2013-14 National Men's Under-18 Team

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2014 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship
Game #18
Final (OT)
April 22, 2014 9:00 am AST
Imatra Spa Areena
Imatra, FIN

Scoring

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

Shots on Goal

1st
2nd
3rd
OT
Final
1
2
3
OT
F
9
8
12
2
31
8
5
7
5
25

Statistics

PP
PIM
1 / 5
15
0 / 1
10

Game Story

CANADA FALLS IN SHOOTOUT, CLINCHES FIRST AT U18 WORLDS

IMATRA, Finland – Travis Konecny (Clachan, Ont./Ottawa, OHL) and Mathew Barzal (Coquitlam, B.C./Seattle, WHL) scored goals, but Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 Team dropped a 3-2 shootout decision to Russia in the preliminary round finale for both Tuesday at the 2014 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship.

Despite the loss, Canada clinched first place in Group A with the single point it earned for reaching overtime, and will face the fourth-place team from Group B in the quarter-finals on Thursday.

The Canadians’ opponent will either by Switzerland or the United States, depending on the result of Tuesday’s final preliminary round game between the Americans and Finland.

Canada had a glorious chance to open the scoring late in the first period when Russian defenceman Daniil Vovchenko was given a checking from behind major and a game misconduct, but it couldn’t convert on the five-minute power play, and the game went to the first intermission scoreless.

Konecny wasted no time in opening the scoring in the second period, beating Russian netminder Maxim Tretiak – the grandson of legendary goaltender Vladislav Tretiak – just 1:49 into the middle frame.

That stood up as the lone goal through two periods, despite the Russians outshooting Canada 17-13 through 40 minutes.

Russia finally solved Mason McDonald (Halifax, N.S./Charlottetown, QMJHL) just 27 seconds into the third period, but Barzal restored the Canadian lead seven minutes later.

Canada looked to be on its way to a perfect preliminary round for the second year in a row, but a late penalty and Tretiak on the bench gave the Russians a six-on-four advantage, and Vladislav Kamenev tied the game with just 35 seconds to go.

A scoreless overtime led to a shootout, with the Russians replacing Tretiak with Alexander Trushkov.

The goaltending switch worked; Trushkov turned away Conner Bleackley (High River, Alta./Red Deer, WHL), Jared McCann (London, Ont./Sault Ste. Marie, OHL) and Jake Virtanen (Abbotsford, B.C./Calgary, WHL), and Kirill Pilipenko’s goal on Russia’s first shot was enough for the win.

Travis Sanheim (Elkhorn, Man./Calgary, WHL) was in on both Canadian goals, picking up two assists.

The Russians finished with a 31-25 advantage in shots on goal.

Play-by-Play

Team
Description
Time
1st Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Danil Vovchenko
(auto) Checking from Behind major (5:00)
12:37
PENALTY
Penalty: Danil Vovchenko
(auto) Game Ejection misconduct (10:00)
12:37
PENALTY
Penalty: Jake Virtanen
(auto) Interference minor (2:00)
19:11
2nd Period
GOAL
Goal: Travis Konecny

Assists: Travis Sanheim
01:49
PENALTY
Penalty: Mathew Barzal
(auto) Hooking minor (2:00)
12:33
PENALTY
Penalty: Mason McDonald
(auto) Delay of Game minor (2:00)
15:02
3rd Period
GOAL
Goal: Ivan Nikolishin

00:27
GOAL
Goal: Mathew Barzal

Assists: Jared McCann
07:40
PENALTY
Penalty: John Quenneville
Tripping minor (2:00)
08:45
PENALTY
Penalty: Roland McKeown
Tripping minor (2:00)
18:00
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Vladislav Kamenov

Assists: Ivan Nikolishin, Alexei Sleptsov
19:25

Goaltenders

Name Team Mins SA SVS GA SV%
Maxim Tretiak RUS 60 25 23 2 0.920
Mason McDonald CAN 60 31 29 2 0.935

Game Leaders

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

2 - 3 L @ Czech RepublicCZE
Apr 24, 2014
3 - 1 W vs. SwedenSWE
Apr 27, 2014
2 - 2 L @ CanadaCAN
Apr 22, 2014
3 - 4 L @ Czech RepublicCZE
Apr 26, 2014
5 - 2 W vs. GermanyGER
Apr 21, 2014
3 - 2 W vs. SwitzerlandSUI
Apr 24, 2014
Videos
Photos
TELUS: REG 6 – STR 3 (Bronze Medal)
Miller and Woods had three points apiece to lead the Pat Canadians over the Bisons for bronze.
TELUS: TOR - CHA (Gold Medal)
Bonsteel scored twice and Ewing made 35 saves, leading the Young Nationals to their first TELUS Cup title.
TELUS: TOR 3 – REG 1 (Semifinal)
Regan got the winner seven minutes into the third period to send the Young Nationals to the final.
TELUS: CHA 7 – STR 1 (Semifinal)
The Grenadiers scored the game’s final seven goals to beat the Bisons and return to the gold medal game.
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