Game Report 47		World Under-17 Hockey Challenge
PLAYED AT: Essar Centre Date: Nov 1, 2016 GAME NOTES: ELEMENT SCORES SHORTHANDED WINNER TO GIVE RED WIN OVER RUSSIA JASON LA ROSE SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – Shawn Element (Victoriaville, Que./Baie-Comeau, QMJHL) scored the only goal of the game shorthanded early in the third period, helping Canada Red to a 1-0 win over Russia in the final preliminary-round game for both Tuesday at the 2016 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge. The win jumps the Canadians over Russia and Finland into first place in Group B, with only the Sweden-Finland match-up on Tuesday night remaining in the round robin. If the Swedes win, Canada Red will win the group, while a Finnish victory (in regulation time only) will drop Red to second. If the game reaches overtime, the Canadians take top spot. With Red killing the final seconds of a kneeing major given to Serron Noel (Nepean, Ont./Oshawa, OHL) in the dying moments of the second period, the Canadians capitalized on a turnover in the Russian zone. Jumping on the loose puck after the defender fell, Josh Tarzwell (Red Deer, Alta./Lethbridge, WHL) found Element cruising into the slot, and he blasted a one-timer past goaltender Amir Miftakhov at 4:17 of the third period. That would be more than enough offence for Canadian netminder Kevin Mandolese (Blainville, Que./Cape Breton, QMJHL), who turned away all 23 shots he faced to record his first win of the tournament. After an evenly-match first period – Canada Red outshot Russia 11-9 in the opening 20 minutes – the Canadians ran into serious penalty trouble in the second. Red had to fend off parts of six power plays in the middle stanza, including a 91-second two-man advantage midway through the period, and the 90-second five-on-three that spanned the second and third. But Mandolese and the penalty-killing unit were up to the task, and the Element winner seemed like a gift from the hockey gods for the work done while a man down. The Russians pulled Miftakhov in the dying minutes, but the best chance, arguably, went to Mandolese, who had his attempt at goal knocked down by a Russian high stick at centre ice, with the puck seemingly tracking towards the empty goal. Both teams will anxiously await the results of the final two preliminary-round games find out when, and against whom, they’ll play in the quarter-finals on Thursday. Visiting Team: Russia Home Team: Canada Red
RUSSIA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Miftakhov, Amir G 29   Isaev, Daniil   2   Zhilyakov, Bogdan   3   Galenuk, Danila   4   Kalinichenko, Roman   5   Malyshev, Anton   6   Zhuravilov, Danila   7   Svechnikov, Andrey   8   Koreshkov, Pavel   10   Rotenberg, Pavel   11   Drobin, Aleksei   13   Khovanov, Aleksandr   14   Denisenko, Grigorii   17   Gogolev, Pavel   18   Shabanov, Maksim   19   Rtishev, Nikita   23   Kotkov, Vladislav   24   Denezhkin, Maksim   25   Misiul, Daniil   26   Sokolov, Egor   28   Okhotiuk, Nikita	RUSSIA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 5  2:00  Interference 18:02 1   18:02 20:00 2nd 28  2:00  Roughing 13:21     13:21 15:21 2nd 17  2:00  Boarding 16:25 1   16:25 18:25 3rd 24  2:00  Interference 6:20 1   6:20 8:20	CANADA RED LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Stankowski, Carl G 31   Mandolese, Kevin   2   Bahl, Kevin   3   Merkley, Ryan   4   Robertson, Carter   5   Bernard, Xavier   6   Dobson, Noah   7   Zazula, Luke   8   Dellandrea, Ty   9   Noel, Serron   10   Roberts, Connor   11   Daley, Caiden   15   Damiani, Riley   16   Moskal, Billy   17   Dunkley, Nathan   19   Groulx, Benoit-Olivier   20   Element, Shawn   21   Tarzwell, Josh   23   Hillis, Cameron   24   Guest, Eric   25   Barteaux, Dawson	CANADA RED PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 15  10:00  10-Minute Misconduct 0:00     0:00 10:00 2nd 8  2:00  Interference 1:15 1   1:15 3:15 2nd 16  2:00  Delay of Game 4:10 1   4:10 6:10 2nd 20  2:00  Boarding 9:10 1   9:10 11:10 2nd 25  2:00  Delay of Game 9:39 1   9:39 11:39 2nd 10  2:00  Roughing 13:21     13:21 15:21 2nd 2  2:00  Delay of Game 19:12 1   19:12 1:12 2nd 9  5:00  Kneeing 19:42 1   19:42 4:42 2nd 9  10:00  Game Misconduct 19:42     19:42 20:00

RUSSIA Goals RUSSIA PLAYERS (plus) CANADA RED PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2

CANADA RED Goals CANADA RED PLAYERS (plus) RUSSIA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     3rd 4:17  SH  20-21

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES RUSSIA 0 / 6 CANADA RED 0 / 3 PENALTY SUMMARY RUSSIA 8 min / 4 inf CANADA RED 37 min / 9 inf POINT SUMMARY RUSSIA 0 G + A = 0 Pts CANADA RED 1 G + 1 A = 2 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total RUSSIA 0 0 0 0 CANADA RED 0 0 1 1 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off RUS - Miftakhov (18:40) (L) 11 9 5 25 /0:00 3rd/18:40 CAN-R - Mandolese (60:00) (W) 9 9 5 23 /0:00 3rd/20:00 Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:  CAN-R - 31 Mandolese  Start: 4:10 PM  RUS - 8 Koreshkov  End: 6:19 PM   -  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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