Game Report 849		IIHF World Junior Championship
PLAYED AT: Air Canada Centre Date: Jan 5, 2015 GAME NOTES: DOMI HAS THREE POINTS, CANADA WINS WORLD JUNIORS GOLD WENDY GRAVES TORONTO, Ont. – Nobody said it was going to be easy. A Sam Reinhart (West Vancouver, B.C./Kootenay, WHL) deflection of a Max Domi (Toronto, Ont./London, OHL) shot 12:30 into the second period proved to be the winner as Canada’s National Junior Team defeated Russia 5-4 in the gold medal game Monday at the 2015 IIHF World Junior Championship. It’s Canada’s 16th gold medal at the World Juniors and brings its all-time medal total to 32. Canada finished the tournament a perfect 7-0, the seventh time it’s won all its games on the way to gold and the 12th time it’s gone undefeated at the World Juniors. Domi had a goal and two assists on the night, and Anthony Duclair (Laval, Que./N.Y. Rangers/NHL), Nick Paul (Mississauga, Ont./North Bay, OHL) and Connor McDavid (Newmarket, Ont./Erie, OHL) added a goal each for Canada. Zach Fucale (Rosemère, Que./Quebec, QMJHL) made 26 saves to pick up his fifth win of the tournament. Canada scored early – chasing one goalie after only 2:32 – and often – building a 5-1 lead against another – then had the 19,014 in attendance holding its collective breath for the last 20 minutes. Just 23 seconds into the game Domi fed the puck from below the goal line out front to Duclair, who went top-shelf. Only 2:09 later Brayden Point (Calgary, Alta./Moose Jaw, WHL) sent a pass from the side boards out front to Paul, who tipped it past Igor Shestyorkin. The Russia goalie left then the net for a seat at the end of the bench; he was replaced by Ilya Sorokin, who 17 days ago made 52 saves in a pre-competition Russian victory. Dmitri Yudin momentarily silenced the home crowd when he beat Fucale from the bottom of the face-off circle at 9:20; seconds later fans found their voices with a shower of boos when the Russian forward taunted the Canadian bench. Canada solved the Sorokin riddle in a span of 7:22 in the second. Josh Morrissey (Calgary, Alta./Kelowna, WHL) sprung McDavid on a breakaway, the forward beating Sorokin five-hole. Just 2:14 later a Domi wrist shot from the face-off circle drew the loudest cheer of the night. Five minutes later Reinhart made it a four-goal lead and had fans at the Air Canada Centre chanting, “This is our house.” Quick strikes from Ivan Barbashyov, Sergei Tolchinski and Nikolai Goldobin in the last six minutes of the second period got Russia right back in it, but Fucale made 11 saves in the third to clinch Canada’s first gold medal since 2009, and fifth all-time on home ice. Visiting Team: Russia Home Team: Canada
RUSSIA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Sorokin, Ilya G 20   Kostin, Denis G 30   Shestyorkin, Igor   2   Vereshagin, Ivan   3   Yudin, Dmitri   4   Paigin, Ziyat   5   Cherepanov, Nikita   6   Gavrikov, Vladislav   7   Rafikov, Rushan   8   Kraskovski, Pavel   9   Kamenev, Vladislav   10   Tkachyov, Vladimir   11   Goldobin, Nikolai   12   Bryntsev, Alexander   13   Korenev, Ilya   14   Morozov, Yegor   15   Golyshev, Anatoli   16   Sharipzyanov, Damir   17   Fischenko, Ivan   18   Mamin, Maxim   19   Buchnevich, Pavel   21   Okulov, Konstantin   22   Barbashev, Ivan   23   Sharov, Alexander   24   Valiev, Rinat   25   Dergachyov, Alexander   26   Bryukvin, Vladimir   27   Leschenko, Vyacheslav   28   Tolchinski, Sergei   29   Provorov, Ivan	RUSSIA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 23  2:00  Roughing minor 9:20 1   9:20 12:40 3rd 4  2:00  Throwing the stick minor 20:00 1   20:00 2:00	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 2nd 23  2:00  (auto) Charging minor 10:07 1   10:07 11:53 2nd 18  2:00  (auto) Boarding minor 13:22 1   13:22 8:38 2nd 5  2:00  Tripping minor 16:12 1   16:12 5:48 2nd 23  2:00  (auto) Hooking minor 20:00 1   20:00 2:00

RUSSIA Goals RUSSIA PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 9:20   3-15-25                         2nd 14:21  PP  22-19-3                         2nd 14:53   28-11-24                         2nd 17:37  PP  11-28-9

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) RUSSIA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st :23   10-16                         1st 2:32   20-9-18                         2nd 5:08   17-7                         2nd 7:22   16                         2nd 12:30   23-16

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES RUSSIA 2 / 4 CANADA 0 / 2 PENALTY SUMMARY RUSSIA 4 min / 2 inf CANADA 8 min / 4 inf POINT SUMMARY RUSSIA 4 G + 8 A = 12 Pts CANADA 5 G + 5 A = 10 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total RUSSIA 1 3 0 4 CANADA 2 3 0 5 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off RUS - Shestyorkin (2:32) 0 0 0 0 /0:00 1st/2:32 RUS - Sorokin (57:28) (L) 10 2 4 16 /2:32 3rd/20:00 CAN - Fucale (60:00) (W) 8 7 11 26 /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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