2016-17 National Sledge Team

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2017 IPC World Para Hockey Championship
Game #2
Preliminary
Final
April 12, 2017 2:00 am EDT
Gangneung Hockey Centre
Gangneung, KOR

Scoring

Teams
1st
2nd
3rd
Final
Teams
1
2
3
F
0
0
0
0
6
1
2
9

Shots on Goal

1st
2nd
3rd
Final
1
2
3
F
1
0
2
3
13
5
8
26

Statistics

PP
PIM
0 / 4
2
0 / 1
8

Game Story

CANADA CRUISES TO WORLDS-OPENING WIN OVER NORWAY

JASON LA ROSE

GANGNEUNG, South Korea – Tyler McGregor (Forest, Ont.) scored twice and added two assists, Liam Hickey (St. John’s, N.L.) had a goal and three helpers, and Canada’s National Sledge Team scored early and often in a 9-0 win over Norway to open the 2017 IPC World Para Hockey Championship on Wednesday.

McGregor started the scoring just 30 seconds in – the first of six Canadian goals in the opening period.

Greg Westlake (Oakville, Ont.) added two goals and an assist for the Canadians; in total, the top line combined for five goals and 11 points in the win.

Kevin Sorley (Petersburg, Ont.), Ben Delaney (Ottawa, Ont.), Adam Dixon (Midland, Ont.) and Billy Bridges (Summerside, P.E.I.) also found the back of the net for Canada.

After Dominic Cozzolino (Mississauga, Ont.) set up McGregor for the eventual game-winner, Kevin Sorley jammed in a loose puck in the crease to make it 2-0 just past the two-minute mark.

That’s when the floodgates opened. Delaney roofed a shot past Norwegian goaltender Kissinger Deng at 8:40, Westlake scored at 10:09, Dixon showed off slick hands in tight at 10:41 and Hickey wired in a shot from the high slot at 11:20, sending Canada to the dressing room with a six-goal lead after scoring four times in two minutes and 40 seconds.

As good as the Canadians were in the first period, they were only half as good as the last time they opened a world championship; at the 2015 worlds in Buffalo, Canada scored 12 goals in the opening 15 minutes en route to a 17-0 win over Japan.

The offence slowed down in the second period, managing just five shots on goal, but Bridges made good on the first, jumping on a loose puck and going off the post and in past Deng for a 7-0 lead.

With the game well in hand midway through the third period, Westlake finished off a gorgeous feed from Hickey, and McGregor went to his left hand to beat Deng to cap the scoring in the dying minutes.

Canadian goaltender Dominic Larocque (Quebec City, Que.) earned quite possibly the easiest shutout of his career; he faced just one shot through two periods, and needed to make just three saves in all.

Canada is right back to action Thursday (2 a.m. ET/11 p.m. PT), taking on Italy in the second of six preliminary-round games.

Play by Play

Team
Description
Time
1st Period
GOAL
Goal: Tyler McGregor

Assists: Dominic Cozzolino
00:30
GOAL
Goal: Kevin Sorley

Assists: Bryan Sholomicki
02:11
GOAL
Goal: Ben Delaney

Assists: Adam Dixon, Liam Hickey
08:40
GOAL
Goal: Greg Westlake

Assists: Tyler McGregor
10:09
GOAL
Goal: Adam Dixon

Assists: Tyler McGregor, Greg Westlake
10:41
GOAL
Goal: Liam Hickey

11:20
2nd Period
GOAL
Goal: Billy Bridges

01:33
PENALTY
Penalty: Adam Dixon
Interference (2:00)
05:31
PENALTY
Penalty:
Too Many Players (2:00)
06:09
PENALTY
Penalty: Martin Hamre
Boarding (2:00)
06:32
PENALTY
Penalty: Liam Hickey
Charging (2:00)
07:14
PENALTY
Penalty: Adam Dixon
Interference (2:00)
14:45
3rd Period
GOAL
Goal: Greg Westlake

Assists: Liam Hickey
07:20
GOAL
Goal: Tyler McGregor

Assists: Liam Hickey
12:47

Goaltenders

Name Team Mins Shots Saves GA SV%
Kissinger Deng NOR 45 26 17 9 0.654
Dominic Larocque CAN 45 3 3 0 1.000

Game Leaders

GA 9 - SV - 17 - SAV% - 0.654
GA 0 - SV - 3 - SAV% - 1.000
Goals 2 - Assists 2 - Points 4
G 2 - A 2 - P 4
Goals 1 - Assists 3 - Points 4
G 1 - A 3 - P 4

Previous Games

2 - 3 L @ KoreaKOR
Apr 20, 2017
4 - 1 W @ United States USA
Apr 20, 2017
1 - 0 W v ItalyITA
Apr 19, 2017
9 - 0 W v GermanyGER
Apr 18, 2017
0 - 6 L @ United States USA
Apr 17, 2017
1 - 2 L @ United States USA
Apr 17, 2017
Videos
Photos
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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