2006-07 National Men's Team

Game Summary

CANADA DROPS SWISS CHALLENGE

Domenic Pittis scored twice in less than two minutes in the first period but Team Canada dropped a 6-4 final to Switzerland’s national team at the Swiss Challenge on Tuesday in Hallenstadion, Zurich.

Kirby Law also scored for Canada in the first period and the team held a 3-1 lead going into the second. The Swiss scored twice to tie it up in the second, before Tyler Wright gave Team Canada a 4-3 lead, which the club held going into the third period.
The Swiss scored three third-period goals for the victory.

Canada will now prepare for the Deutschland Cup in Germany. Canada faces Germany in exhibition action at 1:30 p.m. ET Wednesday in Hanover.

Canada opens its tournament on Thursday against Latvia (10:30 a.m. ET). Saturday, the Canadians will face the Slovaks (10:30 a.m. ET). Both of those games will be held in Hanover.

Game Information
Game Number	1	Round	Championship
Arena	Schluefweg Ice Hall	City, Country	Zurich, Switzerland
Month / Day / Year	11/07/2006	Time (local)	07:00 PM CET
Attendance	5454	Game Status	Final

Box Score	1	2	3	Total
Canada (CAN)	3	1	0	4
Switzerland (SUI)	1	2	3	6

Goals/Penalties

First Period

Goals:
   00:26 SUI 32 Ivo Rüthemann (23 Thierry Paterlini, 10 Andreas Ambühl)
   06:03 CAN 17 Kirby Law (24 Jamie Wright, 20 Serge Aubin)
   06:25 CAN 9 Domenic Pittis (15 Ryan Gardner, 10 Pat Jarrett)
   07:57 CAN 9 Domenic Pittis (17 Kirby Law, 20 Serge Aubin)

Penalties:
   02:15 SUI 27 Valentin Wirz (Roughing)
   10:38 SUI 10 Andreas Ambühl (Cross Checking)
   16:18 CAN Team (Elbowing)

Second Period

Goals:
   06:02 SUI 25 Thibaut Monnet (15 Paul Di Pietro)
   06:13 SUI 25 Thibaut Monnet (17 Julien Sprunger)
   19:47 CAN 26 Tyler Wright (19 Stacy Roest, 4 Shawn Heins)

Penalties:
   03:45 CAN 6 Jame Pollock (Bodychecking)
   08:30 SUI 88 Kevin Romy (Roughing)
   09:34 SUI 23 Thierry Paterlini (Spearing)

Third Period

Goals:
   00:28 SUI 10 Andreas Ambühl (23 Thierry Paterlini, 32 Ivo Rüthemann)
   09:53 SUI 31 Mathias Seger (23 Thierry Paterlini, 32 Ivo Rüthemann)
   18:10 SUI 61 Patrik Bärtschi (88 Kevin Romy, 34 Raeto Raffainer)

Penalties:
   05:41 CAN 10 Pat Jarrett (Elbowing)
   10:15 SUI 42 Patrick Fischer (Hooking)
   13:52 CAN 21 Yves Sarault (10-Minute Misconduct)
   13:52 CAN 21 Yves Sarault (Checking from Behind)

Goaltenders

Canada

1 Adam Munro

On 1/00:00

Off 3/20:00

Switzerland

1 Jonas Hiller

On 1/00:00

Off 3/20:00

Shots on Goal	1	2	3	Total
Canada	3	1	0	4
Switzerland	1	2	3	6

Player of Game
Canada
Switzerland
Officials
Referee	Reiber Brent
Lines People	Müller Joris, Wehrli Tobias

For more information:
Brad Pascall Vice-President, Hockey Operations

2006-07 National Men's Team

Game Summary

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