Game Report 408

IIHF U18 World Championship - Pre-tournament

PLAYED AT: Slovnaft Arena
Date: Apr 9, 2017
GAME NOTES: CANADA FALLS TO RUSSIA IN PRE-WORLDS OPENER JASON LA ROSE BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – Matthew Strome (Mississauga, Ont./Hamilton, OHL) and Isaac Ratcliffe (London, Ont./Guelph, OHL) had a goal and an assist apiece, but Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 Team dropped a 5-4 decision to Russia on Sunday in its first of two pre-tournament games ahead of the 2017 IIHF U18 World Championship. Canada battled back twice against the Russians, erasing 3-1 and 4-3 deficits to tie the game, but ultimately fell a goal short in its exhibition opener. The Russians struck for a pair of quick goals and an early 2-0 lead when Maxim Marushev and Mikhail Bitsadze scored 42 seconds apart just past the midway mark of the first period, but Jaret Anderson-Dolan (Calgary, Alta./Spokane, WHL) cut the advantage in half with a goal at 14:17. Kirill Maximov answered back for Russia with less than two minutes to go in the opening frame, sending the Canadians to the dressing room in a two-goal hole. That disappeared quickly once the puck dropped on the second period; Ratcliffe finished off a feed from Nate Schnarr (Waterloo, Ont./Guelph, OHL) just 67 seconds in to make it 3-2, then set up Ty Dellandrea (Port Perry, Ont./Flint, OHL) for the tying goal at 6:15. Maximov added his second of the game only 78 seconds into the third period to restore the Russian lead, but Strome got that back less than a minute later to tie the game again. With both teams looking for the winner as the minutes ticked away, it was Kirill Slepets who netted the deciding goal, scoring unassisted with 8:18 remaining to put the Russians ahead to stay. Canada had its chances late, including 52 seconds of 6-on-4 in the final minute, but couldn’t find the equalizer. Ian Scott (Calgary, Alta./Prince Albert, WHL) went the distance in the Canadian goal, turning aside 20 of the 25 shots he faced, while Kirill Ustimenko and Maxim Zhukov shared the netminding duties for Russia. Canada travels to Piestany to finish its pre-tournament schedule Monday, facing off against Switzerland (11 a.m. ET/8 a.m. PT). It opens the world championship on Thursday, taking on Latvia (9:30 a.m. ET/6:30 a.m. PT).

Visiting Team: Canada

Home Team: Russia

CANADA LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	1	Scott, Ian
G	30	McGrath, Jacob
	2	Brook, Josh
	3	Mitchell, Ian
	4	Smith, Ty
	5	Chainey, Jocktan
	6	Merkley, Ryan
	8	Woo, Jett
	9	Ratcliffe, Isaac
	10	Schnarr, Nate
	11	Anderson-Dolan, Jaret
	12	Mattheos, Stelio
	14	Comtois, Maxime
	15	Olson, Kyle
	16	Thomas, Akil
	20	McBain, Jack
	21	Dellandrea, Ty
	24	McIsaac, Jared
	25	MacDonald, Anderson
	26	Entwistle, MacKenzie
	27	Hawel, Liam
	28	Strome, Matthew

CANADA PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
2nd	5	2:00	Hooking	18:59	1		18:59	15:00
3rd	5	2:00	Tripping	5:36	1		5:36	7:36
3rd	10	2:00	Interference	14:38	1		14:38	16:38
3rd	24	2:00	Tripping	19:59			19:59	20:00

RUSSIA LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	1	Ustimenko, Kirill
G	30	Zhukov, Maxim
	2	Dedov, Georgy
	3	Galenyuk, Danila
	5	Samorukov, Dmitry
	6	Rubinchik, Mark
	7	Baranov, Veniamin
	8	Slepets, Kirill
	9	Bitsadze, Mikhail
	11	Lobanov, Daniil
	12	Alexeyev, Yaroslav
	13	Toropchenko, Alexey
	14	Svechnikov, Andrei
	15	Kalabushkin, Yevgeny
	16	Maximov, Kirill
	18	Klisunov, Alexander
	19	Chekhovich, Ivan
	20	Perelyaev, Semyon
	23	Muranov, Ivan
	24	Nikolenko, Leonid
	25	Marushev, Maxim
	26	Shashkov, Nikita
	27	Koltygin, Pavel
	28	Okhotyuk, Nikita

RUSSIA PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
2nd	27	2:00	Tripping	13:45	1		13:45	15:45
3rd	8	2:00	Holding	19:08	1		19:08	20:00

CANADA Goals

CANADA PLAYERS (plus)

RUSSIA PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st

14:17

11-28

2nd

1:07

9-10-3

2nd

6:15

21-9

3rd

2:17

28-14

RUSSIA Goals

RUSSIA PLAYERS (plus)

CANADA PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st