PLAYED AT: Essar Centre
Date: Nov 1, 2016
GAME NOTES: LAUKO HAS HAT TRICK, FIVE POINTS IN CZECH WIN OVER CANADA WHITE
LEE BOYADJIAN
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – Jakub Lauko scored once in every period and added two assists, leading the Czech Republic past Canada White 8-2 in the preliminary-round finale for both teams Tuesday at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge.
With the win, their first, the Czechs can finish no lower than third place in Group A, while Canada White will wait for the U.S.-Canada Black result later in the day to see where it sits after the round robin.
The Czech Republic came out flying, recording the game’s opening goal 4:28 into the first period when Frantisek Rehak found a loose puck in the middle of a mad scramble just in front of Olivier Rodrigue (Chicoutimi, Que./Drummondville, QMJHL) and snapped it past the Canadian goaltender.
The Czechs continued to apply the pressure, leading to the 2-0 goal; in a shorthanded battle at the Czech blue-line, Tomas Koblizek knocked the puck away from Jett Woo (Winnipeg, Man./Moose Jaw, WHL), sending the defenceman into a footrace with Lauko, who beat Woo to the puck and then beat Rodrigue five-hole.
Canada cut into the lead just a little over a minute later on a two-man advantage. Akil Thomas (Toronto, Ont./Niagara OHL), sitting at the side of the net, knocked a bouncing puck into the empty cage to make it 2-1 after one.
But the momentum shifted to the Czechs in the second period, leading to three goals in just over five minutes.
Karel Plasek started the scoring run with a spin-and-fire move from the high slot, Lauko recorded his second on the power play, blasting a shot past Rodrigue from the top of the circle, and Lauko won a face-off back to Adam Gajarsky, positioned just above the hashmarks, who beat Rodrigue past the blocker.
That was the end for Rodrigue, with Marshall Frappier (Nepean, Ont./Nepean, CCHL) taking over in relief just past the 11-minute mark.
Canada started the third period off strong, cutting the lead down to three when Jonathan Tychonick (Calgary, Alta./Penticton, BCHL) dropped down from the point and dangled around two Czech defenders before dishing to Samuel Houde (Blainville, Que./Chicoutimi, QMJHL) for the easy tap-in to make it a 5-2 game.
But Lauko and Dominik Arnost hit the empty net in the final minutes, and Arnost added another past Frappier at 18:52 to provide the final margin of victory for the Czechs.
Both teams will now be scoreboard watching, waiting to find out who and when they play in the quarter-finals Thursday.
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Visiting Team: Czech Republic
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Home Team: Canada White
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CZECH REPUBLIC LINEUP
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| Pos |
No. |
Name |
| G | 1 | Vlk, Tomas | | G | 2 | Dostal, Lukas | | | 3 | Kubicek, Simon | | | 4 | Bernath, Filip | | | 7 | Klejna, Frantisek | | | 8 | Dluhos, Jan | | | 10 | Lauko, Jakub | | | 11 | Gajarsky, Adam | | | 13 | Kaut, Martin | | | 14 | Strondala, Vojtech | | | 15 | Sklenar, Dominik | | | 16 | Arnost, Dominik | | | 17 | Zabransky, Libor | | | 18 | Muller, Jakub | | | 20 | Pavel, Ondrej | | | 21 | Sik, Otakar | | | 22 | Dajcar, Tomas | | | 23 | Kowalczyk, Daniel | | | 24 | Rehak, Frantisek | | | 25 | Machala, Ondrej | | | 26 | Koblizek, Tomas | | | | |
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CZECH REPUBLIC PENALTIES
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| Per. |
No. |
Min |
Offence |
Off |
PP |
PS |
Start |
On |
| 1st | | 2:00 | Too Many Players | 10:24 | 1 | | 10:24 | 12:18 | | 1st | 3 | 2:00 | Cross-Checking | 11:56 | 1 | | 11:56 | 13:56 | | 2nd | | 2:00 | Bench Minor | 11:22 | 1 | | 11:22 | 13:22 | | 2nd | 23 | 2:00 | Checking from Behind | 11:41 | | | 11:41 | 20:00 | | 2nd | 23 | 10:00 | 10-Minute Misconduct | 11:41 | | | 13:41 | 4:14 | | 2nd | 15 | 2:00 | Unsportsmanlike Conduct | 12:49 | | | 12:49 | 16:26 | | 2nd | 11 | 2:00 | Roughing | 13:44 | 1 | | 13:44 | 15:44 | | 3rd | 22 | 2:00 | Cross-Checking | 0:08 | 1 | | 0:08 | 2:08 | | 3rd | 24 | 2:00 | Interference | 4:14 | 1 | | 4:14 | 5:37 | | 3rd | 14 | 2:00 | Hooking | 12:45 | 1 | | 12:45 | 14:45 | | 3rd | 13 | 2:00 | Unsportsmanlike Conduct | 13:14 | 1 | | 13:14 | 15:14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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CANADA WHITE LINEUP
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| Pos |
No. |
Name |
| G | 30 | Frappier, Marshall | | G | 31 | Rodrigue, Olivier | | | 2 | Bouchard, Xavier | | | 3 | Stratis, Peter | | | 4 | Tychonick, Jonny | | | 5 | Woo, Jett | | | 7 | Leppard, Jackson | | | 8 | Houde, Samuel | | | 9 | Chyzowski, Ryan | | | 10 | Lavoie, Raphael | | | 11 | Busby, Dennis | | | 12 | Thomas, Akil | | | 14 | McIsaac, Jared | | | 15 | Shepard, Jackson | | | 16 | Nielsen, Tristen | | | 17 | Focht, Carson | | | 18 | Morrisseau, Koby | | | 19 | MacDonald, Anderson | | | 20 | Foudy, Liam | | | 21 | Hayton, Barrett | | | 24 | Brown, Elijah | | | 25 | MacPherson, Justin |
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CANADA WHITE PENALTIES
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| Per. |
No. |
Min |
Offence |
Off |
PP |
PS |
Start |
On |
| 2nd | 9 | 2:00 | Roughing | 7:21 | 1 | | 7:21 | 7:56 | | 2nd | 8 | 2:00 | Roughing | 11:41 | | | 11:41 | 13:41 | | 2nd | 10 | 2:00 | Holding | 12:49 | | | 12:49 | 14:49 | | 2nd | 25 | 2:00 | Hooking | 16:26 | 1 | | 16:26 | 18:26 | | 3rd | 25 | 2:00 | Cross-Checking | 16:20 | 1 | | 16:20 | 18:20 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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