Game Report 796		IIHF World Championship
PLAYED AT: Chizhovka-Arena Date: May 20, 2014 GAME NOTES: WARD’S THREE POINTS HELP CANADA CLINCH GROUP A DAVID BRIEN MINSK, Belarus – Joel Ward (North York, Ont./Washington, NHL) scored twice on the power play and added an assist and James Reimer (Morweena, Man./Toronto, NHL) made 14 saves to propel Canada to a 3-2 win over Norway in Tuesday’s preliminary round finale at the 2014 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship. The victory is Canada’s sixth in a row, and clinches first place in Group A. Mark Scheifele (Kitchener, Ont./Winnipeg, NHL) scored the other goal for Canada. Norway’s goals came from defencemen Anders Bastiansen and Mads Hansen, while goaltender Steffen Soberg was stellar despite taking the loss, making 39 saves. The Norwegians opened the scoring 13 minutes into the first period, with Bastiansen converting on a power play, the lone goal in a period that saw Canada outshoot Norway 15-5. After failing on its four chances in the opening frame, the Canadian power play finally made good on the man advantage early in the second; Ward tipped in a Ryan Ellis (Freelton, Ont./Nashville, NHL) point shot to tie the game. Norway responded less than 10 minutes later when Hansen snapped a shot past Reimer’s glove, but Canada answered back before the end of the period thanks to Scheifele, who buried the rebound of a Kevin Bieska (Grimsby, Ont./Vancouver, NHL) shot for the 2-2 goal. Tied going into the third period despite outshooting the Norwegians 28-11 through the first 40 minutes, Canada finally took its first lead just past the midway mark of the final frame, scoring again on the power play. Ward took a pretty pass from Jonathan Huberdeau (St-Jérôme, Que./Florida, NHL) and beat Soberg from in close for the game-winning goal, his second of the game and sixth of the tournament. Ward’s six goals leaves him tied with Cody Hodgson (Markham, Ont./Buffalo, NHL) for the team lead. “He’s had timely goals for us over here,” assistant coach Peter DeBoer said of Ward. “The whole story behind this guy is phenomenal since he was a late draft pick in junior and undrafted in the NHL. “He’s a great story for kids across Canada to never lose hope of playing at a higher level.” Canada will wait for the final preliminary round games to conclude Tuesday before finding out if it faces Finland or Latvia in Thursday’s quarter-finals. “I think we feel our game is in a good place right now and we’re feeling confident obviously,” said DeBoer. “It doesn’t matter who you draw as your opponent, we have to be constantly be ready to play another 2-1 game if we have to. There are no easy games.” Visiting Team: Norway Home Team: Canada
NORWAY LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 30   Haugen, Lars G 34   Volden, Lars G 70   Soberg, Steffen   4   Sorvik, Daniel   6   Holos, Jonas   8   Hansen, Mads   11   Stene, Andreas   13   Olden, Sondre   17   Espeland, Stefan   18   Lovlie, Jonas Djupvik   19   Skroder, Per-Age   20   Bastiansen, Anders   21   Ask, Morten   22   Roymark, Martin   23   Trygg, Mats   24   Martinsen, Andreas   26   Forsberg, Kristian   28   Roest, Niklas   29   Dahlstrom, Robin   33   Bryhnisveen, Nicolai   40   Olimb, Ken Andre   42   Odegaard, Henrik   46   Olimb, Mathis   47   Bonsaksen, Alexander	NORWAY PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 17  2:00  Tripping minor 1:36 1   1:36 0:24 1st 4  2:00  (auto) High-Sticking minor 14:31 1   14:31 7:29 1st 47  2:00  (auto) Hooking minor 17:38 1   17:38 4:22 1st 4  2:00  (auto) Hooking minor 19:02 1   19:02 2:58 2nd 23  2:00  (auto) Holding minor 2:13 1   2:13 19:47 3rd 28  2:00  (auto) Hooking minor 2:49 1   2:49 19:11 3rd 19  2:00  Roughing minor 8:52 1   8:52 13:08	CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 30   Scrivens, Ben G 34   Reimer, James G 35   Peters, Justin   3   Bieksa, Kevin   4   Ellis, Ryan   5   Garrison, Jason   7   Turris, Kyle   10   Schenn, Brayden   11   Huberdeau, Jonathan   19   Hodgson, Cody   20   Brouwer, Troy   21   Read, Matt   23   Monahan, Sean   24   Rielly, Morgan   25   Chimera, Jason   27   Coburn, Braydon   29   MacKinnon, Nathan   42   Ward, Joel   43   Kadri, Nazem   44   Gudbranson, Erik   55   Scheifele, Mark   57   Myers, Tyler	CANADA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 29  2:00  Slashing minor 13:00 1   13:00 9:00 3rd 3  2:00  Roughing minor 16:44 1   16:44 5:16

NORWAY Goals NORWAY PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 13:05  PP  20                         2nd 12:16   8-46-33

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) NORWAY PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     2nd 3:36  PP  42-4-23                         2nd 16:25   55-3-42                         3rd 10:43  PP  42-11

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES NORWAY 1 / 2 CANADA 2 / 7 PENALTY SUMMARY NORWAY 14 min / 7 inf CANADA 4 min / 2 inf POINT SUMMARY NORWAY 2 G + 2 A = 4 Pts CANADA 3 G + 5 A = 8 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total NORWAY 1 1 0 2 CANADA 0 2 1 3 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off NOR - Soberg (57:45) (L) 15 11 13 39 /0:00 3rd/17:45 CAN - Reimer (60:00) (W) 4 5 4 13 /0:00 3rd/20:00 Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:   -  Start: 5:45 AM   -  End: 5:45 AM   -  Attendance: 0

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

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