Game Report 55		World Under-17 Hockey Challenge
PLAYED AT: Essar Centre Date: Nov 4, 2016 GAME NOTES: WERNBLOM SCORES SHOOTOUT WINNER, SENDS SWEDES TO GOLD MEDAL GAME JASON LA ROSE SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – Lukas Wernblom scored the deciding goal in the ninth round of the shootout, and Sweden edged Canada White 3-2 in an extra-time thriller Friday afternoon to book its spot in the gold medal game at the 2016 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge. The Swedes will play for gold for the first time since winning it all in 2013; they’ll face the winner of the Canada Black-Russia semifinal on Saturday night (7:30 p.m. ET) at the Essar Centre. Wernblom scored twice for Sweden in the shootout, while Jared McIsaac (Truro, N.S./Halifax, QMJHL) did the same for White. Jacob Olofsson, who kept the Swedes alive with a goal in Round 8, was the only other player to score. The Canadians got the early lead they wanted on an unassisted effort from Jackson Shepard (North Vancouver, B.C./Kamloops, WHL) just 1:13 in, but Marcus Westfält pulled Sweden even late in the opening frame, spinning in the slot and sliding a shot under White goaltender Olivier Rodrigue (Chicoutimi, Que./Drummondville, QMJHL). The start of the second period produced another quick Canadian goal, with hometown hero Barrett Hayton (Peterborough, Ont./Sault Ste. Marie, OHL) getting his first of the tournament off a pretty set-up from Anderson MacDonald (Quispamsis, N.B./Sherbrooke, QMJHL) with just 59 ticks gone in the middle frame. But again the Swedes responded; Samuel Fagemo drove to the net to beat Rodrigue at 7:44, even things again and providing the last of the scoring through regulation time and overtime. Rodrigue and Swedish counterpart Olof Lindbom traded saves for the final 42 minutes – the Canadian made 31 saves through 70 minutes of work, while Lindbom answered with 29 of his own. After the third period and overtime solved nothing, despite a combined 24 shots on goal, the teams headed to a five-round shootout to determine who advanced to Saturday’s final. Wernblom gave the Swedes the lead in the second round, but McIsaac answered on the fifth and final shot for White, putting a shot off the post and behind Lindbom to keep the Canadians alive. McIsaac did it again to start Round 8, snapping a quick shot through Lindbom, but Olofsson came through in the clutch for the Swedes, beating Rodrigue to continue the drama. After Lindbom finally turned away McIsaac, Wernblom went to the backhand and lifted the final shot over Rodrigue to book Sweden’s fourth trip to the gold medal game in tournament history. The loss means Canada White will meet either Canada Black or Russia for bronze on Saturday afternoon (3:30 p.m. ET). Visiting Team: Canada White Home Team: Sweden
CANADA WHITE LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 30   Frappier, Marshall G 31   Rodrigue, Olivier   2   Bouchard, Xavier   3   Stratis, Peter   4   Tychonick, Jonny   5   Woo, Jett   7   Leppard, Jackson   8   Houde, Samuel   9   Chyzowski, Ryan   10   Lavoie, Raphael   11   Busby, Dennis   12   Thomas, Akil   14   McIsaac, Jared   15   Shepard, Jackson   16   Nielsen, Tristen   17   Focht, Carson   18   Morrisseau, Koby   19   MacDonald, Anderson   20   Foudy, Liam   21   Hayton, Barrett   24   Brown, Elijah   25   MacPherson, Justin	CANADA WHITE PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 17  2:00  Slashing 16:30 1   16:30 18:30 1st 5  2:00  Tripping 16:39 1   16:39 18:39 2nd 4  2:00  Hooking 10:50 1   10:50 12:50 3rd 14  2:00  Interference 5:45 1   5:45 7:45	SWEDEN LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Lindbom, Olof G 30   Jägbring, Lucas   3   Bokvist, Adam   4   Fransson, William   5   Johansson, Filip   6   Andersson, Axel   8   Lundmark, Simon   9   Sandin, Rasmus   10   Ginning, Adam   11   Bäck, Oskar   12   Lilja, David   13   Gustafsson, David   16   Fagemo, Samuel   17   Berggren, Jonatan   19   Höglander, Nils   21   Olofsson, Jacob   23   Wernblom, Lukas   24   Hedman, Linus   25   Nässén, Linus   26   Westfält, Marcus   27   Jakobsson, Carl	SWEDEN PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 13  2:00  Hooking 10:37 1   10:37 12:37 2nd 19  2:00  Tripping 3:33 1   3:33 5:33 3rd 23  2:00  Hooking 14:43 1   14:43 16:43

CANADA WHITE Goals CANADA WHITE PLAYERS (plus) SWEDEN PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 1:13   15                         2nd :59   21-19-5

SWEDEN Goals SWEDEN PLAYERS (plus) CANADA WHITE PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 15:47   26-13-5                         2nd 7:44   16-5

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES CANADA WHITE 0 / 3 SWEDEN 0 / 4 PENALTY SUMMARY CANADA WHITE 8 min / 4 inf SWEDEN 6 min / 3 inf POINT SUMMARY CANADA WHITE 2 G + 2 A = 4 Pts SWEDEN 2 G + 3 A = 5 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 OT1 SO Total CANADA WHITE 1 1 0 0 0 2 SWEDEN 1 1 0 0 1 3 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 OT1 Tot. On Off CAN-W - Rodrigue (70:00) (SL) 14 5 6 6 31 /0:00 1st OT/10:00 SWE - Lindbom (70:00) (W) 9 8 8 4 29 /0:00 1st OT/10:00 SHOOTOUT CANADA WHITE shoots first for each round. CANADA WHITE SWEDEN #  SHOOTER  9   Ryan Chyzowski    --    24   Elijah Brown    --    19   Anderson MacDonald    --    21   Barrett Hayton    --    14   Jared McIsaac  Goal  16   Tristen Nielsen    --    12   Akil Thomas    --    14   Jared McIsaac  Goal  14   Jared McIsaac    --   #   SHOOTER    --   3    Adam Bokvist  Goal 23    Lukas Wernblom    --   16    Samuel Fagemo    --   9    Rasmus Sandin    --   27    Carl Jakobsson    --   23    Lukas Wernblom    --   3    Adam Bokvist  Goal 21    Jacob Olofsson  Goal 23    Lukas Wernblom TOTALS:  2  3 Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:  SWE - 16 Fagemo  Start: 3:40 PM  CAN-W - 15 Shepard  End: 6:26 PM   -  Attendance:

OFFICIALS Referee: Referee: Linesmen: Linesmen: CERTIFIED CORRECT   This report has been checked and verified against the Official World Under-17 Hockey Challenge Game Report.

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