1 | 2 | 3 | T | ||
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Russia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Canada | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
CANADA SCORES FOUR UNANSWERED, BEATS RUSSIA IN SHOWCASE OPENER
CRAIG TULK
CALGARY, Alta. – A goal from Joe Hicketts (Kamloops, B.C./Victoria, WHL) in the first minute of the second period stood up as the winner as Canada topped Russia 4-1 in the opening game of the Sport Chek World Junior Showcase on Monday night.
The first period started with both teams flying, an almost surprising pace for an early August exhibition game.
The first whistle didn’t come until the 3:52 mark of the opening frame, and it came when Damir Sharipzyanov’s wrist shot from the slot found its way under the arm of Mason MacDonald (Halifax, N.S./Charlottetown, QMJHL) and past the Canadian goaltender.
Mitchell Stephens (Peterborough, Ont./Saginaw, OHL) responded just over seven minutes later, tapping in a gorgeous cross-net pass from John Quenneville (Edmonton, Alta./Brandon, WHL), while Vince Dunn (Lindsay,Ont./Niagara, OHL) earned the second assist.
Hicketts was the beneficiary of spectacular stick-handling from Mitchell Marner (Thornhill, Ont./London, OHL), who found the defenceman pinching in to give Canada the lead for good at 41 seconds of the middle frame.
“He is a skilled player, and I think we’ve seen that on the PK, power play or whenever he had the puck,” Hicketts said of Marner. “You know those types of players are nice to have on your team and he has been a great guy and hopefully I will get to know him a little more going forward.”
Marner created scoring chances all night with his speed and creativity, and was the most exciting player on the ice for either side. His puck handling and skating skills were superior and his vision was impeccable.
Canada gained a two-goal lead before the midway mark of the second period, with Spencer Watson (London, Ont./Kingston, OHL) snapping a shot off the near post to beat Russian netminder Maxim Tretiak.
Dylan Strome (Mississauga,Ont./Erie, OHL) added a little more insurance for the boys in red and white, taking advantage of a Michael Dal Colle set-up and beating Tretiak for the 4-1 goal.
MacDonald stopped 16 of the 17 shots he faced, while as Tretiak had steered aside 23 of 27.
Canada is back at it Tuesday night, facing the Czech Republic (5:30 p.m. MT) in the second of four games.
LE CANADA INSCRIT QUATRE BUTS SANS RÉPLIQUE ET BAT LA RUSSIE EN LEVER DE RIDEAU DE LA VITRINE ESTIVALE
CRAIG TULK
CALGARY, Alb. – Un but de Joe Hicketts (Kamloops, C.-B./Victoria, WHL) lors de la première minute de la deuxième période s’est avéré celui de la victoire, alors que le Canada a vaincu la Russie 4-1 au match d’ouverture de la Vitrine du Mondial junior Sport Chek, lundi soir.
La partie s’est amorcée avec deux équipes en feu, un rythme surprenant pour un match hors concours de début août.
Le premier coup de sifflet ne s’est fait entendre qu’à 3 min 52 s du premier tiers, lorsque le tir des poignets de Damir Sharipzyanov décoché de l’enclave s’est faufilé sous le bras de Mason MacDonald (Halifax, N.-É./Charlottetown, LHJMQ) pour toucher les cordages.
Mitchell Stephens (Peterborough, Ont./Saginaw, OHL) a répliqué un peu plus de sept minutes plus tard, redirigeant une brillante passe de John Quenneville (Edmonton, Alb./Brandon, WHL), alors que Vince Dunn (Lindsay,Ont./Niagara, OHL) a obtenu l’autre mention d’aide.
Hicketts a profité d’un jeu de maniement de rondelle spectaculaire de Mitchell Marner (Thornhill, Ont./London, OHL), qui a repéré le défenseur qui fonçait au filet, permettant au Canada de prendre une avance, à la 41e seconde de la période médiane, qu’il n’allait jamais laisser filer.
« C’est un joueur habile et nous l’avons vu en avantage numérique, en désavantage numérique ou peu importe quand il avait la rondelle », disait Hicketts à propos de Marner. « Vous savez que ce genre de joueur est plaisant à avoir dans son équipe et il est un bon gars. J’espère pouvoir le connaître davantage. »
Marner s’est créé des chances de marquer toute la soirée avec sa vitesse et sa créativité. Il a été le joueur le plus excitant à voir parmi les deux équipes en présence. Son maniement de la rondelle et son coup de patin étaient supérieurs et sa vision sans défaut.
Le Canada s’est donné une avance de deux buts à mi-chemin dans la rencontre. Spencer Watson (London, Ont./Kingston, OHL) a décoché un tir qui a heurté le poteau rapproché avant de battre le cerbère russe Maxim Tretiak.
Dylan Strome (Mississauga,Ont./Erie, OHL) a ajouté un but d’assurance, profitant d’une mise en scène de Michael Dal Colle pour porter le compte à 4-1.
MacDonald a bloqué 16 rondelles sur 17, tandis que Tretiak a dit non 23 fois sur 27.
Les Canadiens reprendront l’action mardi soir contre les Tchèques (17 h 30 HR) dans le deuxième de quatre affrontements.
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total |
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Russia | 9 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
Canada | 9 | 10 | 8 | 27 |
Team | PP | PIM |
---|---|---|
Russia | 0-6 | 36 |
Canada | 1-7 | 24 |
Time | Team | Scoring Detail | Score |
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3:52 | Russia |
Damir Sharipzyanov
Goal (even strength)
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RUS 1 - CAN 0 |
11:04 | Canada |
Mitchell Stephens
Goal (even strength)
Assists: John Quenneville , Vince Dunn |
RUS 1 - CAN 1 |
Time | Team | Penalty Detail | |
8:09 | Russia | Evgeny Svechnikov: Hooking - Minor (0:0) | |
12:49 | Russia | Andrey Svetlakov: Hooking - Minor (0:0) | |
13:18 | Canada | Julien Gauthier: Goaltender Interference - Minor (0:0) |
Time | Team | Scoring Detail | Score |
---|---|---|---|
0:41 | Canada |
Joe Hicketts
Goal (even strength)
Assists: Mitchell Marner |
RUS 1 - CAN 2 |
6:33 | Canada |
Spencer Watson
Goal (power play)
Assists: Nick Merkley |
RUS 1 - CAN 3 |
Time | Team | Penalty Detail | |
0:57 | Russia | Nikita Zhuldikov (served by Egor Ogienko): Head Contact - Minor (0:0) | |
0:57 | Russia | Nikita Zhuldikov: Head Contact - Misconduct (10:00) | |
4:30 | Russia | Semen Afonasyevskiy: Roughing - Double Minor (4:00) | |
4:30 | Canada | Travis Dermott: Roughing - Minor (0:0) | |
5:25 | Canada | John Quenneville: Slashing - Minor (0:0) | |
9:30 | Canada | Mason McDonald (served by Julien Gauthier): Interference - Minor (0:0) | |
18:58 | Russia | Pavel Kraskovsky (served by Nikita Kurakin): Checking from Behind - Misconduct (10:00) | |
18:58 | Russia | Pavel Kraskovsky: Checking from Behind - Minor (0:0) |
Time | Team | Scoring Detail | Score |
---|---|---|---|
17:08 | Canada |
Dylan Strome
Goal (even strength)
Assists: Michael Dal Colle |
RUS 1 - CAN 4 |
Time | Team | Penalty Detail | |
4:55 | Russia | Evgeny Svechnikov: Slashing - Minor (0:0) | |
7:01 | Canada | Julien Gauthier: Boarding - Minor (0:0) | |
10:22 | Russia | Evgeny Svechnikov: Hooking - Minor (0:0) | |
13:45 | Canada | Lawson Crouse: Checking from Behind - Misconduct (10:00) | |
13:45 | Canada | Lawson Crouse (served by Joshua Ho-Sang): Checking from Behind - Minor (0:0) | |
18:33 | Canada | Robby Fabbri: Hooking - Minor (0:0) |
# | Name | G | A | PIM |
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2 | Sergey Boikov | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Ilya Dervuk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Damir Sharipzyanov | 1 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Egor Orlov | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Mikhail Yuzeev | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Evgeny Svechnikov | 0 | 0 | 6 |
8 | Andrey Svetlakov | 0 | 0 | 2 |
9 | Denis Guryanov | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Nikita Lyamkin | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Nikita Rogov | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Pavel Kraskovsky | 0 | 0 | 12 |
14 | Marat Khayrullin | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Andrey Kuzmenko | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Egor Ogienko | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Alexander Protapovich | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Egor Rykov | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Radel Fazleev | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Konstantin Kuznetsov | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Semen Afonasyevskiy | 0 | 0 | 4 |
23 | Artur Lauta | 0 | 0 | 0 |
24 | Nikita Kurakin | 0 | 0 | 0 |
25 | Arkhip Nekolenko | 0 | 0 | 0 |
26 | Egor Korshkov | 0 | 0 | 0 |
27 | Kirill Shchukin | 0 | 0 | 0 |
28 | Evgeny Nazarkin | 0 | 0 | 0 |
29 | Nikita Zhuldikov | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Totals: | 1 | 0 | 36 |
# | Name | Min | Sh | Sv | Dec |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alexander Trushkov | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Maxim Tretyak | 60:00 | 27 | 23 | LOSS |
30 | Alexander Georgiev | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals: | 60:00 | 27 | 23 | 0 |
# | Name | Signature |
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# | Name | G | A | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|
Robby Fabbri | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Spencer Watson | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Dylan Strome | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Mitchell Stephens | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
John Quenneville | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Nick Merkley | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Jared McCann | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mitchell Marner | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Joshua Ho-Sang | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Julien Gauthier | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Michael Dal Colle | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Lawson Crouse | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
Travis Sanheim | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jérémy Roy | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Hicketts | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Vince Dunn | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Travis Dermott | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Alexandre Carrier | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mason McDonald | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Totals: | 4 | 5 | 24 |
# | Name | Min | Sh | Sv | Dec |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mackenzie Blackwood | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mason McDonald | 60:00 | 17 | 16 | WIN | |
Totals: | 60:00 | 17 | 16 | 0 |
# | Name | Signature |
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1st Period -- Scoring: RUS - Sharipzyanov Goal (even strength) 3:52; CAN - Stephens Goal (even strength) (Quenneville, Dunn) 11:04. Penalties: Svechnikov, RUS (Hooking, Minor, 2 min) 8:09; Svetlakov, RUS (Hooking, Minor, 2 min) 12:49; Gauthier, CAN (Goaltender Interference, Minor, 2 min) 13:18. Goalie Changes: None.
2nd Period -- Scoring: CAN - Hicketts Goal (even strength) (Marner) 0:41; CAN - Watson Goal (power play) (Merkley) 6:33. Penalties: Zhuldikov, RUS (Head Contact, Minor, 2 min) 0:57; Zhuldikov, RUS (Head Contact, Misconduct, 10 min) 0:57; Afonasyevskiy, RUS (Roughing, Double Minor, 4 min) 4:30; Dermott, CAN (Roughing, Minor, 2 min) 4:30; Quenneville, CAN (Slashing, Minor, 2 min) 5:25; McDonald, CAN (Interference, Minor, 2 min) 9:30; Kraskovsky, RUS (Checking from Behind, Misconduct, 10 min) 18:58; Kraskovsky, RUS (Checking from Behind, Minor, 2 min) 18:58. Goalie Changes: None.
3rd Period -- Scoring: CAN - Strome Goal (even strength) (Dal Colle) 17:08. Penalties: Svechnikov, RUS (Slashing, Minor, 2 min) 4:55; Gauthier, CAN (Boarding, Minor, 2 min) 7:01; Svechnikov, RUS (Hooking, Minor, 2 min) 10:22; Crouse, CAN (Checking from Behind, Misconduct, 10 min) 13:45; Crouse, CAN (Checking from Behind, Minor, 2 min) 13:45; Fabbri, CAN (Hooking, Minor, 2 min) 18:33. Goalie Changes: None.