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Game #11
Final
August 13, 2014 11:30 am AST
Zimny Stadion
Piestany, SVK

Scoring

Teams
1st
2nd
3rd
Final
Teams
1
2
3
F
0
0
1
1
2
1
2
5

Shots on Goal

1st
2nd
3rd
Final
1
2
3
F
3
3
7
13
14
10
12
36

Statistics

PP
PIM
1 / 7
10
0 / 5
14

Game Story

CANADA HAMMERS HOSTS TO FINISH PERFECT PRELIMS AT HLINKA CUP

JASON LA ROSE

PIESTANY, Slovakia – Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team spread around the offence Wednesday, getting goals from five different players in a 5-1 win over Slovakia to close out the preliminary round at the 2014 U18 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup.

The win leaves Canada atop Group B with a perfect 3-0 record, and sets up a Friday semifinal against the United States in Piestany (11:30 a.m. ET/8:30 a.m. PT).

Ethan Bear (Ochapowace, Sask./Seattle, WHL), Lawson Crouse (Mount Brydges, Ont./Kingston, OHL), Mitchell Marner (Thornhill, Ont./London, OHL), Travis Konecny (Clachan, Ont./Ottawa, OHL) and Tyler Soy (Surrey, B.C./Victoria, WHL) scored goals for the Canadians, who won all three of their preliminary round games by identical 5-1 scores.

Jansen Harkins (North Vancouver, B.C./Prince George, WHL) was the lone Canadian skater to record multiple points, picking up two assists, while goaltender Callum Booth (Montreal, Que./Quebec, QMJHL) made 12 saves for the win in his first start of the tournament.

Bear got the scoring started early, circling the net picking up the rebound of a Harkins shot and roofing it past Slovak netminder Adam Huska just 5:20 into the first period.

Crouse made it 2-0 just before the intermission, picking up the puck off a won face-off by Nicolas Roy (Amos, Que./Chicoutimi, QMJHL) and going five-hole on Huska at 16:24.

Canada outshot Slovakia 14-3 in the first period, and continued to pour on the offence in the second, with Marner’s goal just 1:15 into the middle frame making it 3-0; after his attempted pass to Dylan Strome (Mississauga, Ont./Erie, OHL) was blocked, Marner found the puck in the slot and beat Huska.

Konecny and Soy pushed the Canadian lead to 5-0 with goals 70 seconds apart early in the third period before Filip Lestan spoiled Booth’s shutout bid on a Slovak power play with less than eight minutes to go.

Canada finished with a 36-13 advantage in shots on goal.

The winner of the Canada-U.S. semifinal will meet either the Czech Republic or Sweden, who meet in Breclav, Czech Republic on Friday in the other semi.

Play-by-Play

Team
Description
Time
1st Period
GOAL
Goal: Ethan Bear

Assists: Jansen Harkins
05:20
PENALTY
Penalty: Mitchell Stephens
(auto) Hooking minor (2:00)
05:28
PENALTY
Penalty: Guillaume Brisebois
(auto) High-Sticking minor (2:00)
13:13
GOAL
Goal: Lawson Crouse

Assists: Nicolas Roy
16:24
2nd Period
GOAL
Goal: Mitchell Marner

Assists: Graham Knott, Dylan Strome
01:15
PENALTY
Penalty: Lawson Crouse
(auto) Interference minor (2:00)
04:01
PENALTY
Penalty: Marek Hecl
(auto) High-Sticking minor (2:00)
04:26
PENALTY
Penalty: Mario Grman
(auto) Hooking minor (2:00)
05:32
PENALTY
Penalty: Adam Musil
(auto) Hooking minor (2:00)
16:58
PENALTY
Penalty: Patrik Kolesár
Slashing minor (2:00)
19:11
PENALTY
Penalty: Nick Merkley
(auto) High-Sticking minor (2:00)
19:34
3rd Period
GOAL
Goal: Travis Konecny

Assists: Jansen Harkins, Guillaume Brisebois
04:40
GOAL
Goal: Tyler Soy

Assists: Adam Musil
05:50
PENALTY
Penalty: Adam Huska
(auto) Delay of Game minor (2:00)
10:33
PENALTY
Penalty: Mitchell Marner
Tripping minor (2:00)
11:32
PENALTY
Penalty: Connor Hobbs
(auto) Interference minor (2:00)
11:37
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Filip Lestan

Assists: Andrej Hatala
12:19
PENALTY
Penalty: Radovan Bondra
Slashing minor (2:00)
17:23

Goaltenders

Name Team Mins SA SVS GA SV%
Adam Huska SVK 60 36 31 5 0.861
Callum Booth CAN 60 13 12 1 0.923

Game Leaders

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

Previous Games

2 - 5 L vs. RussiaRUS
Aug 15, 2014
6 - 2 W vs. Czech RepublicCZE
Aug 16, 2014
1 - 5 L @ CanadaCAN
Aug 13, 2014
11 - 5 W vs. United StatesUSA
Aug 15, 2014
1 - 3 L @ SwitzerlandSUI
Aug 12, 2014
5 - 1 W vs. SlovakiaSVK
Aug 13, 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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