2014 World Junior A Challenge

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2014 World Junior A Challenge
Game #2
Final
December 14, 2014 8:30 pm CST
West Central Events Centre
Kindersley, Sask.

Scoring

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

Shots on Goal

1st
2nd
3rd
Final
1
2
3
F
8
12
5
25
10
15
8
33

Statistics

PP
PIM
2 / 5
22
2 / 6
12

Game Story

EHLERS SCORES TWICE, DENMARK GETS WIN IN WJAC DEBUT

KARLEN HERAUF

KINDERSLEY, Sask. – First-round NHL draft pick Nikolaj Ehlers lived up to expectations on Sunday night, scoring twice to lead Denmark to a 3-2 win over Canada West in the opening game for both at the 2014 World Junior A Challenge.

The ninth-overall pick by the Winnipeg Jets last June, Ehlers found mesh in the second and third periods, powering by a Canadian defender and sliding the puck five-hole past Canadian netminder Tommy Nixon (Sherwood Park, Alta./Sherwood Park, AJHL) to seal the win with just three minutes left.

Mikkel Aagaard opened the scoring for Denmark with the only five-on-five goal of the game, taking a pass out of the corner from Matthias Asperup and beating Nixon with a quick release at 18:24 of the first period.

Special teams took over from there, with the teams combining for four power play goals – two apiece – over the final 40 minutes.

Ehlers made it 2-0 at 3:20 of the second period, knocking in a centering pass from Oliver Bjorkstrand, but Gabe Bast (Red Deer, Alta./Penticton, BCHL) beat Lillie with a shot from the point to cut the Danish lead in half heading to the intermission.

Tyson Jost (Kelowna, B.C./Penticton, BCHL) tied it just past the seven-minute mark of the third, walking out of the corner and beating Danish goaltender Thomas Lillie with a shot to the short side.

It was the second game of the day in which a Canadian team outshot their opponent, only to concede a late goal and ultimately come up short: in the tournament opener, Canada East surrendered the tying goal to Switzerland at 16:55 of the third period and went on to lose in a shootout.

Nixon made 22 saves on 25 shots in a losing cause, while Lillie stopped 31 of the 33 shots he faced.

Denmark has a short turnaround before its next game, taking on Russia on Monday afternoon (3:30 p.m. CT), while the Canadians will enjoy an off day before closing out Group B against the Russians on Tuesday night (7:30 p.m. CT).

Play-by-Play

Team
Description
Time
1st Period
PENALTY
Penalty: (Served by Emil Rasmussen)
Too Many Men on the Ice minor (2:00)
06:37
PENALTY
Penalty: Kurt Keats
Slashing minor (2:00)
11:54
PENALTY
Penalty: Mads Eller
(auto) Hooking minor (2:00)
15:52
GOAL
Goal: Mikkel Aagaard

Assists: Matthias Asperup, Emil Rasmussen
18:24
2nd Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Emil Rasmussen
Slashing minor (2:00)
00:45
PENALTY
Penalty: Tyler Busch
(auto) Cross-Checking minor (2:00)
01:45
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Nikolaj Ehlers

Assists: Oliver Bjorkstrand
03:20
PENALTY
Penalty: Christian Mieritz (Served by Søren Nielsen)
(auto) Checking from Behind minor (2:00)
04:38
PENALTY
Penalty: Christian Mieritz
(auto) Checking from Behind misconduct (10:00)
04:38
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Gabe Bast

Assists: Dante Fabbro, Ryley Risling
05:47
PENALTY
Penalty: Tyson Jost
Slashing minor (2:00)
14:01
PENALTY
Penalty: Sonny Hertzberg
(auto) Holding minor (2:00)
16:24
3rd Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Søren Dau Mortensen
(auto) Interference minor (2:00)
05:40
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Tyson Jost

07:08
PENALTY
Penalty: Connor James
(auto) Delay of Game minor (2:00)
10:23
PENALTY
Penalty: Tyson Jost
(auto) Hooking minor (2:00)
16:39
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Nikolaj Ehlers

Assists: Oliver Bjorkstrand, Daniel Hansen
17:00
PENALTY
Penalty: Gabe Bast
(auto) Hooking minor (2:00)
18:41

Goaltenders

Name Team Mins SA SVS GA SV%
Thomas Lillie DEN 60 33 31 2 0.939
Tommy Nixon CAN-W 60 25 22 3 0.880

Game Leaders

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

Previous Games

2 - 3 L vs. United StatesUSA
Dec 20, 2014
2 - 3 L vs. SwitzerlandSUI
Dec 19, 2014
5 - 1 W vs. RussiaRUS
Dec 18, 2014
2 - 4 L vs. Canada EastCAN-E
Dec 17, 2014
4 - 2 W vs. RussiaRUS
Dec 15, 2014
3 - 2 W @ RussiaRUS
Dec 16, 2014
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