2018 Olympic Winter Games (Men)

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2018 Olympic Winter Games (Men)
Game #11
Preliminary
Final (SO)
February 16, 2018 10:10 pm EST
Gangneung Hockey Centre
Gangneung, KOR

Scoring

Teams
1st
2nd
3rd
OT
Final
Teams
1
2
3
OT
F
1
1
0
0
3
2
0
0
0
2

Shots on Goal

1st
2nd
3rd
OT
Final
1
2
3
OT
F
6
5
6
3
20
12
11
7
3
33

Statistics

PP
PIM
0 / 3
10
2 / 5
6

Game Story

CANADA FALLS SHORT IN SHOOTOUT

JASON LA ROSE

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - Mason Raymond (Cochrane, Alta./SC Bern, NLA) and Rene Bourque (Lac La Biche, Alta./Djurgårdens IF, SHL) scored power-play goals in the first period, but Canada's Men's Olympic Team dropped a 3-2 shootout decision to the Czech Republic on Saturday at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games.

The loss ends Canada's 11-game Olympic winning streak; it had not been on the wrong end of a final score since a 5-3 preliminary-round defeat at the hands of the United States at the 2010 Games in Vancouver.

Wojtek Wolski (Toronto, Ont./Metallurg Magnitogorsk, KHL) gave Canada the lead with a gorgeous move in Round 2 of the shootout, only for Petr Koukal and Jan Kovar to respond on the second and third Czech attempts.

Maxim Noreau (Montreal, Que./SC Bern, NLA) was the final shooter for the Canadians; his backhand slipped past Czech goaltender Pavel Francouz but couldn't beat the post, giving the Europeans the extra point.

Canada jumped into an early lead when Raymond redirected a feed from Linden Vey (Wakaw, Sask./ZSC Lions, NLA) just 73 seconds after the puck dropped, but Dominik Kubalik took advantage of a bouncing puck deep in the Canadian zone and beat goaltender Ben Scrivens (Spruce Grove, Alta./Salavat Yulaev Ufa, KHL) to the short-side to tie the game at 6:52.

Bourque restored the Canadian advantage with another man-advantage marker at 13:30, banging in a Noreau rebound from in close for his third goal in two games and sending Canada to the intermission up 2-1.

The Czechs responded quickly in the second period, tying the game on a Michal Jordan goal just 23 seconds in.

Canada controlled the play for much of the middle frame, and had its best chance to take back the lead on a 33-second 5-on-3 late in the period. Vey had the best Canadian chance, wiring his shot off the post.

A scoreless third period sent the game to overtime, where the Canadians again had the best scoring opportunity; Mat Robinson (Calgary, Alta./CSKA Moscow, KHL) broke in alone on Francouz, only to have the puck hop over his stick at the last second.

Canada finished with a 33-20 advantage in shots on goal, including 23-11 in the first 40 minutes.

It will close out the preliminary round Sunday (7:10 a.m. ET/4:10 a.m. PT), taking on host South Korea.

Play by Play

Team
Description
Time
1st Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Dominik Kubalik
Slashing (2:00)
00:42
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Mason Raymond

Assists: Marc-Andre Gragnani, Linden Vey
01:13
PENALTY
Penalty: Derek Roy
Tripping (2:00)
03:28
GOAL
Goal: Dominik Kubalik

06:52
PENALTY
Penalty: Jakub Nakladal
Holding (2:00)
11:30
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: René Bourque

Assists: Maxim Noreau, Gilbert Brulé
13:30
2nd Period
GOAL
Goal: Michal Jordan

Assists: Michal Birner, Roman Horak
00:25
PENALTY
Penalty: Cody Goloubef
Slashing (2:00)
12:35
PENALTY
Penalty: Jan Kolar
Hooking (2:00)
15:46
PENALTY
Penalty: Michal Jordan
Interference (2:00)
17:13
3rd Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Derek Roy
Tripping (2:00)
08:59
PENALTY
Penalty:
Too Many Players (2:00)
13:33
Overtime
No Scoring
Shootout
SHOOTOUT ATTEMPT
#40 Maxim Lapierre shootout attempt on #33 Pavel Francouz
Miss
SHOOTOUT ATTEMPT
#27 Martin Ruzicka shootout attempt on #30 Ben Scrivens
Miss
SHOOTOUT ATTEMPT
#8 Wojtek Wolski shootout attempt on #33 Pavel Francouz
Goal
SHOOTOUT ATTEMPT
#42 Petr Koukal shootout attempt on #30 Ben Scrivens
Goal
SHOOTOUT ATTEMPT
#9 Derek Roy shootout attempt on #33 Pavel Francouz
Miss
SHOOTOUT ATTEMPT
#43 Jan Kovar shootout attempt on #30 Ben Scrivens
Goal
SHOOTOUT ATTEMPT
#17 René Bourque shootout attempt on #33 Pavel Francouz
Miss
SHOOTOUT ATTEMPT
#10 Roman Cervenka shootout attempt on #30 Ben Scrivens
Miss
SHOOTOUT ATTEMPT
#56 Maxim Noreau shootout attempt on #33 Pavel Francouz
Miss

Goaltenders

Name Team Mins Shots Saves GA SV%
Pavel Francouz CZE 65 33 31 2 0.939
Ben Scrivens CAN 65 20 18 2 0.900

Game Leaders

Goals 1 - Assists 0 - Points 1
G 1 - A 0 - P 1
Goals 1 - Assists 0 - Points 1
G 1 - A 0 - P 1
Goals 1 - Assists 0 - Points 1
G 1 - A 0 - P 1
Goals 1 - Assists 0 - Points 1
G 1 - A 0 - P 1
Goals 0 - Assists 1 - Points 1
G 0 - A 1 - P 1
Goals 0 - Assists 1 - Points 1
G 0 - A 1 - P 1

Previous Games

4 - 6 L v CanadaCAN
Feb 24, 2018
6 - 4 W @ Czech RepublicCZE
Feb 24, 2018
0 - 3 L v Olympic Athletes from RussiaOAR
Feb 23, 2018
3 - 4 L v GermanyGER
Feb 23, 2018
3 - 2 W v United StatesUSA
Feb 20, 2018
1 - 0 W v FinlandFIN
Feb 21, 2018
Videos
Photos
2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games: FIN 5 – CAN 4 (SO) (Bronze)
Preston tied the game late, but Canada fell to Finland.
2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games: USA 6 – CAN 5 (Semifinal)
Preston tallied three points but Canada fell to United States.
2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games: CAN 4 – FIN 1 (Preliminary)
Di Iorio’s hat trick leads Canada over Finland.
2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games: CAN 8 – KOR 0 (Preliminary)
Ruck scored a hat trick to lead Canada over Korea.