Game Report 66 World Junior A Challenge
PLAYED AT: R.J. Lalonde Arena
Date: Dec 12, 2016
GAME NOTES: BIG LINE LEADS RUSSIA TO COME-FROM-BEHIND WIN OVER WEST JASON LA ROSE BONNYVILLE, Alta. – The line of Alexey Lipanov, Andrei Svechnikov and Ivan Chekhovich combined for 10 points, leading Russia to a come-from-behind 5-3 win over Canada West in one of the marquee match-ups of the preliminary round Monday at the 2016 World Junior A Challenge. It was the first time the teams had met since the Canadians won their fourth gold medal with a thrilling 2-1 victory over Russia in the final of the 2015 tournament in Cobourg, Ont. There would be much more offence in this one, led by the big three – Lipanov had two goals and two assists, while Svechnikov and Chekhovich chipped in with a goal and two helpers apiece. The trio has been on fire in its first two games together in northeastern Alberta; it had eight points in a 5-2 pre-tournament win over Canada East on Friday night in St. Paul. Canada West had the early chances Monday, with two power plays in the first nine minutes, but Russian goaltender Dimitrii Raiko kept the Canadians at bay and Mikhail Bitsadze scored against the flow of play at 9:39 to put Russia up 1-0. Chekhovich doubled the lead less than seven minutes later, outmuscling a Canadian defender and redirecting a feed from Lipanov behind West netminder Matthew Galajda (Aurora, Ont./Victoria, BCHL). The Canadian comeback started early in the second when Carter Turnbull (Nanaimo, B.C./Powell River, BCHL) raced away on a shorthanded breakaway to make it 2-1 at 1:12, and Will Koop (Winnipeg, Man./Steinbach, MJHL) redirected a Regan Seiferling (Moose Jaw, Sask./Yorkton, SJHL) point shot through Raiko to tie the game at 4:40. Turnbull struck again with just over six minutes to go in the middle frame, showing off quick hands in the slot for his second of the period and the first Canadian lead at 3-2. But Svechnikov blasted a one-timer past Galadja on a Russian power play late in the period, bringing the Russians even headed to the third, with the momentum. Lipanov needed just 28 seconds of the third period to give Russia the lead for good, finishing off a pretty passing play, and Chekhovich gathered in a bounce off the end-boards and beat Galajda for a little insurance at 2:33. Canada West swarmed in the later stages of the final stanza, including a penalty-shot opportunity for Koop with 7:35 left and an 80-second six-on-three advantage in the dying minutes, but it would get no closer. With their preliminary round done, the Canadians will wait for the results from Tuesday to find out when and who they play next, while the Russians close out their prelim schedule against Switzerland on Tuesday afternoon (3:30 p.m. MT).
Visiting Team: Canada West
Home Team: Russia
CANADA WEST LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G Drackett, Logan
G31  Galajda, Matthew
  Mitchell, Ian
  Seiferling, Regan
  Tychonick, Jonny
  Makar, Cale
  Thomas, Cory
 10  Stewart, Jeff
 11  Gula, Darby
 12  Cox, Ryan
 14  Gaber, Riese
 15  Hayward, Blake
 18  Turnbull, Carter
 19  Regush, Michael
 21  Nardi, Joseph
 22  Koop, Will
 23  Burgart, Desi
 25  Johnson, Kyle
 26  Lesko, Brandon
 27  Mendel, Griffin
 28  Kawaguchi, Jordan
 29  Betts, Kyle
CANADA WEST PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st10 2:00 Holding 17:071 17:0719:07
2nd2:00 Slashing 0:401 0:402:40
2nd22 2:00 Interference 5:131 5:137:13
2nd 2:00 Bench Minor 14:511 14:5116:51
2nd15 2:00 Hooking 17:021 17:0219:02
3rd12 2:00 Interference 6:301 6:308:30
3rd22 2:00 High-Sticking 10:181 10:1812:18
3rd29 2:00 Roughing 14:33  14:3317:50
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
RUSSIA LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G29  Raiko, Dimitrii
G30  Iakovlev, Daniil
  Galeniuk, Danila
  Baranov, Veniamin
  Bitsadze, Mikhail
 10  Lipanov, Alexey
 11  Lobanov, Daniil
 12  Alexeyev, Yaroslav
 13  Pereliaev, Semen
 14  Svechnikov, Andrei
 15  Kalabushkin, Evgeny
 16  Anokhovskiy, Nikita
 17  Klepko, Ivan
 18  Egorov, Daniil
 19  Chekhovich, Ivan
 20  Okhotiuk, Nikita
 21  Dedov, Georgii
 23  Muranov, Ivan
 24  Kostin, Klim
 26  Mikhnin, Denis
 27  Marushev, Maksim
 28  Slepets, Kirill
RUSSIA PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st2:00 Hooking 4:411 4:416:41
1st13 2:00 Hooking 7:131 7:139:13
1st26 2:00 Slashing 14:321 14:3216:32
2nd14 2:00 Hooking 9:241 9:2411:24
2nd19 2:00 Interference 13:041 13:0413:54
3rd12 2:00 Unsportsmanlike Conduct 13:041 13:0415:04
3rd18 2:00 Roughing 14:33  14:3317:50
3rd12 2:00 Goaltender Interference 17:501 17:5019:50
3rd16 2:00 High-Sticking 18:301 18:3020:00
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
CANADA WEST Goals CANADA WEST PLAYERS (plus) RUSSIA PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
2nd1:12 SH 18-25            
2nd4:40  22-4-12            
2nd13:54 PP 18-29-5            
                
                
RUSSIA Goals RUSSIA PLAYERS (plus) CANADA WEST PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
1st9:39  9-12-24            
1st16:03 SH 10-19            
2nd18:27 PP 14-10            
3rd:28  10-14-19            
3rd2:37  19-10-14            
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
CANADA WEST 1 / 8
RUSSIA 1 / 7
PENALTY SUMMARY
CANADA WEST 16 min / 8 inf
RUSSIA 18 min / 9 inf
POINT SUMMARY
CANADA WEST 3 G + 5 A = 8 Pts
RUSSIA 5 G + 8 A = 13 Pts
SCORING 1 2 3 Total
CANADA WEST0303
RUSSIA2125
GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off
CAN-W - Galajda (58:13) (L)810826/0:003rd/18:13
RUS - Raiko (60:00) (W)1261432/0:003rd/20:00
Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:
  -  Start: 7:39 PM
  -  End: 10:00 PM
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This report has been checked and verified against the Official World Junior A Challenge Game Report.

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