2013-14 National Men's Under-18 Team

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2014 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship
Game #28
Final (OT)
April 26, 2014 12:00 pm AST
Kisapuisto
Lapeenranta, FIN

Scoring

Teams
1st
2nd
3rd
OT
Final
Teams
1
2
3
OT
F
0
1
2
0
3
1
2
0
1
4

Shots on Goal

1st
2nd
3rd
OT
Final
1
2
3
OT
F
10
11
8
1
30
13
9
6
5
33

Statistics

PP
PIM
1 / 3
4
0 / 2
6

Game Story

CANADIAN COMEBACK FORCES OT, BUT U18S FALL TO CZECHS

LAPPEENRANTA, Finland – Daniel Audette (Blainville, Que./Sherbrooke, QMJHL) scored with 7:39 to go to force overtime, but Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 Team dropped a 4-3 decision to the Czech Republic in semifinal action Saturday at the 2014 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship.

The loss means Canada will meet Sweden for the bronze medal on Sunday; the game can be seen live on TSN, beginning at 8 a.m. ET/5 a.m. PT.

Audette’s goal capped Canada’s comeback from a 3-0 deficit, but the Canadians won’t get a chance to defend the gold medal they won last year in Sochi, Russia.

Mathew Barzal (Coquitlam, B.C./Seattle, WHL) and Joe Hicketts (Kamloops, B.C./Victoria, WHL) had the other Canadian goals. Audette and Barzal finished with a goal and an assist each.

It took only 75 seconds for the Czechs to take an early lead; Michael Spacek beat Mason McDonald (Halifax, N.S./Charlottetown, QMJHL) to open the scoring, the lone goal in a period that saw the Czechs outshoot Canada 13-10.

A pair of goals five minutes apart in the second period, from Jakub Vrana at 7:37 and Jiri Smejkal at 12:57, pushed the lead to 3-0, but that’s when the Canadian comeback began.

Barzal got Canada on the board less than two minutes after Smejkal’s goal, tipping an Audette feed through the five-hole of Czech netminder Vitek Vanecek, sending the Canadians to dressing room down a pair after 40 minutes.

Hicketts made it a one-goal game five minutes in the third when his wrist shot through traffic beat Vanecek, and Audette tied it seven minutes after that, jamming in a rebound at the side of the net.

Canada had the best chance late, but a shot that beat Vanecek rang off both posts and stayed out.

Shortly after a Canadian power play had concluded in overtime, David Kase stripped the puck from Barzal and snuck a shot up and over McDonald’s glove, ending Canada’s reign as U18 world champions.

The Canadians will play for bronze for the seventh time; they won a medal in 2012, and finished fourth in 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2011.

Play-by-Play

Team
Description
Time
1st Period
GOAL
Goal: Michael Spacek

Assists: Jakub Vrana
01:15
PENALTY
Penalty: Haydn Fleury
(auto) Holding minor (2:00)
07:43
PENALTY
Penalty: Ondrej Miklis
(auto) Cross-Checking minor (2:00)
14:10
PENALTY
Penalty: Jake Virtanen
Tripping minor (2:00)
20:00
2nd Period
GOAL
Goal: Jakub Vrana

Assists: Michael Spacek, Jakub Zboril
07:37
GOAL
Goal: Jiri Smejkal

Assists: Radek Vesely
12:57
PENALTY
Penalty: Ondrej Miklis
(auto) Boarding minor (2:00)
13:34
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Mathew Barzal

Assists: John Quenneville, Daniel Audette
14:51
3rd Period
GOAL
Goal: Joe Hicketts

Assists: Conner Bleackley
05:02
GOAL
Goal: Daniel Audette

Assists: Mathew Barzal
12:21
Overtime
PENALTY
Penalty: David Pastrnak
(auto) Hooking minor (2:00)
02:07
GOAL
Goal: David Kase

06:17

Goaltenders

Name Team Mins SA SVS GA SV%
Mason McDonald CAN 63 32 29 3 0.906
Vtek Vanecek CZE 63 30 27 3 0.900

Game Leaders

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

Previous Games

3 - 1 W vs. SwedenSWE
Apr 27, 2014
2 - 5 L @ United StatesUSA
Apr 27, 2014
3 - 4 L @ Czech RepublicCZE
Apr 26, 2014
4 - 3 W vs. CanadaCAN
Apr 26, 2014
3 - 2 W vs. SwitzerlandSUI
Apr 24, 2014
3 - 2 W vs. RussiaRUS
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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