| PLAYED AT: North Peace Arena Date: Nov 7, 2017 GAME NOTES: RUSSIA BEATS RED, FINISHES PERFECT PRELIMS AT U17 CHALLENGE JASON LA ROSE FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – Egor Spiridonov got the game-winner midway through the second period, and Russia scored the last four goals of the game to beat Canada Red 5-3 and finish a perfect preliminary round Tuesday at the 2017 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge. The Russians were the lone team to earn all nine points in the round robin, and will face the Czech Republic in a quarter-final Thursday at North Peace Arena (2:30 p.m. MT). Red finished 1-2 in the prelims and will face Canada Black in its quarter-final in Dawson Creek (7 p.m. MT). The game started with an offensive flurry, with four goals before the nine-minute mark. Matvey Guskov got the scoring started just 92 seconds in, knocking in a centering pass from Egor Afanasyev, but Ryan Suzuki (London, Ont./Barrie, OHL) cleaned up a loose puck in front 42 seconds later to tie the game. Xavier Simoneau (Saint-André-Avellin, Que./Drummondville, QMJHL) gave the Canadians the lead at 7:32 when he finished a set-up from Bowen Byram (Cranbrook, B.C./Vancouver, WHL), and Mitchell Russell (Barrie, Ont./Owen Sound, OHL) walked out of the corner and beat goaltender Vsevolod Skotnikov for the 3-1 goal at 8:19. Ilya Nikolaev got one back for Russia late in the opening frame, roofing a rebound past Red netminder Tommy Da Silva (La Prairie, Que./Collège Charles-Lemoyne, LHMAAAQ) to cut the deficit to one after a busy 20 minutes that included 30 shots on goal. Momentum shifted towards the Russians in the second period, and a pair of goals put them ahead for good. Ilia Mironov tied the game at 9:14 when he hammered a point shot past Da Silva on a Russia power play, and Spiridonov wired in the go-ahead goal 1:15 after that to quiet the pro-Canadian crowd. Russia held a one-sided 17-8 advantage in shots on goal in the third period, but Da Silva kept it a one goal game as the minutes ticked away. A late power play and Da Silva on the bench meant a six-on-four advantage for the Canadians, but the puck luck wasn’t on their side; Red hit a pair of posts on the power play, and a broken stick led to the empty-net insurance goal by Oleg Zaitsev in the final minute. |
Visiting Team: Russia |
Home Team: Canada Red Head Coach: Gilles Bouchard Assistant Coach: B.J. Adams Assistant Coach: Luke Pierce |
| RUSSIA LINEUP | ||
| Pos | No. | Name |
| G | 1 | Sartakov, Vladimir |
| G | 30 | Skotnikov, Vsevolod |
| 2 | Ianevskii, Sergei | |
| 3 | Tiuvilin, Dmitrii | |
| 4 | Burenov, Nikolai | |
| 6 | Goriachev, Aleksei | |
| 7 | Shaposhnikov, Aleksandr | |
| 8 | Kniazev, Artemii | |
| 9 | Zaruba, Daniil | |
| 10 | Alkhimov, Sergei | |
| 11 | Chernyi, Aleksandr | |
| 13 | Zaitsev, Oleg | |
| 14 | Afanasyev, Egor | |
| 15 | Gushchin, Danil | |
| 16 | Nikolaev, Ilya | |
| 18 | Spiridonov, Egor | |
| 19 | Podkolzin, Vasily | |
| 21 | Guskov, Matvey | |
| 22 | Khulapov, Danila | |
| 23 | Mironov, Ilia | |
| 24 | Safonov, Ilya | |
| 28 | Gutik, Daniil | |
| RUSSIA PENALTIES | ||||||||
| Per. | No. | Min | Offence | Off | PP | PS | Start | On |
| 1st | 7 | 2:00 | Hooking | 12:50 | 1 | 12:50 | 14:50 | |
| 1st | 3 | 2:00 | Boarding | 13:27 | 1 | 13:27 | 15:27 | |
| 1st | 11 | 2:00 | Interference | 18:27 | 1 | 18:27 | 0:27 | |
| 2nd | 11 | 2:00 | Tripping | 5:18 | 1 | 5:18 | 7:18 | |
| 2nd | 3 | 2:00 | Interference | 17:32 | 1 | 17:32 | 19:32 | |
| 3rd | 28 | 2:00 | Interference | 10:27 | 1 | 10:27 | 12:27 | |
| 3rd | 8 | 2:00 | Roughing | 11:13 | 11:13 | 13:40 | ||
| 3rd | 19 | 2:00 | Hooking | 18:15 | 1 | 18:15 | 0:00 | |
| CANADA RED LINEUP | ||
| Pos | No. | Name |
| G | 1 | Da Silva, Tommy |
| G | 31 | Cavallin, Luke |
| 2 | Brand, Evan | |
| 3 | Barron, Justin | |
| 4 | Byram, Bowen | |
| 5 | van de Leest, Jackson | |
| 6 | Rhinehart, Rhett | |
| 7 | Kammerer, Colton | |
| 8 | Ortiz, Christopher | |
| 11 | Lafreniere, Alexis | |
| 12 | Russell, Mitchell | |
| 15 | Wong, Nick | |
| 16 | Suzuki, Ryan | |
| 17 | Krebs, Peyton | |
| 19 | Cozens, Dylan | |
| 20 | Budgell, Brett | |
| 21 | Tracey, Brayden | |
| 22 | Washkurak, Keean | |
| 23 | Simoneau, Xavier | |
| 24 | Parent, Xavier | |
| 25 | Holloway, Dylan | |
| CANADA RED PENALTIES | ||||||||
| Per. | No. | Min | Offence | Off | PP | PS | Start | On |
| 1st | 4 | 2:00 | Delay of Game | 8:20 | 1 | 8:20 | 10:20 | |
| 2nd | 2 | 2:00 | Holding | 8:29 | 1 | 8:29 | 9:14 | |
| 2nd | 6 | 2:00 | Hooking | 13:36 | 1 | 13:36 | 15:36 | |
| 3rd | 23 | 2:00 | Roughing | 11:13 | 11:13 | 13:40 | ||
| 3rd | 21 | 2:00 | Interference | 13:40 | 1 | 13:40 | 15:40 | |
