2016-17 National Junior Team

2017 RBC Road to the World Jr. Champ.
Game #5
Pre
Final
December 21, 2016 7:00 pm EST
Canadian Tire Centre
Ottawa, ON

Scoring

Teams
1st
2nd
3rd
F
Teams
1
2
3
F
0
0
0
0
3
1
1
5

Shots on Goal

1st
2nd
3rd
Final
1
2
3
F
6
8
7
21
12
13
1
26

Statistics

PP
PIM
0 / 1
12
2 / 4
4

Game Story

CANADA SHUTS OUT CZECHS IN WORLD JUNIORS WARM-UP

DAVID BRIEN

OTTAWA, Ont. – Anthony Cirelli (Woodbridge, Ont./Oshawa, OHL) scored two goals in support of goaltender Connor Ingram (Imperial, Sask./Kamloops, WHL) as Canada’s National Junior Team posted a 5-0 pre-tournament win over the Czech Republic on Wednesday night.

Ingram made 21 saves to continue Canada’s impressive shutout streak; counting games at selection camp – including an 8-0 win over the Czechs last week – and its first two pre-World Juniors games, the Canadians have gone almost 264 minutes without giving up a goal.

Tyson Jost (Kelowna, B.C./University of North Dakota, NCHC) added a goal and an assist in the win, and Dylan Strome (Mississauga, Ont./Erie, OHL) and Julien Gauthier (Pointe-aux-Trembles, Que./Val-d’Or, QMJHL) also found the back of the net.

After a four-goal outburst in the first period of its pre-tournament opener against Finland on Monday night, the Canadians again jumped out to a big lead in the opening 20 minutes against the Czechs.

Canada started the scoring just 2:13 after the puck dropped when Cirelli crashed the net to redirect a pass from Blake Speers (Sault Ste. Marie, Ont./Sault Ste. Marie, OHL) past Czech netminder Daniel Vladar from in close, and Jost made it a two-goal lead on the power play at 10:59, one-timing in a beautiful cross-ice no-look pass from Nicolas Roy (Amos, Que./Chicoutimi, QMJHL).

Strome capped the first-period scoring with just over three minutes to go, beating Vladar with a wrist shot from the slot. The Canadian Tire Centre has been good to the Canadian captain, who recorded his first NHL point there in his NHL debut with the Arizona Coyotes on Oct. 18.

Canada struck for a second time with the man advantage midway through the second period when Jost set up Gauthier for a one-timer that eluded a screened Vladar, putting the Canadians up 4-0 after two.

Outshooting the Czech Republic 25-14 through 40 minutes, Canada managed just a single shot on goal in the third, but Cirelli made it count, going to the backhand for his second of the game at 14:09.

Canada’s National Junior Team will conclude its pre-tournament schedule on Friday night (7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT), facing off against Switzerland at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto.

It opens the 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship on Boxing Day against Russia (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT).





Play by Play

Team
Description
Time
1st Period
GOAL
Goal: Anthony Cirelli

Assists: Blake Speers, Dillon Dubé
02:13
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Tyson Jost

Assists: Nicolas Roy, Jake Bean
10:59
PENALTY
Penalty: Filip Hronek
Tripping (2:00)
12:23
GOAL
Goal: Dylan Strome

Assists: Philippe Myers
16:52
2nd Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Filip Hronek
Roughing (2:00)
06:17
PENALTY
Penalty: Dillon Dubé
Roughing (2:00)
06:17
PENALTY
Penalty: Libor Hajek
Tripping (2:00)
09:21
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Julien Gauthier

Assists: Tyson Jost
10:48
3rd Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Tomas Soustal
Hooking (2:00)
08:55
GOAL
Goal: Anthony Cirelli

Assists: Blake Speers
14:09
PENALTY
Penalty: Jérémy Lauzon
High-Sticking (2:00)
14:15
PENALTY
Penalty: Ondrej Vala
Slashing (2:00)
16:26

Goaltender Leaders

Name Team Mins Shots Saves GA SV%
Daniel Vladar CZE 60 26 21 5 0.808
Connor Ingram CAN 60 21 21 0 1.000

Game Leaders

GA 5 - SV - 21 - SAV% - 0.808
GA 0 - SV - 21 - SAV% - 1.000
Goals 2 - Assists 0 - Points 2
G 2 - A 0 - PTS 2
Goals 1 - Assists 1 - Points 2
G 1 - A 1 - PTS 2

Previous Games

0 - 4 L @ United StatesUSA
Dec 23, 2016
4 - 3 W v SwitzerlandSUI
Dec 23, 2016
0 - 5 L @ CanadaCAN
Dec 21, 2016
5 - 0 W v Czech RepublicCZE
Dec 21, 2016
5 - 0 W v FinlandFIN
Dec 19, 2016