Game Report 731		IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship
PLAYED AT: Imatra Spa Areena Date: Apr 22, 2014 GAME NOTES: CANADA FALLS IN SHOOTOUT, CLINCHES FIRST AT U18 WORLDS IMATRA, Finland – Travis Konecny (Clachan, Ont./Ottawa, OHL) and Mathew Barzal (Coquitlam, B.C./Seattle, WHL) scored goals, but Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 Team dropped a 3-2 shootout decision to Russia in the preliminary round finale for both Tuesday at the 2014 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship. Despite the loss, Canada clinched first place in Group A with the single point it earned for reaching overtime, and will face the fourth-place team from Group B in the quarter-finals on Thursday. The Canadians’ opponent will either by Switzerland or the United States, depending on the result of Tuesday’s final preliminary round game between the Americans and Finland. Canada had a glorious chance to open the scoring late in the first period when Russian defenceman Daniil Vovchenko was given a checking from behind major and a game misconduct, but it couldn’t convert on the five-minute power play, and the game went to the first intermission scoreless. Konecny wasted no time in opening the scoring in the second period, beating Russian netminder Maxim Tretiak – the grandson of legendary goaltender Vladislav Tretiak – just 1:49 into the middle frame. That stood up as the lone goal through two periods, despite the Russians outshooting Canada 17-13 through 40 minutes. Russia finally solved Mason McDonald (Halifax, N.S./Charlottetown, QMJHL) just 27 seconds into the third period, but Barzal restored the Canadian lead seven minutes later. Canada looked to be on its way to a perfect preliminary round for the second year in a row, but a late penalty and Tretiak on the bench gave the Russians a six-on-four advantage, and Vladislav Kamenev tied the game with just 35 seconds to go. A scoreless overtime led to a shootout, with the Russians replacing Tretiak with Alexander Trushkov. The goaltending switch worked; Trushkov turned away Conner Bleackley (High River, Alta./Red Deer, WHL), Jared McCann (London, Ont./Sault Ste. Marie, OHL) and Jake Virtanen (Abbotsford, B.C./Calgary, WHL), and Kirill Pilipenko’s goal on Russia’s first shot was enough for the win. Travis Sanheim (Elkhorn, Man./Calgary, WHL) was in on both Canadian goals, picking up two assists. The Russians finished with a 31-25 advantage in shots on goal. Visiting Team: Russia Home Team: Canada
RUSSIA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Korobov, Sergei G 20   Tretiak, Maxim G 30   Trushkov, Alexander   2   Sleptsov, Alexei   3   Dervuk, Ilya   4   Sharipzyanov, Damir   5   Mikulovich, Alexander   7   Svechnikov, Yevgeni   9   Provorov, Ivan   10   Lyamkin, Nikita   11   Nikolishin, Ivan   12   Kraskovski, Pavel   13   Pilipenko, Kirill   14   Vovchenko, Danil   16   Kamenov, Vladislav   17   Yazkov, Nikita   18   Dergachyov, Alexander   19   Fazleyev, Radel   22   Afonasievski, Semyon   25   Protapovich, Alexander   26   Korshkov, Yegor   27   Shukin, Kirill   28   Nazarkin, Yevgeni	RUSSIA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 14  5:00  (auto) Checking from Behind major 12:37 1   12:37 12:23 1st 14  10:00  (auto) Game Ejection misconduct 12:37     12:37 17:23	CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Billia, Julio G 30   McDonald, Mason   2   Sanheim, Travis   3   Hicketts, Joe   4   Fleury, Haydn   7   Pilon, Ryan   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 19  2:00  (auto) Interference minor 19:11 1   19:11 2:49 2nd 16  2:00  (auto) Hooking minor 12:33 1   12:33 9:27 2nd 30  2:00  (auto) Delay of Game minor 15:02 1   15:02 6:58 3rd 15  2:00  Tripping minor 8:45 1   8:45 13:15 3rd 20  2:00  Tripping minor 18:00 1   18:00 4:00

RUSSIA Goals RUSSIA PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     3rd :27   11                         3rd 19:25  PP  16-11-2

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) RUSSIA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     2nd 1:49   17-2                         3rd 7:40   16-24

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES RUSSIA 1 / 5 CANADA 0 / 1 PENALTY SUMMARY RUSSIA 15 min / 2 inf CANADA 10 min / 5 inf POINT SUMMARY RUSSIA 2 G + 2 A = 4 Pts CANADA 2 G + 2 A = 4 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 OT1 OT2 Total RUSSIA 0 0 2 0 0 2 CANADA 0 1 1 0 0 2 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 OT1 OT2 Tot. On Off RUS - Tretiak (60:35) 8 4 6 5 0 23 /0:00 1st OT/0:35 CAN - McDonald (60:35) 9 8 10 2 0 29 /0:00 1st OT/0:35 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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