PLAYED AT: ZS Poprad
Date: Apr 15, 2017
GAME NOTES: MATTHEOS GETS WINNER AS CANADA EDGES HOSTS AT U18 WORLDS
JASON LA ROSE
POPRAD, Slovakia – Stelio Mattheos (Winnipeg, Man./Brandon, WHL) scored his second goal of the game at 2:38 of overtime, sending Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 Team to a 4-3 win over Slovakia on Saturday at the 2017 IIHF U18 World Championship.
With the Canadians controlling the puck in the Slovak end, Mattheos came off the bench, took a pass from Jared McIsaac (Truro, N.S./Halifax, QMJHL) and circled at the top of the zone before whipping a wrist shot past goaltender Jakub Kostelny for the winner.
Kyle Olson (Calgary, Alta./Tri-City, WHL) and Isaac Ratcliffe (London, Ont./Guelph, OHL) had the other goals for the Canadians, who led 3-1 after one period before letting the hosts back into the game.
Ian Scott (Calgary, Alta./Prince Albert, WHL) made 26 saves to record his second win for Canada.
A capacity, pro-Slovak crowd had the home side going early, and Adam Liska converted on a power play at 8:37, jamming a loose puck under Scott to put Slovakia up 1-0.
But the Canadians came back with a flurry in the dying minutes of the opening frame, tying the game and adding two more before the horn sounded.
Olson brought Canada even at 18:18 after MacKenzie Entwistle (Georgetown, Ont./Hamilton, OHL) threw the puck into the slot, Mattheos drove hard to the net and tucked the puck around goaltender Juraj Sklenar for the go-ahead goal 18 seconds after that, and Ratcliffe picked the top corner past Sklenar at 19:49 for a 3-1 Canadian lead after 20 minutes.
Kostelny replaced Sklenar to begin the second period, and the change seemed to spark Slovakia; it had a 10-5 advantage in shots on goal in the middle stanza.
Patrick Hrehorcak pulled the Slovaks within a goal late in the second, finishing off a pretty feed from Milos Roman to make it a 3-2 game through two.
Liska struck again on special teams to the tie the game early in the third, this time beating Scott for a shorthanded goal at 2:38 to eventually force overtime.
Penalty trouble almost doomed the Canadians; they gifted Slovakia nine opportunities on the power play –including one with just over two minutes to go in the third – but killed eight.
Canada sees the ice next on Monday, facing off against Switzerland (9:30 a.m. ET/6:30 a.m. PT). |
Visiting Team: Slovakia
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Home Team: Canada
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SLOVAKIA LINEUP
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| Pos |
No. |
Name |
| G | 1 | Kostelny, Jakub | | G | 30 | Sklenar, Juraj | | | 3 | Ivan, Michal | | | 4 | Kupec, Martin | | | 5 | Korencik, Marek | | | 6 | Fehervary, Martin | | | 7 | Stacho, Adam | | | 8 | Ruzicka, Adam | | | 9 | Roman, Milos | | | 10 | Havrila, Matus | | | 11 | Regenda, Pavol | | | 12 | Krivosik, Filip | | | 13 | Fafrak, Milos | | | 18 | Demo, Daniel | | | 20 | Kover, Jakub | | | 21 | Ziak, Adam | | | 22 | Hrehorcak, Patrik | | | 23 | Liska, Adam | | | 24 | Pospisil, Martin | | | 25 | Urbanek, Jakub | | | 27 | Duzek, Adam |
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SLOVAKIA PENALTIES
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| Per. |
No. |
Min |
Offence |
Off |
PP |
PS |
Start |
On |
| 1st | 4 | 2:00 | Slashing | 4:08 | 1 | | 4:08 | 6:08 | | 1st | 8 | 2:00 | Slashing | 13:40 | 1 | | 13:40 | 15:40 | | 2nd | 21 | 2:00 | Tripping | 1:21 | 1 | | 1:21 | 3:21 | | 2nd | 3 | 2:00 | Closing Hand on Puck | 13:29 | 1 | | 13:29 | 15:29 | | 3rd | 22 | 2:00 | Holding the Stick | 1:05 | 1 | | 1:05 | 3:05 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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CANADA LINEUP
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| Pos |
No. |
Name |
| G | 1 | Scott, Ian | | G | 30 | McGrath, Jacob | | | 2 | Brook, Josh | | | 3 | Mitchell, Ian | | | 4 | Smith, Ty | | | 5 | Chainey, Jocktan | | | 8 | Woo, Jett | | | 9 | Ratcliffe, Isaac | | | 10 | Schnarr, Nate | | | 11 | Anderson-Dolan, Jaret | | | 12 | Mattheos, Stelio | | | 14 | Comtois, Maxime | | | 15 | Olson, Kyle | | | 16 | Thomas, Akil | | | 21 | Dellandrea, Ty | | | 23 | Noël, David | | | 24 | McIsaac, Jared | | | 26 | Entwistle, MacKenzie | | | 27 | Hawel, Liam | | | 28 | Strome, Matthew | | | | |
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CANADA PENALTIES
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| Per. |
No. |
Min |
Offence |
Off |
PP |
PS |
Start |
On |
| 1st | 9 | 2:00 | Hooking | 2:42 | 1 | | 2:42 | 4:42 | | 1st | 2 | 2:00 | Tripping | 8:10 | 1 | | 8:10 | 8:37 | | 1st | 9 | 2:00 | Tripping | 11:37 | 1 | | 11:37 | 13:37 | | 1st | 14 | 10:00 | 10-Minute Misconduct | 11:57 | | | 11:57 | 1:57 | | 2nd | 15 | 2:00 | Interference | 0:47 | 1 | | 0:47 | 2:47 | | 2nd | 2 | 2:00 | Cross-Checking | 3:01 | 1 | | 3:01 | 5:01 | | 2nd | 28 | 2:00 | Hooking | 7:03 | 1 | | 7:03 | 9:03 | | 2nd | 26 | 2:00 | Holding | 17:26 | 1 | | 17:26 | 19:26 | | 3rd | 26 | 2:00 | Delay of Game | 4:20 | 1 | | 4:20 | 6:20 | | 3rd | 28 | 2:00 | Charging | 17:48 | 1 | | 17:48 | 19:48 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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