2005 IIHF Ice Hockey Junior World Championship

Germany 0 – Canada 9

CANADA REMAINS UNDEFEATED WITH SHUTOUT VICTORY

By John Edison

Canada’s National Junior Team continued its domination of Pool B at the 2005 World Junior Hockey Championship (WJHC) with a 9-0 victory over a winless Team Germany.

Although not as emotional as the previous game against Sweden, Team Canada again enjoyed overwhelming support from the crowd.

With a nine goal showing, the Team Canada offense looked very impressive, but coach Brent Sutter said what happened at the other end of the ice was more important.

“We don’t talk about scoring, we talk about doing things defensively,” he said. “Your best defense is always your best offense, and I’m a firm believer in that.”

The Canadian defence was anchored by strong performances from goaltender Rejean Beauchemin and Dion Phaneuf, the player of the game for Canada.

In his first start in preliminary round play, Beauchemin stopped 17 Germany shots to post the shutout. Beauchemin credited his defence for keeping the German’s away from the net.

“(The defence) played well in front of me, but I did my job,” he said.

The team appeared a little slow out of the gates after Tuesday’s 8-1 blowout win over Sweden, and took half the first period to break a scoreless tie.

Shawn Belle knew that Canada would have to get over the slow start. “You gotta be mentally prepared for every game,” Belle said, “Coach Sutter said to stay strong, and that’s what we did.”

Canada opened the floodgates at 10:05 in the first. After catching Team Germany on the line change, Andrew Ladd redirected a Mike Richards pass over the right shoulder of Youri Ziffzer.

Less than a minute later, Clarke MacArthur put Team Canada up 2-0 with his fourth goal of the tournament.

Penalties to Germany’s Marcus Kink and Steffan Tolzer gave Team Canada a 5 on 3 advantage late in the first period. Canada capitalized on both penalties, with Crosby scoring his fifth power play goal of the Championship, a team record. The Cole Harbour natife was left undefended alongside the Germany net, and put a pass from Canada’s other leading scorer, Patrice Bergeron, into an open net.

Although Canada scored with ease after notching the first goal, Bergeron said Canada did not take Germany lightly.

“It’s tough when everyone is expecting an easy win. It’s a game like any other, and a team like any other,” he said, “We know that we may have to face adversity and that we have to be ready.”

Still on the power play, Canada went up 4-0 when Cam Barker beat Ziffzer with a wrist shot from the point.

Despite a slow start, Canada closed the period in strong fashion, out shooting the Germans 25-5 and coming up with four goals in the last ten minutes of the period.

The second period was completely dominated by Canada. Although scoring only two goals, Canada’s skill and size proved to be too much for Germany.

Canada opened up second period scoring at 6:32 when Bergeron hit a breaking Ryan Getzlaf with a cross ice pass. Getzlaf went into the German zone alone, and beat Ziffzer stick side with a backhand.

In an attempt to change the pace of the game, Germany replaced Ziffzer with Thomas Greiss midway through the middle frame.

Canada extended its lead to 6-0 at 12:46 in the period when Stewart put the puck through the legs of Greiss.

Cam Barker said the scoring from a variety of Team Canada players is one of the strengths of the team. "The chemistry on this team has been great the whole time,

everyone is playing their role well and we're trying to do it one game at a time."

In the third period, Stewart, Crosby and Colin Fraser added goals for Canada to make the final 9-0.

Jeff Carter felt that Team Canada did exactly what it wanted to do against Germany. “We came out with a game plan and executed it well.”

Phaneuf was also happy with the win, but there is more work to be done.

“We’ve won the first three games, but that doesn’t mean anything,” said the bruising defenceman. “You have to win games to be successful, but our work’s just getting started.”

The work continues on Thursday when Canada takes the ice against Finland. Game time is 3:30 pm (local time).

Game Notes


Game Information/Renseignements sur le match
Game #/No. de match 11 Round/Ronde Preliminary
Arena/Aréna Ralph Engelstad Arena Location/Lieu Grand Forks, ND
Date Tues. Dec. 28, 2004 Time/Heure 19:08

 

Box Score/Compte 1 2 3 Final
GER 0 0 0 0
CAN 4 2 3 9

 

Goals & Penalties/Buts et pénalités
First Period/Première période

Goals/Buts :
10:05 CAN 19 Andrew Ladd (12 Anthony Stewart, 18 Mike Richards)
10:51 CAN 17 Clarke MacArthur (3 Dion Phaneuf, 11 Colin Fraser)
17:46 CAN 9 Sidney Crosby (37 Patrice Bergeron, 3 Dion Phaneuf) PP
18:33 CAN 25 Cameron Barker (2 Brent Seabrook) PP

Penalties/Pénaltés :
06:58 GER 22 Robert Dietrich (Tripping)
16:47 GER 17 Marcus Kink (Tripping)
17:02 GER 13 Steffen Tolzer (High Sticking)
20:00 CAN 6 Shea Weber (Holding)

Second Period/Deuxieme Période

Goals/Buts :
06:32 CAN 15 Ryan Getzlaf (37 Patrice Bergeron, 3 Dion Phaneuf)
12:46 CAN 12 Anthony Stewart (27 Nigel Dawes)

Penalties/Pénaltés :
None/Aucune

Third Period/Troisième Période

Goals/Buts :
07:12 CAN 12 Anthony Stewart (15 Ryan Getzlaf)
14:34 CAN 9 Sidney Crosby (27 Nigel Dawes, 29 Braydon Coburn)
17:47 CAN 11 Colin Fraser

Penalties/Pénaltés :
04:08 CAN 24 Corey Perry (Slashing)
04:08 GER 29 Jens Baxmann (Roughing)
05:05 CAN 25 Cameron Barker (Hooking)
11:38 CAN 9 Sidney Crosby (Charging)
15:11 CAN 17 Clarke MacArthur (Roughing)
18:58 CAN 27 Nigel Dawes (High Sticking)
19:33 CAN 29 Braydon Coburn (Boarding)
19:33 GER 12 Moritz Muller (Roughing)

 

Goaltenders/Gardien(ne)s de but
GER 30 Youri Ziffzer On 1/00:00 Off 3/20:00
CAN 35 Rejean Beauchemin On 1/00:00 Off 3/20:00

 

Officials/Officiels
Referee/Arbitre David Hansen
Lines People/Juges de lignes Miroslav Valach, Thomas Greiss
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