Game Report 39		World Under-17 Hockey Challenge
PLAYED AT: Essar Centre Date: Oct 30, 2016 GAME NOTES: NIELSEN'S HAT TRICK HELPS WHITE BEAT BLACK AT U17 CHALLENGE JASON LA ROSE SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – Tristen Nielsen (Fort St. John, B.C./Calgary, WHL) had a hat trick – scoring once in each period – to lead Canada White to a 4-1 win over Canada Black in the tournament opener for both Sunday at the 2016 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge. White remained unbeaten in three all-time preliminary-round meetings with its Canadian counterparts; it earned a 5-4 overtime win in 2014 before a 5-3 victory last year en route to a gold medal. Raphaël Lavoie (Chambly, Que./Collège Antoine-Girouard, LHMAAAQ) finished the scoring into an empty net in the dying seconds for Canada White, which got 32 saves from Olivier Rodrigue (Chicoutimi, Que./Drummondville, QMJHL). Nielsen wasted no time giving White an early lead, stepping around a Black defenceman before wiring a wrist shot over the glove of goaltender Jacob Ingham (Barrie, Ont./Mississauga, OHL) just 3:29 in. Neither team generated much offence in the second period, combining for just 13 shots on goal, but Nielsen doubled the advantage just before the midway mark of the middle frame, jamming in a bouncing puck after Akil Thomas (Toronto, Ont./Niagara, OHL) had thrown a backhand on net. Black picked up its game in the third, outshooting White 15-7, but it could only put one puck behind Rodrigue; with a power play coming to an end, Owen Lalonde (Riverside, Ont./Sudbury, OHL) jumped off the bench and into the play, took a pass from Calen Addison (Brandon, Man./Lethbridge, WHL) and quickly beat the White netminder upstairs to make it a 2-1 game. But Nielsen needed just 2:09 to complete his hat trick and restore the two-goal advantage, hammering a one-timer from just inside the blue-line past Ingham. Lavoie was the only other White skater to record multiple points; he helped set up Nielsen’s first goal, in addition to his empty-net goal with just seven ticks to go. Canada White faces a tough test Monday, meeting the United States (4 p.m. ET), while Canada Black is right back to action with a Halloween matinee against the Czech Republic (12 p.m. ET). Visiting Team: Canada Black Home Team: Canada White
CANADA BLACK LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Ingham, Jacob G 30   Jones, Hunter   3   Comrie, Sean   4   Smith, Ty   6   Corcoran, Connor   7   Florchuk, Eric   8   Wouters, Chase   9   Foote, Nolan   10   Burzan, Luka   11   Vallati, Giovanni   14   Popowich, Tyler   15   Zummack, Eli   16   McShane, Allan   17   Kemp, Brett   19   McBain, Jack   20   Chisholm, Declan   21   Lalonde, Owen   22   Coxhead, Andrew   23   Addison, Calen   24   Dudas, Aidan   25   McMaster, Adam	CANADA BLACK PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 7  2:00  Holding 9:25 1   9:25 11:25 1st 20  2:00  Closing Hand on Puck 17:10 1   17:10 19:10 2nd 15  2:00  Interference 10:01 1   10:01 12:01 2nd 6  2:00  Kneeing 12:03 1   12:03 14:03 3rd 9  2:00  Interference 16:21 1   16:21 18:21	CANADA WHITE LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 30   Frappier, Marshall G 31   Rodrigue, Olivier   2   Bouchard, Xavier   3   Stratis, Peter   4   Tychonick, Jonny   5   Woo, Jett   7   Leppard, Jackson   8   Houde, Samuel   9   Chyzowski, Ryan   10   Lavoie, Raphael   11   Busby, Dennis   12   Thomas, Akil   14   McIsaac, Jared   15   Shepard, Jackson   16   Nielsen, Tristen   17   Focht, Carson   18   Morrisseau, Koby   19   MacDonald, Anderson   20   Foudy, Liam   21   Hayton, Barrett   24   Brown, Elijah   25   MacPherson, Justin	CANADA WHITE PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 14  2:00  Tripping 5:53 1   5:53 7:53 1st 14  2:00  Interference 13:47 1   13:47 15:47 2nd 17  2:00  Tripping 1:35 1   1:35 3:35 2nd 16  2:00  Boarding 2:24 1   2:24 4:24 3rd 19  2:00  Roughing 2:46 1   2:46 4:46 3rd 18  2:00  Holding 5:15 1   5:15 7:15

CANADA BLACK Goals CANADA BLACK PLAYERS (plus) CANADA WHITE PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     3rd 7:15  PP  21-23-9

CANADA WHITE Goals CANADA WHITE PLAYERS (plus) CANADA BLACK PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 3:29   16-10-21                         2nd 9:07   16-12-15                         3rd 9:24   16-9                         3rd 19:53  EN  10-4

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES CANADA BLACK 1 / 6 CANADA WHITE 0 / 5 PENALTY SUMMARY CANADA BLACK 10 min / 5 inf CANADA WHITE 12 min / 6 inf POINT SUMMARY CANADA BLACK 1 G + 2 A = 3 Pts CANADA WHITE 4 G + 6 A = 10 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total CANADA BLACK 0 0 1 1 CANADA WHITE 1 1 2 4 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off CAN-B - Ingham (58:33) (L) 9 5 5 19 /0:00 3rd/18:33 CAN-B - Ingham (0:06) (L) 0 0 0 0 /19:54 3rd/20:00 CAN-W - Rodrigue (60:00) (W) 11 7 14 32 /0:00 3rd/20:00 Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:  CAN-B - 21 Lalonde  Start: 4:03 PM  CAN-W - 16 Nielsen  End: 6:14 PM   -  Attendance:

OFFICIALS Referee: Referee: Linesmen: Linesmen: CERTIFIED CORRECT   This report has been checked and verified against the Official World Under-17 Hockey Challenge Game Report.

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