Norway  0 -  Canada  1  

Bowden’s overtime winner gives Canada gold

Bradley Bowden (Orton, ON) scored 48 seconds into overtime, giving Canada a 1-0 win over Norway and the gold medal at the inaugural World Sledge Hockey Challenge on Saturday night.

After being stymied for 45 minutes by Norwegian goaltender Roger Johansen – who made 23 saves through three periods – Bowden snapped Canada’s first shot of the extra frame over Johansen’s glove to send the capacity crowd at the Capital News Centre into a frenzy.

Paul Rosen (Thornhill, ON) made nine saves in the Canadian goal to register the win and the shutout, and also picked up an assist on Bowden’s winner. Billy Bridges (Summerside, PE) also had an assist.

Bowden and Greg Westlake (Oakville, ON) finished tied for the team lead in scoring with seven points each for Canada, who have now fashioned a 13-1-1-1 record so far in 2006-07.

 

Game Information
Game Number	8	Round	Gold Medal
Arena	Capital News Centre	City, Country	Kelowna, B.C., Canada
Month / Day / Year	03/17/2007	Time (local)	04:00 PM PT
Attendance		Game Status	Final

Box Score	1	2	3	OT1	Total
Norway (NOR)	0	0	0	0	0
Canada (CAN)	0	0	0	1	1

Goals/Penalties

First Period

Goals: Penalties:    11:22 CAN 29 Graeme Murray (Holding)    11:51 CAN 12 Greg Westlake (Roughing)    11:51 NOR 3 Rolf Einar Pederson (Roughing)    14:19 CAN 18 Billy Bridges (Roughing)

Second Period

Goals: Penalties:    03:41 CAN 3 Hervé Lord (Roughing)    08:22 NOR 3 Rolf Einar Pederson (Roughing)    14:14 CAN 18 Billy Bridges (Roughing)

Third Period

Goals: Penalties:    03:02 NOR 7 Eskil Hagen (Boarding)    08:11 NOR 3 Rolf Einar Pederson (Roughing)    11:41 CAN 21 Raymond Grassi (Roughing)    11:41 CAN 21 Raymond Grassi (10-Minute Misconduct)

Overtime

Goals:    00:48 CAN 27 Bradley Bowden (18 Billy Bridges )

Goaltenders
Norway	19 Roger Johansen On 1/00:00   Off 1/15:00 19 Roger Johansen On 2/00:00   Off 2/15:00 19 Roger Johansen On 3/00:00   Off 3/15:00 19 Roger Johansen On 4/00:00   Off 4/00:48
Canada	57 Paul Rosen On 1/00:00   Off 1/15:00 57 Paul Rosen On 2/00:00   Off 2/15:00 57 Paul Rosen On 3/00:00   Off 3/15:00 57 Paul Rosen On 3/00:00   Off 4/00:48

Shots on Goal	1	2	3	OT1	Total
Norway	0	6	2	1	9
Canada	9	7	7	1	24

Player of Game
Norway
Canada
Officials
Referee	Tom Henetruk
Lines People	Gord Hynes, Sean Lynch