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BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - On Tuesday, Team Canada played its first of two games prior to the 2004
Men's World Championship, beating Hungary by the score of 9-2.
Dany Heatley of the Atlanta Thrashers, Rob Niedermayer of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and Stacey Roest of the
European Elite League each scored twice to lead Canada. J.P. Dumont of the Buffalo Sabres, Jamie Heward and
Jan Alston, both Europe Elite League players and members of Canada's national team, added singles.
Goaltenders J.S. Giguere of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Marc Denis of the Columbus Blue
Jackets and Roberto Luongo of the Florida Panthers each played a period for Team Canada. Canada outshot
Hungary 46-15.
The game was played in front of a crowd of 10,162, where tickets have been sold out for
months.
Team Canada has been training in Budapest since Saturday, and will travel to Prague on
Wednesday morning. Canada will play versus the Czech Republic on Thursday for their second of two
pre-competition games. The 2004 IIHF World Championship begins on Saturday, April 24, with Canada
playing its first game on Sunday versus Austria.
TSN/RDS, the official broadcaster of Hockey Canada, will be carrying all of Team Canada's
games from the 2004 World Hockey Championship LIVE. Check local listings.
| Box Score |
CAN |
4
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2
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3
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9
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| Compte |
HUN |
0
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1
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1
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2
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| First Period/Première période |
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Scoring/Buts:
CAN, 12:22: Stacey Roest (Dany Heatley, JP Dumont)
CAN, 14:34: Jamie Heward (JP Dumont)
CAN, 14:42: Rob Niedermayer (Justin Williams)
CAN, 16:15: Dany Heatley (unassisted)
Penalties/Pénalités:
None/Aucun
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| Second Period/Deuxième période |
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Scoring/Buts:
CAN, 26:03: Jan Alston (Jeff Shantz)
CAN, 31:07: Stacey Roest (Yves Sarault)
HUN, 32:18: Tamas Groschl (Krisztian Palkovics, Gabor Ocskay)
HUN Unavailable/Non-disponible
Penalties/Pénalités:
HUN, 38:10: Gergely Borbas (holding)
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| Third Period/Troisième période |
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Scoring/Buts:
HUN, 49:23: Imre Peterdi (Balazs Ladanyi)
CAN, 40:54: Dany Heatley (unassisted)
CAN, 49:51: Rob Niedermayer (Justin Williams, Shawn Horcoff)
CAN, 50:08: JP Dumont (Dany Heatley)
Penalties/Pénalités:
CAN, 50:20: Derek Morris (tripping)
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| Goaltenders |
CAN |
Luongo (1 per.) Giguere (2 per.) Denis (3 per.) |
| Gardiennes de but |
HUN |
Krisztian Budai |
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| Shots on Goal |
Team |
1 p
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2 p
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3 p
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Final
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| Shots on Goal |
CAN |
-
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-
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-
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46
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| Tirs au but |
HUN |
-
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-
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-
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15
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| Referee/Arbitre |
- |
| Linesmen/Juges des lignes |
- |
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| Attendance/Assistance |
10,162 |
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HOCKEY CANADA
