Game Report 428 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge
PLAYED AT: North Peace Arena
Date: Nov 10, 2017
GAME NOTES: PARENT SCORES LATE WINNER, SENDS RED TO U17 GOLD MEDAL GAME JASON LA ROSE FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – Xavier Parent (Blainville, Que./Halifax, QMJHL) banked in the game-winning goal on the power play with 90 seconds left, sending Canada Red to the gold medal game at the 2017 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge after a 3-2 semifinal win over the Czech Republic on Friday night. Red will face either the United States or Canada White in the final Saturday (9 p.m. MT/6 p.m. PT, TSN). With overtime looming, a late too-many-men-on-the-ice penalty put the Canadians on the man advantage. Great work at the blue-line by Justin Barron (Halifax, N.S./Halifax, QMJHL) and Dylan Cozens (Whitehorse, Y.T./Lethbridge, WHL) kept the puck alive before it made its way down the boards to Parent. He spun at the side of the net and threw a blind backhand in front that hit a Czech skate and trickled past goaltender Lukas Parik to send North Peace Arena into a frenzy. It is the third year in a row a Canadian team will play for gold; White earned the title in 2015 in Dawson Creek, B.C., while Black was edged by Sweden in the final last year in Sault Ste. Marie. The Czechs were first to the scoreboard less than eight minutes in when Adam Najman outraced a Canadian defender and snapped a quick shot past Red netminder Luke Cavallin (Greely, Ont./Flint, OHL), but Alexis Lafrenière (Saint-Eustache, Que./Rimouski, QMJHL) tied the game at 15:43 when a centering pass from Brandon Coe (Ajax, Ont./North Bay, OHL) hit his skate and beat Parik. Lafrenière played the set-up role on the go-ahead marker in the second period; he dropped a pass to Nick Wong (Orton, Ont./Oshawa, OHL), who wired a shot past Parik to put Red ahead for the first time. This time it was the Czechs’ turn to equalize late in the period. Jaromir Pytlik blazed down the right wing and snapped a quick shot that beat Cavallin to the glove side, sending the teams to the intermission tied 2-2. Red held a 32-27 advantage in shots on goal in an evenly-matched game – the teams had 11 shots apiece in the first period, and nine each in the third. The defeat means the Czechs will play for bronze against the loser of the U.S.-White semi on Saturday afternoon (4:30 p.m. ET/1:30 p.m. PT, TSN2). 		Visiting Team: Czech Republic
 Home Team: Canada Red
CZECH REPUBLIC LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G2  Parik, Lukas
G30  Malik, Nick
 3  Homola, David
 5  Has, Martin
 6  Mlcak, Jan
 7  Poizl, Daniel
 8  Rasin, Patrik
 9  Gaspar, Michael
 10  Prikryl, Filip
 11  Kucerik, Radek
 13  Pucek, Roman
 14  Barinka, Marcel
 15  Toman, Matej
 16  Peterek, Jonas
 17  Najman, Adam
 18  Pytlik, Jaromir
 19  Morong, Matej
 20  Vitouch, David
 21  Psenicka, Ondrej
 22  Lang, Martin
 23  Koffer, Filip
 27  Jouza, Daniel
CZECH REPUBLIC PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st22 2:00 Hooking 12:511 12:5114:51
3rd 2:00 Too Many Players 17:031 17:0318:30
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
CANADA RED LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G1  Da Silva, Tommy
G31  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
 14  Coe, Brandon
 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 2:00 Too Many Players 12:071 12:0714:07
1st24 2:00 Hooking 16:141 16:1418:14
1st2 2:00 Delay of Game 19:131 19:130:47
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
CZECH REPUBLIC Goals CZECH REPUBLIC PLAYERS (plus) CANADA RED PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
1st7:57  17-8-3            
2nd17:05  18-16-5            
                
CANADA RED Goals CANADA RED PLAYERS (plus) CZECH REPUBLIC PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
1st15:43  11-14-4            
2nd8:34  15-11            
3rd18:30 PP 24-19-3            
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
CZECH REPUBLIC 0 / 3
CANADA RED 1 / 2
PENALTY SUMMARY
CZECH REPUBLIC 4 min / 2 inf
CANADA RED 6 min / 3 inf
POINT SUMMARY
CZECH REPUBLIC 2 G + 4 A = 6 Pts
CANADA RED 3 G + 5 A = 8 Pts
SCORING 1 2 3 Total
CZECH REPUBLIC1102
CANADA RED1113
GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off
CZE - Parik (59:02) (L)1011829/0:003rd/19:02
CAN-R - Cavallin (60:00) (W)106925/0:003rd/20:00
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This report has been checked and verified against the Official World Under-17 Hockey Challenge Game Report.

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