Game Report 355		IIHF World Championship
PLAYED AT: AccorHotels Arena Date: May 7, 2017 GAME NOTES: MACKINNON SCORES THREE, CANADA TOPS SLOVENIA AT WORLDS JASON LA ROSE PARIS, France – Nathan MacKinnon (Cole Harbour, N.S./Colorado, NHL) had a hat trick, and added an assist for good measure, leading Canada’s National Men’s Team to a 7-2 win over Slovenia on Sunday at the 2017 IIHF World Championship. The win is the second in as many tries for Canada at worlds, and temporarily gives it sole possession of first place in Group B, although Finland and Norway can keep pace with victories later in the day. Tyson Barrie (Victoria, B.C./Colorado, NHL) had a goal and three assists to join MacKinnon with four points, Travis Konecny (Clachan, Ont./Philadelphia, NHL) chipped in with three helpers, and Mitch Marner (Thornhill, Ont./Toronto, NHL) and Jeff Skinner (Toronto, Ont./Carolina, NHL) recorded a goal and an assist each. Barrie got the Canadians on the board early; Wayne Simmonds (Scarborough, Ont./Philadelphia, NHL) left the puck at the blue-line for the Canadian defender, who got a wrist shot through bodies and over the glove of Slovenian goaltender Gasper Kroselj at the 4:30 mark. MacKinnon poked in a loose puck to make it 2-0 at 14:36, and Brayden Point (Calgary, Alta./Tampa Bay, NHL) banked a centering pass off a skate and past Kroselj less than two minutes later to send Canada to the dressing room up 3-0. MacKinnon took over early in the second period, finishing his hat trick before the clock hit six minutes. He let Claude Giroux (Hearst, Ont./Philadelphia, NHL) do the work on his second goal, knocking in a rebound just shy of the five-minute mark of the middle frame to make it 4-0, and absolutely wired a wrist shot by Kroselj on the power play just 59 seconds later. Jan Mursak finally put a puck past Canadian netminder Chad Johnson (Calgary, Alta./Calgary, NHL) late in the second period to get Slovenia on the board, but Marner outwaited Kroselj to restore the five-goal advantage and make it a 6-1 game after 40 minutes. The teams traded goals in the third period; Skinner got a fortuitous bounce off a Slovenian stick to push the lead to 7-1 at 7:07, before Jan Urbas finished the scoring with 2:05 left. Canada held Slovenia to just eight shots on goal in the final two period, and had a 51-14 advantage overall. The Canadians are right back to action on Monday, returning to the ice at AccorHotels to meet Belarus (10:15 a.m. ET/7:15 a.m. PT). Canada has never lost in nine all-time meetings at worlds, allowing only three goals in the last five games. Visiting Team: Slovenia Home Team: Canada
SLOVENIA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 32   Kroselj, Gasper G 40   Gracnar, Luka G 69   Pintaric, Matija   4   Tavzelj, Andrej   7   Pretnar, Klemen   8   Jeglic, Ziga   12   Rodman, David   14   Podlipnik, Matic   15   Gregorc, Blaz   16   Music, Ales   18   Ograjensek, Ken   19   Pance, Ziga   23   Vidmar, Luka   24   Ticar, Rok   26   Urbas, Jan   28   Kranjc, Ales   39   Mursak, Jan   51   Robar, Mitja   55   Sabolic, Robert   61   Repe, Jurij   71   Golicic, Bostjan   76   Pem, Nik   86   Kovacevic, Sabahudin   91   Verlic, Miha   92   Kuralt, Anze	SLOVENIA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 39  2:00  Hooking 1:24 1   1:24 3:24 2nd 39  2:00  High-Sticking 5:14 2   5:14 5:43 2nd 71  2:00  Diving 17:48     17:48 19:48 3rd 12  2:00  Hooking 14:42 3   14:42 16:42	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 19  2:00  Hooking 4:59 1   4:59 6:59 2nd 29  2:00  Slashing 8:25 2   8:25 10:25 2nd 5  2:00  Holding 9:23 3   9:23 11:23 2nd 24  2:00  Interference 17:48     17:48 19:48

SLOVENIA Goals SLOVENIA PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     2nd 15:44   39-55-7                         3rd 17:55   26-28-7

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) SLOVENIA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 4:30   4-17-11                         1st 14:36   29-53-4                         1st 16:14   21-11                         2nd 4:58   29-28-24                         2nd 5:43  PP  29-16-4                         2nd 17:11   16-11                         3rd 7:07   53-29-4

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES SLOVENIA 0 / 6 CANADA 1 / 6 PENALTY SUMMARY SLOVENIA 8 min / 4 inf CANADA 8 min / 4 inf POINT SUMMARY SLOVENIA 2 G + 4 A = 6 Pts CANADA 7 G + 12 A = 19 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total SLOVENIA 0 1 1 2 CANADA 3 3 1 7 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off SLO - Kroselj (60:00) (L) 16 12 16 44 /0:00 3rd/20:00 CAN - Johnson (60:00) (W) 6 4 2 12 /0:00 3rd/20:00 Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:   -  Start:   -  End:   -  Attendance:

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