2018-19 National Men's U18 Team

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2019 IIHF U18 World Championship
Game #30
Bronze
Final
April 28, 2019 9:30 am EDT
Fjällräven Center
Örnsköldsvik, SWE

Scoring

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

Shots on Goal

1st
2nd
3rd
Final
1
2
3
F
8
8
7
23
17
14
10
41

Statistics

PP
PIM
1 / 3
14
4 / 7
6

Game Story

CANADA FALLS TO U.S. IN U18 WORLDS FINALE

JASON LA ROSE

ÖRNSKÖLDSVIK, Sweden – Nolan Maier (Yorkton, Sask./Saskatoon, WHL) stood tall with 36 saves, but Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 Team finished its 2019 IIHF U18 World Championship with a 5-2 loss to the United States in the bronze medal game Sunday.

Dylan Cozens (Whitehorse, Y.T./Lethbridge, WHL) and Nathan Légaré (Montreal, Que./Baie-Comeau, QMJHL) scored the goals for the Canadians, who saw their medal drought stretched to four years.

Back on the ice less than 24 hours after a heartbreaking semifinal loss to Sweden, Canada found itself down a goal when Alex Turcotte converted on a U.S. power play just past the eight-minute mark.

But Cozens responded on a Canadian man-advantage in the final minute of the first period, playing give-and-go with Alex Newhook (St. John’s, N.L./Victoria, BCHL) before beating U.S. goaltender Spencer Knight to the glove side.

The Americans took the lead for good seven minutes into the second when Jack Hughes finished a feed from Cam York, and Bobby Brink and York added power-play goals before the end of the middle frame to make it a 4-1 game after 40 minutes.

York struck again on the power play early in the third, hammering a point blast past Maier.

Légaré netted a consolation goal for the Canadians with just six seconds to go, letting go a quick shot from the side-boards that found its way through bodies and past Knight.

Newhook and captain Peyton Krebs (Okotoks, Alta./Winnipeg, WHL) finished as Canada’s leading scorers with 10 points apiece; Newhook had five goals and five assists, while Krebs scored six goals and added four helpers.

Play by Play

Team
Description
Time
1st Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Jamieson Rees
Tripping (2:00)
06:56
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Alex Turcotte

Assists: Trevor Zegras, Cole Caufield
08:03
PENALTY
Penalty: Dylan Holloway
Tripping (2:00)
15:59
PENALTY
Penalty: Trevor Zegras
Slashing (2:00)
17:16
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Dylan Cozens

Assists: Alex Newhook
19:06
2nd Period
GOAL
Goal: Jack Hughes

Assists: Cam York
06:54
PENALTY
Penalty: Michael Vukojevic
Interference (2:00)
11:44
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Bobby Brink

Assists: Matthew Boldy, Domenick Fensore
12:59
PENALTY
Penalty: Nathan Légaré
Slashing (2:00)
13:27
PENALTY
Penalty: Jamieson Rees
Late Hit (2:00)
14:23
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Cam York

Assists: Jack Hughes
15:20
3rd Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Kaedan Korczak
Abuse of Official (2:00)
03:37
PENALTY
Penalty: John Beecher
Slashing (2:00)
03:37
PENALTY
Penalty: John Beecher
High-Sticking (2:00)
05:44
PENALTY
Penalty: Jamieson Rees
Interference (2:00)
13:12
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Cam York

Assists: Trevor Zegras
14:26
GOAL
Goal: Nathan Légaré

Assists: Thomas Harley, Samuel Poulin
19:54

Goaltenders

Name Team Mins Shots Saves GA SV%
Nolan Maier CAN 60 41 36 5 0.878
Spencer Knight USA 60 23 21 2 0.913

Game Leaders

Goals 1 - Assists 0 - Points 1
G 1 - A 0 - P 1
Goals 2 - Assists 1 - Points 3
G 2 - A 1 - P 3
Goals 1 - Assists 0 - Points 1
G 1 - A 0 - P 1
Goals 1 - Assists 1 - Points 2
G 1 - A 1 - P 2
Goals 0 - Assists 1 - Points 1
G 0 - A 1 - P 1
Goals 0 - Assists 2 - Points 2
G 0 - A 2 - P 2

Previous Games

2 - 5 L @ United States USA
Apr 28, 2019
5 - 2 W v CanadaCAN
Apr 28, 2019
3 - 4 L v SwedenSWE
Apr 27, 2019
2 - 3 L v Russia RUS
Apr 27, 2019
3 - 1 W v LatviaLAT
Apr 25, 2019
6 - 0 W v FinlandFIN
Apr 25, 2019
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