2019 World Junior A Challenge

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2019 World Junior A Challenge
Game #1
Preliminary
Final (OT)
December 7, 2019 2:00 pm MST
Encana Events Centre
Dawson Creek, B.C.

Scoring

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

Shots on Goal

1st
2nd
3rd
OT
Final
1
2
3
OT
F
6
14
8
5
33
6
14
8
3
31

Statistics

PP
PIM
1 / 3
10
1 / 4
8

Game Story

RUSSIA EDGES EAST IN OT IN WJAC OPENER

JASON LA ROSE

DAWSON CREEK, B.C. – Vasili Ponomaryov scored the winner on the power play with 51.9 seconds left in overtime, giving Russia a tournament-opening 3-2 win over Canada East on Saturday afternoon at the 2019 World Junior A Challenge.

It’s the seventh time in a row the Russians have beaten East, and the fifth year in a row they have started their schedule with a victory.

With the clock ticking closer to a shootout, Ponomaryov took a drop pass from Kirill Kirsanov at the blue-line, wheeled into the middle of the ice and beat a screened Devon Levi (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Que./Carleton Place, CCHL) on the glove side.

The Russians looked to be on their way to the full three points after Daniil Gushchin went five-hole on Levi seven minutes into the third period, but Dovar Tinling (Pointe-Claire, Que./Hawkesbury, CCHL) banked a shot off the back of goaltender Yegor Guskov with just 2:40 left to force overtime.

Tinling finished with a goal and an assist for the Canadians, while Shakir Mukhamadullin added two helpers for Russia; they were the lone players with multi-point efforts.

A scoreless first period was a feeling-out process for both teams, with just six shots apiece.

Jérémy Laframboise (Sainte-Catherine, Que./Longueuil, LHJAAAQ) finally broke through when he scored from in close off a Tinling set-up on an East power play 8:24 into the second, but Nikita Kiryanov poked a loose puck through Levi just over five minutes later to get the Russians even.

There were chances at both ends leading to the Ponomaryov winner in overtime; Gushchin was turned away by Levi on a breakaway just seconds into the extra period, and Ryan O’Hara (Oakville, Ont./Oakville, OJHL) beat Guskov but not the post.

Both teams are back in action Sunday; Russia takes on the Czech Republic in the early game (2 p.m. MT) before East meets West in an all-Canadian match-up (7 p.m. MT).

Play-by-Play

Team
Description
Time
1st Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Dmitriy Zlodeev
High-Sticking (2:00)
09:50
PENALTY
Penalty: Ignat Kokhanin
Interference (2:00)
15:00
2nd Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Richard Coulson
Holding (2:00)
00:28
PENALTY
Penalty: Daniil Chayka
High-Sticking (2:00)
08:14
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Jérémy Laframboise

Assists: Dovar Tinling, Cole Craft
08:24
GOAL
Goal: Nikita Kiryanov

Assists: Dmitri Zugan, Shakir Mukhamadullin
13:56
PENALTY
Penalty: Philippe Chapleau
Goaltender Interference (2:00)
14:46
PENALTY
Penalty: Artyom Grushnikov
Roughing (2:00)
16:43
PENALTY
Penalty: Tucker McIntosh
Cross-Checking (2:00)
16:43
3rd Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Shakir Mukhamadullin
Delay of Game (2:00)
03:21
GOAL
Goal: Daniil Gushchin

Assists: Dmitriy Zlodeev, Shakir Mukhamadullin
07:07
GOAL
Goal: Dovar Tinling

Assists: Zach Biggar, Charles Tremblay
17:20
Overtime
PENALTY
Penalty: Ryan O'Hara
Goaltender Interference (2:00)
02:37
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Vasili Ponomaryov

Assists: Kirill Kirsanov, Aleksander Pashin
04:08

Goaltenders

Name Team Mins SA SVS GA SV%
Yegor Guskov RUS 65 31 29 2 0.935
Devon Levi CAN-E 65 33 30 3 0.909

Game Leaders

Goals 0 - Assists 2 - Points 2
G 0 - A 2 - P 2
Goals 1 - Assists 1 - Points 2
G 1 - A 1 - P 2
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

Previous Games

2 - 1 W vs. Canada EastCAN-E
Dec 15, 2019
1 - 2 L @ RussiaRUS
Dec 15, 2019
5 - 1 W @ Czech RepublicCZE
Dec 14, 2019
2 - 1 W @ United StatesUSA
Dec 14, 2019
2 - 7 L vs. United StatesUSA
Dec 13, 2019
4 - 6 L @ Czech RepublicCZE
Dec 13, 2019
Videos
Photos
2018 WJAC: CAN-W 3 – CZE 1 (Bronze)
Holloway scored twice to lead the Canadians to the bronze medal.
2018 WJAC: USA 2 – RUS 0 (Gold)
Saville made 25 saves to backstop the U.S. to its eighth WJAC gold.
2018 WJAC: RUS 4 – CZE 1 (Semifinal)
Nikolaev and Gutik scored PPGs in the third to help Russia advance.
2018 WJAC: USA 3 – CAN-W 2 OT (Semifinal)
Ness ended it in overtime to send the Americans to play for gold.