Ontario 5 - Germany 0

MARTIN EARNS SHUTOUT AS ONTARIO OPENS GOLD MEDAL DEFENSE WITH WIN

WINDSOR, Ont. – Spencer Martin (Oakville, Ont./Mississauga St. Michael’s, OHL) made 19 saves for the shutout as Ontario opened defense of its World Under-17 Hockey Challenge gold medal with a 5-0 victory over Germany in front of more than 3,000 fans at the WFCU Centre on Thursday afternoon.

The result was a reversal of fortune from the last time Ontario defended a gold medal on home ice – in 2010, it suffered a shocking 5-3 loss to Finland in its opening game in Timmins, Ont., although it rebounded to reach the gold medal game.

Hometown favourite Adam Bateman (Caledon, Ont./Windsor, OHL) and captain Bo Horvat (Rodney, Ont./London, OHL) led the offence for Ontario, recording a goal and an assist each, while Brandon Robinson (Pickering, Ont./Brampton, OHL), Nicholas Ritchie (Orangeville, Ont./Peterborough, OHL) and Windsor native Trevor Murphy (Windsor, Ont./Peterborough, OHL) also found the back of the net.

Aaron Ekblad (Belle River, Ont./Barrie, OHL) and Max Domi (Toronto, Ont./London, OHL) added two assists each in the victory.

Germany got 27 saves from Kevin Reich, but could not beat Martin, who was busiest in the third period, making nine saves.

Ontario will look for a 2-0 start against Sweden on Friday night in Windsor (7 p.m. ET), while the Germans will try to even their record against Quebec in the evening game in Tecumseh (7 p.m. ET).

Game Information
Game Number	2	Round	Preliminary
Arena	WFCU Centre	City, Country	Windsor, Ont.
Month / Day / Year	12/29/2011	Time	02:00 PM ET
Attendance	3,742	Game Status	Final

Box Score	1	2	3	Total
Ontario (ONT)	1	2	2	5
Germany (GER)	0	0	0	0

Goals/Penalties
First Period
Goals: 14:23 ONT 9 Brandon Robinson (5 Aaron Ekblad) PP Penalties: 02:32 ONT 10 Stephen Harper (Elbowing) 03:11 GER 11 Johannes Fischer (Slashing) 06:45 GER 19 Lukas Gohlke (Holding) 10:01 ONT 22 Mitchell Dempsey (10-Minute Misconduct) 10:01 ONT 22 Mitchell Dempsey (Checking from Behind) 12:26 GER 16 Markus Eisenschmid (Interference) 17:10 GER 14 Parker Tuomie (Hooking)
Second Period
Goals: 02:46 ONT 20 Nicholas Ritchie (8 Adam Bateman, 16 Max Domi) 09:37 ONT 6 Trevor Murphy (11 Bo Horvat) PP Penalties: 08:46 GER 22 Marc Schmidpeter (Hooking) 10:41 GER 24 Max Vollmayer (Hooking) 12:09 ONT 7 Alex Yuill (Tripping) 14:57 ONT 8 Adam Bateman (Tripping)
Third Period
Goals: 08:40 ONT 11 Bo Horvat (5 Aaron Ekblad) 10:52 ONT 8 Adam Bateman (7 Alex Yuill, 16 Max Domi) Penalties: 00:43 GER 20 Frederik Tiffels (Slashing) 13:38 ONT 20 Nicholas Ritchie (Slashing) 13:53 GER 22 Marc Schmidpeter (Roughing) 13:53 ONT 4 Jordan Subban (Cross Checking) 13:53 ONT 2 Darnell Nurse (Roughing