Game Report 544 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge
PLAYED AT: Civic Centre
Date: Jan 3, 2014
GAME NOTES: WEST BEATS GERMANY, CLAIMS NINTH PLACE by Wendy Graves PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. – Ryan Gardiner (Winnipeg, Man./Winnipeg Thrashers, MMAAAHL) scored the game-winner eight minutes into the third as West beat Germany 4-3 Friday afternoon, taking ninth place at the 2014 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge. Power play goals from Jackson Keane (Winnipeg, Man./Winnipeg, MJHL) and Jesse Gabrielle (Moosomin, Sask./Brandon, WHL) and a shorthanded goal from Colton Conrad (St. Alphonse, Man./Shattuck-St. Mary’s, U.S. Prep) in the second period gave West control of the game. Cameron Hebig (Saskatoon, Sask./Saskatoon, WHL) added two assists. West beat Germany for the second time this week, having earned a 7-1 victory in pre-tournament action last Saturday. After disappointing tournaments, both teams were looking to end on a high note. The opening minutes saw end-to-end rushes and early scoring chances from each side. As the period went on, West began asserting itself and having more time to set up in the offensive zone, whereas the Germans seemed only to generate scoring chances on the occasional rush. But it would be Germany getting on the board first, with a power play goal to close out the frame. Julian Napravnik skated in from the left wing to beat goalie Logan Flodell (Regina, Sask./Regina, SMAAHL) with less than a minute to play in the period. West equalized early in the second, when Keane roofed a shot blocker side from the left face-off circle. Thirteen seconds later Germany took the lead back. Dimitri Komnik maneuvered through his defender and shovelled the puck past Flodell. Another late-period penalty, this time to Germany for holding, gave West its second power play of the game. Some nice passing around the offensive zone left Gabrielle with an easy tap in in front of the net. Less than two minutes later, with West now down a man, the special teams went back to work. Hebig intercepted the puck in front of the German goal and Conrad punched it into an open net for the shorthanded strike. Gardiner scored his first goal of the tournament as the trailing man on a West rush. Germany made it close late in third when Simon Schuetz beat Flodell with a hard shot from in close. Flodell finished with 26 saves. Cody Brenner stopped 25 shots for Germany. 		Visiting Team: Germany
 Home Team: West
GERMANY LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G29  Brenner, Cody
G30  Boehm, Michael
 4  Groeger, Markus
 5  Neher, Marvin
 6  Halbauer, Philipp
 7  Schuetz, Simon
 8  Schmitz, Tom
 9  Glaessl, Maximilian
 10  Kaelble, Lukas
 11  Schiller, Lars
 16  Drews, Yannick
 17  Kopp, Valentin
 19  Daubner, Maximilian
 20  Koerner, Christoph
 21  Kirchhofer, Tobias
 22  Mayenschein, Jakob
 23  Napravnik, Julian
 24  Spitzner, Lois
 25  Retzer, Max
 26  Komnik, Dimitri
 27  Busch, Valentin
 28  Eder, Tobias
GERMANY PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
2nd24 2:00 Tripping minor 5:041 5:0416:56
2nd26 2:00 (auto) Holding minor 16:031 16:035:57
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
WEST LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G1  Flodell, Logan
G30  Verhelst, Tyson
 2  Bear, Ethan
 3  Gardiner, Ryan
 4  Hobbs, Connor
 5  Kalynuk, Wyatt
 6  Murray, Troy
 7  Olson, Tate
 8  Riddle, Brennan
 9  Draude, Terrell
 10  Gabrielle, Jesse
 11  Halbgewachs, Jayden
 12  Campese, Matthew
 14  Kolesar, Keegan
 15  Conrad, Colt
 16  Hebig, Cameron
 17  Bast, Spencer
 18  Pederson, Lane
 19  Purtill, Braden
 20  Sloboshan, Wyatt
 21  Keane, Jackson
 22  Nell, Meyer
WEST PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st4 2:00 (auto) Delay of Game minor 17:501 17:504:10
2nd21 2:00 Too Many Men on the Ice minor 18:071 18:073:53
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
GERMANY Goals GERMANY PLAYERS (plus) WEST PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
1st19:07 PP 23-8-7            
2nd6:39  26            
3rd15:50  7            
                
WEST Goals WEST PLAYERS (plus) GERMANY PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
2nd6:27 PP 21-14-9            
2nd16:49 PP 10-18-16            
2nd18:20 SH 15-16            
3rd8:00  3-22-18            
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
GERMANY 1 / 2
WEST 2 / 2
PENALTY SUMMARY
GERMANY 4 min / 2 inf
WEST 4 min / 2 inf
POINT SUMMARY
GERMANY 3 G + 2 A = 5 Pts
WEST 4 G + 7 A = 11 Pts
SCORING 1 2 3 Total
GERMANY1113
WEST0314
GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off
GER - Brenner (60:00) (L)97824/0:003rd/20:00
WST - Flodell (60:00) (W)610723/0:003rd/20:00
Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:
  -  Start: 1:00 PM
  -  End: 1:00 PM
  -  Attendance: 0 
OFFICIALS
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CERTIFIED CORRECT
 
This report has been checked and verified against the Official World Under-17 Hockey Challenge Game Report.

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