Game Report 466		Hlinka Gretzky Cup
PLAYED AT: Slovnaft Arena Date: Aug 11, 2017 GAME NOTES: CANADA BEATS SWEDEN, MOVES INTO HLINKA FINAL JASON LA ROSE BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – Serron Noel (Ottawa, Ont./Oshawa, OHL) broke open a tie game with just under 12 minutes to go, and Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team advanced to the gold medal game at the 2017 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup with a 4-1 semifinal win over Sweden on Friday. The Canadians, in search of their ninth gold medal in 10 years at the annual tournament, will travel to Breclav to face the co-host Czech Republic in the final on Saturday (11 a.m. ET/8 a.m. PT). The teams met in a pre-tournament game last Saturday, with Canada earning a 3-1 victory. Special teams were the name of the game early in the semifinal, with the Canadians and Swedes getting three chances apiece on the power play in the first period. Despite the opportunities, the game went to the first intermission scoreless. It stayed that way until the late minutes of the second, when both teams converted with the man advantage. Akil Thomas (Toronto, Ont./Niagara, OHL) was first for Canada at 15:34 of the middle frame, taking a pass from Calen Addison (Brandon, Man./Lethbridge, WHL) and snapping a shot far-side on Swedish netminder Olof Lindbom, but Lukas Wernblom redirected a shot past Canadian goaltender Olivier Rodrigue (Chicoutimi, Que./Drummondville, QMJHL) to tie the game with just three seconds left in the period. Noel gave Canada back the lead for good at 8:36 of the third, taking up residence at the top of the crease and tapping in a short feed from Jack McBain (Toronto, Ont./Toronto Jr. Canadiens, OJHL). Just after the Canadians killed the ninth and final Swedish power play, Benoît-Olivier Groulx (Gatineau, Que./Halifax, QMJHL) found the five-hole on Lindbom to provide a little bit of breathing room with less than three minutes to go. Aidan Dudas (Parry Sound, Ont./Owen Sound, OHL) finished the scoring into an empty net with 35 seconds remaining. Canada spread around the scoring, with 10 players recording points; only Groulx, who set up Dudas in addition to his insurance goal, had more than one. Visiting Team: Canada Home Team: Sweden
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 18  2:00  Hooking 5:19 1   5:19 7:19 1st 25  2:00  Slashing 9:01 1   9:01 11:01 1st 20  2:00  Tripping 14:58 1   14:58 16:58 2nd 27  2:00  Slashing 4:39 1   4:39 6:39 2nd 20  2:00  Charging 7:41 1   7:41 9:41 2nd 5  2:00  Slashing 18:51 1   18:51 19:58 3rd 22  2:00  Elbowing 0:54 1   0:54 2:54 3rd 2  2:00  Tripping 9:24 1   9:24 11:24 3rd 8  2:00  Charging 14:15 1   14:15 16:15	SWEDEN LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Lindbom, Olof G 30   Hellsten, Jakob   2   Granberg, Fredrik   3   Boqvist, Adam   4   Fransson, William   5   Johansson, Filip   6   Andersson, Axel   9   Sandin, Rasmus   10   Ginning, Adam   11   Bäck, Oskar   12   Lilja, David   13   Gustafsson, David   15   Hållander, Filip   16   Fagemo, Samuel   17   Berggren, Jonatan   20   Eriksson, Albin   21   Olofsson, Jacob   22   Finn Olsson, Dennis   23   Wernblom, Lukas   25   Nässén, Linus   26   Westfält, Marcus   27   Jakobsson, Carl	SWEDEN PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 17  2:00  Roughing 2:20 1   2:20 4:20 1st 10  2:00  Slashing 6:31 1   6:31 8:31 1st 11  2:00  Slashing 10:58 1   10:58 12:58 2nd 9  2:00  Slashing 1:41 1   1:41 3:41 2nd 2  2:00  Interference 10:54 1   10:54 12:54 2nd 23  2:00  Roughing 13:54 1   13:54 15:34

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) SWEDEN PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     2nd 15:34  PP  16-5-7                         3rd 8:36   22-20-14                         3rd 17:27   19-9-3                         3rd 19:25  EN  25-19

SWEDEN Goals SWEDEN PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     2nd 19:57  PP  23-10-5

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES CANADA 1 / 6 SWEDEN 1 / 9 PENALTY SUMMARY CANADA 18 min / 9 inf SWEDEN 12 min / 6 inf POINT SUMMARY CANADA 4 G + 7 A = 11 Pts SWEDEN 1 G + 2 A = 3 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total CANADA 0 1 3 4 SWEDEN 0 1 0 1 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off CAN - Rodrigue (60:00) (W) 7 7 10 24 /0:00 3rd/20:00 SWE - Lindbom (59:00) (L) 6 10 6 22 /0:00 3rd/19:00 SWE - Lindbom (0:34) (L) 0 0 0 0 /19:26 3rd/20:00 Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:   -  Start:   -  End:   -  Attendance:

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