2010 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge

Russia 4 - Ontario 6

MEURS, RITCHIE SCORE TWO APIECE AS ONTARIO WINS SEMIFINAL

TIMMINS, Ont. – Just one win stands between Ontario and an unprecedented three-peat at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge – and it will be a familiar opponent across the ice when the puck drops on Monday night.

Garrett Meurs had his second consecutive two-goal game, Brett Ritchie added two of his own and Ontario advanced to the gold medal game in Timmins thanks to a 6-4 semifinal win over Russia on Sunday night at McIntyre Arena.

Ontario will face the United States for U17 supremacy on Monday, the same team it defeated, 3-0, in the 2008 gold medal game in front of more than 9,000 fans at the John Labatt Centre in London, Ont.

No team has ever won three straight gold medals at full-field, 10-team events – in addition to its 1995 and 1997 titles, Ontario won gold in 1998, although it was a five-team tournament that year, part of a two-tournament experiment that featured five teams each.

It took just 18 seconds for Ontario to ignite the pro-Canadian crowd of 1,530 at The Mac on Monday, thanks to a goal off the stick of Meurs. The Russians answered just 62 seconds later thanks to Konstantin Vorshev, and Anton Zlobin converted a shorthanded breakaway less than four minutes after that, giving Russia its first lead at 2-1.

Ritchie notched his first of the game to tie it up before the first intermission, the first of four unanswered goals from Ontario that put it ahead 5-2 in the first minute of the third period. Russia cut the lead down to one with four-and-a-half minutes left, but Ritchie’s solo effort put the game out of reach late.

Ryan Strome and Lucas Lessio also scored for Ontario, while Alexey Shamin and Albert Yarullin counted goals for the Russians, who will play for their first medal since 2000 when they face Sweden on Monday afternoon.

Game Information/Renseignements sur le match
Game #/No. de match 24
Round/Ronde Semi-Final
Arena/Aréna McIntyre Arena
Location/Lieu Timmins, Ont., Canada
Date Sun. Jan. 03, 2010
Time/Heure 07:00 PM ET
Attendance/Assistance
1530
 Game Status/Statut de jeu
 Final

Box Score/Compte 1 2 3 Final
RUS
2 0 2 4
ONT
2 2 2 6

Goals & Penalties/Buts et pénalités
First Period/Première période
Goals/Buts :
00:18 ONT 16 Garrett Meurs (11 Matthew Puempel)
01:20 RUS 7 Konstantin Vorshev (8 Alexander Khokhlachev)
05:11 RUS 9 Anton Zlobin SH
10:55 ONT 21 Brett Ritchie (19 David Broll, 9 Carter Sandlak)


Penalties/Pénaltés :
04:49 RUS 11 Roman Konkov (Roughing After Whistle)
14:02 ONT 5 Justin Sefton (Cross Checking)
20:00 RUS 12 Anton Ivanyuzhenkov (Tripping)

Second Period/Deuxieme Période
Goals/Buts :
06:35 ONT 20 Ryan Strome
17:41 ONT 22 Lucas Lessio (7 Scott Harrington, 18 Barclay Goodrow)


Penalties/Pénaltés :
00:53 ONT 18 Barclay Goodrow (Tripping)
06:35 RUS 6 Artem Perminov (Cross Checking)
08:01 RUS 5 Vitaly Demakov (Hooking)
09:00 ONT 18 Barclay Goodrow (Roughing After Whistle)

Third Period/Troisième Période
Goals/Buts :
00:48 ONT 16 Garrett Meurs (14 Boone Jenner, 4 Ryan Murphy) PP
08:24 RUS 15 Alexey Shamin (21 Vladislav Vorobyev)
15:28 RUS 23 Albert Yarullin (9 Anton Zlobin, 8 Alexander Khokhlachev) PP
17:50 ONT 21 Brett Ritchie


Penalties/Pénaltés :
00:22 RUS 17 Maxim Shalunov (Roughing)
05:02 RUS Team (Too Many Men)
05:15 ONT 4 Ryan Murphy (Hooking)
09:10 ONT 17 Zack Mitchell (High Sticking)
11:23 ONT 14 Boone Jenner (Charging)
11:36 RUS 7 Konstantin Vorshev (Hooking)
14:47 ONT 9 Carter Sandlak (Cross Checking)
17:40 ONT 19 David Broll (10-Minute Misconduct)
19:16 ONT 12 Daniel Catenacci (Tripping)

 
Goaltenders/Gardien(ne)s de but
RUS
30 Vladimir Kramar
On 1/00:00 Off 3/20:00
ONT
30 Tyson Teichmann
On 1/00:00 Off 3/20:00

Shots on Goal/Tirs au but 1 2 3 Final
RUS
10 6 12 28
ONT
21 10 9 40

Players of the Game/Joueur(se) du match
RUS
9 Anton Zlobin
ONT
16 Garrett Meurs

Officials/Officiels
Referee/Arbitre
Pierre Lambert
Lines People/Juges de lignes
Francois Dussreault, Trent Knorr