Game Report 343		IIHF World Championship - Pre-tournament
PLAYED AT: Patinoire des Vernets Date: May 2, 2017 GAME NOTES: FLYERS TEAMMATES LEAD CANADA TO PRE-WORLDS WIN OVER SWISS JASON LA ROSE GENEVA, Switzerland – Wayne Simmonds (Scarborough, Ont./Philadelphia, NHL) and Claude Giroux (Hearst, Ont./Philadelphia, NHL) had a goal and an assist apiece, helping Canada’s National Men’s Team to a 4-1 win over Switzerland on Tuesday in exhibition action ahead of the 2017 IIHF World Championship. It was the lone pre-tournament game for the Canadians, who are two-time defending world champions. Canada struck quickly to take control, scoring twice before the six-minute mark of the first period. Chris Lee (MacTier, Ont./Metallurg Magnitogorsk, KHL) opened the scoring at 4:16, beating Swiss goaltender Leonardo Genoni from the slot, and Sean Couturier (Bathurst, N.B./Philadelphia, NHL) doubled the lead at 5:42, getting his shot past Genoni from a sharp angle. The offensive onslaught continued from the Canadians with Giroux scoring unassisted to make it 3-0 just part the 13-minute mark, before Pius Suter poked a rebound past Canadian netminder Chad Johnson (Calgary, Alta./Calgary, NHL) late in the first period to make it a two-goal game after 20 minutes. Canada kept it coming in the second period, but Genoni was there to keep his team within striking distance; the Swiss puck-stopper finished with 37 saves, and stopped 29 of 30 in the final two periods. Simmonds capped the scoring with less than four minutes to go in the middle frame, finishing on the power play; Jeff Skinner (Toronto, Ont./Carolina, NHL) and Giroux earned the helpers on the 4-1 goal. The Canadian pressure continued in the third but Genoni was perfect on 15 chances in the final stanza, keeping the final margin of victory at three. Johnston stopped nine of the 10 shots he faced in just over 29 minutes of work before giving way to Calvin Pickard (Winnipeg, Man./Colorado, NHL), who turned aside all seven shots directed his way. Canada finished with a 41-17 advantage in shots on goal. It heads now to Paris, where it will open defence of its gold medal Friday against the Czech Republic (2:15 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT) in the Group B curtain-raiser for both at the world championship. Visiting Team: Canada Home Team: Switzerland
CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 30   Johnson, Chad G 31   Pickard, Calvin   2   Skinner, Jeff   3   O'Reilly, Ryan   4   Barrie, Tyson   5   Demers, Jason   6   Card, Mike   9   Duchene, Matt   10   Schenn, Brayden   11   Konecny, Travis   13   Marner, Mitchell   14   Couturier, Sean   17   Simmonds, Wayne   19   Matheson, Michael   21   Point, Brayden   22   Morrissey, Josh   23   Scheifele, Mark   26   de Haan, Calvin   27   Killorn, Alex   28   Giroux, Claude   29   MacKinnon, Nathan   42   Lee, Chris	CANADA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 30  2:00  Delay of Game 9:41 1   9:41 11:41 1st 6  2:00  Delay of Game 13:31 1   13:31 15:31 3rd 5  2:00  Cross-Checking 14:29 1   14:29 16:29	SWITZERLAND LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 26   Schlegel, Niklas G 63   Genoni, Leonardo   9   Rüfenacht, Thomas   10   Ambühl, Andres   16   Diaz, Rafael   19   Schäppi, Reto   23   Bodenmann, Simon   24   Suri, Reto   27   Schlumpf, Dominik   34   Kukan, Dean   35   Untersander, Ramon   42   Sutter, Dave   44   Suter, Pius   53   Marti, Christian   55   Loeffel, Romain   61   Herzog, Fabrice   71   Richard, Tanner   72   Malgin, Denis   76   Genazzi, Joel   88   Romy, Kevin   89   Almond, Cody   96   Brunner, Damien	SWITZERLAND PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 2nd 35  2:00  Holding 14:45 1   14:45 16:38 3rd 89  2:00  Hooking 2:53 1   2:53 4:53 3rd 88  2:00  High-Sticking 17:23 1   17:23 19:23

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) SWITZERLAND PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 4:16   42-29                         1st 5:42   14-17                         1st 13:06   28                         2nd 16:38  PP  17-2-28

SWITZERLAND Goals SWITZERLAND PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 18:48   44-89

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES CANADA 1 / 3 SWITZERLAND 0 / 3 PENALTY SUMMARY CANADA 6 min / 3 inf SWITZERLAND 6 min / 3 inf POINT SUMMARY CANADA 4 G + 4 A = 8 Pts SWITZERLAND 1 G + 1 A = 2 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total CANADA 3 1 0 4 SWITZERLAND 1 0 0 1 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off CAN - Johnson (29:19) (W) 6 3 0 9 /0:00 2nd/9:19 CAN - Pickard (30:41) 0 3 4 7 /9:19 3rd/20:00 SUI - Genoni (60:00) (L) 8 14 15 37 /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 IIHF World Championship - Pre-tournament Game Report.

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