HOCKEY CANADA
2006 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge
Ontario 5 – Quebec 6
QUEBEC WITHSTANDS COUTURE - TAVARES ATTACK
By Keith Borkowsky
REGINA — Team Quebec appeared to have locked up a lopsided win over Ontario at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge. While Quebec’s 6-5 win Thursday gives them a round-robin edge, Ontario’s repeated comeback attempts made the game more of a Wild-West standoff in Moose Jaw.
Ontario’s Logan Couture led the comeback with the tournament’s second hat trick. John Tavares added three assists. But, Quebec’s Olivier Fortier finally iced the win with 3:12 left in the game.
Quebec opened up a 4-0 lead halfway through the contest on goals from Mathieu Tousignant, Michael Stinziani, Angelo Esposito (shorthanded) and Marc-Andre Laroche. Tousignant also added an assist on Laroche’s goal for his second point.
That’s where Ontario stepped up to launch a comeback bid. Couture scored back-to-back goals (once on a power-play) while Sam Gagner chipped in a single, all in the second half of the middle period.
Quebec goalie Raffael D’Orso’s strong effort was key in giving his team the win.
Quebec meets Slovakia in Balgonie on Friday at 7 p.m. Ontario plays the United States in Moose Jaw in another 7 p.m. contest.
| Game Information/Renseignements sur le match | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Game #/No. de match | 03 | Round/Ronde | Preliminary |
| Arena/Aréna | Moose Jaw Civic Centre | Location/Lieu | Moose Jaw, Sask., Canada |
| Date | Thurs. Dec. 29, 2005 | Time/Heure | 19:00 |
| Box Score/Compte | 1 | 2 | 3 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ONT | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| QUE | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Goals & Penalties/Buts et pénalités |
|---|
| First Period/Première période |
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Goals/Buts : 05:30 QUE 7 Mathieu Tousignant (20 Francis Filion, 4 Jean-Simon Allard) 18:34 QUE 11 Michael Stinziani (15 Keven Guérette-Charland) Penalties/Pénaltés : 00:16 QUE 18 Alexander Killorn (Interference) 01:40 ONT 11 Bryan Cameron (Inter. on Goaltender) 03:00 ONT 7 Dale Mitchell (High Sticking) 06:10 QUE 5 Marc-Antoine Desnoyers (Holding) 09:17 QUE 4 Jean-Simon Allard (Cross Checking) 10:35 QUE 20 Francis Filion (Interference) 15:05 QUE 21 Kevin Marshall (Interference) 16:04 ONT 20 Chris Terry (Roughing) 18:19 ONT 16 Yves Bastien (Interference) 19:40 QUE 21 Kevin Marshall (Holding) |
| Second Period/Deuxieme Période |
|
Goals/Buts : 01:45 QUE 12 Angelo Esposito SH 02:32 QUE 10 Marc-André Laroche (7 Mathieu Tousignant) 11:56 ONT 9 Sam Gagner (7 Dale Mitchell, 19 John Tavares) 13:57 ONT 15 Logan Couture (4 Brendan Smith, 16 Yves Bastien) 18:56 ONT 15 Logan Couture (19 John Tavares, 17 Michael Pelech) PP Penalties/Pénaltés : 01:00 QUE 19 Olivier Fortier (High Sticking) 03:46 ONT 2 Blake Parlett (Elbowing) 16:10 ONT 15 Logan Couture (High Sticking) 17:35 QUE 16 Maxime Cliche (Slashing) |
| Third Period/Troisième Période |
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Goals/Buts : 01:52 QUE 20 Francis Filion (10 Marc-André Laroche) 02:50 ONT 9 Sam Gagner (19 John Tavares, 4 Brendan Smith) 07:49 ONT 15 Logan Couture (11 Bryan Cameron, 22 Zack Torquato) 16:48 QUE 19 Olivier Fortier (15 Keven Guérette-Charland, 14 Maxime Macenauer) Penalties/Pénaltés : 09:58 QUE 10 Marc-André Laroche (Slashing) 09:58 ONT 19 John Tavares (Slashing) 19:17 QUE 20 Francis Filion (Roughing) 20:00 ONT 17 Michael Pelech (Tripping) |
| Goaltenders/Gardien(ne)s de but | |
|---|---|
| ONT | 31 Trevor Cann |
| QUE | 31 Raffaël D'Orso |
| Shots on Goal/Tirs au but | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ONT | 15 | 17 | 12 | 44 |
| QUE | 17 | 7 | 5 | 29 |
| Players of the Game/Joueur(se) du match | |
|---|---|
| ONT | 15 Logan Couture |
| QUE | 31 Raffaël D'Orso |
