22  Dravecký , Vladimir
 23  Polanský , Jiri
 28  Gernat, Martin
 34  Kovarcík , Ondrej
 35  Mikulík , Milan
 44  Stransky, Matej
 46  Novotný , Stepán
 52  Doudera , Milan
 55  Adámek , Marian
 58  Galvins , Guntis
 65  Marcinko , Tomás
 69  Szturc , Roman
 76  Kofron , David
 82  Martynek , Rostislav
 83  Adamský , Martin
 87  Kovarcík , Michal
 88  Hrna , Erik
   
   
HC OCELARI TRINEC PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
2nd 2:00 Too Many Players 3:571 3:575:57
2nd23 2:00 Hooking 8:171 8:179:02
2nd87 2:00 Cross-Checking 9:531 9:5311:40
2nd65 2:00 Holding 11:221 11:2213:09
2nd17 2:00 Hooking 12:261 12:2614:26
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) HC OCELARI TRINEC PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
2nd9:02 PP 15-9-10            
2nd11:40 PP 5-56-32            
2nd13:09 PP 10-56-15            
3rd4:55  15-56            
HC OCELARI TRINEC Goals HC OCELARI TRINEC PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
                
                
                
                
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
CANADA 3 / 5
HC OCELARI TRINEC 0 / 2
PENALTY SUMMARY
CANADA 4 min / 2 inf
HC OCELARI TRINEC 10 min / 5 inf
POINT SUMMARY
CANADA 4 G + 7 A = 11 Pts
HC OCELARI TRINEC 0 G + A = 0 Pts
SCORING 1 2 3 Total
CANADA0314
HC OCELARI TRINEC0000
GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off
CAN - Fucale (60:00) (W)751426/0:003rd/20:00
TRI - Stepánek (60:00) (L)1212933/0:003rd/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 Spengler Cup Game Report.

Signatures