Game Report 517 Spengler Cup
PLAYED AT: Vaillant Arena
Date: Dec 28, 2013
GAME NOTES: DEFENDING CHAMPION CANADA LOSES 3-2 TO DAVOS AT SPENGLER CUP DAVOS, Switzerland – If Canada wants to repeat as Spengler Cup champion, it's going to happen the hard way. Andres Ambühl scored the winning goal late in the third period as host HC Davos beat Canada 3-2 Saturday. Canada falls to 1-1 and must now play the Rochester Americans in a quarter-final on Sunday. If they win that, they'll play a semifinal Monday night for a chance to advance to Tuesday's final, which takes place at noon local time. “It looks like Mount Everest, but you just take it a game at a time and inch your way forward,” Canada coach Doug Shedden said. Marcus Paulsson and Peter Guggisberg also scored for Davos, while Mika Noronen made 24 saves. Darren Haydar and Maxim Noreau had Canada's goals. Allen York stopped 20 of 23 shots. It looked like it was going to be a relatively easy win for Davos when Ambühl's goal gave the hosts a 3-1 lead with less than three minutes to go in regulation. But Canada kept up the pressure, and Noreau made it a one-goal game with less than two minutes to go. Canada pressed for the tying goal but was unable to beat Noronen. Ritchie had a chance at the tying goal with just over a minute left, but he was unable to contain the puck with an open net to shoot at. “Davos is a speedy team. They've got all kinds of skill level,” Shedden said. “You're not going to beat them in their rink unless you play 60 minutes and we were a little disappointed in our first half of the game. “We were playing the neutral zone game a bit too much maybe because they are so fast and we were trying to respect their speed, then in the third period we said lets go for it and put the pressure on them and it seemed to pay dividends for us. But a little bit too late.” After a scoreless period, Davos used their speed to assert themselves with two goals in the second. Paulsson opened the scoring at 7:19 of the second period, then Guggisberg put Davos up 2-0 at 11:43. Canada made a game of it, with Haydar narrowing the lead to 2-1 4:45 into the third. But after Ambühl restored Davos's two-goal lead at 17:01, Canada was unable to bridge the gap. Shedden expects a different challenge Sunday from the Americans, who are the Buffalo Sabres' American Hockey League affiliate. “It's going to be a more North American style of game,” Shedden said. “You're going to see a lot more of a physical game tomorrow night. Obviously we have a much older team and they're young up-and-coming stars in the NHL. “The bottom line is we've got to find a way to win.”
Visiting Team: Canada
Home Team: HC Davos
CANADA LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G30  York, Allen
G31  Mason, Chris
  Vandermeer, Jim
  Ehrhardt, Travis
  Genoway, Colby
  Kinrade, Geof
  Kwiatkowski, Joel
  Bell, Brendan
 10  Giroux, Alexandre
 11  Micflikier, Jacob
 15  McLean, Brett
 18  Spylo, Ahren
 19  MacMurchy, Ryan
 20  Haydar, Darren
 22  Stewart, Anthony
 25  DuPont, Micki
 26  Noreau, Maxim
 27  Beaudoin, Eric
 29  Williams, Jason
 43  Walser, Derrick
 49  Bolduc, Alexandre
 50  Metropolit, Glen
 77  Roche, Travis
 93  Ritchie, Byron
CANADA PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st2:00 (auto) Hooking minor 5:391 5:3916:21
2nd25 2:00 Roughing minor 11:52  11:5210:08
2nd2:00 Roughing minor 15:311 15:316:29
3rd15 2:00 Tripping minor 8:261 8:2613:34
3rd50 2:00 (auto) Interference minor 11:451 11:4510:15
3rd2:00 (auto) Interference minor 16:391 16:395:21
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
HC DAVOS LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G30  Genoni, Leonardo
G35  Noronen, Mika
 10  Ambühl, Andres
 15  Hofmann, Gregory
 21  O Connor, Ryan
 23  Walser, Samuel
 26  Back, René
 29  Forster, Beat
 31  Paulsson, Marcus
 32  Schneeberger, Noah
 44  Koistinen, Ville
 56  Wieser, Dino
 68  Ryser, Sven
 70  Corvi, Enzo
 80  Kutlak, Zdenek
 83  von Arx, Reto
 87  Bürgler, Dario
 91  Grossmann, Robin
 93  Sejna, Peter
 94  Guggisberg, Peter
 95  Danielsson, Nicklas
 96  Persson, Niklas
   
   
HC DAVOS PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st32 2:00 Slashing minor 5:181 5:1816:42
1st56 2:00 (auto) Hooking minor 8:171 8:1713:43
2nd56 2:00 Roughing minor 11:52  11:5210:08
3rd10 2:00 (auto) Holding minor 0:311 0:311:29
3rd23 2:00 Slashing minor 5:141 5:1416:46
3rd95 2:00 Slashing minor 17:451 17:454:15
3rd31 2:00 (auto) Delay of Game minor 19:331 19:332:27
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) HC DAVOS PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
3rd4:45  20-93-29            
3rd18:03 PP 26-93            
                
HC DAVOS Goals HC DAVOS PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
2nd7:19  31-96            
2nd11:43  94-70            
3rd17:01 PP 10-29            
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
CANADA 1 / 6
HC DAVOS 1 / 5
PENALTY SUMMARY
CANADA 12 min / 6 inf
HC DAVOS 14 min / 7 inf
POINT SUMMARY
CANADA 2 G + 3 A = 5 Pts
HC DAVOS 3 G + 3 A = 6 Pts
SCORING 1 2 3 Total
CANADA0022
HC DAVOS0213
GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off
CAN - York (57:45) (L)1010626/0:003rd/17:45
DAV - Noronen (60:00) (W)107724/0:003rd/20:00
Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:
  -  Start: 2:15 PM
  -  End: 2:15 PM
  -  Attendance:
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