Game Report 73 World Junior A Challenge
PLAYED AT: R.J. Lalonde Arena
Date: Dec 16, 2016
GAME NOTES: CANADA WEST BEATS SWISS TO FINISH FIFTH AT WJAC JASON LA ROSE BONNYVILLE, Alta. – Jordan Kawaguchi (Abbotsford, B.C./Chilliwack, BCHL) capped an impressive tournament with a goal and three assists, leading Canada West to a 5-3 win over Switzerland in the fifth-place game Friday at the 2016 World Junior A Challenge. Kawaguchi recorded multiple points in three of four games, and with the bronze and gold medal games to go he finds himself atop the tournament scoring race with nine points (three goals, six assists) in four games. Joseph Nardi (Edmonton, Alta./Whitecourt, AJHL) added an goal and two assists, and Carter Turnbull (Nanaimo, B.C./Powell River, BCHL) chipped in with a goal and a helper. After killing an early penalty the Swiss struck first at the four-minute mark when Roman Tanner threw a centering pass towards the net that hit a skate in front and beat Canadian goaltender Logan Drackett (Calgary, Alta./Calgary Canucks, AJHL). But West took control of the first period from there, scoring three times in less than eight minutes. Jeff Stewart (Surrey, B.C./Surrey, BCHL) tied the game 93 seconds after the Tanner goal, jamming in a loose puck at the top of the Swiss crease, and Kawaguchi jumped on a turnover in the neutral zone and went to the backhand to beat netminder Beat Trudel at 12:47 to give the Canadians the lead for good. Twenty-nine seconds later, Turnbull finished off a tic-tac-toe passing play with Nardi and Kawaguchi, giving Canada West a 3-1 lead heading to the first intermission. Switzerland had the lone goal of the second period, a redirect from Justin Sigrist just shy of the four-minute mark of the middle frame, and Trudel stopped all 13 shots he faced to keep it a one-goal game after two. But Cale Makar (Calgary, Alta./Brooks, AJHL) restored the two-goal advantage with a power-play goal just 13 seconds into the third period, and Nardi roofed a backhand at 4:52 to give the Canadians their largest lead of the game at 5-2. The Makar goal gave the Canada West captain eight points in the tournament, tying U.S. blue-liner Ian Brady (2012) for most points by a defenceman in one year. Jan Petrig snuck a backhand through Drackett at 10:52 to cap the scoring. Switzerland finished without a win for the second year in a row, and has lost eight straight at the tournament; its last victory was a 3-2 triumph over Canada West in the fifth-place game in Kindersley, Sask., in 2014.
Visiting Team: Switzerland
Home Team: Canada West
SWITZERLAND LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G Jaks, Aleksander
G30  Trudel, Beat
  Zeiter, David
  Schnetzer, Claude
  Brunner, Yannick
  Burger, Gianluca
  Tanner, Ramon
  Muller, Nicolas
 10  Schüpbach, Mick
 11  Leuenberger, Sven
 13  Wyss, Luca Silvan
 14  Matewa, Lucas
 15  Sigrist, Justin
 16  Nyffeler, Robin
 17  Lehmann, Marco
 18  Wüthrich, Dario
 19  Triana, Dylan Pena
 22  Bleiker, Mischa
 24  Riat, Arnaud
 25  Petrig, Jan
 27  Seiler, Nils
   
SWITZERLAND PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st 2:00 Bench Minor 1:121 1:123:12
2nd15 2:00 Slashing 19:171 19:170:13
3rd 2:00 Bench Minor 2:491 2:494:49
3rd27 2:00 Roughing 9:20  9:2011:20
3rd15 2:00 Hooking 12:471 12:4714:47
3rd10 2:00 High-Sticking 16:361 16:3618:36
3rd14 2:00 Hooking 19:201 19:2020:00
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
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
1st2:00 Delay of Game 13:291 13:2915:29
1st10 2:00 Hooking 15:271 15:2717:27
2nd18 2:00 Tripping 2:091 2:093:52
2nd10 2:00 Boarding 14:501 14:5016:50
3rd10 2:00 Holding 9:021 9:0210:42
3rd15 2:00 Roughing 9:20  9:2011:20
3rd2:00 Delay of Game 16:301 16:3018:30
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
SWITZERLAND Goals SWITZERLAND PLAYERS (plus) CANADA WEST PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
1st4:00  7-15-6            
2nd3:52 PP 15-6            
3rd10:42  25-24-15            
                
                
CANADA WEST Goals CANADA WEST PLAYERS (plus) SWITZERLAND PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
1st5:33  10-23-25            
1st12:47  28-18            
1st13:16  18-21-28            
3rd:13 PP 7-21-28            
3rd4:56  21-28-11            
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
SWITZERLAND 1 / 6
CANADA WEST 1 / 6
PENALTY SUMMARY
SWITZERLAND 14 min / 7 inf
CANADA WEST 14 min / 7 inf
POINT SUMMARY
SWITZERLAND 3 G + 5 A = 8 Pts
CANADA WEST 5 G + 9 A = 14 Pts
SCORING 1 2 3 Total
SWITZERLAND1113
CANADA WEST3025
GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off
SUI - Trudel (58:19) (L)513523/0:003rd/18:19
CAN-W - Drackett (60:00) (W)56617/0:003rd/20:00
Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:
  -  Start: 3:38 PM
  -  End: 5:47 PM
  -  Attendance:  
OFFICIALS
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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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