PLAYED AT: Bolshoy Ice Dome
Date: Feb 14, 2014
GAME NOTES: CARTER’S THREE GOALS HELP CANADA STAY UNBEATEN WITH WIN OVER AUSTRIA
DAVID BRIEN
SOCHI, Russia – Jeff Carter (London, Ont./Los Angeles, NHL) scored a natural hat trick to lead the way as Canada’s Men’s Olympic Team kept its perfect record intact at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games with a 6-0 win over Austria on Friday night.
The other half of the Canadian goals came from the sticks of Ryan Getzlaf (Regina, Sask./Anaheim, NHL) and defensemen Shea Weber (Sicamous, B.C./Nashville, NHL) and Drew Doughty (London, Ont./Los Angeles, NHL). Patrick Marleau (Aneroid, Sask./San Jose, NHL) chipped in with three assists, while Jonathan Toews (Winnipeg, Man./Chicago, NHL) had two of his own.
Making his first international appearance since the Olympic gold medal game in 2010, goaltender Roberto Luongo (Montreal, Que./Vancouver, NHL) stopped all 23 shots he faced for the shutout.
Doughty and Weber picked up where they left off in Canada’s tournament-opening 3-1 win over Norway on Thursday, both scoring their second goals in as many games to give the Canadians a 2-0 lead after one.
Doughty’s low wrist shot found its way through traffic and past Austrian netminder Bernhard Starkbaum off a face-off win by Toews just 5:24 in, and Weber hammered home a slap shot off a drop pass from Corey Perry (Peterborough, Ont./Anaheim, NHL) less than five minutes later to double the lead.
The second period was all Carter; he needed just under 12 minutes to score three times, becoming the first Canadian since Paul Knox in 1956 – ironically, also against Austria – to record a hat trick in a single period.
Carter stepped out of the penalty box and took a pass from Sidney Crosby (Cole Harbour, N.S./Pittsburgh, NHL) and beat Starkbaum at 2:39, converted a wraparound at 4:09 and found a loose puck at the top of the Austrian crease at 14:33, making it 5-0 Canada.
Getzlaf’s unassisted, shorthanded effort pushed the lead to 6-0 after 40 minutes and capped the game’s scoring; the 2010 gold medallist toe-dragged around an Austrian defender before flipping a backhand past Starkbaum.
Starkbaum gave way to Mathias Lange for the third period.
Canada outshot Austria in all three periods, and finished with a 46-23 advantage overall.
The Canadians have Saturday off and will be back on the ice Sunday at noon ET/9 a.m. PT to take on Finland in the final game of the preliminary round in Group B. |
Visiting Team: Austria
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Home Team: Canada
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AUSTRIA LINEUP
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Pos |
No. |
Name |
G | 24 | Lange, Mathias | G | 29 | Starkbaum, Bernhard | G | 30 | Swette, Rene | | 4 | Unterluggauer, Gerhard | | 5 | Raffl, Thomas | | 7 | Ulmer, Stefan | | 10 | Oberkofler, Daniel | | 12 | Raffl, Michael | | 14 | Nodl, Andreas | | 15 | Latusa, Manuel | | 18 | Koch, Thomas | | 20 | Welser, Daniel | | 22 | Pock, Thomas | | 25 | Iberer, Matthias | | 26 | Vanek, Thomas | | 27 | Hundertpfund, Thomas | | 40 | Grabner, Michael | | 41 | Altmann, Mario | | 48 | Iberer, Florian | | 51 | Trattnig, Matthias | | 55 | Lukas, Robert | | 64 | Lakos, Andre | | 77 | Lebler, Brian | | 89 | Herburger, Raphael | | 91 | Setzinger, Oliver |
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AUSTRIA PENALTIES
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Per. |
No. |
Min |
Offence |
Off |
PP |
PS |
Start |
On |
1st | 27 | 2:00 | (auto) Hooking minor | 12:10 | 1 | | 12:10 | 9:50 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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CANADA LINEUP
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Pos |
No. |
Name |
G | 1 | Luongo, Roberto | G | 41 | Smith, Mike | | 2 | Keith, Duncan | | 6 | Weber, Shea | | 8 | Doughty, Drew | | 9 | Duchene, Matt | | 12 | Marleau, Patrick | | 14 | Kunitz, Chris | | 15 | Getzlaf, Ryan | | 16 | Toews, Jonathan | | 19 | Bouwmeester, Jay | | 20 | Tavares, John | | 22 | Benn, Jamie | | 24 | Perry, Corey | | 26 | St-Louis, Martin | | 27 | Pietrangelo, Alex | | 37 | Bergeron, Patrice | | 44 | Vlasic, Marc-Edouard | | 61 | Nash, Rick | | 76 | Subban, P.K. | | 77 | Carter, Jeff | | 87 | Crosby, Sidney | | | | | | | | | |
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CANADA PENALTIES
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Per. |
No. |
Min |
Offence |
Off |
PP |
PS |
Start |
On |
2nd | 77 | 2:00 | Tripping minor | 0:29 | 1 | | 0:29 | 1:31 | 2nd | 37 | 2:00 | (auto) Hooking minor | 8:42 | 1 | | 8:42 | 13:18 | 2nd | 22 | 2:00 | (auto) High-Sticking double minor | 15:10 | 1 | | 15:10 | 8:50 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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