Game Report 499 IIHF World Junior Championship
PLAYED AT: Malmo Isstadion
Date: Dec 31, 2013
GAME NOTES: LAZAR GOAL LIFTS CANADA TO 3-2 WIN OVER U.S., AND FIRST PLACE IN GROUP MALMÖ, Sweden – As the minutes ticked down on Canada’s victory over the United States, the overwhelmingly Canadian crowd of 3,882 at the Isstadion chanted “Foo-KAL-eh!” That was for goaltender Zach Fucale (Rosemère, Que./Halifax, QMJHL), the key man in Tuesday’s 3-2 win that gave Canada first place in its preliminary round group and a date with Switzerland in the quarter-finals of the 2014 IIHF World Junior Championship. “It gave me a lot of energy,” the 18-year-old said. “It was very special.” Connor McDavid (Newmarket, Ont./Erie, OHL) and Curtis Lazar (Vernon, B.C./Edmonton, WHL) scored in the third period and Fucale stoned Connor Carrick on a breakaway. Stefan Matteau scored for the Americans with 2:15 left to play on a shot that eluded Fucale’s glove, but Canada shut the door the rest of the way to pull off a win in their toughest, most emotionally-charged game of the tournament. American captain Riley Barber and Canada’s Nic Petan (Delta, B.C./Portland, WHL) traded goals in the second frame, after Fucale shone in a scoreless first period in which the Americans controlled the play and had a 13-6 shot advantage. Only a regulation time win would give Canada (3-0-1) first place over the U.S. (3-1-0). The Canadians will face Switzerland in the quarter-finals on Thursday at the Isstadion. As usual, coach Brent Sutter wasn’t offering much insight about his team’s upcoming opponent. “We now have 48 hours to prepare for our next opponent. Our focus over the next two days needs to be on this game and only on this game,” was all he would say. Barber scored the opening goal at 3:29, coming around the net and catching Fucale moving the wrong way one second after a power play expired. Some hard work by Anthony Mantha (Longueuil, Que./Val-d’Or, QMJHL) produced the tying goal at 12:49, as he used his long reach to push the puck to the left side where Petan trailed in late to beat Jon Gilles to an open side. Petan had scored the game-winner and an empty-net goal in Canada’s 5-3 win over Slovakia on Monday. Mantha picked up his team-leading 10th point in four games. Canada killed a penalty to start the third and then got one just as their own power play ended 3:54 into the third when Josh Morrissey (Calgary, Alta./Prince Albert, WHL) got the puck to the net and McDavid had two chances to slide it past Gilles. Lazar was camped in front for the re-direct on a power play at 6:13 as the puck went from Derrick Pouliot (Weyburn, Sask./Portland, WHL) to Jonathan Drouin (Huberdeau, Que./Halifax, QMJHL) to the Edmonton Oil Kings forward for his second goal in as many games. 		Visiting Team: Canada
 Home Team: United States
CANADA LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G1  Paterson, Jake
G31  Fucale, Zach
 2  Pelech , Adam
 3  Bigras, Chris
 5  Ekblad, Aaron
 7  Morrissey, Josh
 8  Reinhart, Griffin
 10  Hudon, Charles
 11  Horvat, Bo
 14  Leier, Taylor
 15  Pouliot, Derrick
 16  Rychel, Kerby
 17  McDavid, Connor
 19  Petan, Nic
 21  Laughton, Scott
 22  Gauthier, Frédérik
 23  Reinhart, Sam
 24  Dumba, Mathew
 25  Anderson, Josh
 26  Lazar, Curtis
 27  Drouin, Jonathan
 28  Mantha, Anthony
   
CANADA PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st11 2:00 (auto) Hooking minor 0:001 0:002:00
2nd14 2:00 Slashing minor 1:291 1:290:31
2nd15 2:00 (auto) Interference minor 19:481 19:482:12
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
UNITED STATES LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G29  Stolarz, Anthony
G32  Gillies, Jon
G35  Demko, Thatcher
 2  Skjei, Brady
 3  McCoshen, Ian
 4  Butcher, Will
 6  Slavin, Jaccob
 7  Grzelcyk, Matt
 9  Copp, Andrew
 10  O'Regan, Daniel
 11  Barber, Riley
 13  Hinistroza, Vince
 14  Dipauli, Thomas
 15  Eichel, Jack
 16  Santini, Steven
 17  Kerdiles, Nicolas
 19  Erne, Adam
 21  Hartman, Ryan
 22  Fasching, Hudson
 23  Matteau, Stefan
 25  Shore, Quentin
 26  Stepan, Zach
 28  Carrick, Connor
UNITED STATES PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
2nd32 2:00 (auto) High-Sticking minor 2:591 2:5919:01
2nd10 2:00 (auto) Holding minor 14:481 14:487:12
3rd3 2:00 (auto) Interference minor 1:481 1:480:12
3rd23 2:00 Tripping minor 5:141 5:1416:46
3rd17 2:00 (auto) High-Sticking minor 12:321 12:329:28
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) UNITED STATES PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
2nd12:19  19-28            
3rd3:54  17-11-7            
3rd6:13 PP 26-27-15            
UNITED STATES Goals UNITED STATES PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
2nd3:29 SH 11-6-17            
3rd17:15  23-22-4            
                
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
CANADA 1 / 5
UNITED STATES 0 / 3
PENALTY SUMMARY
CANADA 6 min / 3 inf
UNITED STATES 10 min / 5 inf
POINT SUMMARY
CANADA 3 G + 5 A = 8 Pts
UNITED STATES 2 G + 4 A = 6 Pts
SCORING 1 2 3 Total
CANADA0123
UNITED STATES0112
GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off
CAN - Fucale (60:00) (W)126624/0:003rd/20:00
USA - Gillies (59:06) (L)610521/0:003rd/19:06
Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:
  -  Start: 11:30 AM
  -  End: 11:30 AM
  -  Attendance: 0 
OFFICIALS
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This report has been checked and verified against the Official IIHF World Junior Championship Game Report.

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