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August 18, 2007
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PIESTANY, Slovakia – Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team has finished in 4th place at the 2007
Memorial of Ivan Hlinka after falling 5-4 to Russia in the bronze medal game on Saturday night.
Canada had medaled in three straight summer Under-18 tournaments and had won 10 of the last 11, having won
this event in 2004, 2005 and 2006.
Canada fought back from a 4-1 third-period deficit against the Russians, getting goals 5:59 apart from
Cody Hodgson (Markham, ON/ Brampton, OHL), Tyler Cuma (Bowmanville, ON/ Ottawa, OHL) and Shawn Lalonde
(Orleans, ON/ Belleville, OHL) to tie the game 4-4, before allowing the game-winner with less than eight
minutes to go.
Hodgson scored a pair of goals, while Canadian captain Steven Stamkos (Unionville, ON/ Sarnia, OHL) and
Michael Del Zotto (Stouffville, ON/ Oshawa, OHL) had two assists each.
Peter Delmas (Bedford, NS/ Lewiston, QMJHL) made 33 saves in goal for Canada, which finished with two
wins, a loss and a shootout loss at the tournament.
RETURN FLIGHT UPDATE
All return flight information for players and staff can be found HERE. Please note that Jordan Caron and Phillipe
Cornet will arrive in Mont Joli, QC at 6:24 p.m. on Monday, not 6:24 a.m. as was previously posted.
Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 Team competes in two tournaments each year, the Memorial of Ivan Hlinka
in August and the IIHF World Under-18 Championship in April.
» 2007-08 National Men's Under-18 Team
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