2008 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge

Russia 1 - West 4

TEAM WEST BEATS RUSSIA, ADVANCES TO SEMI-FINAL

London, ON – Team West concluded its round-robin with a 4-1 win over Team Russia on Wednesday at the 2008 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge at the John Labatt Centre.

With the win, Team West has advanced to semi-final action and will be looking to win its second World Under-17 Hockey Challenge title. West will face Team Ontario on Thursday in the first semi-final (3 p.m., JLC).

Garrett Mitchell (Regina, SK/Regina, WHL) led Team West on Wednesday with two goals. Team West’s other scorers were Jimmy Bubnick (Saskatoon, SK/Kamloops, WHL) and Scott Glennie (Winnipeg, MB/Brandon, WHL).

Mathew Krahn (Winnipeg, MB/Winnipeg Wild, midget AAA) made 29 saves for the win.

Team Russia opened the scoring 11:58 into the first, when Alexander Burmistrov beat Krahn. But Team West responded quickly, with Mitchell’s first of the game at 14:10.

Mitchell got his second goal, the eventual game-winner, just 26 seconds into the second period.

Game Information/Renseignements sur le match
Game #/No. de match 18
Round/Ronde Preliminary
Arena/Aréna John Labatt Centre
Location/Lieu London, Ont., Canada
Date Wed. Jan. 02, 2008
Time/Heure 02:00 PM ET
Attendance/Assistance
N/A  Game Status/Statut de jeu
 Final

Box Score/Compte 1 2 3 Final
RUS
1
0 0 1
WST
1 2 1 4

Goals & Penalties/Buts et pénalités
First Period/Première période
Goals/Buts :
11:58 RUS 19 Alexander Burmistrov (9 Sergey Chvanov, 7 Kirill Kabanov)
14:10 WST 20 Garrett Mitchell (4 Brodie Melnychuk, 18 Linden Vey) PP


Penalties/Pénaltés :
08:38 RUS 15 Dmitry A.Orlov (Slashing)
12:20 RUS 5 Kirll Yuryev (Interference)
13:35 RUS 24 Nikita Krotikov (High Sticking)
16:35 RUS 5 Kirll Yuryev (Elbowing)

Second Period/Deuxieme Période
Goals/Buts :
00:26 WST 20 Garrett Mitchell (9 Carter Ashton, 6 Jared Cowen)
11:12 WST 14 Jimmy Bubnick (10 Brayden Schenn, 6 Jared Cowen) PP


Penalties/Pénaltés :
09:55 RUS 12 Vladimir Malinovsky (Holding)
10:10 RUS 25 Nikita Dvurechensky (Interference)
15:42 WST 10 Brayden Schenn (Tripping)
18:10 RUS 19 Alexander Burmistrov (Roughing)

Third Period/Troisième Période
Goals/Buts :
02:29 WST 22 Scott Glennie (14 Jimmy Bubnick, 6 Jared Cowen) PP
 

Penalties/Pénaltés :
01:10 RUS 7 Kirill Kabanov (High Sticking)
07:17 RUS 28 Dmitry Orlov (Tripping)
14:27 WST 5 Brayden McNabb (Interference)
15:48 RUS 19 Alexander Burmistrov (Unsportsmanlike Cnd.)
16:10 WST 2 Alexander Pym (Cross Checking)
18:18 RUS 17 Anton Burdasov (Unsportsmanlike Cnd.)
18:18 WST 6 Jared Cowen (Tripping)

 
Goaltenders/Gardien(ne)s de but
RUS
1 Eduard Reyzvikh
On 1/00:00 Off 3/20:00
WST
1 Mathew Krahn
On 1/00:00
Off 3/20:00

Shots on Goal/Tirs au but 1 2 3 Total
RUS
4
13 13 30
WST
19 16 7 42

Players of the Game/Joueur(se) du match
RUS
14 Stanislav Bocharov
WST
6 Jared Cowen

Officials/Officiels
Referee/Arbitre
Craig Fairbairn
Lines People/Juges de lignes
Steve Cochrane, Ron Deleeuw