Game Report 71 World Junior A Challenge
PLAYED AT: R.J. Lalonde Arena
Date: Dec 15, 2016
GAME NOTES: POWER PLAY LEADS U.S. PAST RUSSIA, INTO WJAC GOLD MEDAL GAME JASON LA ROSE BONNYVILLE, Alta. – Zach Solow, Chris Berger and Brannon McManus all scored power-play goals, helping the United States to a 4-2 semifinal win over Russia on Thursday and a spot in the gold medal game at the 2016 World Junior A Challenge. The U.S. is into the final for the seventh time in its 10 appearances at the tournament; it has never lost when playing for gold, claiming titles in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014. The Americans will face either the Czech Republic or Canada East on Saturday night (5 p.m. MT). After a pair of early Russian power plays failed to produce a goal, the U.S. struck on its first chance; Solow picked up the puck on the half-boards, walked to the face-off dot and hammered a slap shot short-side on Russian goaltender Dimitrii Raiko. Berger doubled the lead with 22 seconds left in the opening frame, parking himself at the top of the crease and cleaning up the rebound of a shot from Collin Adams. The American defence went to work in the second, holding Russia without a shot on goal for more than half the period. In all, the U.S. held a 35-25 advantage in shots on goal, including 26-15 through 40 minutes. McManus made it 3-0 on another U.S. power play at the 16-minute mark of the middle stanza, finishing off a tic-tac-toe passing play between himself, Nick Swaney and Blake Lizotte, sending the Americans to the intermission in control. Jake Ryczek added a fourth U.S. goal early in the third period, beating Raiko from the blue-line. That would be the last shot the Russian goaltender faced; he was replaced by Daniil Iakovlev after allowing four goals on 32 shots through just under 47 minutes of work. The Russians scored a pair of goals in the final 10 minutes, both off the stick of Andrei Svechnikov – giving the 16-year-old the tournament lead in goals (five) and points (eight) – but that would be it for scoring. Russia will play for the bronze medal for the fifth time, facing the loser of the Czech Republic-Canada East semifinal on Friday night (7:30 p.m. MT) in the third-place game.
Visiting Team: United States
Home Team: Russia
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
1st11 2:00 Tripping 6:471 6:478:47
1st19 2:00 Tripping 12:091 12:0914:09
2nd24 2:00 Boarding 10:071 10:0712:07
3rd16 2:00 Tripping 10:441 10:4412:44
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
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
1st14 2:00 High-Sticking 17:581 17:5818:05
1st2:00 Hooking 18:191 18:1919:38
2nd14 2:00 High-Sticking 7:441 7:449:44
2nd2:00 Hooking 15:131 15:1316:00
3rd13 2:00 Interference 13:511 13:5115:51
3rd24 2:00 High-Sticking 16:051 16:1618:05
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
UNITED STATES Goals UNITED STATES PLAYERS (plus) RUSSIA PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
1st18:05 PP 24-18-14            
1st19:38 PP 20-14-21            
2nd16:00 PP 11-12-19            
3rd6:40  16            
RUSSIA Goals RUSSIA PLAYERS (plus) UNITED STATES PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
3rd10:07  14-19            
3rd19:41  14-9-19            
                
                
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
UNITED STATES 3 / 6
RUSSIA 0 / 4
PENALTY SUMMARY
UNITED STATES 8 min / 4 inf
RUSSIA 12 min / 6 inf
POINT SUMMARY
UNITED STATES 4 G + 6 A = 10 Pts
RUSSIA 2 G + 3 A = 5 Pts
SCORING 1 2 3 Total
UNITED STATES2114
RUSSIA0022
GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off
USA - Primeau (60:00) (W)105823/0:003rd/20:00
RUS - Raiko (46:40) (L)1112528/0:003rd/6:40
RUS - Iakovlev (12:28) 0033/6:403rd/19:08
RUS - Iakovlev (0:19) 0000/19:413rd/20:00
Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:
  -  Start: 3:38 PM
  -  End: 5:51 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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