2016-17 National Sledge Team

2017 International Para Hockey Tournament
Game #3
Preliminary
Final
February 28, 2017 4:00 am EST
Palaghiaccio Tazzoli
Turin, ITA

Scoring

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

Shots on Goal

1st
2nd
3rd
Final
1
2
3
F
7
13
8
28
3
2
0
5

Statistics

PP
PIM
1 / 3
4
0 / 2
6

Game Story

DIXON DOES IT ALL, LEADS CANADA PAST ITALY AT SLEDGE TOURNEY

JASON LA ROSE

TURIN, Italy – Adam Dixon (Midland, Ont.) provided all the offence, scoring a natural hat trick in the first 17 minutes to send Canada’s National Sledge Team past Italy 3-0 on Tuesday at the 2017 International Para Hockey Tournament.

The win keeps Canada perfect ahead of a potential first-place showdown with Norway on Wednesday (9 a.m. ET/6 a.m. PT) in the preliminary-round finale.

Dixon wasted no time opening the scoring, jumping in from the blue-line and driving off the right wing before slipping a shot past Italian goaltender Santino Stillitano on the short-side for an unassisted goal just 5:17 after the puck dropped.

The defenceman made it 2-0 at 11:02, taking a pass in the slot from Ben Delaney (Ottawa, Ont.) and wiring a quick shot low to the glove side of Stillitano to send the Canadians to the dressing room up by a pair.

Tyler McGregor (Forest, Ont.) did the hard work on the hat trick goal with Canada enjoying a two-man advantage just 1:29 into the second period, stretching to push a pass to Dixon, who quickly whipped a left-handed shot up and over Stillitano to finish the scoring.

The final margin of victory would have been much larger if not for the play of Stillitano, who finished with 25 saves, many of them point-blank stops. He turned away McGregor three times from in close in the second period alone, and the Canadian also hit the crossbar in the middle frame.

Canada finished with a 28-5 advantage in shots on goal, holding the hosts without a shot in the third period.

Corbin Watson (Kingsville, Ont.) earned the shutout in his first start of the tournament.

Play by Play

Team
Description
Time
1st Period
GOAL
Goal: Adam Dixon

05:17
GOAL
Goal: Adam Dixon

Assists: Ben Delaney
11:02
PENALTY
Penalty: Ben Delaney
Hooking (2:00)
11:55
PENALTY
Penalty: Eusebiu Antochi
Teeing (2:00)
14:40
2nd Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Florian Planker
Interference (2:00)
00:28
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Adam Dixon

Assists: Tyler McGregor
01:29
PENALTY
Penalty: Corbin Watson
Interference (2:00)
03:39
PENALTY
Penalty: Alessandro Andreoni
Holding (2:00)
10:45
3rd Period
No Scoring

Goaltenders

Name Team Mins Shots Saves GA SV%
Corbin Watson CAN 45 5 5 0 1.000
Santino Stillitano ITA 45 28 25 3 0.893

Game Leaders

GA 0 - SV - 5 - SAV% - 1.000
GA 3 - SV - 25 - SAV% - 0.893
Goals 3 - Assists 0 - Points 3
G 3 - A 0 - P 3
Goals 0 - Assists 1 - Points 1
G 0 - A 1 - P 1

Previous Games

8 - 1 W v NorwayNOR
Mar 4, 2017
2 - 1 W @ KoreaKOR
Mar 4, 2017
4 - 0 W v ItalyITA
Mar 3, 2017
0 - 4 L @ CanadaCAN
Mar 3, 2017
9 - 1 W v NorwayNOR
Mar 1, 2017
3 - 2 W v KoreaKOR
Mar 1, 2017
Videos
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2016-17 NMT: CAN 5 – HCL 2 (Championship)
Three second-period goals helped Canada to its 14th Spengler Cup.
2016-17 NMT: CAN 3 – MIN 2 (Semifinal)
Marc-Antoine Pouliot had three points, and Canada advanced to the Spengler Cup championship game.
2016-17 NMT: CAN 5 – MHK 1 (Quarter-Final)
Raymond, Gormley and Ebbett had 1G 2A each, and Canada advanced.
2016-17 NMT - CAN 4 – HCD 3 (Preliminary)
Ebbett scored the winner, and Canada edged the Spengler Cup hosts.
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