Game Report 931 World Junior A Challenge
PLAYED AT: West Central Events Centre
Date: Dec 17, 2014
GAME NOTES: CHEBYKIN SCORES TWICE, RUSSIA MOVES ON TO WJAC SEMIFINALS JASON LA ROSE KINDERSLEY, Sask. – Nikolai Chebykin’s second goal of the game was the winner as Russia advanced to the semifinals at the 2014 World Junior A Challenge with a 3-2 quarter-final victory over Switzerland on Wednesday afternoon. The Russians will face Denmark in Thursday’s early semifinal (3:30 p.m. CT). Dmitri Zhukenov also scored for the Russia, which is into the final four for the second year in a row after missing out in three consecutive tournaments from 2010-12. It won silver last year in Yarmouth, N.S. Makai Holdener and Auguste Impose had the goals for Switzerland; the loss means that for the first time in four appearances, the Swiss won’t compete in the semifinals. Switzerland found the scoreboard first just 3:52 in when Holdener cleaned up the rebound of a Serge Weber shot for a 1-0 lead, but Zhukenov tied it for Russia less than four minutes later, capitalizing on a turnover at the Swiss blue-line and beating Joren Van Pottelberghe on a breakaway. The first lead for the Russians came at 16:46 of the opening period off the stick of Chebykin, who roofed a shot over the blocker of the Swiss netminder for a 2-1 advantage. Switzerland struck back quickly, however; just 25 seconds after Chebykin’s goal, Impose caught a loose puck at the top of the Russian crease, dropped it and knocked it past Ilya Samsonov to make it 2-2. After outshooting the Swiss 16-8 in the first period, Russia continued its offensive push to start the second and was rewarded just before the seven-minute mark of the middle frame when Chebykin tipped an Artyom Volkov shot past Van Pottelberghe. The Swiss pushed for the tying goal in the third period, when they held an 11-7 advantage in shots on goal, but Samsonov turned away each and every opportunity, sending the Russians through to Thursday. Switzerland will await the loser of Wednesday night’s Canada East-Canada West quarter-final in Friday afternoon’s fifth-place game at the West Central Events Centre (3:30 p.m. CT). 		Visiting Team: Russia
 Home Team: Switzerland
RUSSIA LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G30  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
   
RUSSIA PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st10 2:00 Slashing minor 0:531 0:531:07
2nd9 2:00 Tripping minor 2:211 2:2119:39
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
SWITZERLAND LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G30  van Pottelberghe, Joren
 4  Chuard, Romain
 5  Forrer, Marco
 6  Stemer, Clément
 7  Weber, Serge
 8  Kessler, Tino
 9  Riat, Damien
 10  Guidotti, Samuele
 11  Impose, Auguste
 12  Moor, Misha
 14  Holdener, Makai
 17  Trisconi, Noele
 18  Thürkauf, Calvin
 19  Zehnder, Yannick
 20  Pinana, Christian
 21  Hollenstein, Fabio
 22  Forrer, Sandro
 24  Prassl, Raphael
 25  Bircher, Alain
 27  Haberstich , Fabian 
 28  Haussener, Timo
SWITZERLAND PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st18 2:00 (auto) Interference minor 9:081 9:0812:52
1st6 2:00 Tripping minor 13:451 13:458:15
1st21 2:00 (auto) Holding minor 18:171 18:173:43
2nd20 2:00 (auto) Hooking minor 9:371 9:3712:23
2nd6 2:00 Tripping minor 18:341 18:343:26
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
RUSSIA Goals RUSSIA PLAYERS (plus) SWITZERLAND PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
1st7:48  27            
1st16:46  8            
2nd6:38  8-11-21            
SWITZERLAND Goals SWITZERLAND PLAYERS (plus) RUSSIA PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
1st3:52  14-7-22            
1st17:11  11-9            
                
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
RUSSIA 0 / 5
SWITZERLAND 0 / 2
PENALTY SUMMARY
RUSSIA 4 min / 2 inf
SWITZERLAND 10 min / 5 inf
POINT SUMMARY
RUSSIA 3 G + 2 A = 5 Pts
SWITZERLAND 2 G + 3 A = 5 Pts
SCORING 1 2 3 Total
RUSSIA2103
SWITZERLAND2002
GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off
RUS - Samsonov (60:00) (W)681125/0:003rd/20:00
SUI - van Pottelberghe (60:00) (L)1413734/0:003rd/20:00
Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:
  -  Start: 4:30 PM
  -  End: 4:30 PM
  -  Attendance: 0 
OFFICIALS
Referee: Alex Cote
Referee: Fraser Lawerence
Linesmen: Troy Murray
Linesmen: Tarrington Wyonzek
CERTIFIED CORRECT
 
This report has been checked and verified against the Official World Junior A Challenge Game Report.

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