Game Report 876		Hlinka Gretzky Cup
PLAYED AT: Zimny Stadion Date: Aug 13, 2014 GAME NOTES: CANADA HAMMERS HOSTS TO FINISH PERFECT PRELIMS AT HLINKA CUP JASON LA ROSE PIESTANY, Slovakia – Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team spread around the offence Wednesday, getting goals from five different players in a 5-1 win over Slovakia to close out the preliminary round at the 2014 U18 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup. The win leaves Canada atop Group B with a perfect 3-0 record, and sets up a Friday semifinal against the United States in Piestany (11:30 a.m. ET/8:30 a.m. PT). Ethan Bear (Ochapowace, Sask./Seattle, WHL), Lawson Crouse (Mount Brydges, Ont./Kingston, OHL), Mitchell Marner (Thornhill, Ont./London, OHL), Travis Konecny (Clachan, Ont./Ottawa, OHL) and Tyler Soy (Surrey, B.C./Victoria, WHL) scored goals for the Canadians, who won all three of their preliminary round games by identical 5-1 scores. Jansen Harkins (North Vancouver, B.C./Prince George, WHL) was the lone Canadian skater to record multiple points, picking up two assists, while goaltender Callum Booth (Montreal, Que./Quebec, QMJHL) made 12 saves for the win in his first start of the tournament. Bear got the scoring started early, circling the net picking up the rebound of a Harkins shot and roofing it past Slovak netminder Adam Huska just 5:20 into the first period. Crouse made it 2-0 just before the intermission, picking up the puck off a won face-off by Nicolas Roy (Amos, Que./Chicoutimi, QMJHL) and going five-hole on Huska at 16:24. Canada outshot Slovakia 14-3 in the first period, and continued to pour on the offence in the second, with Marner’s goal just 1:15 into the middle frame making it 3-0; after his attempted pass to Dylan Strome (Mississauga, Ont./Erie, OHL) was blocked, Marner found the puck in the slot and beat Huska. Konecny and Soy pushed the Canadian lead to 5-0 with goals 70 seconds apart early in the third period before Filip Lestan spoiled Booth’s shutout bid on a Slovak power play with less than eight minutes to go. Canada finished with a 36-13 advantage in shots on goal. The winner of the Canada-U.S. semifinal will meet either the Czech Republic or Sweden, who meet in Breclav, Czech Republic on Friday in the other semi. Visiting Team: Slovakia Home Team: Canada
SLOVAKIA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 29   Cibulka , Vladimír G 30   Huska, Adam   2   Šefčík, Šimon   3   Zeleňák, Vojtech   4   Duplinský, Dominik   5   Horváth, Peter   6   Vadovič, Andrej   7   Roman, Michal   8   Sadecky, Boris   10   Pätoprstý, Denis   11   Bondra, Radovan   12   Žiak, Lukáš   13   Kolesár, Patrik   14   Trška, Dominik   15   Žitný , Roman   16   Hatala, Andrej   17   Grman, Mario   18   Škamla, Roman   19   Hecl, Marek   20   Valent, Peter   21   Lestan, Filip   22   Osko, Patrik   23   Andrisik, Martin   24   Pataky, Oliver   25   Struska, Miroslav   27   Nemec, Jakub   28   Sloboda, Marek	SLOVAKIA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 2nd 19  2:00  (auto) High-Sticking minor 4:26 1   4:26 17:34 2nd 17  2:00  (auto) Hooking minor 5:32 1   5:32 16:28 2nd 13  2:00  Slashing minor 19:11 1   19:11 2:49 3rd 30  2:00  (auto) Delay of Game minor 10:33 1   10:33 11:27 3rd 11  2:00  Slashing minor 17:23 1   17:23 4:37	CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 30   Booth, Callum G 31   Sawchenko, Zachary   2   Bear, Ethan   3   Vande Sompel, Mitchell   5   Brisebois, Guillaume   7   Roy, Jérémy   10   Merkley, Nick   11   Roy, Nicolas   12   Harkins, Jansen   14   Barzal, Mathew   15   Soy, Tyler   16   Marner, Mitchell   17   Crouse, Lawson   18   Konecny, Travis   19   Strome, Dylan   21   Meloche, Nicolas   22   Knott, Graham   23   Stephens, Mitchell   25   Musil, Adam   27   Spencer, Matthew   28   Hobbs, Connor	CANADA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 23  2:00  (auto) Hooking minor 5:28 1   5:28 16:32 1st 5  2:00  (auto) High-Sticking minor 13:13 1   13:13 8:47 2nd 17  2:00  (auto) Interference minor 4:01 1   4:01 17:59 2nd 25  2:00  (auto) Hooking minor 16:58 1   16:58 5:02 2nd 10  2:00  (auto) High-Sticking minor 19:34 1   19:34 2:26 3rd 16  2:00  Tripping minor 11:32 1   11:32 10:28 3rd 28  2:00  (auto) Interference minor 11:37 1   11:37 10:23

SLOVAKIA Goals SLOVAKIA PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     3rd 12:19  PP  21-16

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) SLOVAKIA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 5:20   2-12                         1st 16:24   17-11                         2nd 1:15   16-22-19                         3rd 4:40   18-12-5                         3rd 5:50   15-25

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES SLOVAKIA 1 / 7 CANADA 0 / 5 PENALTY SUMMARY SLOVAKIA 10 min / 5 inf CANADA 14 min / 7 inf POINT SUMMARY SLOVAKIA 1 G + 1 A = 2 Pts CANADA 5 G + 7 A = 12 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total SLOVAKIA 0 0 1 1 CANADA 2 1 2 5 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off SVK - Huska (60:00) (L) 12 9 10 31 /0:00 3rd/20:00 CAN - Booth (60:00) (W) 3 3 6 12 /0:00 3rd/20:00 Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:   -  Start: 11:30 AM   -  End: 11:30 AM   -  Attendance: 0

OFFICIALS Referee: Referee: Linesmen: Linesmen: CERTIFIED CORRECT   This report has been checked and verified against the Official Hlinka Gretzky Cup Game Report.

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