2014 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge

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2014 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge
Game #23
Final
January 3, 2014 6:00 pm AST
Emera Centre Northside
North Sydney, NS

Scoring

Teams
1st
2nd
3rd
Final
Teams
1
2
3
F
2
0
1
3
3
1
3
7

Shots on Goal

1st
2nd
3rd
Final
1
2
3
F
11
4
17
32
19
18
17
54

Statistics

PP
PIM
2 / 4
22
2 / 5
8

Game Story

GENNARO’S THREE POINTS LEADS PACIFIC TO U17 GOLD MEDAL GAME

by Jason La Rose

NORTH SYDNEY, N.S. – Matteo Gennaro (St. Albert, Alta./Prince Albert, WHL) scored twice and added an assist to lead the offence as Pacific beat Russia 7-3 Friday night in the semifinals of the 2014 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge.

Pacific is into the final for the sixth time, and first since 2009. It has never won an under-17 gold medal, finishing as runner-up in 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2009.

The Canadian side will face the United States in Saturday night’s gold medal game at Centre 200 in Sydney, N.S., a game that can be seen live on TSN beginning at 5 p.m. AT.

Nick Merkley (Calgary, Alta./Kelowna, WHL), Noah Juulsen (Abbotsford, B.C./Everett, WHL), Ty Ronning (Burnaby, B.C./Vancouver, WHL), Jansen Harkins (North Vancouver, B.C./Prince George, WHL) and Giorgio Estephan (Edmonton, Alta./Lethbridge, WHL) had the other goals for Pacific, which is the first Canadian team to reach the final since Ontario won its eighth gold medal in 2011.

Aleksandr Zhebelev, Dmitry Zhukenov and Artur Tyanulin had the goals for Russia, which will meet Quebec for bronze on Saturday afternoon (noon AT) in Sydney after making back-to-back gold medal game appearances.

It was the Russians who struck first on the power play, with Zhukenov beating Pacific netminder Zach Sawchenko (Calgary, Alta./Moose Jaw, WHL) from his stomach at 5:22, but it took the Canadians less than five minutes to respond; Merkley tipped in a Chaz Reddekopp (West Kelowna, B.C./Victoria, WHL) point shot to tie the game.

Zhebelev retored the Russian advantage at 12:56, but Juulsen beat Ivan Samsonov from the point 76 seconds later, and Ronning went top shelf over Samsonov’s glove with 15 seconds left in the opening frame to give Pacific the lead for good.

The Canadians dominated Russia in the second period, outshooting them 18-4, and Gennaro doubled the lead on a power play at 15:24, jamming a loose puck past Samsonov.

The offensive onslaught continued in the third, with Gennaro, Harkins and Estephan scoring in a span of 3:24 to put the game away.

Tyanulin scored a consolation power-play goal for the Russians with 2:08 left to cap the scoring.

Pacific outshot Russia 54-28 overall.

Play-by-Play

Team
Description
Time
1st Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Ty Ronning
(auto) Hooking minor (2:00)
04:09
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Dmitry Zhukenov

Assists: Andrei Nesterov
05:22
GOAL
Goal: Nick Merkley

Assists: Chaz Reddekopp, Matteo Gennaro
10:18
GOAL
Goal: Aleksandr Zhebelev

Assists: Dmitry Zhukenov, Ivan Emets
12:56
GOAL
Goal: Noah Juulsen

Assists: Brad Morrison, Glenn Gawdin
14:12
GOAL
Goal: Ty Ronning

Assists: Giorgio Estephan, Parker Wotherspoon
19:45
2nd Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Dmitry Zhukenov
(auto) Hooking minor (2:00)
01:21
PENALTY
Penalty: Nick Merkley
(auto) Delay of Game minor (2:00)
06:17
PENALTY
Penalty: Artem Vladimirov
Tripping minor (2:00)
06:45
PENALTY
Penalty: Artur Tyanulin
Roughing minor (2:00)
07:55
PENALTY
Penalty: Andrei Nesterov
(auto) Hooking minor (2:00)
13:56
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Matteo Gennaro

Assists: Nick Chyzowski
15:24
PENALTY
Penalty: Ty Comrie
Tripping minor (2:00)
16:35
3rd Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Andrei Nesterov
Slashing minor (2:00)
04:14
GOAL
Goal: Matteo Gennaro

Assists: Nick Merkley, Parker Wotherspoon
10:08
PENALTY
Penalty: Mikhail Byakin (Served by Artem Rozhkovskiy)
(auto) Head Contact minor (2:00)
11:25
PENALTY
Penalty: Mikhail Byakin
(auto) misconduct (10:00)
11:25
GOAL
Goal: Jannik Hansen

Assists: Glenn Gawdin, Nick Chyzowski
11:25
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Giorgio Estephan

Assists: Ty Ronning, Chaz Reddekopp
13:32
GOALTENDER CHANGE
Goaltender Change: Nikita Kolesnikov

13:32
PENALTY
Penalty: Tyler Benson
(auto) Boarding minor (2:00)
16:39
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Artur Tyanulin

Assists: Denis Alekseev, Danila Kvartalnov
17:52

Goaltenders

Name Team Mins SA SVS GA SV%
Ilya Samsonov RUS 53 40 33 7 0.825
Nikita Kolesnikov RUS 6 14 14 0 1.000
Zach Sawchenko PAC 60 32 29 3 0.906

Game Leaders

GA 7 - SVS - 33 - SV% - 0.825
Goals 2 - Assists 1 - Points 3
G 2 - A 1 - P 3
Goals 1 - Assists 1 - Points 2
G 1 - A 1 - P 2
Goals 1 - Assists 1 - Points 2
G 1 - A 1 - P 2
Goals 1 - Assists 0 - Points 1
G 1 - A 0 - P 1
Goals 1 - Assists 1 - Points 2
G 1 - A 1 - P 2

Previous Games

6 - 2 W vs. QuebecQUE
Jan 4, 2014
0 - 4 L @ United StatesUSA
Jan 4, 2014
3 - 7 L @ PacificPAC
Jan 3, 2014
7 - 3 W vs. RussiaRUS
Jan 3, 2014
5 - 3 W vs. AtlanticATL
Jan 2, 2014
3 - 1 W vs. SwedenSWE
Jan 2, 2014
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