Game Report 724		IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship
PLAYED AT: Imatra Spa Areena Date: Apr 20, 2014 GAME NOTES: PERLINI’S PAIR LEADS CANADA OVER SLOVAKIA AT U18 WORLDS JASON LA ROSE IMATRA, Finland – Brendan Perlini (Sault Ste. Marie, Ont./Niagara, OHL) scored both goals, including the winner with 6:37 to go, to help Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 Team to a 2-1 victory over Slovakia on Sunday at the 2014 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship. The win keeps Canada alone atop Group A with nine points through three games, five points clear of the rest of the group, although Russia, Sweden and Germany have played one less game. Mason McDonald (Halifax, N.S./Charlottetown, QMJHL) had his second strong start of the tournament in the Canadian goal, turning aside 21 of 22 shots. He’s 2-0 with a 1.00 goals-against average and .957 save percentage thus far. Despite outshooting Slovakia 9-6 in the first period, the Canadians found themselves down 1-0 after 20 minutes – the first time they’d trailed in the tournament – thanks to a Juraj Mily shorthanded goal. Canada continued to apply the pressure in the second period, and were rewarded on the power play with just seven seconds left in the middle frame; Perlini finished off a set-up from Haydn Fleury (Carlyle, Sask./Red Deer, WHL) and Travis Sanheim (Elkhorn, Man./Calgary, WHL) to send the game to the intermission tied 1-1. Just as they did one day earlier, when Ryan Gropp (Kamloops, B.C./Seattle, WHL) scored the winner with less than six minutes to go in a win over Germany, the Canadians struck late to earn the full three points, with Perlini and Braydon Point (Calgary, Alta./Moose Jaw, WHL) combining on the deciding goal. Canada will look to finish off a perfect preliminary round on Tuesday when it faces Russia; the game can be seen live on TSN, beginning at 9 a.m. ET/6 a.m. PT. Visiting Team: Canada Home Team: Slovakia
CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Billia, Julio G 30   McDonald, Mason   2   Sanheim, Travis   3   Hicketts, Joe   4   Fleury, Haydn   8   Hawryluk, Jayce   9   Bleackley, Conner   10   Carrier, Alexandre   11   Perlini, Brendan   15   Quenneville, John   16   Barzal, Mathew   17   Konecny, Travis   18   Point, Brayden   19   Virtanen, Jake   20   McKeown, Roland   21   Gropp, Ryan   22   Bishop, Clark   23   Audette, Daniel   24   McCann, Jared   26   Crouse, Lawson   27   Thomas, Ben	CANADA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 16  2:00  Slashing minor 19:13 1   19:13 2:47 2nd 24  2:00  Slashing minor 9:44 1   9:44 12:16 2nd 4  2:00  Roughing minor 13:19 1   13:19 8:41 2nd 8  2:00  Roughing minor 19:17     19:17 2:43 3rd 8  2:00  (auto) minor 2:25 1   2:25 19:35 3rd 8  2:00  (auto) Charging minor 6:14 1   6:14 15:46	SLOVAKIA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 2   Pavlas, Christian G 29   Tomek, Matej G 30   Huska, Adam   4   Romancik, Ladislav   5   Moravcik, Matej   6   Halama, Marco   7   Maier, Patrik   8   Palocko, Matej   10   Cernak, Erik   11   Valent, Peter   12   Mily, Juraj   13   Melisko, Jakub   14   Ferletak, Kristian   17   Grman, Mario   19   Sukel, Matus   20   Klenko, Josef   21   Petras, Simon   22   Tatar, Jakub   23   Hrusik, Lukas   24   Bondra, Radovan   26   Jaros, Christian   27   Koch, Patrik   28   Pospisil, Kristian	SLOVAKIA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 26  2:00  Slashing minor 7:41 1   7:41 14:19 1st 17  2:00  Roughing minor 11:59 1   11:59 10:01 1st 7  2:00  (auto) Interference minor 19:23 1   19:23 2:37 2nd 17  2:00  Tripping minor 2:21 1   2:21 19:39 2nd 13  2:00  Roughing minor 19:17 1   19:17 2:43 2nd 4  2:00  Roughing minor 19:17     19:17 2:43 3rd 19  2:00  (auto) Boarding minor 7:09 1   7:09 14:51 3rd 28  2:00  (auto) Hooking minor 8:55 1   8:55 13:05 3rd 5  2:00  Slashing minor 13:43 1   13:43 8:17

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) SLOVAKIA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     2nd 19:53  PP  11-4                         3rd 13:23   11

SLOVAKIA Goals SLOVAKIA PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 12:24  SH  12

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES CANADA 1 / 8 SLOVAKIA 0 / 5 PENALTY SUMMARY CANADA 12 min / 6 inf SLOVAKIA 18 min / 9 inf POINT SUMMARY CANADA 2 G + 1 A = 3 Pts SLOVAKIA 1 G + A = 1 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total CANADA 0 1 1 2 SLOVAKIA 1 0 0 1 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off CAN - McDonald (60:00) (W) 5 7 9 21 /0:00 3rd/20:00 SVK - Huska (59:30) (L) 9 9 5 23 /0:00 3rd/19:30 Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:   -  Start: 9:00 AM   -  End: 9:00 AM   -  Attendance: 0

OFFICIALS Referee: Referee: Linesmen: Linesmen: CERTIFIED CORRECT   This report has been checked and verified against the Official IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Game Report.

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