2018-19 National Para Hockey Team

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2019 IPC World Para Hockey Championship
Game #4
Preliminary
Final
April 27, 2019 12:30 pm EDT
Ostravar Arena
Ostrava, CZE

Scoring

Teams
1st
2nd
3rd
Final
Teams
1
2
3
F
0
1
0
1

Shots on Goal

1st
2nd
3rd
Final
1
2
3
F
2
4
8
14
4
6
1
11

Statistics

PP
PIM
0 / 2
6
0 / 3
4

Game Story

CANADA EDGED BY U.S. IN OPENER AT PARA WORLDS

JASON LA ROSE

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic – Greg Westlake (Oakville, Ont.) got the scoring started early in the second period, but Canada’s National Para Hockey Team fell 3-1 to the United States in its curtain-raiser Saturday at the 2019 IPC World Para Hockey Championship.

The game marked the 96th meeting between the North American rivals, including the gold medal games at worlds in 2017 and the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games.

Dominic Larocque (Quebec City, Que.) made 11 saves to keep the Canadians within a goal until the final minutes, but they could not manage to find the tying goal.

Both teams came out slowly in the first period, with Canada outshooting the U.S. 4-2 in the first 15 minutes.

The goals finally came in the second, with three in the opening 6:11.

Westlake got the Canadians on the board at 1:59; Zach Lavin chased down the puck off a lost face-off and centred for the veteran forward, who went to his left hand to beat U.S. goaltender Steve Cash.

Declan Farmer tied it just over two minutes later with the Americans shorthanded, capitalizing on a turnover in the neutral zone to score an unassisted goal, and Chris Douglas raced away to set up Noah Grove on a 2-on-0 and give the U.S. its first lead.

After outshooting the Americans 10-6 through two periods, Canada could manage just a single attempt on goal in the third. The U.S. had an 8-1 advantage in the final 15 minutes, and 14-11 overall.

Farmer slotted home an empty-net goal with five seconds to go to finish the scoring.

Larocque certainly did his past to keep it close in the final frame, including a stop on Kyle Zych that could end up being one of the best of the tournament.

Canada is right back to action Sunday against Norway (7 a.m. ET/4 a.m. PT) in the second of three preliminary-round games.

Play-by-Play

Team
Description
Time
1st Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Tyler McGregor
Holding (2:00)
12:22
2nd Period
GOAL
Goal: Greg Westlake

Assists: Zach Lavin
01:59
PENALTY
Penalty: Jack Wallace
Interference (2:00)
02:27
GOAL (SHORT HANDED)
Goal: Declan Farmer

04:06
GOAL
Goal: Noah Grove

Assists: Christopher Douglas
06:11
3rd Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Kevin Sorley
Interference (2:00)
00:18
PENALTY
Penalty: Brody Roybal
Slashing (2:00)
08:10
GOALTENDER CHANGE
Goaltender Change: Dominic Larocque

13:11
PENALTY
Penalty: Josh Hargis
Roughing (2:00)
13:49
GOAL (EMPTY NET)
Goal: Declan Farmer

14:55
GOALTENDER CHANGE
Goaltender Change: Dominic Larocque

14:55

Goaltenders

Name Team Mins SA SVS GA SV%
Steve Cash USA 45 11 10 1 0.909
Dominic Larocque CAN 43 13 11 2 0.846

Game Leaders

Goals 2 - Assists 0 - Points 2
G 2 - A 0 - P 2
Goals 1 - Assists 0 - Points 1
G 1 - A 0 - P 1
Goals 1 - Assists 0 - Points 1
G 1 - A 0 - P 1
Goals 0 - Assists 1 - Points 1
G 0 - A 1 - P 1
Goals 0 - Assists 1 - Points 1
G 0 - A 1 - P 1

Previous Games

3 - 2 W vs. CanadaCAN
May 4, 2019
2 - 3 L @ United States USA
May 4, 2019
10 - 2 W vs. Czech RepublicCZE
May 3, 2019
10 - 0 W vs. KoreaKOR
May 3, 2019
10 - 0 W vs. NorwayNOR
Apr 30, 2019
4 - 0 W vs. KoreaKOR
Apr 30, 2019
Videos
Photos
2017 U17: CZE 2 – CAN-W 1 (Bronze)
Toman and Teply scored the goals to give the Czechs the bronze medal.
2017 U17: USA 6 – CAN-R 4 (Gold Medal)
Hughes had four points to lead the U.S. to its fifth U17 gold medal.
2017 U17: RUS 5 – FIN 4 (5th Place)
Ilya Safonov and Egor Afansyev had a goal and an assist each, and the Russians earned fifth place.
2017 U17: CAN-B 4 – SWE 2 (7th Place)
Sasha Mutala had a goal and two assists, Roman Basran stopped 30 of 32 and Black took seventh place.