Game Report 504		IIHF World Junior Championship
PLAYED AT: Malmo Isstadion Date: Jan 2, 2014 GAME NOTES: MANTHA PENALTY SHOT THE WINNER AS CANADA TOPS SWISS 4-1 TO REACH SEMIFINALS THE CANADIAN PRESS MALMÖ, Sweden – Anthony Mantha (Longueuil, Que./Val-d’Or, QMJHL) has Canada a win away from reaching the final at the 2014 IIHF World Junior Championship. Mantha got the game-winner on a penalty shot while defenceman Griffin Reinhart (West Vancouver, B.C./Edmonton, WHL) added a goal and an assist as Canada beat Switzerland 4-1 on Thursday to reach the semifinal round. The Canadians will face Finland on Saturday at Malmö Arena. “They're a good team – we saw that in the exhibition game,” said Reinhart, whose team dominated the final two periods of a pre-tournament game against the Finns on Dec. 20. “Every team now is going to be a hard game.” Forward Curtis Lazar (Vernon, B.C./Edmonton, WHL) and defenceman Derrick Pouliot (Weyburn, Sask./Portland, WHL) also scored for Canada. Reinhart was in his second game since returning from a suspension he picked up at last year's event. But the big defenceman made his presence felt even more than in Canada's rousing win over the United States on Tuesday that gave the squad first in its preliminary round group. He rushed to the front of the net after Scott Laughton (Oakville, Ont./Oshawa, OHL) took the puck to the crease and whacked away at it until it got behind goalie Melvin Nyffeler at 18:08 of the first period. It marked the first time this tournament that Canada had scored first. “I'm starting to get my hands back,” the New York Islanders' first-round pick said. “I'm more comfortable on the ice.” What turned out to be the winning goal came at 9:04 of the second when the Swiss were caught on a line change. That forced captain Lukas Balmelli to take Mantha down from behind on a breakaway. Mantha said later he's not usually good in shootouts but he deked to the backhand and beat Nyffeler for a 2-0 lead. “I wasn't really ready but when they got me, I prepared,” said Mantha of his team-leading fifth goal and 11th point of the tournament. “The goalie moved his right pad first so I knew I could go on the right side and that's how I did it.” Canada's nerves were tested with one second left in the period. Mirco Muller lifted a shot from the point that Nico Dunner tipped past Canadian goalie Zachary Fucale. The goal stood up to review for a high stick. But Canada was on top of the Swiss from the start of the third. The teams were each short a man at 4:11 when Reinhart was stopped on a breakaway, only to have Lazar follow and stuff the puck in for the goal. A Swiss power play had just ended when Pouliot skated into the zone and beat Nyffeler with a high wrist shot at 13:49 to seal the win. Visiting Team: Canada Home Team: Switzerland
CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Paterson, Jake G 31   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 1st 7  2:00  (auto) Elbowing minor 12:55 1   12:55 9:05 1st 24  2:00  (auto) Holding minor 18:40 1   18:40 3:20 3rd 15  2:00  Tripping minor 3:30 1   3:30 18:30 3rd 24  2:00  Roughing minor 6:41 1   6:41 15:19 3rd 21  2:00  (auto) Holding minor 11:33 1   11:33 10:27	SWITZERLAND LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Nyffeler, Melvin G 20   Guntern, Daniel G 30   Rochow, Sascha   4   Baltisberger, Phil   5   Muller, Mirco   6   Frick, Lukas   7   Jecker, Benoit   9   Kreis, Samuel   10   Praplan, Vincent   12   Rouiller, Anthony   13   Schmutz, Julian   15   Herzog, Fabrice   16   Zangger, Sandro   17   Sieber, Lukas   19   Schmutz, Flavio   21   Muller, Marco   22   Dunner, Nico   23   Fiala, Kevin   25   Simion, Dario   26   Fuchs, Jason   27   Rathgeb, Yannick   28   Balmelli, Lukas   29   Paschoud, Claude	SWITZERLAND PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 4  2:00  Tripping minor 4:54 1   4:54 17:06 2nd 10  2:00  Tripping minor 9:48 1   9:48 12:12 3rd 22  2:00  Slashing minor 2:52 1   2:52 19:08

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) SWITZERLAND PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 18:08   8-21                         2nd 9:04  PS  28                         3rd 4:11   26-8                         3rd 13:49   15

SWITZERLAND Goals SWITZERLAND PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     2nd 19:59   22-5-23

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES CANADA 0 / 3 SWITZERLAND 0 / 5 PENALTY SUMMARY CANADA 10 min / 5 inf SWITZERLAND 6 min / 3 inf POINT SUMMARY CANADA 4 G + 2 A = 6 Pts SWITZERLAND 1 G + 2 A = 3 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total CANADA 1 1 2 4 SWITZERLAND 0 1 0 1 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off CAN - Fucale (60:00) (W) 4 6 9 19 /0:00 3rd/20:00 SUI - Nyffeler (60:00) (L) 5 11 3 19 /0:00 3rd/20:00 Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:   -  Start: 11:00 AM   -  End: 11:00 AM   -  Attendance: 0

OFFICIALS Referee: Referee: Linesmen: Linesmen: CERTIFIED CORRECT   This report has been checked and verified against the Official IIHF World Junior Championship Game Report.

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