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VETERAN LINE LEADS CANADA TO HUGE WIN IN SLEDGE WORLDS OPENER
JASON LA ROSE
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Greg Westlake (Oakville, Ont.), Brad Bowden (Orton, Ont.) and Billy Bridges (Summerside, P.E.I.) combined for 22 points to lead Canada’s National Sledge Team to a 17-0 rout of Japan in the opening game for both Sunday at the 2015 IPC Sledge Hockey World Championship.
Westlake scored five times and added three assists, Bowden had a hat trick and five helpers, and Bridges chipped in with three goals and three assists.
The win is the second-largest for Canada since sledge hockey joined the Hockey Canada program in 2004; the Canadians blanked Japan 18-0 on Nov. 10, 2010 in Rochester, N.Y.
Kevin Sorley (Petersburg, Ont.), Tyler McGregor (Forest, Ont.), Marc Dorion (Bourget, Ont.), Adam Dixon (Midland, Ont.), Bryan Sholomicki (Winnipeg, Man.) and Ben Delaney Ottawa, Ont) also scored for the Canadians.
In all, 11 of Canada’s 13 skaters recorded points, and six had multi-point efforts.
Westlake, Bowden and Bridges have played together for most of the last decade, and the trio took control of the game early; Bowden found Westlake alone in front and the Canadian captain opened the scoring just 20 seconds after the puck dropped.
The top line scored the game’s first five goals (in the opening 5:35), and combined for 16 points alone in a dominating, 12-goal first period for the Canadians.
Canada never went more than 2:56 without a goal in the opening frame and eight different players found the back of the net, including the first-ever national team goals for Sorley and Sholomicki.
Westlake added his fourth of the game early in the second period, tapping in the rebound of a shot from Delaney, and then set up Bowden for his hat trick goal less than four minutes later.
Delaney, whose five points (one goal, four assists) made him the top-scoring Canadian outside of the big line, made it 15-0 after two periods, and Westlake and Bowden added goals for good measure in the third.
Corbin Watson (Kingsville, Ont.) was rarely tested in the Canadian net, needing to make just six saves, as Canada held a colossal 42-6 advantage in shots on goal.
The Canadians are back on the ice Monday at HarborCenter, when they meet long-time rival Norway in Group A action (1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT).
UN TRIO DE VÉTÉRANS MÈNE LE CANADA À UNE VICTOIRE ÉCRASANTE SUR LE JAPON AU MONDIAL SUR LUGE
JASON LA ROSE
BUFFALO, N. Y. – Ensemble, Greg Westlake (Oakville, Ont.), Brad Bowden (Orton, Ont.) et Billy Bridges (Summerside, Î.-P.-É.) ont accumulé 22 points pour mener l’équipe nationale sur luge du Canada à une victoire écrasante de 17-0 sur le Japon lors du premier match des deux formations au Championnat mondial de hockey sur luge 2015 du CIP.
Westlake a accumulé cinq buts et trois mentions d’aide, Bowden, un tour du chapeau et cinq aides, et Bridges, trois buts et trois aides.
Cette victoire est la deuxième plus grande pour le Canada depuis que le hockey sur luge s’est joint au programme de Hockey Canada en 2004; le 10 novembre 2010, les Canadiens avaient blanchi le Japon 18-0 à Rochester, N. Y.
Kevin Sorley (Petersburg, Ont.), Tyler McGregor (Forest, Ont.), Marc Dorion (Bourget, Ont.), Adam Dixon (Midland, Ont.), Bryan Sholomicki (Winnipeg, Man.) et Ben Delaney (Ottawa, Ont.) ont aussi marqué pour les Canadiens.
Au total, 11 des 13 patineurs du Canada ont obtenu au moins un point et six d’entre eux en ont obtenu plus d’un.
Westlake, Bowden et Bridges jouent ensemble depuis presque dix ans et le trio s’est empressé de prendre le contrôle du match; Bowden a repéré Westlake seul devant le filet et le capitaine canadien a ouvert la marque 20 secondes seulement après la mise au jeu initiale.
Le premier trio a marqué les cinq premiers buts de la rencontre (au cours des premières 5 min 35 s) et a accumulé 16 points à lui seul au cours du premier tiers où le Canada a pris une avance insurmontable de 12-0.
Le Canada n’a jamais joué plus de 2 min 56 s sans marquer de but en première période et huit joueurs différents ont fait vibrer les mailles du filet, incluant Sorley et Sholomicki qui ont inscrit leur premier but avec l’équipe nationale.
Westlake a marqué son quatrième de la journée tôt au deuxième tiers en s’emparant du rebond sur un tir de Delaney, puis il a aidé Bowden à réussir son tour du chapeau moins de quatre minutes plus tard.
Delaney, dont les cinq points (un but, quatre aides) ont fait de lui le meilleur pointeur du Canada autre que les membres du premier trio, a porté la marque à 15-0 après deux périodes. Westlake et Bowden ont ensuite mis fin au pointage en troisième.
Corbin Watson (Kingsville, Ont.) n’a pas été très sollicité devant le filet canadien, n’ayant eu à affronter que six tirs dans la rencontre où le Canada a largement dominé la colonne des tirs au but 42-6.
Les Canadiens seront de retour sur la glace lundi au HarborCentre pour y affronter leur rivale de longue date, la Norvège, dans un match du groupe A (13 h HE/10 h HP).
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total |
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| Japan | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Canada | 21 | 16 | 5 | 42 |
| Team | PP | PIM |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 0-0 | 8 |
| Canada | 3-4 | 0 |
| Time | Team | Scoring Detail | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0:20 | Canada |
Greg Westlake
Goal (even strength)
Assists: Brad Bowden |
JPN 0 - CAN 1 |
| 2:12 | Canada |
Brad Bowden
Goal (even strength)
Assists: Greg Westlake , Billy Bridges |
JPN 0 - CAN 2 |
| 5:08 | Canada |
Greg Westlake
Goal (even strength)
Assists: Billy Bridges , Brad Bowden |
JPN 0 - CAN 3 |
| 5:35 | Canada |
Brad Bowden
Goal (even strength)
Assists: |
JPN 0 - CAN 4 |
| 7:49 | Canada |
Billy Bridges
Goal (power play)
Assists: Brad Bowden , Adam Dixon |
JPN 0 - CAN 5 |
| 8:49 | Canada |
Kevin Sorley
Goal (power play)
Assists: Ben Delaney , Marc Dorion |
JPN 0 - CAN 6 |
| 10:29 | Canada |
Greg Westlake
Goal (even strength)
Assists: Brad Bowden |
JPN 0 - CAN 7 |
| 10:40 | Canada |
Tyler McGregor
Goal (even strength)
Assists: Ben Delaney |
JPN 0 - CAN 8 |
| 11:06 | Canada |
Marc Dorion
Goal (even strength)
Assists: Ben Delaney |
JPN 0 - CAN 9 |
| 13:08 | Canada |
Adam Dixon
Goal (even strength)
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JPN 0 - CAN 10 |
| 13:51 | Canada |
Bryan Sholomicki
Goal (even strength)
Assists: Kieran Block |
JPN 0 - CAN 11 |
| 14:53 | Canada |
Billy Bridges
Goal (even strength)
Assists: Brad Bowden , Greg Westlake |
JPN 0 - CAN 12 |
| Time | Team | Penalty Detail | |
| 7:06 | Japan | Wataru Horie: Holding - Minor (0:0) | |
| 8:40 | Japan | Kazuhiro Takahashi: Teeing - Minor (0:0) | |
| Time | Team | Scoring Detail | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2:34 | Canada |
Greg Westlake
Goal (even strength)
Assists: Ben Delaney |
JPN 0 - CAN 13 |
| 6:42 | Canada |
Brad Bowden
Goal (even strength)
Assists: Greg Westlake |
JPN 0 - CAN 14 |
| 7:12 | Canada |
Ben Delaney
Goal (power play)
Assists: Marc Dorion |
JPN 0 - CAN 15 |
| Time | Team | Penalty Detail | |
| 6:42 | Japan | Taimei Shiba: Teeing - Minor (0:0) | |
| 10:35 | Japan | Tomohiko Maruo: Teeing - Minor (0:0) | |
| Time | Team | Scoring Detail | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4:17 | Canada |
Greg Westlake
Goal (even strength)
Assists: Billy Bridges |
JPN 0 - CAN 16 |
| 4:59 | Canada |
Billy Bridges
Goal (even strength)
Assists: Derek Whitson |
JPN 0 - CAN 17 |
| Time | Team | Penalty Detail | |
| # | Name | G | A | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Wataru Horie | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Mamoru Yoshikawa | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Taimei Shiba | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Toshiyuki Nakamura | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Satoru Sudo | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Eiji Misawa | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Tomohiko Maruo | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | Kazuya Mochizuki | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Hideaki Ishii | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Susumu Hirose | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Yoshihiro Shioya | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Kazuhiro Takahashi | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 70 | Nao Kodama | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Masaharu Kumagai | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| # | Name | Min | Sh | Sv | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Shinobu Fukushima | 30:00 | 21 | 16 | 0 |
| 39 | Mitsuru Nagase | 15:00 | 21 | 9 | LOSS |
| Totals: | 45:00 | 42 | 25 | 0 | |
| # | Name | Signature |
|---|
| # | Name | G | A | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Derek Whitson | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Kevin Rempel | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Marc Dorion | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Tyler McGregor | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Ben Delaney | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | Adam Dixon | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Greg Westlake | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | Steve Arsenault | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Kevin Sorley | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Billy Bridges | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | Bryan Sholomicki | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Chris Cederstrand | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Kieran Block | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | James Gemmell | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Brad Bowden | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals: | 17 | 20 | 0 | |
| # | Name | Min | Sh | Sv | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominic Larocque | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Corbin Watson | 45:00 | 6 | 6 | WIN |
| Totals: | 45:00 | 6 | 6 | 0 | |
| # | Name | Signature |
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