PLAYED AT: Alcaplast Arena
Date: Aug 16, 2014
GAME NOTES: FOUR-GOAL FIRST HELPS CANADA TO SEVENTH STRAIGHT HLINKA GOLD
JASON LA ROSE
BRECLAV, Czech Republic – Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team scored four times in a 13-minute span of the first period to help it to a 6-2 win over the Czech Republic on Saturday and a seventh consecutive gold medal at the U18 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup.
Canada has taken home every gold medal from the annual summer under-18 tournament since 2008, winning a remarkable 31 of 33 games over that span. It was 5-0 this year, outscoring its opponents 32-10.
Dylan Strome (Mississauga, Ont./Erie, OHL), Lawson Crouse (Mount Brydges, Ont./Kingston, OHL), Mitchell Marner (Thornhill, Ont./London, OHL) and Travis Konecny (Clachan, Ont./Ottawa, OHL) scored in the opening 20 minutes for Canada to put the game out of reach early.
Crouse finished with two goals, while Nicolas Roy (Amos, Que./Chicoutimi, QMJHL) was the other Canadian to put his name on the scoresheet.
Marner finished with a goal and two assists, Roy had a goal and a helper, and Jérémy Roy (Richelieu, Que./Sherbrooke, QMJHL) and Matthew Spencer (Oakville, Ont./Peterborough, OHL) chipped in with two assists apiece.
The Canadians quieted the sold-out, pro-Czech crowd at Alcaplast Arena early, with Strome taking a pass from Marner and tucking it past Czech goaltender Daniel Vladar just 3:34 in.
Crouse doubled the lead on a Canadian counterattack at 9:06, snapping a shot past Vladar, and Marner found a loose puck in a scramble in front of the Czech net to make it 3-0 less than four minutes later.
Konecny finished the offensive onslaught – and ended Vladar’s night – with three minutes left in the opening period, hammering home a slap shot on a Canadian power play.
Despite the big Canadian lead, the teams were even in shots on goal after one period, 8-8.
The Czechs got one back with the man advantage early in the second period, but Nicolas Roy restored the four-goal lead midway through the middle frame, tipping in a Spencer point shot.
The tournament co-hosts made it 5-2 before the end of the second, but Crouse scored the lone goal of the third, redirecting shot from Marner for his team-leading sixth goal of the tournament.
Canada finished with a 24-19 advantage in shots on goal.
Zach Sawchenko (Calgary, Alta./Moose Jaw, WHL) had another solid performance in the Canadian goal, making 17 saves. For the tournament, Sawchenko finished a perfect 4-0, with a 2.25 goals-against average and .907 save percentage. |
Visiting Team: Czech Republic
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Home Team: Canada
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CZECH REPUBLIC LINEUP
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| Pos |
No. |
Name |
| G | 1 | Ruzicka, Jan | | G | 2 | Stezka, Ales | | G | 30 | Vladar, Daniel | | | 3 | Hajek, Libor | | | 5 | Kalina, Petr | | | 7 | Durac, Ivan | | | 8 | Kanak, Lukas | | | 9 | Doudera, Lukas | | | 10 | Andel, Lukas | | | 11 | Gago, Michal | | | 12 | Weinhold, Martin | | | 14 | Filip Chlapik, Filip | | | 15 | Soustal, Tomas | | | 16 | Dvorak, Filip | | | 17 | Dymacek, Roman | | | 18 | Koblizek, Radek | | | 19 | Wagner, Frantisek | | | 20 | Zboril, Jakub | | | 21 | Jasek, Lukas | | | 22 | Kase, David | | | 23 | Stransky, Simon | | | 24 | Suchy, Filip | | | 25 | Zajic, Josef | | | 27 | Dufek, Jan | | | 29 | Krenzelok, Danie |
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CZECH REPUBLIC PENALTIES
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| Per. |
No. |
Min |
Offence |
Off |
PP |
PS |
Start |
On |
| 1st | 17 | 2:00 | (auto) Interference minor | 11:08 | 1 | | 11:08 | 10:52 | | 1st | 18 | 2:00 | (auto) Interference minor | 13:19 | 1 | | 13:19 | 8:41 | | 1st | 20 | 2:00 | (auto) Holding minor | 15:15 | 1 | | 15:15 | 6:45 | | 3rd | 27 | 2:00 | (auto) Holding minor | 1:01 | 1 | | 1:01 | 0:59 | | 3rd | 18 | 2:00 | (auto) Hooking minor | 3:59 | 1 | | 3:59 | 18:01 | | 3rd | 22 | 2:00 | Tripping minor | 13:12 | 1 | | 13:12 | 8:48 | | 3rd | 17 | 2:00 | (auto) Holding the Stick minor | 15:39 | 1 | | 15:39 | 6:21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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CANADA LINEUP
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| Pos |
No. |
Name |
| G | 30 | Booth, Callum | | G | 31 | Sawchenko, Zachary | | | 2 | Bear, Ethan | | | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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CANADA PENALTIES
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| Per. |
No. |
Min |
Offence |
Off |
PP |
PS |
Start |
On |
| 1st | 10 | 2:00 | (auto) High-Sticking minor | 4:02 | 1 | | 4:02 | 17:58 | | 1st | 16 | 2:00 | Tripping minor | 14:14 | 1 | | 14:14 | 7:46 | | 2nd | 25 | 2:00 | (auto) Charging minor | 2:28 | 1 | | 2:28 | 19:32 | | 2nd | 27 | 2:00 | Slashing minor | 4:42 | 1 | | 4:42 | 17:18 | | 3rd | 21 | 2:00 | (auto) Cross-Checking minor | 12:33 | 1 | | 12:33 | 9:27 | | 3rd | 15 | 2:00 | (auto) Delay of Game minor | 13:06 | 1 | | 13:06 | 8:54 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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