Game Summary
Russia 3 - United States 6
 

U.S. OFFENCE LEADS DEFENDING CHAMPIONS INTO SEMIS AFTER WIN OVER RUSSIA

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LANGLEY, B.C. – Sean Kuraly scored a pair of insurance goals in the third period as the United States advanced to the semifinals at the 2011 World Junior A Challenge with a 6-3 quarter-final victory over Russia on Thursday afternoon.

The win moves the U.S. into a Friday semifinal match-up with Canada East in a rematch of last year’s gold medal game, won 6-4 by the Americans. The two teams also met in a pre-tournament game last Saturday, with the Americans earning a 4-1 victory in North Delta, B.C.

Kuraly’s first goal came just 67 seconds after Alexei Kudreman had pulled Russia to within one at 4-3, and the Dublin, Ohio, native rounded out the scoring late with his third goal of the tournament, moving him into a tie with teammate Mario Lucia atop the tournament scoring chart – both Americans have three goals and an assist through three games.

Lucia, Alex Broadhurst, Austyn Young and Ethan Prow also scored for the U.S., which peppered Russian netminder Andrey Vasilevski with 55 shots – at least 17 in each of the three periods.

Vasilevski has now faced 120 shots in almost 165 minutes of work in the tournament, and has been named Russia’s Player of the Game in both of his starts, posting a respectable .925 save percentage overall.

Ilya Yamkin and Bogdan Yakimov scored the other goals for Russia, which will play in the fifth-place game (Saturday, 4 p.m. PT) for the second year in a row, taking on the loser of Thursday’s late quarter-final between Canada West and the Czech Republic.
 

Game Information
Game Number 07 Round Quarter-final
Arena Langley Events Centre City, Country Langley, B.C.
Month / Day / Year 11/10/2011 Time 04:00 PM PT
Attendance Game Status Final

Box Score   1     2     3   Total
Russia (RUS) 1 0 2 3
United States (USA) 1 3 2 6

Goals/Penalties
First Period
Goals:
   12:41 USA 18 Alex Broadhurst (24 Ethan Prow) PP
   16:05 RUS 16 Ilya Yamkin (17 Leonid Avtomov, 23 Alexander Barabanov)

Penalties:
   09:43 RUS 29 Arseni Erokhin (Roughing)
   09:43 USA 12 Vince Hinostroza (Roughing)
   11:12 RUS 8 Egor Malenkikh (Hooking)
   13:23 RUS 2 Andrei Ermakov (Hooking)
   19:40 RUS 17 Leonid Avtomov (Hooking)

Second Period
Goals:
   08:42 USA 14 Mario Lucia (11 Tony Cameranesi, 17 Jordan Schmaltz)
   16:14 USA 21 Austyn Young (6 Andy Welinski, 23 Riley Bourbonnais)
   18:20 USA 24 Ethan Prow (12 Vince Hinostroza)

Penalties:
   05:24 USA 17 Jordan Schmaltz (Interference)
   13:28 RUS 25 Nikita Lisov (Slashing)
   19:26 USA 2 Brian Cooper (Closing Hand on Puck)

Third Period
Goals:
   04:21 RUS 10 Bogdan Yakimov 
   08:18 RUS 15 Alexei Kudreman (26 Valentin Zykov, 17 Leonid Avtomov)
   09:25 USA 15 Sean Kuraly (9 Austin Cangelosi, 5 Mike Reilly)
   18:31 USA 15 Sean Kuraly (12 Vince Hinostroza)

Penalties:
   00:18 USA 20 Ian McCoshen (Delay of Game)
   01:45 RUS 8 Egor Malenkikh (Hooking)
   18:45 RUS 2 Andrei Ermakov (Holding)


Goaltenders
Russia
30 Andrei Vasilevski On 1/00:00 Off 3/20:00
United States
30 Ryan McKay On 1/00:00 Off 3/20:00

Shots on Goal   1     2     3   Total
Russia 5 13 11 29
United States 20 19 17 56

Player of the Game
United States 12 Vince Hinostroza
Russia 30 Andrei Vasilevski
Officials
Referee Tom Sweeney, Steve Papp
Lines People Jason Roy, Bevan Mills
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