JAPAN STAYS UNBEATEN WITH WIN OVER GERMANS

VANCOUVER, BC –Japan moved to 2-0 at the 2009 Hockey Canada Cup with a 4-1 victory over Germany on Wednesday afternoon at UBC Thunderbird Arena.

The teams were tied 1-1 after one period, with Noritaka Ito scoring for Japan and Gerd Bleidorn replying for Germany just under seven minutes later.

Japan took over the game in the second with a three-goal outburst. Naohiko Ishida restored the Japanese lead early in the frame before Takayuki Endo and Kazuhiro Takahashi counted goals 18 seconds apart in the final minute of the period.

Germany, who fell to 0-2 with the loss, will face the United States on Thursday (1 p.m. PT) in its preliminary round finale, while Japan will face Canada later Thursday (7 p.m. PT) in the final preliminary contest for both.

Goals/Buts :
07:45 JPN Noritaka Ito (Mikio Annaka)
14:29 GER Gerd Bleidorn (Sven Stumpe, Frank Rennhack)

Penalties/Pénalités :
02:05 GER Matthias Koch (Interference/Obstruction)
02:26 JPN Takayuki Endo (T-boning/Charge en T)
02:58 JPN Satoru Sudo (Interference/Obstruction)
05:56 GER Marco Lahrs (T-boning/Charge en T)
07:32 JPN Satoru Sudo (T-boning/Charge en T)
09:06 GER Sebastian Disveld (Interference/Obstruction)
10:24 JPN Naohiko Ishida (Elbowing/Donner du coude)

Goals/Buts :
04:01 JPN Naohiko Ishida
14:14 JPN Takayuki Endo PP
14:32 JPN Kazuhiro Takahashi (Daisuke Uehara, Takayuki Endo)

Penalties/Pénalités :
04:41 GER Frank Rennhack (Interference/Obstruction)
07:29 JPN Mikio Annaka (T-boning/Charge en T)
12:39 GER Gerd Bleidorn (Interference/Obstruction)

Goals/Buts :
NO SCORING / AUCUN BUT

Penalties/Pénalités :
01:41 GER Sebastian Disveld (Holding/Retenir)