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Game #5
Final
August 12, 2014 8:00 am AST
Zimny Stadion
Piestany, SVK

Scoring

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

Shots on Goal

1st
2nd
3rd
Final
1
2
3
F
8
9
24
41
12
9
7
28

Statistics

PP
PIM
1 / 5
12
0 / 6
10

Game Story

CANADA BEATS SWEDES TO STAY PERFECT AT U18 HLINKA CUP

JASON LA ROSE

PIESTANY, Slovakia – Mitchell Stephens (Peterborough, Ont./Saginaw, OHL) scored twice in the third period, helping Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team pull away in the final 20 minutes and earn a 5-1 win over Sweden on Tuesday at the 2014 U18 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup.

It’s Canada’s second consecutive 5-1 win; it beat Switzerland by the same score in Monday’s tournament opener, and is all but assured of a spot in Friday’s semifinals thanks to its 2-0 start.

Travis Konecny (Clachan, Ont./Ottawa, OHL), Lawson Crouse (Mount Brydges, Ont./Kingston, OHL) and Jansen Harkins (North Vancouver, B.C./Prince George, WHL) had the other goals for Canada, while Tyler Soy (Surrey, B.C./Victoria, WHL) chipped in with two assists.

Zach Sawchenko (Calgary, Alta./Moose Jaw, WHL) had his second straight solid start in the Canadian goal, finishing with 27 saves.

The Swedes held a 12-8 advantage in shots on goal in a scoreless first period, thanks in large part to a pair of five-on-three power plays, but the best chance came off the stick of Harkins, who beat goaltender Felix Sandström, but not the post.

Konecny got the scoring started 6:36 into the second period with the Canadians enjoying the man advantage, taking a bounce off the end boards and beating Sandström to the short-side post for a 1-0 lead.

Crouse made it 2-0 eight minutes later, hammering in a centering pass from Nicolas Roy (Amos, Que./Chicoutimi, QMJHL), but the Swedes cut the lead in half two minutes after that thanks to Philip Magnusson.

The third period was all Canada, which outshot Sweden by a massive 24-7 margin in the final frame.

Stephens’ first goal, and second of the tournament, came just 3:21 into the period as he batted his own rebound past Sandström, and he added a second on a scramble in front at 12:09.

Harkins capped the scoring on a penalty shot with 3:14 to go, going five-hole on Sandström.

In total, Canada outshot Sweden 33-16 in the final two periods, and 41-28 overall.

The Canadians will try to wrap up a prefect preliminary round on Wednesday when they face host Slovakia at Zimny Stadion, with the puck set to drop at 11:30 a.m. ET/8:30 a.m. PT.

Play-by-Play

Team
Description
Time
1st Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Jacob Larsson
Roughing minor (2:00)
05:56
PENALTY
Penalty: Einar Emanuelsson
(auto) Interference minor (2:00)
09:31
PENALTY
Penalty: Nicolas Roy
(auto) Charging minor (2:00)
09:54
PENALTY
Penalty: Mitchell Marner
(auto) Hooking minor (2:00)
11:27
PENALTY
Penalty: Nick Merkley
Slashing minor (2:00)
14:14
PENALTY
Penalty: Nicolas Meloche
(auto) Cross-Checking minor (2:00)
16:01
PENALTY
Penalty: Oliver Erixon
(auto) Hooking minor (2:00)
19:14
2nd Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Jonathan Davidsson
Tripping minor (2:00)
05:46
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Travis Konecny

Assists: Mathew Barzal, Mitchell Vande Sompel
06:36
PENALTY
Penalty: Jérémy Roy
(auto) Cross-Checking minor (2:00)
09:33
GOAL
Goal: Lawson Crouse

Assists: Nicolas Roy, Nick Merkley
14:30
GOAL
Goal: Philip Magnusson

Assists: Alexander Younan
16:30
PENALTY
Penalty: Zachary Sawchenko (Served by Tyler Soy)
Tripping minor (2:00)
18:00
3rd Period
GOAL
Goal: Mitchell Stephens

Assists: Tyler Soy
03:21
PENALTY
Penalty: Lucas Carlsson
(auto) Cross-Checking minor (2:00)
05:02
GOAL
Goal: Mitchell Stephens

Assists: Adam Musil, Tyler Soy
12:09
GOAL
Goal: Jansen Harkins

16:46

Goaltenders

Name Team Mins SA SVS GA SV%
Zachary Sawchenko CAN 60 28 27 1 0.964
Felix Sandstrom SWE 60 41 36 5 0.878

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 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

Previous Games

6 - 2 W vs. Czech RepublicCZE
Aug 16, 2014
4 - 5 L @ United StatesUSA
Aug 16, 2014
11 - 5 W vs. United StatesUSA
Aug 15, 2014
3 - 4 L @ Czech RepublicCZE
Aug 15, 2014
5 - 1 W vs. SlovakiaSVK
Aug 13, 2014
7 - 2 W @ SwitzerlandSUI
Aug 13, 2014
Photos
Videos
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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