2015-16 National Men's Under-18 Team

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2016 IIHF U18 World Championship
Game #18
Final
April 19, 2016 4:30 pm AST
Ralph Engelstad Arena
Grand Forks, N.D.

Scoring

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

Shots on Goal

1st
2nd
3rd
Final
1
2
3
F
10
7
7
24
6
9
12
27

Statistics

PP
PIM
1 / 3
18
0 / 4
6

Game Story

CANADA EDGES FINNS TO FINISH PERFECT PRELIMS AT U18 WORLDS

JASON LA ROSE

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Evan Fitzpatrick (Lower Sackville, N.S./Sherbrooke, QMJHL) was terrific, making 26 saves and leading Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 Team past Finland 3-1 on Tuesday afternoon in the preliminary round finale for both at the 2016 IIHF U18 World Championship.

The win gives Canada first place in Group B with an unblemished 4-0 record in the round robin, and means the Canadians will face either Russia or Switzerland in Thursday’s quarter-finals (time to be confirmed).

Pascal Laberge (Ste-Martine, Que./Victoriaville, QMJHL), David Quenneville (Edmonton, Alta./Medicine Hat, WHL) and Tyson Jost (Kelowna, B.C./Penticton, BCHL) had the goals for Canada.

Facing last year’s silver medallists with 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship MVP Jesse Puljujärvi in the line-up, the Canadians got the quick start they wanted with two first-period goals.

Laberge opened the scoring on the power play just past the seven-minute mark of the opening frame, carrying the puck to the top of the face-off circle before going low to beat Finnish netminder Leevi Laakso.

Quenneville made it a 2-0 game just over five minutes after that, letting go a slap shot from the point that made its way through traffic and through Laakso.

Fitzpatrick took over from there, making his three best saves in the second period – one with the glove, one with the right pad, and one on a shorthanded breakaway – although he got some help from his friends; the Finns hit three posts through the first 40 minutes.

Finland held a 12-7 advantage in shots on goal in the third period, and finally got one behind Fitzpatrick when Eetu Tuulola redirected a point shot past the Canadian netminder with 5:16 to go.

But Jost iced the win in the final minute, outracing a Finnish defenceman before tapping the puck into an empty net with 36.6 seconds to go.

The Canadians continued their strong play at five-on-five; they allowed five goals in four games through the preliminary round, and only two of those came with the teams at even strength.

Play-by-Play

Team
Description
Time
1st Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Otto Somppi
(auto) Holding minor (2:00)
06:40
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Pascal Laberge

Assists: Jordan Kyrou, Mason Shaw
07:16
PENALTY
Penalty: Logan Stanley
Slashing minor (2:00)
10:05
GOAL
Goal: David Quenneville

12:30
2nd Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Aapeli Räsänen
Slashing minor (2:00)
04:55
PENALTY
Penalty: Dante Fabbro
Slashing minor (2:00)
11:42
PENALTY
Penalty: Owen Tippett
(auto) Head Contact minor (2:00)
19:03
PENALTY
Penalty: Owen Tippett
(auto) Head Contact misconduct (10:00)
19:03
3rd Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Kristian Vesalainen
Tripping minor (2:00)
07:16
PENALTY
Penalty: Brett Howden
(auto) Cross-Checking minor (2:00)
11:29
GOAL
Goal: Eetu Tuulola

Assists: Robin Salo, Markus Nurmi
14:44
GOAL
Goal: Tyson Jost

Assists: Michael McLeod, Jakob Chychrun
19:24
GOALTENDER CHANGE
Goaltender Change: Leevi Laakso

19:25

Goaltenders

Name Team Mins SA SVS GA SV%
Evan Fitzpatrick CAN 60 27 26 1 0.963
Leevi Laakso FIN 59 23 21 2 0.913

Game Leaders

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

Previous Games

3 - 10 L @ United StatesUSA
Apr 24, 2016
6 - 1 W @ SwedenSWE
Apr 24, 2016
5 - 6 L vs. SwedenSWE
Apr 23, 2016
4 - 2 W @ United StatesUSA
Apr 23, 2016
9 - 1 W vs. SwitzerlandSUI
Apr 21, 2016
4 - 3 W vs. RussiaRUS
Apr 21, 2016
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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