Game Report 453		Hlinka Gretzky Cup
PLAYED AT: Slovnaft Arena Date: Aug 7, 2017 GAME NOTES: CANADA FALLS IN SHOOTOUT IN HLINKA OPENER JASON LA ROSE BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – Akil Thomas (Toronto, Ont./Niagara, OHL) scored early in the third period to force overtime, but Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team dropped a 4-3 shootout decision to Russia to open the 2017 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup on Monday. Calen Addison (Brandon, Man./Lethbridge, WHL) set up all three goals in regulation for the Canadians, who erased one-goal deficits in the second and third periods to earn a single point. In the shootout, Joe Veleno (Kirkland, Que./Saint John, QMJHL) made good on his opportunity, the third shot for Canada, showing off his quick hands in close to beat goaltender Amir Miftakhov. Ruslan Iskhakov responded for Russia with the game on the line, and beat netminder Alexis Gravel (St-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Que./Halifax, QMJHL) a second time to put the pressure back on Veleno. The Canadian captain tried to go five-hole, but Miftakhov kept the puck out to clinch the victory. Canada needed less than six minutes of the first period to open the scoring; on the power play, Barrett Hayton (Peterborough, Ont./Sault Ste. Marie, OHL) parked himself at the side of the net and banged in the rebound of a Addison shot. The Russians answered midway through the opening frame when Nikita Rtishchev snapped a quick shot past the glove of Gravel, and took their first lead early in the second period off the stick of Dmitriy Zavgorodniy, who kept on a two-on-one. Jack McBain (Toronto, Ont./Toronto Jr. Canadiens, OJHL) brought the Canadians even with less than five minutes to go in the second, taking a pass from Addison in the slot and beating Miftakhov to send the game to the intermission tied 2-2. Russia took a 3-2 lead just 1:18 into the third period when Zavgorodniy beat Gravel off a scramble in front, but Thomas whipped a wrist shot past Miftakhov from the high slot just 3:23 later to tie the game again and eventually send the game to an extra period. Addison had a chance to win it for Canada in overtime when he snuck in behind the Russian defence and was pulled down, but was denied by the glove of Miftakhov on a penalty shot. Canada gets right back to action Tuesday, facing off against Finland (9:30 a.m. ET/6:30 a.m. PT). Visiting Team: Canada Home Team: Russia
CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Gravel, Alexis G 31   Rodrigue, Olivier   2   Bahl, Kevin   3   Smith, Ty   5   Addison, Calen   6   Dobson, Noah   7   Merkley, Ryan   8   Woo, Jett   9   Veleno, Joe   14   McIsaac, Jared   16   Thomas, Akil   17   Fortier, Gabriel   18   Dellandrea, Ty   19   Groulx, Benoit-Olivier   20   McBain, Jack   21   Hayton, Barrett   22   Noel, Serron   25   Dudas, Aidan   26   MacDonald, Anderson   27   Burzan, Luka   28   Shepard, Jackson   29   Foote, Nolan	CANADA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 2  2:00  Hooking 15:07 1   15:07 17:07 2nd 26  2:00  Boarding 9:28 1   9:28 11:28 3rd 9  2:00  Slashing 6:48 1   6:48 8:48 3rd 19  2:00  Charging 7:35 1   7:35 9:35 3rd 14  2:00  Kneeing 13:23 1   13:23 15:23	RUSSIA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Miftakhof, Amir G 30   Rybalkin, Denis   2   Zhilyakov, Bogdan   3   Galenuk, Danila   5   Malyshev, Anton   6   Kalinichenko, Roman   7   Babintsev, Gleb   8   Diadenkin, Danila   9   Zhabreeev, Aleksandr   10   Rotenberg, Pavel   12   Bilyalov, Damir   14   Denisenko, Grigory   15   Tsybin, Maksim   16   Solopanov, Nikita   17   Zavgordniy, Dmitriy   18   Shabanov, Maksim   19   Rtischev, Nikita   21   Guskov, Matvey   22   Iskhakov, Ruslan   23   Zhuravlev, Daniil   26   Sokolov, Egor   28   Okhotuk, Nikita	RUSSIA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 16  2:00  Slashing 4:42 1   4:42 5:48 1st 26  2:00  Slashing 11:13 1   11:13 13:13 3rd 2  2:00  High-Sticking 1:54 1   1:54 3:54 3rd 14  2:00  Boarding 2:43 1   2:43 4:43 3rd 14  10:00  10-Minute Misconduct 2:43     2:43 15:00 3rd 7  2:00  Interference 19:06 1   19:06 1:06

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) RUSSIA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 5:48  PP  21-5-7                         2nd 15:22   20-5                         3rd 4:41   16-5-9

RUSSIA Goals RUSSIA PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 10:38   19-16                         2nd 4:10   17                         3rd 1:09   17-28-10

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES CANADA 1 / 5 RUSSIA 0 / 5 PENALTY SUMMARY CANADA 10 min / 5 inf RUSSIA 20 min / 6 inf POINT SUMMARY CANADA 3 G + 5 A = 8 Pts RUSSIA 3 G + 3 A = 6 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 OT1 SO Total CANADA 1 1 1 0 0 3 RUSSIA 1 1 1 0 1 4 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 OT1 Tot. On Off CAN - Gravel (65:00) (SL) 6 7 10 1 24 /0:00 1st OT/5:00 RUS - Miftakhof (65:00) (W) 9 7 8 4 28 /0:00 1st OT/5:00 SHOOTOUT RUSSIA shoots first for each round. CANADA RUSSIA #  SHOOTER  14   Jared McIsaac    --    29   Nolan Foote    --    9   Joe Veleno  Goal  9   Joe Veleno    --   #   SHOOTER    --   17    Dmitriy Zavgordniy    --   26    Egor Sokolov  Goal 22    Ruslan Iskhakov  Goal 22    Ruslan Iskhakov TOTALS:  1  2 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 Hlinka Gretzky Cup Game Report.

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