Game Report 614		Olympic Winter Games - Men
PLAYED AT: Bolshoy Ice Dome Date: Feb 19, 2014 GAME NOTES: WEBER’S LATE GOAL SENDS CANADA TO OLYMPIC SEMIFINALS DAVID BRIEN SOCHI, Russia – Shea Weber (Sicamous, B.C./Nashville, NHL) scored the game-winning goal with 6:54 to go in the third period as Canada’s Men’s Olympic Team moved on to the semifinals at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games with a 2-1 win over Latvia on Wednesday. Canada will face the United States in Friday’s late semifinal (noon ET/9 a.m. PT), a rematch of the 2010 Olympic gold medal game, won 3-2 in overtime by the Canadians. Sweden and Finland will meet in the other semifinal. Patrick Sharp (Thunder Bay, Ont./Chicago, NHL) had the other goal for Canada, while Carey Price (Anahim Lake, B.C./Montreal, NHL) made 15 saves to record his third win in as many starts. The Canadians got the scoring started at the 13:37 mark of the opening period; Rick Nash (Brampton, Ont./New York Rangers, NHL) corralled the puck in front and circled the net before finding Sharp, who one-timed a shot past the outstretched glove of Latvian goaltender Kristers Gudlevskis for a 1-0 lead. But the European side answered back just 2:04 later with a little trickery. After Janis Sprukts won a neutral zone face-off, a Latvian defenceman quickly changed and forward Lauris Darzins jumped out the opposite door, taking a breakaway pass from Arturs Kulda and lifting a backhand over a sprawling Price. Frustrated time and time again by Gudlevskis, the Canadian offence suffered a big loss in the second period when John Tavares (Oakville, Ont./New York Islanders, NHL) left the game with an injury; head coach Mike Babcock confirmed after the game that Tavares would miss the rest of the tournament. Canada held a commanding 35-11 advantage in shots on goal after two periods, but Gudlevskis was single-handedly keeping his team in the game, making big save after big save. The Canadians continued their offensive barrage in period three, racking up 22 shots on Gudlevskis, while the Latvians managed just five on Price. But it took until the 19th shot of the final frame, and 54th of the game, for Canada to finally break through; with the Canadians enjoying a man advantage, Weber played give-and-go with Drew Doughty (London, Ont./Los Angeles, NHL) at the point before blasting his third goal of the tournament past Gudlevskis. Through four games, Weber and Doughty have combined for seven goals, while the rest of the Canadian roster has six. The 21-year-old Gudlevskis was undoubtedly the star of the game, finishing with an astounding 55 saves. Visiting Team: Latvia Home Team: Canada
LATVIA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Mustukovs, Ervins G 31   Masalskis, Edgars G 50   Gudlevskis, Kristers   3   Stals, Juris   5   Sprukts, Janis   6   Rekis, Arvids   8   Ozolins, Sandis   9   Redlihs, Krisjanis   10   Darzins, Lauris   11   Sotnieks, Kristaps   12   Vasiljevs, Herberts   15   Karsums, Martins   16   Daugavins, Kaspars   21   Berzins, Armands   24   Redlihs, Mikelis   28   Girgensons, Zemgus   29   Freibergs, Ralfs   32   Kulda, Arturs   37   Bartulis, Oskars   47   Cipulis, Martins   51   Jass, Koba   70   Indrasis, Miks   79   Pavlovs, Vitalijs   81   Pujacs, Georgijs   91   Kenins, Ronalds	LATVIA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 2nd 28  2:00  Slashing minor 5:37 1   5:37 16:23 2nd 8  2:00  (auto) High-Sticking minor 19:33 1   19:33 2:27 3rd 81  2:00  Slashing minor 11:09 1   11:09 10:51	CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Luongo, Roberto G 31   Price, Carey   2   Keith, Duncan   5   Hamhuis, Dan   6   Weber, Shea   8   Doughty, Drew   10   Sharp, Patrick   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   77   Carter, Jeff   87   Crosby, Sidney	CANADA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 10  2:00  Tripping minor 6:18 1   6:18 15:42 1st 2  2:00  (auto) Broken Stick minor 16:02 1   16:02 5:58 2nd 26  2:00  Slashing minor 10:21 1   10:21 11:39

LATVIA Goals LATVIA PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 15:41   10-32-5

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) LATVIA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 13:37   10-61                         3rd 13:06  PP  6-8-16

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES LATVIA 0 / 3 CANADA 1 / 3 PENALTY SUMMARY LATVIA 6 min / 3 inf CANADA 6 min / 3 inf POINT SUMMARY LATVIA 1 G + 2 A = 3 Pts CANADA 2 G + 3 A = 5 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total LATVIA 1 0 0 1 CANADA 1 0 1 2 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off LAT - Gudlevskis (58:22) (L) 15 19 0 34 /0:00 3rd/18:22 LAT - Gudlevskis (0:30) (L) 0 0 21 21 /19:30 3rd/20:00 CAN - Price (60:00) (W) 5 5 5 15 /0:00 3rd/20:00 Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:   -  Start: 12:00 PM   -  End: 12:00 PM   -  Attendance: 0

OFFICIALS Referee: Referee: Linesmen: Linesmen: CERTIFIED CORRECT   This report has been checked and verified against the Official Olympic Winter Games - Men Game Report.

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