2019 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge

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2019 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge
Game #10
Preliminary
Final (OT)
November 5, 2019 3:00 pm MST
Canalta Centre
Medicine Hat, AB

Scoring

Teams
1st
2nd
3rd
OT
Final
Teams
1
2
3
OT
F
1
2
1
0
4
1
2
1
1
5

Shots on Goal

1st
2nd
3rd
OT
Final
1
2
3
OT
F
11
14
6
2
33
9
6
12
1
28

Statistics

PP
PIM
0 / 2
6
2 / 2
6

Game Story

BLACK DOWNS U.S. IN OT IN PRELIM FINALE

JASON LA ROSE

MEDICINE HAT, Alta. – Danny Zhilkin (Mississauga, Ont./Guelph, OHL) tied it on the power play with 1:12 to go and Shane Wright (Burlington, Ont./Kingston, OHL) finished it 3:20 into overtime as Canada Black closed out the preliminary round at the 2019 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge with a 5-4 win over the United States on Tuesday afternoon.

The single point the Americans earned for the extra-time loss was enough to clinch first place in Group A despite Black going through the prelims without a loss – it beat the U.S. and Canada White in overtime, and downed the Czech Republic in a shootout.

The U.S. will take on Canada Red or Finland in its quarter-final Thursday, while the Canadians will face off against Russia. Times for all playoff match-ups will be confirmed following the late games Tuesday.

Wright gave the Canadians a little bit of momentum to take into the medal round, parking himself at the top of the crease and flicking a backhand past U.S. goaltender Gibson Homer off a set-up from Zach Dean (Mount Pearl, N.L./Gatineau, QMJHL) for the overtime winner.

After both teams combined for 27 goals in their first two games, it wasn’t much of a surprise to see early action.

James Malatesta (Kirkland, Que./Quebec, QMJHL) started the festivities four-and-a-half minutes in, racing away and tucking a backhand around Homer, but Jack Devine ripped a one-timer past Canadian netminder Ben Gaudreau (Corbeil, Ont./Sarnia, OHL) before the period reached the midway mark.

Black struck for another early goal in the second period off the stick of Brennan Othmann (Pickering, Ont./Flint, OHL), who rifled a quick shot past Homer off a give-and-go with Sean Tschigerl (Whitecourt, Alta./Calgary, WHL), but Ryan St. Louis cleaned up a rebound in front and Dylan Duke banged a second-chance opportunity past Gaudreau to put the Americans ahead for the first time.

Malatesta got his second before the end of the middle frame, tapping in a pass from Dean to send the teams to intermission all even at 3-3.

The Americans looked to have the winner when Jack Hughes went skate-to-stick and beat Gaudreau over the glove at 12:29, but a late U.S. penalty opened the door for Zhilkin, who tipped in a shot from Brandt Clarke (Ottawa, Ont./Barrie, OHL) to tie things up again.

Knowing they needed a regulation win to leapfrog the Americans for top spot, Black pulled Gaudreau in the final minute but couldn’t find the goal they needed.

The U.S. finished with 20 goals in three preliminary-round games, which equals the 2014 American side for most in the prelims since the start of the six-team format.

Play-by-Play

Team
Description
Time
1st Period
GOALTENDER CHANGE
Goaltender Change: Benjamin Gaudreau

00:00
GOAL
Goal: James Malatesta

Assists: Ryan Winterton, Nolan Bentham
04:28
PENALTY
Penalty: Brennan Othmann
Tripping (2:00)
05:33
PENALTY
Penalty: Caden Brown
Roughing (2:00)
09:50
PENALTY
Penalty: Danny Zhilkin
Roughing (2:00)
09:50
GOAL
Goal: Jack Devine

Assists: Ryan St. Louis
09:57
2nd Period
GOAL
Goal: Brennan Othmann

Assists: Sean Tschigerl, Jayden Grubbe
01:50
PENALTY
Penalty: Zachary L'Heureux
Cross-Checking (2:00)
04:16
GOAL
Goal: Ryan St. Louis

Assists: Sasha Pastujov, Sean Behrens
06:22
GOAL
Goal: Dylan Duke

Assists: Sasha Pastujov, Roman Schmidt
15:27
PENALTY
Penalty: Sasha Pastujov
Hooking (2:00)
18:02
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: James Malatesta

Assists: Zach Dean, Brandt Clarke
19:19
3rd Period
GOAL
Goal: Jack Hughes

Assists: Jeremy Wilmer
12:29
PENALTY
Penalty: Red Savage
High-Sticking (2:00)
18:42
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Danny Zhilkin

Assists: Brandt Clarke, Jérémy Langlois
18:48
GOALTENDER CHANGE
Goaltender Change: Benjamin Gaudreau

18:48
Overtime
GOAL
Goal: Shane Wright

Assists: Zach Dean
03:20

Goaltenders

Name Team Mins SA SVS GA SV%
Gibson Homer USA 63 28 23 5 0.821
Benjamin Gaudreau CAN-B 62 33 29 4 0.879

Game Leaders

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

Previous Games

2 - 6 L vs. RussiaRUS
Nov 9, 2019
4 - 8 L vs. FinlandFIN
Nov 9, 2019
7 - 3 W vs. Canada WhiteCAN-W
Nov 8, 2019
4 - 8 L vs. RussiaRUS
Nov 7, 2019
8 - 4 W vs. FinlandFIN
Nov 7, 2019
5 - 4 W vs. United StatesUSA
Nov 5, 2019
Videos
Photos
2018 U17: SWE 4 – CAN-R 3 SO (Bronze Medal)
Raymond scored the lone goal in the shootout to give Sweden bronze.
2018 U17: RUS 2 – FIN 1 (Gold Medal)
Gushchin and Kokhanin scored to give the Russians a fourth U17 gold.
2018 U17: RUS 6 – SWE 4 (Semifinal)
Ponomaryov had 2G 2A to help the Russians reach the gold medal game.
2018 U17: CZE 2 – USA 1 (7th Place)
Mysak had a goal and an assist to lead the Czechs to seventh place.