Game Report 431		World Under-17 Hockey Challenge
PLAYED AT: Encana Events Centre Date: Nov 11, 2017 GAME NOTES: U.S. EXPLODES EARLY, BEATS RED TO WIN U17 GOLD JASON LA ROSE DAWSON CREEK, B.C. – Cole Caufield scored a hat trick, Jack Hughes added four points to his tournament-leading total and the United States claimed a fifth gold medal at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge with a 6-4 win over Canada Red on Saturday night. The Americans, who also won gold in 2001, 2002, 2010 and January 2014, finished an unbeaten run through the tournament, outscoring its opponents 34-15 in six games. After scoring four times in the first period of their semfinal win over Canada White on Friday night, the U.S. repeated the feat one night later, outshooting Red 21-4 in a dominating first period. Caufield got it started at 7:43, taking a feed from Hughes on a 2-on-1 and going upstairs on Canadian goaltender Luke Cavallin (Greely, Ont./Flint, OHL) for his tournament-leading sixth goal. Hughes doubled the lead at 14:17, Owen Lindmark beat Cavallin from the slot at 17:28, and a shot from Domenick Fensore went off the skate of Caufield and in in the final minute of the opening frame, putting the Americans up big. When Caufield finished his hat trick just 1:19 into the second period, it looked like the game could become a repeat of the pre-tournament meeting between the teams, a 9-1 win for the U.S. But Red found its footing, striking three times in just over six minutes to turn a runaway into a thriller. Nick Wong (Orton, Ont./Oshawa, OHL) raced away from a defender and chipped the puck over U.S. goaltender Cameron Rowe just past the nine-minute mark, Bowen Byram (Cranbrook, B.C./Vancouver, WHL) wired in a power-play goal three minutes later, and Alexis Lafrenière (Saint-Eustache, Que./Rimouski, QMJHL) tipped in a feed from Ryan Suzuki (London, Ont,/Barrie, OHL) to close the deficit to two after 40 minutes. The Canadians pushed in the third period, outshooting the U.S. 14-7, but couldn’t get closer than two. Alex Vlasic hit the empty net in the final minute to clinch the win for the Americans before Suzuki went short-side on Rowe for a consolation goal with 33 seconds left, capping the scoring. Hughes finished with five goals and 10 assists in six games, sitting two points ahead of Caufield (8-5—13) and six up on teammate Matthew Boldy (3-6—9), who earned three assists in the final. The gold medal game included five of the six players named to the tournament all-star team – Hughes and Caufield were joined by Lafrenière up front, Byram and Canada Black defenceman Matthew Robertson (Sherwood Park, Alta./Edmonton, WHL) made it on the blue-line, and Cavallin earned the nod in goal. Visiting Team: Canada Red Home Team: United States
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   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 23  2:00  High-Sticking 9:08 1   9:08 11:08 2nd 7  2:00  Slashing 10:21 2   10:21 12:21 2nd 17  2:00  Slashing 17:04 1   17:04 19:04	UNITED STATES LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 31   Rowe, Cameron G 35   Knight, Spencer   32   York, Cam   33   Thrun, Henry   34   Siedem, Ryan   36   Vlasic, Alex   37   Warren, Marshall   38   Fensore, Domenick   39   Mccarthy, Case   40   Helleson, Drew   41   Caulfield, Judd   42   Lindmark, Owen   43   Hughes, Jack   44   Weight, Danny   46   Moynihan, Patrick   47   Farrell, Sean   48   Turcotte, Alex   49   Boldy, Matthew   51   Gildon, Michael   52   Beecher, John   53   Zegras, Trevor   59   Caufield, Cole	UNITED STATES PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 2nd 51  2:00  Roughing 10:21 2   10:21 12:21 2nd 39  2:00  Slashing 10:48 1   10:48 11:55 2nd 40  2:00  Roughing 13:09 1   13:09 15:09 2nd 49  2:00  High-Sticking 18:40 1   18:40 0:40 3rd 46  2:00  Slashing 2:51 1   2:51 4:51 3rd 32  2:00  Delay of Game 17:24 1   17:24 19:24

CANADA RED Goals CANADA RED PLAYERS (plus) UNITED STATES PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     2nd 9:02   15-2                         2nd 11:55  PP  4-17-19                         2nd 15:16   11-16-4                         3rd 19:27   16-14

UNITED STATES Goals UNITED STATES PLAYERS (plus) CANADA RED PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 7:43   59-43                         1st 14:17   43-49                         1st 17:28   42-48-49                         1st 19:39   59-38-43                         2nd 1:19   59-49-43                         3rd 19:09  EN  36

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES CANADA RED 1 / 7 UNITED STATES 0 / 4 PENALTY SUMMARY CANADA RED 6 min / 3 inf UNITED STATES 12 min / 6 inf POINT SUMMARY CANADA RED 4 G + 6 A = 10 Pts UNITED STATES 6 G + 8 A = 14 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total CANADA RED 0 3 1 4 UNITED STATES 4 1 1 6 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off CAN-R - Cavallin (58:22) (L) 17 5 6 28 /0:00 3rd/18:22 CAN-R - Cavallin (0:17) (L) 0 0 0 0 /19:10 3rd/19:27 USA - Rowe (60:00) (W) 4 4 13 21 /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 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge Game Report.

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