2019 World Junior A Challenge

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2019 World Junior A Challenge
Game #0
Final
December 5, 2019 7:00 pm MST
North Peace Arena
Fort St. John, B.C.
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Russia (RUS) RUS
6
643
Canada West (CAN-W) CAN-W
3

Scoring

Teams
1st
2nd
3rd
Final
Teams
1
2
3
F
Russia
1
2
3
6
Canada West
3
0
0
3

Shots on Goal

1st
2nd
3rd
Final
1
2
3
F
8
9
8
25
11
9
6
26

Statistics

PP
PIM
0 / 1
4
2 / 2
2

Game Story

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – Nikita Kiryanov scored twice in the third period, including the game-winning goal, and Russia scored the final five goals to earn a 6-3 win over Canada West in pre-tournament action Thursday ahead of the 2019 World Junior A Challenge. Vasili Ponomaryov and Nikita Buruyanov added a goal and an assist apiece for the Russians, while Michael Benning (St. Albert, Alta./Sherwood Park, AJHL), Massimo Rizzo (Burnaby, B.C./Coquitlam, BCHL) and Kent Johnson (Port Moody, B.C./Trail, BCHL) provided first-period offence for Canada West.

Play-by-Play

Team
Description
Time
1st Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Aleksander Pashin
Tripping (2:00)
05:20
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Michael Benning

Assists: Alex Young, Carter Savoie
06:05
GOAL
Goal: Massimo Rizzo

Assists: Carter Savoie, Owen Ozar
12:59
GOAL
Goal: Pavel Tyutnev

Assists: Vasili Ponomaryov
15:44
PENALTY
Penalty: Nikita Buruyanov
Hooking (2:00)
16:17
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Kent Johnson

Assists: Owen Ozar, Philippe Lapointe
17:28
2nd Period
GOAL
Goal: Nikita Buruyanov

Assists: Nikita Kiryanov
06:16
GOAL
Goal: Daniil Gushchin

Assists: Ivan Didkovski, Dmitriy Zlodeev
06:29
GOALTENDER CHANGE
Goaltender Change: Carter Gylander

10:09
GOALTENDER CHANGE
Goaltender Change: Yegor Guskov

10:09
PENALTY
Penalty: Kent Johnson
Holding the Stick (2:00)
16:32
3rd Period
GOAL
Goal: Nikita Kiryanov

Assists: Nikita Buruyanov
03:31
GOAL (EMPTY NET)
Goal: Vasili Ponomaryov

Assists: Kirill Kirsanov
18:17
GOAL
Goal: Nikita Kiryanov

Assists: Dmitri Zugan
18:50

Goaltenders

Name Team Mins SA SVS GA SV%
Bogdan Nefyodov RUS 30 15 12 3 0.800
Yegor Guskov RUS 29 11 11 0 1.000
Matthew Davis CAN-W 30 15 12 3 0.800
Carter Gylander CAN-W 29 9 7 2 0.778

Game Leaders

Bogdan Nefyodov
GA 3 - SVS - 12 - SV% - 0.800
Carter Savoie
Goals 0 - Assists 2 - Points 2
G 0 - A 2 - P 2
Nikita Kiryanov
Goals 2 - Assists 1 - Points 3
G 2 - A 1 - P 3
Owen Ozar
Goals 0 - Assists 2 - Points 2
G 0 - A 2 - P 2
Vasili Ponomaryov
Goals 1 - Assists 1 - Points 2
G 1 - A 1 - P 2
Michael Benning
Goals 1 - Assists 0 - Points 1
G 1 - A 0 - P 1

Previous Games

6 - 3 W @ Canada WestCAN-W
Dec 5, 2019
3 - 6 L vs. RussiaRUS
Dec 5, 2019
Videos
Photos
2018 WJAC: CAN-W 3 – CZE 1 (Bronze)
Holloway scored twice to lead the Canadians to the bronze medal.
2018 WJAC: USA 2 – RUS 0 (Gold)
Saville made 25 saves to backstop the U.S. to its eighth WJAC gold.
2018 WJAC: RUS 4 – CZE 1 (Semifinal)
Nikolaev and Gutik scored PPGs in the third to help Russia advance.
2018 WJAC: USA 3 – CAN-W 2 OT (Semifinal)
Ness ended it in overtime to send the Americans to play for gold.