2005 IIHF Ice Hockey Junior World Championship

Canada 6 – Russia 1

CANADA CLAIMS FIRST GOLD SINCE 1997 AT WORLD JUNIOR HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP

The dry spell is over. Canada ended what had become a seven year itch with a resounding bang, trouncing Russia 6-1 in Tuesday’s gold medal final at a sold out, and very red and white, Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It also marked the first time Canada has beaten Russia in a World Junior final, and evens Canada’s overall record against Russia at 6-6-1.

Canada responded to the electric atmosphere as the first period opened. Jeff Carter crossed the blue line, left the puck for Ryan Getzlaf who let a cannon go and beat Anton Khudobin at 0:51.

Canada had to face adversity shortly afterwards, as a penalty to Corey Perry at 2:11 for interference was followed 48 seconds later by a tripping call to Shea Weber, and Canada faced the vaunted Russian powerplay two-man short. But goaltender Jeff Glass made a couple key saves, and for the most part, the Canadian penalty kill kept the Russians to the outside and limited them to outside shots.

Canada got a power play opportunity at 6:23, and cashed in. Danny Syvret banked it in off Khudobin from behind the net, and Canada had taken a 2-0 lead.

A late penalty to Braydon Coburn led to Russia’s first goal, on the power play, as Alexei Emelin’s point shot got through the screen and beat Glass at 19:28. Canada has a 2-1 lead through twenty minutes of play.

At 3:33 of the middle frame, Carter jumped on a loose puck behind the Russian defenceman and surprised Khudobin with a quick shot. Canada takes a 3-1 lead and Khudobin is replaced by Andrei Kuznetsov.

Then, at 7:53, after Dion Phaneuf singlehandedly eliminated two Russian forwards, Crosby sped the other way, launched a rocket from the top of the circle. Perry pushed the rebound to Patrice Bergeron who scored into an open net. Canada was up three. One minute and one second later, Nigel Dawes jumped on a loose puck, crossed the blue line and set up Anthony Stewart in front of the net. 5-1 Canada and the game wasn’t at the half-way mark yet.

Phaneuf, on a power play, beat Kuznetsov from the point, at 13:19. As the puck was going in, Russian forward Alexander Radulov crosschecked Nigel Dawes in the face and was shown the gate by the referee, getting a major penalty and a game misconduct. Despite a couple great chances for Canada, Russia killed off the five minute advantage.

And as the final seconds ticked away, Canadians erupted in joy. Canada can on this day claim to be defending World Junior, World Men’s, World Women’s, Olympic Men and Olympic Women’s Champion.

Game Notes


Game Information/Renseignements sur le match
Game #/No. de match 31 Round/Ronde Gold Medal
Arena/Aréna Ralph Engelstad Arena Location/Lieu Grand Forks, ND
Date Tues. Jan. 04, 2005 Time/Heure 19:08

 

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

 

Goals & Penalties/Buts et pénalités
First Period/Première période

Goals/Buts :
00:51 CAN 15 Ryan Getzlaf (7 Jeff Carter)
08:00 CAN 20 Danny Syvret (29 Braydon Coburn, 37 Patrice Bergeron) PP
19:28 RUS 20 Alexei Emelin (19 Grigori Shafigulin, 11 Alexander Galimov) PP

Penalties/Pénaltés :
02:11 CAN 24 Corey Perry (Interference)
02:59 CAN 6 Shea Weber (Tripping)
11:50 CAN 19 Andrew Ladd (Cross Checking)
17:48 CAN 29 Braydon Coburn (Hooking)

Second Period/Deuxieme Période

Goals/Buts :
03:33 CAN 7 Jeff Carter (19 Andrew Ladd, 15 Ryan Getzlaf)
07:53 CAN 37 Patrice Bergeron (24 Corey Perry, 9 Sidney Crosby) PP
08:54 CAN 12 Anthony Stewart (27 Nigel Dawes, 18 Mike Richards)
13:19 CAN 3 Dion Phaneuf (15 Ryan Getzlaf, 7 Jeff Carter) PP

Penalties/Pénaltés :
04:35 CAN Team (Too Many Men)
06:20 RUS 19 Grigori Shafigulin (Charging)
13:08 RUS 20 Alexei Emelin (Kneeing)

Third Period/Troisième Période

Goals/Buts :
None/Aucun

Penalties/Pénaltés :
14:25 CAN 29 Braydon Coburn (Holding)

 

Goaltenders/Gardien(ne)s de but
CAN 33 Jeff Glass On 1/00:00 Off 3/20:00
RUS 30 Anton Khudobin On 1/00:00 Off 3/20:00

 

Shots on Goal/Tirs au but 1 2 3 Total
CAN 13 15 4 32
RUS 7 4 8 19

 

Officials/Officiels
Referee/Arbitre David Hansen
Lines People/Juges de lignes Juha Kautto, Kevin Redding
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