PLAYED AT: West Central Events Centre
Date: Dec 15, 2014
GAME NOTES: EHLERS DOES IT AGAIN, DANES WIN GROUP B AT WJAC
JASON LA ROSE
KINDERSLEY, Sask. – Nikolaj Ehlers continued his hot start at the 2014 World Junior A Challenge, scoring a hat trick to lead Denmark to a 4-2 win over Russia on Monday afternoon.
The win is the second for the Danes in less than 24 hours – they beat Canada West 3-2 on Sunday night – and clinches first place in Group B and a bye directly to the semifinals; they won’t see the ice again until Thursday.
Anders Krogsgaard had the other goal for Denmark, which followed a similar script to its Sunday win – take a 2-1 lead, allow the game-tying goal seven minutes into the third period, and look to Ehlers for the game-winner in the dying minutes.
Mikhail Vorobyov and Denis Guryanov scored for Russia, which lost its tournament-opening game for the first time since 2011.
The Russians took the early lead thanks to Vorobyov, who finished a give-and-go with Guryanov by cruising through the slot and snapping a shot past Danish goaltender George Sorenson at 7:02.
Ehlers tied the game on a buzzer beater; with the Danes killing a penalty, a clearing attempt from Matias Lassen richocheted right onto the stick of Ehlers, who beat Ilya Samsonov on a shorthanded breakaway with less than a second remaining in the first period.
Denmark had the offensive advantage in the second, outshooting Russia 11-7, but the teams headed to the intermission still tied.
Ehlers needed just 2:31 of the second period to give the Danes the lead for the first time, faking a slap shot before dancing around a sprawling Russian defenceman and ripping a shot over the glove of Samsonov on the power play.
Russia tied the game at 7:25 when Guryanov tipped in an Alexander Kozyrev point shot, but Ehlers scored his second game-winning goal in as many days with 2:53 left, cutting hard to the Russian net before finding space over Samsonov’s short-side shoulder from in tight.
Krogsgaard capped the scoring with a long-range empty-net goal in the final minute.
Russia finishes its preliminary round schedule on Tuesday night, meeting Canada West in a second-place showdown at the West Central Events Centre (7:30 p.m. CT). |
Visiting Team: Russia
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Home Team: Denmark
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RUSSIA LINEUP
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| Pos |
No. |
Name |
| G | 30 | Samsonov, Ilya | | | 2 | Kudako, Vadim | | | 3 | Sidorov, Mikhail | | | 4 | Kozyrev, Alexander | | | 7 | Rykov, Yegor | | | 8 | Chebykin, Nikolai | | | 9 | Shemerov, Alexander | | | 10 | Vorobyov, Mikhail | | | 11 | Volkov, Artyom | | | 12 | Ivanyuzhenkov, Artyom | | | 13 | Mityakin, Yevgeni | | | 17 | Kvartalnov, Danila | | | 18 | Obidin, Andrei | | | 21 | Kaprizov, Kirill | | | 22 | Bannikov, Andrei | | | 23 | Ivashov, Roman | | | 24 | Yemets, Ivan | | | 25 | Guryanov, Denis | | | 26 | Barabanov, Vladimir | | | 27 | Zhukenov, Dmitri | | | | | | | | |
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RUSSIA PENALTIES
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| Per. |
No. |
Min |
Offence |
Off |
PP |
PS |
Start |
On |
| 2nd | 18 | 2:00 | (auto) Hooking minor | 4:30 | 1 | | 4:30 | 17:30 | | 2nd | 12 | 2:00 | (auto) Delay of Game minor | 14:01 | 1 | | 14:01 | 7:59 | | 3rd | 12 | 2:00 | Tripping minor | 1:43 | 1 | | 1:43 | 0:17 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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DENMARK LINEUP
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| Pos |
No. |
Name |
| G | 30 | Sorensen, George | | | 2 | Krogsgaard, Anders | | | 3 | Hansen, Daniel | | | 5 | Lassen, Matias | | | 6 | Nielsen, Daniel | | | 7 | Aagaard, Mikkel | | | 9 | Olesen, Nick | | | 10 | Jensen, Kristian | | | 12 | Mieritz, Christian | | | 14 | Eskerod, Victor | | | 15 | Staeremose Pison, Andre | | | 16 | True, Alexander | | | 17 | Nielsen, Marcus | | | 18 | Hertzberg, Sonny | | | 21 | Asperup, Matthias | | | 22 | Kristiansen, Christian | | | 24 | Ehlers, Nikolaj | | | 25 | Dau Mortensen, Søren | | | 27 | Bjorkstrand, Oliver | | | 28 | Nielsen, Søren | | | 29 | Rasmussen, Emil | | | 33 | Holmberg, Jeppe |
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DENMARK PENALTIES
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| Per. |
No. |
Min |
Offence |
Off |
PP |
PS |
Start |
On |
| 1st | 25 | 2:00 | (auto) Charging minor | 8:29 | 1 | | 8:29 | 13:31 | | 1st | 2 | 2:00 | (auto) Holding minor | 12:25 | 1 | | 12:25 | 9:35 | | 1st | 29 | 2:00 | (auto) Head Contact minor | 19:23 | 1 | | 19:23 | 2:37 | | 1st | 29 | 10:00 | (auto) Head Contact misconduct | 19:23 | | | 19:23 | 10:37 | | 3rd | 27 | 2:00 | (auto) Checking from Behind minor | 19:05 | 1 | | 19:05 | 2:55 | | 3rd | 27 | 10:00 | (auto) Checking from Behind misconduct | 19:05 | | | 19:05 | 10:55 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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