Game Report 65 World Junior A Challenge
PLAYED AT: R.J. Lalonde Arena
Date: Dec 12, 2016
GAME NOTES: CZECHS SHOCK AMERICANS WITH SHUTOUT WIN JASON LA ROSE BONNYVILLE, Alta. – Petr Vrana turned aside each and every one of the 30 shots he faced, backstopping the Czech Republic to a 1-0 win over the United States on Monday afternoon at the 2016 World Junior A Challenge. Kristian Reichel was the lone goal-scorer in the third 1-0 game in tournament history, and the first since Canada West edged Canada East in the semifinals of the 2012 tournament in Yarmouth, N.S. It’s just the fourth win in 18 games at the tournament for the Czechs, and just the eighth loss in 41 for the Americans, who had won their past four tournament-openers by a combined 30-4. The game was a battle of the goaltenders from the first drop of the puck; U.S. netminder Cayden Primeau went save-for-save with Vrana for more than 44 minutes, and finished with 34 stops as a hard-luck loser. The Americans had a narrow advantage in shots on goal in an evenly-matched first period, outshooting the Czechs 10-9, but the European side came out firing in the second, directing 16 shots at Primeau. The teams combined for 43 shots without a goal in the opening 40 minutes, but Reichel finally broke through 4:18 into the final frame; after quick puck movement off a won face-off, the son of former NHLer Robert Reichel blasted a one-timer past the blocker of Primeau for the eventual game-winner. With the win, the Czech Republic moves into second place in Group B, tied with Canada East at three points but trailing the Canadians on the head-to-head tiebreaker after a 4-1 loss to East on Sunday. The Czechs will wait for the end of preliminary-round play on Tuesday to find out when and who they’ll play next, while the U.S. closes out the round robin against Canada East on Tuesday (7:30 p.m. ET). An American win in regulation time would leave all three teams in group with identical 1-1 records, and bring a tiebreaker into play to determine who goes straight to the semifinals, and who plays in the quarter-finals Wednesday.
Visiting Team: United States
Home Team: Czech Republic
UNITED STATES LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G Primeau, Cayden
G30  Rasmussen, Dayton
  Kiersted, Matt
  Anderson, Mikey
  Green, Alex
  Hellickson, Matt
  Crone, Hank
  Frank, Ethen
 10  Messner, Mick
 11  McManus, Brannon
 12  Swaney, Nick
 14  Adams, Collin
 15  Washe, Paul
 16  Ryczek, Jake
 17  Baker, Tarek
 18  Phillips, Clayton
 19  Lizotte, Blake
 20  Berger, Chris
 21  Limoges, Alex
 22  Aamodt, Wyatt
 23  Johnson, Isaac
 24  Solow, Zach
UNITED STATES PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st21 2:00 Hooking 11:441 11:4413:44
2nd2:00 Hooking 4:121 4:126:12
3rd2:00 Tripping 2:441 2:444:18
3rd 2:00 Too Many Players 15:031 15:0317:03
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
CZECH REPUBLIC LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G Ruzicka, Jan
G Kváca , Petr
  Adámek , Marian
  Hanousek, Tomas
  Doudera, Lukas
  Kral, Filip
  Kachyna, Ondrej
  Sirota, Jakub
  Novak, Daniel
 10  Vildumetz, Tomas
 11  Dvorak, Filip
 12  Kodytek, Petr
 13  Havranek, Tomas
 14  Pavlik, Radovan
 17  Kousal, Pavel
 18  Zachar, Marek
 19  Vracovsky, Tomas
 20  Kubik, Adam
 21  Kurovsky, Daniel
 22  Reichel, Kristian
   
   
CZECH REPUBLIC PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
2nd2:00 Interference 1:571 1:573:57
2nd20 2:00 Roughing 12:081 12:0814:08
3rd13 2:00 Interference 9:071 9:0711:07
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
UNITED STATES Goals UNITED STATES PLAYERS (plus) CZECH REPUBLIC PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
                
CZECH REPUBLIC Goals CZECH REPUBLIC PLAYERS (plus) UNITED STATES PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
3rd4:18 PP 22-13-6            
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
UNITED STATES 0 / 3
CZECH REPUBLIC 1 / 4
PENALTY SUMMARY
UNITED STATES 8 min / 4 inf
CZECH REPUBLIC 6 min / 3 inf
POINT SUMMARY
UNITED STATES 0 G + A = 0 Pts
CZECH REPUBLIC 1 G + 2 A = 3 Pts
SCORING 1 2 3 Total
UNITED STATES0000
CZECH REPUBLIC0011
GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off
USA - Primeau (59:13) (L)916934/0:003rd/19:13
CZE - Kváca (60:00) (W)1091130/0:003rd/20:00
Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:
  -  Start: 3:38 PM
  -  End: 5:40 PM
  -  Attendance:  
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CERTIFIED CORRECT
 


This report has been checked and verified against the Official World Junior A Challenge Game Report.

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