2019 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge

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2019 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge
Game #17
Semifinal
Final
November 8, 2019 6:00 pm CST
Innovation Credit Union iPlex
Swift Current, Sask.

Scoring

Teams
1st
2nd
3rd
Final
Teams
1
2
3
F
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
4

Shots on Goal

1st
2nd
3rd
Final
1
2
3
F
7
10
4
21
3
11
6
20

Statistics

PP
PIM
0 / 1
26
0 / 3
2

Game Story

RUSSIANS BLANK CZECHS, ADVANCE TO GOLD MEDAL GAME

JASON LA ROSE

SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. – Danila Iurov scored once and set up both goals by Fedor Svechkov, sending Russia back to the gold medal game at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge with a 4-0 semifinal win over the Czech Republic on Friday night.

The Russians will defend their 2018 title on Saturday night (7 p.m. MT) against the winner of the Canada White-United States semi, looking to become the first team to go back-to-back since Ontario in 2008 and 2009.

Pavel Kanaev wasn’t busy in the Russian goal, but made the 21 saves he needed to make to post the shutout, the first in a semifinal since the U.S. blanked Ontario 3-0 at the 2001 tournament.

Iurov gave Russia all the offence it would need just shy of the eight-minute mark of the first period, taking a short feed from Vsevolod Gaidamak and snapping a quick shot to the far side on Czech netminder Tomas Suchanek.

Svechkov doubled the lead late in the second period off an Iurov set-up, and Prokhor Poltapov forced a turnover behind the Czech net before setting up Daniil Lazutin to make it 3-0 six minutes into the third.

Svechkov netted his second with just over a minute to go, going five-hole on Suchanek to cap the scoring.

Kanaev did most of his work in the second period when he faced 10 shots.

The Czechs, who couldn’t find the same offensive game that led them past Sweden in a quarter-final upset on Thursday, actually outshot the Russians, holding a 21-20 edge.

They will face the loser of the White-U.S. game for bronze on Saturday afternoon (3 p.m. MT).

Play-by-Play

Team
Description
Time
1st Period
GOAL
Goal: Danila Iurov

Assists: Vsevolod Gaidamak, Gleb Ivanov
07:43
PENALTY
Penalty: Jakub Sedivy (Served by Petr Gajda)
Hit to the Head (2:00)
10:46
PENALTY
Penalty: Jakub Sedivy
10-Minute Misconduct - Misconduct (10:00)
12:46
2nd Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Tomas Machu (Served by Jakub Altrichter)
Boarding (2:00)
03:37
PENALTY
Penalty: Tomas Machu
10-Minute Misconduct - Misconduct (10:00)
05:37
GOAL
Goal: Fedor Svechkov

Assists: Danila Iurov, Pavel Mintyukov
14:58
PENALTY
Penalty: Marek Brada
Interference (2:00)
18:12
3rd Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Vladimir Grudinin
Tripping (2:00)
02:49
GOAL
Goal: Daniil Lazutin

Assists: Prokhor Poltapov
06:06
GOAL
Goal: Fedor Svechkov

Assists: Vsevolod Gaidamak, Danila Iurov
18:49

Goaltenders

Name Team Mins SA SVS GA SV%
Tomas Suchanek CZE 60 20 16 4 0.800
Pavel Kanaev RUS 60 21 21 0 1.000

Game Leaders

GA 4 - SVS - 16 - SV% - 0.800
GA 0 - SVS - 21 - SV% - 1.000
Goals 1 - Assists 2 - Points 3
G 1 - A 2 - P 3
Goals 2 - Assists 0 - Points 2
G 2 - A 0 - P 2

Previous Games

3 - 2 W @ Canada WhiteCAN-W
Nov 9, 2019
6 - 2 W @ United StatesUSA
Nov 9, 2019
0 - 4 L @ RussiaRUS
Nov 8, 2019
4 - 0 W vs. Czech RepublicCZE
Nov 8, 2019
5 - 1 W @ SwedenSWE
Nov 7, 2019
8 - 4 W @ Canada BlackCAN-B
Nov 7, 2019
Videos
Photos
2018 U17: SWE 4 – CAN-R 3 SO (Bronze Medal)
Raymond scored the lone goal in the shootout to give Sweden bronze.
2018 U17: RUS 2 – FIN 1 (Gold Medal)
Gushchin and Kokhanin scored to give the Russians a fourth U17 gold.
2018 U17: RUS 6 – SWE 4 (Semifinal)
Ponomaryov had 2G 2A to help the Russians reach the gold medal game.
2018 U17: CZE 2 – USA 1 (7th Place)
Mysak had a goal and an assist to lead the Czechs to seventh place.