Game Report 430		World Under-17 Hockey Challenge
PLAYED AT: Encana Events Centre Date: Nov 11, 2017 GAME NOTES: CZECHS HOLD ON TO BEAT WHITE, WIN U17 BRONZE JASON LA ROSE DAWSON CREEK, B.C. – Matej Toman scored in the first period, Michal Teply added the game-winner in the second and the Czech Republic survived a frantic third period to beat Canada White 2-1 and win the bronze medal Saturday at the 2017 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge. Nick Malik made 29 saves to backstop the Czechs, who won their first U17 medal since 2006 and avenged a 7-2 preliminary-round loss to the Canadians. With the pro-Canadian crowd at the Encana Events Centre backing the boys in White, it was the Czech Republic that struck first; after a shot from the point rattled around in front, Toman found the loose puck and beat Taylor Gauthier (Calgary, Alta./Prince George, WHL) just past the nine-minute mark. Teply doubled the advantage at 12:43 of the second, playing keep-away from the Canadians before cutting into the slot and snapping a quick shot past Gauthier on the short side. Neither team could get much going offensively in the first two periods, with the Czechs holding a narrow 16-15 advantage in shots through 40 minutes, but White ramped up its efforts in the third. Malik was under siege in the final frame, making 14 stops, but the Canadians came up empty time and time again, including a post by Nathan Staios (Oakville, Ont./Windsor, OHL) midway through the period. Graeme Clarke (Ottawa, Ont./Ottawa, OHL) finally broke through for White, going five-hole on Malik for a power-play goal with 3:03 remaining, but that would be it for scoring. The Czechs completed a remarkable in-tournament turnaround; they lost all three of their preliminary-round games and were outscored 17-4 – ranking at the bottom of Group A, and tied with Sweden for the worst goal differential – before upsetting Russia in the quarter-finals and falling to Canada Red in the semis on a late goal. Visiting Team: Czech Republic Home Team: Canada White
CZECH REPUBLIC LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 30   Malik, Nick   2   Parik, Lukas   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 1st 5  2:00  Holding 15:27 1   15:27 17:27 2nd 5  2:00  Roughing 10:15 1   10:15 12:15 2nd 6  2:00  Slashing 13:43 1   13:43 15:43 2nd 5  2:00  Hooking 14:27     14:27 16:27 3rd 5  2:00  Delay of Game 16:13 1   16:13 16:57	CANADA WHITE LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Gauthier, Taylor   2   Schneider, Braden   3   Pelletier, Thomas   4   Bellamy, Jaxon   6   Lee, Jake   7   Porco, Nicholas   8   Brewer, Mitchell   9   Keppen, Ethan   10   Barlage, Logan   11   McMichael, Connor   12   Blaisdell, Harrison   14   Poulin, Samuel   15   Bouchard, Connor   16   Clarke, Graeme   17   Swetlikoff, Alex   19   Carroll, Joe   20   Légaré, Nathan   21   Morgan, Cody   22   Pelletier, Jakob   24   Staios, Nathan   25   Laaouan, Noah   30   Lemieux, Jonathan	CANADA WHITE PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 19  2:00  Hooking 14:32 1   14:32 16:32 1st 6  2:00  Tripping 19:54 1   19:54 1:54 2nd 20  2:00  Roughing 14:27     14:27 16:27

CZECH REPUBLIC Goals CZECH REPUBLIC PLAYERS (plus) CANADA WHITE PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 9:19   15-17-11                         2nd 12:43   13

CANADA WHITE Goals CANADA WHITE PLAYERS (plus) CZECH REPUBLIC PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     3rd 16:57  PP  16-6

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

SCORING 1 2 3 Total CZECH REPUBLIC 1 1 0 2 CANADA WHITE 0 0 1 1 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off CZE - Malik (60:00) (W) 8 7 14 29 /0:00 3rd/20:00 CAN-W - Gauthier (58:12) (L) 8 6 7 21 /0:00 3rd/18:12 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 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge Game Report.

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