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 G 30   York, Allen G 31   Mason, Chris   2   Vandermeer, Jim   3   Ehrhardt, Travis   5   Genoway, Colby   7   Kinrade, Geof   8   Kwiatkowski, Joel   9   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 1st 8  2:00  (auto) Hooking minor 5:39 1   5:39 16:21 2nd 25  2:00  Roughing minor 11:52     11:52 10:08 2nd 9  2:00  Roughing minor 15:31 1   15:31 6:29 3rd 15  2:00  Tripping minor 8:26 1   8:26 13:34 3rd 50  2:00  (auto) Interference minor 11:45 1   11:45 10:15 3rd 8  2:00  (auto) Interference minor 16:39 1   16:39 5:21	HC DAVOS LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 30   Genoni, Leonardo G 35   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 1st 32  2:00  Slashing minor 5:18 1   5:18 16:42 1st 56  2:00  (auto) Hooking minor 8:17 1   8:17 13:43 2nd 56  2:00  Roughing minor 11:52     11:52 10:08 3rd 10  2:00  (auto) Holding minor 0:31 1   0:31 1:29 3rd 23  2:00  Slashing minor 5:14 1   5:14 16:46 3rd 95  2:00  Slashing minor 17:45 1   17:45 4:15 3rd 31  2:00  (auto) Delay of Game minor 19:33 1   19:33 2:27

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) HC DAVOS PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     3rd 4:45   20-93-29                         3rd 18:03  PP  26-93

HC DAVOS Goals HC DAVOS PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     2nd 7:19   31-96                         2nd 11:43   94-70                         3rd 17:01  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 CANADA 0 0 2 2 HC DAVOS 0 2 1 3 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off CAN - York (57:45) (L) 10 10 6 26 /0:00 3rd/17:45 DAV - Noronen (60:00) (W) 10 7 7 24 /0:00 3rd/20:00 Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:   -  Start: 2:15 PM   -  End: 2:15 PM   -  Attendance: 0

OFFICIALS Referee: Referee: Linesmen: Linesmen: CERTIFIED CORRECT   This report has been checked and verified against the Official Spengler Cup Game Report.

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