Game Report 347		IIHF World Championship
PLAYED AT: AccorHotels Arena Date: May 5, 2017 GAME NOTES: CANADA OPENS GOLD MEDAL DEFENCE WITH WIN OVER CZECHS JASON LA ROSE PARIS, France – Tyson Barrie (Victoria, B.C./Colorado, NHL) and Jeff Skinner (Toronto, Ont./Carolina, NHL) had a goal and an assist apiece, helping Canada’s National Men’s Team to a 4-1 win over the Czech Republic on Friday in the opener for both at the 2017 IIHF World Championship. Canada, the two-time defending world champion, has now won 20 of its last 21 games at the tournament, and has won five in a row against the Czechs, dating back to the 2010 worlds. The European side had the edge early, outshooting Canada 10-4, but goaltender Calvin Pickard (Winnipeg, Man./Colorado, NHL) made a handful of big stops to keep the Czechs off the scoreboard. The Canadians got the scoring started just past the six-minute mark, with Mark Scheifele (Kitchener, Ont./Winnipeg, NHL) doing the work behind the net before centering for Ryan O’Reilly (Varna, Ont./Buffalo, NHL), whose quick shot beat Czech netminder Petr Mrazek for a 1-0 lead. Mike Matheson (Pointe-Claire, Que./Florida, NHL) doubled the advantage just 55 seconds into the second period, beating Mrazek with a point shot through a maze of bodies on a Canadian power play. Pickard was the story through 40 minutes, turning aside all 21 shots he faced in the first two periods. The Czechs finally solved him on a power play at 12:41 of the third, with Lukas Radil knocking in a rebound after Jan Kovar hit the post, but Barrie one-timed in a pass from Travis Konecny (Clachan, Ont./Philadelphia, NHL) to restore the two-goal advantage just over two minutes later. The Konecny line, along with Brayden Point (Calgary, Alta./Tampa Bay, NHL) and Mitch Marner (Thornhill, Ont./Toronto, NHL), was arguably the most dangerous for the Canadians, despite the trio being just a combined 61 years old. Skinner capped the scoring in the final minute, finding the empty net with Mrazek on the bench. The Canadians are off Saturday before returning to the ice Sunday at AccorHotels Arena to face off against Slovenia (6:15 a.m. ET/3:15 a.m. PT). It will be just the fourth meeting between the teams at worlds, with Canada having won the previous three. Visiting Team: Czech Republic Home Team: Canada
CZECH REPUBLIC LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 33   Francouz, Pavel G 34   Mrazek, Petr   3   Gudas, Radko   5   Jerabek, Jakub   6   Kempny, Michal   9   Rutta, Jan   10   Cervenka, Roman   14   Plekanec, Tomas   16   Birner, Michal   20   Vrana, Petr   36   Krejcik, Jakub   43   Kovar, Jan   45   Simek, Radim   51   Horak, Roman   62   Repik, Michal   69   Radil, Lukas   78   Hanzl, Hanzl   79   Tomas, Zohorna   84   Kundratek, Tomas   88   Pastrnak, David   93   Voracek, Jakub	CZECH REPUBLIC PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 3  2:00  Roughing 9:51 1   9:51 11:51 2nd 79  2:00  High-Sticking 12:07 1   12:07 14:07 2nd 6  2:00  Hooking 19:42 1   19:42 0:55	CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 31   Pickard, Calvin G 91   Johnson, Chad   4   Barrie, Tyson   5   Demers, Jason   7   Morrissey, Josh   9   Duchene, Matt   10   Schenn, Brayden   11   Konecny, Travis   16   Marner, Mitchell   17   Simmonds, Wayne   19   Matheson, Michael   21   Point, Brayden   24   de Haan, Calvin   28   Giroux, Claude   29   MacKinnon, Nathan   44   Vlasic, Marc-Edouard   53   Skinner, Jeff   55   Scheifele, Mark   71   Killorn, Alex   90   O'Reilly, Ryan	CANADA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 28  2:00  High-Sticking 9:51 1   9:51 11:51 1st 29  2:00  Interference 14:31 1   14:31 16:31 1st 19  2:00  High-Sticking 16:11 1   16:11 18:11 3rd 7  2:00  Hooking 2:48 1   2:48 4:48 3rd 71  2:00  Slashing 10:46 1   10:46 12:41

CZECH REPUBLIC Goals CZECH REPUBLIC PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     3rd 12:41  PP  69-43-93

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) CZECH REPUBLIC PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 6:09   90-55-4                         2nd :55  PP  19-53-28                         3rd 14:50   4-11-28                         3rd 19:18  EN  53

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES CZECH REPUBLIC 1 / 5 CANADA 1 / 3 PENALTY SUMMARY CZECH REPUBLIC 6 min / 3 inf CANADA 10 min / 5 inf POINT SUMMARY CZECH REPUBLIC 1 G + 2 A = 3 Pts CANADA 4 G + 6 A = 10 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total CZECH REPUBLIC 0 0 1 1 CANADA 1 1 2 4 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off CZE - Mrazek (57:12) (L) 8 10 6 24 /0:00 3rd/17:12 CZE - Mrazek (1:11) (L) 0 0 0 0 /17:25 3rd/18:36 CZE - Mrazek (0:11) (L) 0 0 0 0 /18:52 3rd/19:03 CZE - Mrazek (0:42) (L) 0 0 0 0 /19:18 3rd/20:00 CAN - Pickard (60:00) (W) 10 11 7 28 /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 Game Report.

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