CANADA IMPRESSIVE IN LOPSIDED PRE-HLINKA WIN OVER SLOVAKIA
DAVID BRIEN
TRNAVA, Slovakia – Playing in its lone pre-tournament game prior to the U18 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup, Canada’s National Men's Summer Under-18 Team flexed its offensive muscle in a 12-1 win over Slovakia on Saturday.
Kale Clague (Lloydminster, Alta./Brandon, WHL) had an impressive outing, scoring the game’s first two goals before finishing off his hat trick in the final minute. Sam Steel (Sherwood Park, Alta./Regina, WHL) found the back of the net twice, and Nolan Patrick (Winnipeg, Man./Brandon, WHL), Tyson Jost (Kelowna, B.C./Penticton, BCHL) and Tyler Benson (Edmonton, Alta./Vancouver, WHL) each had a goal and two assists. In all, 15 of the 18 Canadian skaters put their name on the scoresheet.
Canada scored three first-period goals, before adding four and five, respectively, in the final two frames.
Carter Hart (Sherwood Park, Alta./Everett, WHL) got the nod to start in the Canadian goal, holding the Slovaks without a goal before he was replaced midway through the second period by Dylan Wells (St. Catharines, Ont./Peterborough, OHL) to allow both Canadian goaltenders to see action before the tournament.
Canada will open the U18 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup on Monday when it faces the host Czech Republic in a preliminary round match-up (1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT).
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Game #/Match no | Ex. 01 | Round/Ronde | Exhibition | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arena/Aréna | Zimny Stadion | Location/Lieu | Trnava, SVK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | Saturday, August 8, 2015 | Time/Heure | 11:30 a.m. ET |
Box Score/Compte | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total |
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CAN | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
SVK | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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First Period/Première période | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Goals/Buts : 06:29 CAN Kale Clague 09:39 CAN Kale Clague (Tyler Benson) 18:46 CAN Tyson Jost (Jake Bean, Dillon Dube) Penalties/Pénalités : 00:53 CAN Dante Fabbro (Interference/Obstruction) 04:25 SVK Martin Bayonet (Tripping/Faire trébucher) 13:35 SVK Viliam Čacho (Holding/Retenir) |
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Second Period/Deuxième période | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Goals/Buts : 02:18 CAN David Quenneville (William Bitten, Tyson Jost) 08:59 CAN Nolan Patrick (Samuel Girard, Tyson Jost) 10:21 CAN Sam Steel (Victor Mete) 11:09 CAN William Bitten (David Quenneville) Penalties/Pénalités : 06:27 SVK Samuel Rudy (Hooking/Accrocher) 14:01 CAN David Quenneville (Tripping/Faire trébucher) 16:28 CAN Kale Clague (Hooking/Accrocher) |
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Third Period/Troisième période | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Goals/Buts : 03:45 CAN Michael McLeod (Beck Malenstyn, Zach Poirier) 14:13 CAN Dante Fabbro (Nolan Patrick) 15:59 SVK Erik Rajnohu (Samuel Solenský, Marián Studenič) 17:24 CAN Tyler Benson (Nolan Patrick, Jordan Kyrou) 17:45 CAN Sam Steel (Brett Howden) 19:49 CAN Kale Clague (Tyler Benson) Penalties/Pénalités : 05:39 CAN Josh Mahura (Tripping/Faire trébucher) 14:29 CAN Sam Steel (Tripping/Faire trébucher) |
Goaltenders/Gardiens de but | |
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CAN | Carter Hart; Dylan Wells |
SVK | Jan Koziak; Roman Durny |
Shots on Goal/Tirs au but | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total |
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CAN | -- | -- | -- | -- |
SVK | -- | -- | -- | -- |