2015-16 National Men's Under-18 Team

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2016 IIHF U18 World Championship
Game #6
Final
April 15, 2016 8:00 pm AST
Ralph Engelstad Arena
Grand Forks, N.D.

Scoring

Teams
1st
2nd
3rd
Final
Teams
1
2
3
F
2
5
3
10
2
0
0
2

Shots on Goal

1st
2nd
3rd
Final
1
2
3
F
21
16
15
52
5
2
2
9

Statistics

PP
PIM
3 / 6
10
1 / 5
12

Game Story

KYROU SCORES FOUR, CANADA ROUTS DANES TO OPEN U18 WORLDS

JASON LA ROSE

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Jordan Kyrou (Toronto, Ont./Sarnia, OHL) tied a tournament record with four goals, leading Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 Team to a 10-2 win over Denmark in its opening game Friday at the 2016 IIHF U18 World Championship.

Kyrou became the eighth player – and first Canadian – to record four goals in one game; the last to do it was U.S. defenceman Erik Johnson, who scored four times against Belarus on April 17, 2006.

Canadian captain Tyson Jost (Kelowna, B.C./Penticton, BCHL) had two goals and three assists, Will Bitten (Ottawa, Ont./Flint, OHL) added a goal and two helpers, Dante Fabbro (Port Coquitlam, B.C./Penticton, BCHL) had three assists, and 14 of the 16 Canadian skaters recorded at least one point in the win.

Canada came out firing, taking a very early two-goal lead; Kyrou tipped in a Logan Stanley (Waterloo, Ont./Windsor, OHL) point shot just 65 seconds in, and Beck Malenstyn (Delta, B.C./Calgary, WHL) doubled the advantage just 26 seconds after that.

But the Danes battled right back, with goals 43 seconds apart from Jacob Schmidt-Svejstrup and Joachim Blichfeldt tying the game before the seven-minute mark of the opening period.

The Canadians controlled the puck after that, holding a 21-5 advantage in shots on goal in the first period.

The game was delayed more than 70 minutes when the power went out during the first intermission, but when Ralph Engelstad Arena came back to life so did the Canadian offence.

Kyrou needed just 27 seconds of the period to rifle a wrist shot past Danish netminder Mads-Emil Gransoe, starting a run of five Canadian goals in less than 14 minutes.

Maxime Comtois (Longueuil, Que./Victoriaville, QMJHL) made it 4-2 at 6:30, banking a centering pass in off a Danish defender, Mason Shaw (Wainwright, Alta./Medicine Hat, WHL) redirected a feed from Jakob Chychrun (Toronto, Ont./Sarnia, OHL) on the power play at 7:21, and Bitten knocked in a loose puck on another man advantage at 7:55, putting Canada in complete control.

Kyrou finished his hat trick at 14:13 (although his first goal wasn’t credited to him until the second intermission), sending Canada to the dressing room with a commanding 7-2 lead.

He got his record-tying fourth goal early in the third period, stuffing in a pass from Jost, and the captain added his two goals in the final 10 minutes to cap the scoring.

Canada gets right back to action Saturday night (8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT), taking on the Czech Republic in the second of four preliminary-round games on Group B.

Play-by-Play

Team
Description
Time
1st Period
GOAL
Goal: Jordan Kyrou

Assists: Cameron Morrison, Logan Stanley
01:05
GOAL
Goal: Beck Malenstyn

Assists: Pascal Laberge, Dante Fabbro
01:31
GOAL
Goal: Jacob Schmidt-Svejstrup

Assists: Daniel Nielsen
05:31
PENALTY
Penalty: Beck Malenstyn
(auto) Interference minor (2:00)
05:58
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Joachim Blichfeldt

Assists: Oliver Gatz, Nikolaj Krag
06:14
PENALTY
Penalty: Rasmus Mohr
(auto) Holding minor (2:00)
17:01
2nd Period
GOAL
Goal: Jordan Kyrou

Assists: Tyson Jost, Nicolas Hague
00:27
GOAL
Goal: Maxime Comtois

06:30
PENALTY
Penalty: Jacob Schmidt-Svejstrup
Roughing minor (2:00)
07:13
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Mason Shaw

Assists: Pascal Laberge, Markus Phillips
07:21
PENALTY
Penalty: Victor Hansen
Tripping minor (2:00)
07:30
GOALTENDER CHANGE
Goaltender Change: Kasper Krog

07:30
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: William Bitten

Assists: Dante Fabbro, Tyson Jost
07:55
GOALTENDER CHANGE
Goaltender Change: Mads-Emil Gransoe

09:27
GOAL
Goal: Jordan Kyrou

Assists: William Bitten, David Quenneville
14:13
PENALTY
Penalty: Nicolas Hague
Slashing minor (2:00)
14:58
PENALTY
Penalty: Mason Shaw
Roughing minor (2:00)
20:00
3rd Period
GOAL
Goal: Jordan Kyrou

Assists: Tyson Jost, Owen Tippett
04:26
PENALTY
Penalty: Christian Mathiasen
(auto) Hooking minor (2:00)
07:38
GOAL
Goal: Tyson Jost

Assists: David Quenneville, Cameron Morrison
10:02
PENALTY
Penalty: Lucas Andersen
Slashing minor (2:00)
12:48
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Tyson Jost

Assists: Dante Fabbro, William Bitten
13:43
PENALTY
Penalty: Dante Fabbro
(auto) Holding minor (2:00)
15:44
PENALTY
Penalty: Maxime Comtois
Tripping minor (2:00)
17:43
PENALTY
Penalty: Christian Mathiasen
(auto) Interference minor (2:00)
19:26

Goaltenders

Name Team Mins SA SVS GA SV%
Stuart Skinner CAN 60 9 7 2 0.778
Mads-Emil Gransoe DEN 58 51 42 9 0.824
Kasper Krog DEN 1 1 0 1 0.000

Game Leaders

Goals 2 - Assists 3 - Points 5
G 2 - A 3 - P 5
Goals 1 - Assists 0 - Points 1
G 1 - A 0 - P 1
Goals 4 - Assists 0 - Points 4
G 4 - A 0 - P 4
Goals 1 - Assists 0 - Points 1
G 1 - A 0 - P 1
Goals 1 - Assists 2 - Points 3
G 1 - A 2 - P 3
Goals 0 - Assists 1 - Points 1
G 0 - A 1 - P 1

Previous Games

3 - 10 L @ United StatesUSA
Apr 24, 2016
3 - 4 L @ LatviaLAT
Apr 24, 2016
5 - 6 L vs. SwedenSWE
Apr 23, 2016
4 - 1 W vs. LatviaLAT
Apr 22, 2016
9 - 1 W vs. SwitzerlandSUI
Apr 21, 2016
1 - 5 L @ LatviaLAT
Apr 21, 2016
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