Game Report 404		IIHF World Championship
PLAYED AT: LANXESS Arena Date: May 20, 2017 GAME NOTES: CANADA TO PLAY FOR WORLDS GOLD WENDY GRAVES COLOGNE, Germany – Canada’s National Men’s Team scored four unanswered goals in the third period in erasing a two-goal deficit and defeating Russia 4-2 in the semifinals of the 2017 IIHF World Championship. Canada advances to the gold medal game for the third straight year, and will aim to make it a three-peat of world championship titles when it faces either Sweden or Finland on Sunday (2:45 p.m. ET/11:45 a.m. PT). Mark Scheifele (Kitchener, Ont./Winnipeg, NHL), Nathan MacKinnon (Cole Harbour, N.S./Colorado, NHL), Ryan O’Reilly (Varna, Ont./Buffalo, NHL) and Sean Couturier (Bathurst, N.B./Philadelphia, NHL) scored in a final frame that the Canadians simply dominated. Canada outshot Russia 19-5 in the third period, and 38-28 overall. Only 17 seconds into the third, Scheifele – set up in the slot – redirected a pass from MacKinnon on the power play. Canada continued to press but needed until 4:53 remained in regulation to equalize. MacKinnon regained control of a loose puck in the slot and slid the tying goal in short side. And 1:51 later, O’Reilly gave Canada its first lead. The puck bounced off two Russian players onto O’Reilly’s stick; the two-time gold medallist scored from the side of the net. An insurance goal by Couturier into an empty net gave Canada a two-goal lead with just over a minute to go. With the win, Canada now leads the all-time head-to-head matchup 9-8. Calvin Pickard (Winnipeg, Man./Colorado, NHL) picked up his fifth victory of the tournament. Saturday’s semifinal was the first meeting between the countries since Canada defeated Russia in the 2015 gold medal game. An up-tempo opening period brought only one whistle and no goals. Canada took two early penalties and was on its heels in the opening minutes of the second period. But the tournament’s second-best penalty kill allowed only a single shot each time to the tournament-best power play. Russia finally opened the scoring just past the midway mark of the game, when Yevgeni Kuznetsov was left alone at the side of the net to convert a pass from Artemi Panarin. It marked the first time Canada surrendered the opening goal in a game. Canada took another penalty – its fourth of the middle period – minutes later, and this one proved costly. Nikita Gusev finished off a passing play with a one-timer from the low slot to put Russia up 2-0. Andrei Vasilevski took the loss in net. Visiting Team: Russia Home Team: Canada
RUSSIA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 31   Sorokin, Ilya G 88   Vasilevski, Andrei   2   Zub, Artyom   4   Gavrikov, Vladislav   7   Telegin, Ivan   9   Antipin, Viktor   10   Mozyakin, Sergei   11   Andronov, Sergei   16   Plotnikov, Sergei   21   Barabanov, Alexander   29   Provorov, Ivan   43   Nichushkin, Valeri   55   Kiselevich, Bogdan   63   Dadonov, Yevgeni   70   Tkachyov, Vladimir   72   Panarin, Artemi   77   Belov, Anton   81   Orlov, Dmitri   86   Kucherov, Nikita   87   Shipachyov, Vadim   90   Namestnikov, Vladislav   92   Kuznetsov, Yevgeni   94   Mironov, Andrei   97   Gusev, Nikita	RUSSIA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 2nd 77  2:00  Hit to the Head 8:36 1   8:36 10:36 2nd 77  10:00  10-Minute Misconduct 8:36     8:36 18:36 2nd 55  2:00  Roughing 8:38 1   8:38 10:38 2nd 2  2:00  Slashing 18:30 1   18:30 0:17 3rd 77  2:00  Cross-Checking 1:30 1   1:30 3:30 3rd 2  2:00  Tripping 7:19 1   7:19 9:19 3rd 92  2:00  Goaltender Interference 10:13 1   10:13 12:13	CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 30   Johnson, Chad G 31   Pickard, Calvin   4   Barrie, Tyson   5   Demers, Jason   7   Morrissey, Josh   9   Duchene, Matt   10   Schenn, Brayden   11   Konecny, Travis   12   Parayko, Colton   14   Couturier, Sean   16   Marner, Mitchell   17   Simmonds, Wayne   19   Matheson, Michael   21   Point, Brayden   24   de Haan, Calvin   28   Giroux, Claude   29   MacKinnon, Nathan   42   Lee, Chris   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 55  2:00  Interference 14:54 1   14:54 16:54 2nd 11  2:00  Interference 1:21 1   1:21 3:21 2nd   2:00  Too Many Players 4:13 1   4:13 6:13 2nd 55  2:00  Unsportsmanlike Conduct 8:38 1   8:38 10:38 2nd 17  2:00  Slashing 13:47 1   13:47 14:50

RUSSIA Goals RUSSIA PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     2nd 12:16   92-72-86                         2nd 14:50   97-87-72

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) RUSSIA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     3rd :17  PP  55-29-12                         3rd 15:07   29-11                         3rd 16:58   90-19                         3rd 18:53  EN  14-90-12

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES RUSSIA 0 / 5 CANADA 1 / 6 PENALTY SUMMARY RUSSIA 22 min / 7 inf CANADA 10 min / 5 inf POINT SUMMARY RUSSIA 2 G + 4 A = 6 Pts CANADA 4 G + 6 A = 10 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total RUSSIA 0 2 0 2 CANADA 0 0 4 4 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off RUS - Vasilevski (58:25) (L) 11 12 2 25 /0:00 3rd/18:25 RUS - Vasilevski (0:21) (L) 0 0 0 0 /18:54 3rd/19:15 CAN - Pickard (60:00) (W) 7 10 19 36 /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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