Game Report 843		IIHF World Junior Championship
PLAYED AT: Air Canada Centre Date: Jan 2, 2015 GAME NOTES: LAZAR, MCDAVID LEAD CANADA OVER DENMARK AND INTO SEMIFINALS WENDY GRAVES TORONTO, Ont. – Curtis Lazar (Vernon, B.C./Ottawa, NHL) had two goals and an assist and Connor McDavid (Newmarket, Ont./Erie, OHL) added a goal and two assists to lead Canada’s National Junior Team over Denmark 8-0 on Friday and into the semifinals at the 2015 IIHF World Junior Championship. Next up for the Canadians is Slovakia in Sunday’s semifinals (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT). Canada scored a 7-0 win over the Slovaks in the tournament opener for both teams back on Boxing Day. Canada also got goals from Sam Reinhart (West Vancouver, B.C./Kootenay, WHL), Lawson Crouse (Mount Brydges /Kingston, OHL), Nick Paul (Mississauga, Ont./North Bay, OHL), Brayden Point (Calgary, Alta./Moose Jaw, WHL) and Nick Ritchie (Orangeville, Ont./Peterborough, OHL). Joe Hicketts (Kamloops, B.C./Victoria, WHL) added two assists from the blue-line. In total, 12 players found their way onto the scoresheet in a total team performance that overwhelmed the underdog Danes. Zachary Fucale (Rosemère, Que./Quebec, QMJHL) made 14 saves for the win and the shutout. George Sorensen and Thomas Lillie combined to stop 42 shots for Denmark. With Canada spending the preliminary round in Montreal, Toronto fans had adopted Denmark as their team. But with Canada in the building the Danes were booed the second they came out for their pre-game skate. The two countries played twice before at the World Juniors (in 2008 and 2012), with Canada winning both times, 4-1 and 10-2. Canada opened the scoring Friday night just past the halfway point of the first. McDavid drove around the Danish net, and as his defender brought him down sent a pass out front to Lazar, who beat Sorensen low. Less than five minutes later Reinhart, from the doorstep, doubled the lead with his fourth goal of the tournament. Three goals in a span of 5:31 in the second broke the game open. First, Crouse showed some nifty stick work in waiting out Sorensen from the right hash mark. McDavid forced a turnover just outside the red line, drove down the left boards and tucked the puck in low to the glove side, giving Sorensen a spray along the way. Three minutes later Lazar found his way behind two defenders to take a stretch pass from Hicketts and make it 5-0. Another three goals in the third – a driving backhand from Paul; Point finishing off a passing play through traffic with Lazar and McDavid; and Ritchie putting home a rebound – rounded out the scoring. Visiting Team: Denmark Home Team: Canada
DENMARK LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Henriksen, Nicolai G 31   Lillie, Thomas G 39   Sorensen, George   2   Krogsgaard, Anders   3   Hansen, Daniel   5   Lassen, Matias   6   Nielsen, Daniel   7   Aagaard, Mikkel   9   Olesen, Nick   10   Jensen, Kristian   11   Larsen, Mads   12   Mieritz, Christian   14   Eskerod, Victor   15   Staeremose Pison, Andre   16   TRUE, Alexander   17   Nielsen, Marcus   18   Hertzberg, Sonny   19   Rasmussen, Emil   20   Eller, Mads   21   Asperup, Matthias   22   Kristiansen, Christian   23   Holmberg, Jeppe   24   Ehlers, Nikolaj   25   Dau Mortensen, Søren   27   Bjorkstrand, Oliver   28   Nielsen, Søren	DENMARK PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 2nd 18  2:00  (auto) Holding minor 15:19 1   15:19 6:41 2nd 10  2:00  (auto) Goaltender Interference minor 15:19 1   15:19 6:41 3rd 20  2:00  Tripping minor 14:27 1   14:27 7:33 3rd 3  2:00  (auto) Holding minor 17:13 1   17:13 4:47	CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Comrie, Eric G 31   Fucale, Zach   2   Hicketts, Joe   3   Heatherington, Dillon   4   Bowey, Madison   5   Morin, Samuel   6   Theodore, Shea   7   Morrissey, Josh   9   Point, Brayden   10   Duclair, Anthony   16   Domi, Max   17   McDavid, Connor   18   Virtanen, Jake   19   Petan, Nic   20   Paul, Nick   21   Ritchie, Nick   22   Gauthier, Frédérik   23   Reinhart, Sam   25   Nurse, Darnell   26   Lazar, Curtis   28   Crouse, Lawson   29   Fabbri, Robby	CANADA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 10  2:00  Tripping minor 17:23 1   17:23 4:37 2nd 25  2:00  (auto) High-Sticking minor 8:07 1   8:07 13:53 2nd 9  2:00  (auto) Hooking minor 19:26 1   19:26 2:34

DENMARK Goals DENMARK PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) DENMARK PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 10:37   26-17                         1st 15:17   23-10                         2nd 7:50   28-22                         2nd 10:21   17                         2nd 13:21   26-2                         3rd 3:08   20-19-18                         3rd 5:09   9-26-17                         3rd 19:06  PP  21-28-2

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES DENMARK 0 / 3 CANADA 1 / 4 PENALTY SUMMARY DENMARK 8 min / 4 inf CANADA 6 min / 3 inf POINT SUMMARY DENMARK 0 G + A = 0 Pts CANADA 8 G + 10 A = 18 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total DENMARK 0 0 0 0 CANADA 2 3 3 8 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off DEN - Sorensen (46:46) (L) 12 16 0 28 /0:00 3rd/6:46 DEN - Lillie (13:14) 0 0 14 14 /6:46 3rd/20:00 CAN - Fucale (60:00) (W) 6 3 5 14 /0:00 3rd/20:00 Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:   -  Start: 8:00 PM   -  End: 8:00 PM   -  Attendance: 0

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

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