December 21, 2012 (the world did not end!! :D)
Last Thursday (Dec 13), Nathan and Jonathan were named to the Canadian junior team that is set to play against the world's best under 20 year olds from the top 10 hockey countries. The tournament is set to start on Boxing Day and run to January 5, 2013. This post will keep you updated on Nate and Jo and the rest of Team Canada as they try to bring the gold back to hockey's birthplace.
Last night, the team played Team Finland in a pre-tournament game which took place in Helsinki, Finland. The Fins took the game by a score of 3-2. Scorers for Canada were Mark Scheifele and Griffin Reinhart. Team Canada was assessed 9 minor penalties during the game and allowed the first 2 Finland goals on two different 5-on-3 penalty kills. The Canadians were also outshot 22-15 and were without SJ Sea Dogs scorer Jonathan Huberdeau for the game as he was serving the last game of a four game suspension. The Red and White will now play Sweden in their second pre-tourney game tomorrow at 9am ET.
December 22, 2012
Drouin scores!! In the last pre-tournament game today, Canada played Sweden. Team Canada won the game in a shoot out with Nugent-Hopkins and Huberdeau scoring in the penalty shot portion of extra hockey. Mooseheads own Jonathan Drouin scored in regular time in the 2-1 SO win for Team Canada. Nathan MacKinnon also got on the score sheet with an assist on Jo's goal.
Boone Jenner was ejected from the game with a hit that left Sweden player Jesper Pettersson on the ice for a few minutes. He was then taken off the ice on a stretcher. Jenner will now face disciplinary action from the IIHF, who will decide what should happen later in the week.
Canada will now travel to Russia to start the games that count on Boxing Day. They will play Germany at 4:30am/et.
December 26, 2012
Team Canada vs. Germany
After one period the score was 2-1 for Canada as 2 goals were scored on the power play during the 20 minutes for the red and white. Ouellett and Nugent-Hopkins scored for Canada. Germany took four minor penalties while Canada took only 2 with the first one not happening till 5 minutes left in the period.
More production in second period. At the end of two periods, Canada now leads the Germans 7-3 with goals from Rattie, Scheifele (2), Huberdeau and Strome. MacKinnon and Drouin both got an assist in the period. Nugent-Hopkins now has 5 points through two periods (one goal, 4 assists).
Two more goals for team Canada as Drouin and Wotherspoon scored during the third. Shots were 46 to 28 for Canada. Team Canada did not take any penalties in the last 20 minutes either. Coach Spott said he wanted the team to be disciplined and take no more then 4 minors and I would say they did that. They also sang the Canadian anthem and presented the players of the game.
Players of the game: Draisatl (GER) Nugent-Hopkins (CAN)
Final score: Germany 3 - Canada 9
Other scores:
Finland 5 - Latvia 1
Sweden 4 - Czech Republic 1
Russia 3 - Slovakia 2 OT
Note: Boone Jenner was suspended for 3 games on Christmas Eve for his hit in the Sweden game. Team Canada decided to keep him on the roster and he will be able to return on New Year's Eve when Canada takes on the host country Russia.
Look back on Friday as Team Canada takes on Slovakia at the same time, same place. I won't be live.
#thereason #goCanadago
December 27, 2012
Only two games on tap today. Switzerland takes on Latvia in group A action while in group B the United States take on Germany.
Scores:
Switzerland 7 - Latvia 2
United States 9 - Germany 0
December 28, 2012
Team Canada vs Slovakia
Canada won the game but received 58 minutes in penalties. The penaties were caused by two of Canada's players, Lipon and Camara, hitting Slovakian players and recieving 25 minutes each. Strome, Nugent-Hopkins, Reilly, Ouellet and Scheifele all had multi point games. The shots on goal were also quite close and the red and white fell behind 2-0 in the first period. Drouin recieved an assist on Strome's goal while MacKinnon, still playing on the fourth line, was unable to get on the scoresheet.
Final score: Canada 6 - Slovakia 3
Other scores:
Russia 2 - United States 1
Finland 1 - Czech Republic 3
Sweden 3 - Switzerland 2 SO
December 29, 2012
Again, only two games will be going on today. In Group A, it's Latvia taking on defending champions Sweden in the early game, while the hosts Russia will try to put Germany down 0-2 in the standings.
Scores:
Latvia 1 - Sweden 5
Germany 0 - Russia 7
December 30, 2012
Team Canada vs. United States
The Moosehead boys were finally put on a line together and while neither was able to get on the scoresheet, they certainly weren't quiet, showing that they should've been together from the beginning. The bench once again was shortened with JC Lipon suspended for one game after his hit in the Slovakia game. Canada was able to get 2 quick goals before the first period ended, while the last period was rittled with penalties mainly from the States. The red, blue and white were able to score on the powerplay however during a delay of game Strome penalty.
Final score: Canada 2 - United States 1
Other scores:
Finland 5 - Switzerland 4 SO
Czech Republic 4 - Latvia 2
Slovakia 2 - Germany 1 OT
December 31, 2012
Team Canada vs. Russia
The last game in round robin for Canada was against host nation Russia. First place in group B was also on the line. Jonathan Drouin scored yet again while on the top line while Nugent-Hopkins added 3 more assists to his ever growing leading points tally. Canada was able to escape taking too many penalties while the home team took 29 minutes in front of almost 8,000 hockey fans. Canada also outshot the Russians 48-22.
Final score: Russia 1 - Canada 4
Other scores:
Switzerland 3 - Czech Republic 4 OT
United States 9 - Slovakia 3
Sweden 7 - Finland 4
Note: this was the first game that the red and white had a full roster and will hope to continue with one though the medal round games.
Canada will now go straight to one semifinal game and will await the winner of quarter final #2 between the USA and Czech Republic.
January 2, 2013
A relegation game as well as quarter final games will be played today.
Scores:
Finland 8 - Germany 0 (relegation)
Czech Republic 0 - United States 7
Russia 4 - Switzerland 3 SO
January 3, 2013
Team Canada vs United States
In this semi final game, Canada got behind early and never recovered. After one, the Americans lead 2-0 after bad turnovers and goalie screens by Canada. On both goals, Malcolm was screened by his defensemen and could not see the puck at all. Jake McCabe got both goals for the red, blue and white.
After half way in the second period, Subban was chased after allowing two more American goals scored by Gaudreau and Vasey. He was replaced by Jordan Binnington. Ty Rattie gave Canada life, scoring after the whistle had gone but the referees determined it was good. USA scored another one however to secure the win. The States now move on to the Gold Medal game while the red and white will play for Bronze. Both games will be played on Saturday.
Final score: Canada 1 - United States 5
Other scores:
Slovakia 5 - Latvia 3 (relegation)
Sweden 3 - Russia 2 SO (semi final #2)
Note: MacKinnon and Drouin were both held off the score sheet however Drouin again played on the first line for the first half than he started to play with his Moosehead linemate.
Look back on Saturday as I will be blogging live for the Bronze medal game and possibly the Gold medal game too.
January 4, 2013
The last 2 relegation games will be played today as well as the 5th place game. By the end of the day, the bottom 6 will be known. Halifax Mooseheads' Marty Frk will look to help his Czech Republic team win the fifth place game as they lost to USA in the quarters.
Scores:
Germany 5 - Latvia 2 (relegation)
Czech Republic 4 - Switzerland 3 (5th place)
Finland 11 - Slovakia 4 (relegation)
January 5, 2013
Team Canada vs. Russia
Final score:
Other scores:
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