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Winter Universiade men’s hockey: Canada downed by Russia in semis
Photo credit FISU http://www.fisu.net/en/2011-WU-Update-Day-10-Ice-Hockey-Mens-Semi-Finals-2644.html?idProduit=1343
ERZURUM, Turkey (CIS) – Canada’s hopes of capturing
double-gold in hockey at the 25th Winter Universiade came to an end
on Saturday night when the men’s team dropped a 4-2 semifinal
decision to defending champion Russia, at Cemal Gursel Arena.
IIHF game summary: http://www.erzurum2011.gov.tr/pdfts/IHM400202/C74
Team Canada website: http://english.cis-sic.ca/universiade/winter
2011 Winter Universiade website: http://www.erzurum2011.gov.tr/english
The game was a rematch of the last two Universiade finals that saw
the Russians prevail by an identical 4-2 score in 2009 in Harbin,
China, and the Canadians claim their third FISU title in history
thanks to a 3-1 win in 2007 in Turin, Italy.
The red-and-white squad (3-1-1) comprised of all-stars from the
Ontario University Athletics conference will try to rebound Sunday
at 11:30 a.m. local time (4:30 a.m. ET) when it faces Kazakhstan
(3-1-1) for bronze. Russia (5-0) is set to battle Belarus (5-0) for
gold at 3 p.m. local (8 a.m. ET).
The men’s semifinal came only hours after the Canadian women
beat Finland 4-1 to capture their second straight Universiade
banner.
“We’re obviously disappointed with the result,”
said Team Canada head coach Clarke Singer from the University of
Western Ontario. “The Russians have always been our big
rivals and they are a very good hockey team. The pace of the game
was great today but in the end they were able to capitalize on
their opportunities.”
“I thought the first and third periods were evenly matched
but we were outplayed in the second and that proved the
difference,” said Waterloo forward Chris Ray of Kelowna, B.C.
“We now have to regroup for tomorrow and bring home a bronze
medal.”
The Canadians didn’t get off to the start they were looking
for as Yaroslav Alshevskiy made it 1-0 Russia only three minutes
and 11 seconds into the contest.
McGill rearguard Marc-André Dorion tied the affair five
minutes later however when he pushed a rebound off a Brandon
MacLean shot past netminder Emil Garipov. It was the first goal of
the tournament for the 2009-10 CIS defenceman of the year from
St-Hubert, Que.
Canada had a glorious chance to take the lead midway through the
opening period but couldn’t capitalize on a two-man advantage
that lasted 1:26.
After being outshot 15-10 in the first 20 minutes, Russia took
control of the play in the middle stanza firing 16 pucks at
Canadian goalie Anthony Grieco while Canada responded with only six
shots.
Vladimir Zhmaev beat Grieco from 10 feet out at 7:48 to make it 2-1
Russia going into the second intermission.
Both teams came out firing after the break.
Anton Lazarev gave Russia a two-goal cushion just 1:29 into the
third frame with a shot from the left circle during a 4-on-4
situation.
But MacLean brought Canada back to within one only 35 seconds
later, during a power play, when he took a pass from Matt Caria
from behind the net and fooled Garipov with a quick shot from just
outside the crease.
It was as close as Team Canada would come however. With Grieco
pulled for an extra attacker in the final minute, Marat Valiullin
sealed the Russian victory with an empty-netter with 5.3 left on
the clock.
Russia held a 6-4 edge in shots on goal in a tight-checking third
period and finished with a 32-24 advantage for the match.
Grieco, a Western Ontario student from Brampton, Ont., took the
loss following a 29-save effort.
Both teams earned five power-play chances, with Canada converting
one while Russia was blanked.
GAME NOTES: Thanks to his two-point performance, MacLean, a
Carleton University forward from Burlington, Ont., leads the
tourney in both goals (8) and points (13) going into Sunday...
Belarus beat Kazakhstan 3-1 in Saturday’s early
semifinal...
SCORING
SUMMARY
Russia 4, Canada 2
FIRST PERIOD
SCORING:
1. RUS Yaroslav Alshevskiy (4) (Yaroslav Belokon), 3:11
2. CAN Marc-André Dorion (1) (Brandon MacLean, Yashar
Farmanara), 8:10
PENALTIES:
Vyacheslav Seluyanov (RUS) checking to the head, 8:37;
Vyacheslav Seluyanov (RUS) 10-minute misconduct, 8:37;
Anton Lazarev (RUS) hooking, 9:11;
Marc-André Dorion (CAN) tripping, 14:24;
Geoff Killing (CAN) interference, 17:22.
SECOND PERIOD
SCORING:
3. RUS Vladimir Zhmaev (6) (unassisted), 7:48
PENALTIES:
Geoff Killing (CAN) tripping, 0:54;
Francis Charland (CAN) interference, 4:55;
Brandon MacLean (CAN) 10-minute misconduct, 7:48;
Tim Priano (CAN) hooking, 8:51;
Anthony Grieco (CAN) 10-minute misconduct, 8:51;
Anton Lazarev (RUS) elbowing, 9:43;
Stanislav Golovanov (RUS) hooking, 13:28;
Jean-Michel Rizk (CAN) slashing, 19:39;
Yaroslav Alshevskiy (RUS) butt-ending, 19:39;
Yaroslav Alshevskiy (RUS) game misconduct, 19:39.
THIRD PERIOD
SCORING:
4. RUS Anton Lazarev (3) (Rafael Akhmetov), 1:29
5. CAN Brandon MacLean (8) (Matt Caria, Kyle Sonnenburg), 2:04
PP
6. RUS Marat Valiullin (4) (unassisted), 19:55 EN
PENALTIES:
Denis Golubev (RUS) 10-minute misconduct, 19:55.
GOALS (by period)
RUS: 1-1-2: 4
CAN: 1-0-1: 2
SHOTS ON GOAL (by period)
RUS: 10-16-6: 32
CAN: 15-5-4: 24
POWER PLAY:
RUS: 0-5
CAN: 1-5
GOALTENDERS
RUS – Emil Garipov (W, 24 shots, 22 saves, 2 GA, 60:00)
CAN – Anthony Grieco (L, 2-2, 31 shots, 28 saves, 3 GA,
58:48)
CAN – Team (1 shot, 0 save, 1 GA, 1:12)
REFEREE: Linus Ohlund (SWE)
LINESMEN: Andreas Lunden (SWE), Masi Puolakka (FIN)
ATTENDANCE: 2825
START: 20:00
END: 22:16
LENGTH: 2:16
TEAM CANADA
SCHEDULE & RESULTS (local time)
Thursday, Jan. 27: Canada 9, Slovenia 0
Saturday, Jan. 29: Belarus 3, Canada 2 (3-2 in shootout)
Monday, Jan. 31: Canada 3, South Korea 2
Thursday, Feb. 3 (quarter-finals): Canada 9, Slovakia 1
Saturday, Feb. 5 (semifinal #1): Belarus 3, Kazakhstan 1
Saturday, Feb. 5 (semifinal #2): Russia 4, Canada 2
Sunday, Feb. 6, 11:30 (bronze): Canada vs. Kazakhstan
Sunday, Feb. 6, 15:00 (final): Russia vs. Belarus
FINAL PRELIMINARY
ROUND STANDINGS
1. Russia 9 pts (pool winner)
2. Belarus 8 pts (pool winner)
3. Kazakhstan 6 pts (pool winner)
4. Canada 7 pts
5. Slovakia 6 pts
6. Japan 5 pts
7. USA 6 pts (third in pool)
8. Czech Republic 4 pts
9. Slovenia 3 pts
10. Spain 0 pts
11. South Korea 0 pts
12. Turkey 0 pts
Pool A
GP
W OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA PTS
1.
Russia
3
3
0
0
0
34
3 9
2.
Japan
3
1
1
0
1
22
4 5
3. Czech Rep.
3
1
0
1
1
18
7 4
4. Turkey
3
0
0
0
3
0
60 0
Pool B
1. Belarus
3
2
1
0
0
16
4 8
2. Canada
3
2
0
1
0
14
5 7
3. Slovenia
3
1
0
0
2
11
16 3
4. South
Korea
3
0
0
0
3
5
21 0
Pool C
1. Kazakhstan
3
2
0
0
1
9
6 6
2. Slovakia
3
2
0
0
1
17
10 6
3.
USA
3
2
0
0
1
11
9 6
4.
Spain
3
0
0
0
3
2
14 0
Scoring system:
3 points for a win in regulation
2 points for a win in overtime or shootout
1 point for a loss in overtime or shootout
Legend: W (win), OTW (OT win), OTL (OT loss), L (loss)
-CIS-
