🇷🇺 Russia 2-1 Canada 🇨🇦 (OT)
World Junior Championship Quarterfinal
Ritarihalli, Hämeenlinna 🇫🇮
Wednesday, 31 December 1997

BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:37 – 🇷🇺 PEN – team, too many players
06:37 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Brewer, slashing
06:37 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Arkhipov, unsportsmanlike conduct
11:25 – 🇨🇦 PEN – team, too many players
16:01 – 🇷🇺 GOAL – Vlasenkov (Lyashekno)
19:36 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Cooke, slashing

2nd Period
24:43 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Kruchinin, holding
25:11 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Chernov, slashing
32:51 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Ward, interference

3rd Period
42:31 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Tkaczuk
46:43 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Vlasenkov, holding
56:48 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Lyashenko, high sticking

Overtime
69:51 – 🇷🇺 GOAL – Afinogenov (Balmochnykh)

GOALTENDERS
W: 🇷🇺 Khlopotnov (23-24)
L: 🇨🇦 Garon (25-27)

SHOTS ON GOAL
🇷🇺 10+5+7+5 = 27
🇨🇦 4+6+9+5 = 24

ROSTERS
🇷🇺 Goaltenders: Denis Khlopotnov, Dmitri Mylnikov. Defence: Mikhail Chernov, Mikhail Donika, Andrei Kruchinin, Andrei Markov, Valeri Pokrovski, Alexei Tezikov, Vitali Vishnevski. Forwards: Maxim Afinogenov, Vladimir Antipov, Denis Arkhipov, Maxim Balmochnykh, Artyom Chubarov, Alexei Krovopuskov, Oleg Kvasha, Roman Lyashenko, Yegor Mikhailov, Sergei Shikhanov, Denis Shvidki, Andrei Sidyakin, Dmitri Vlasenkov.
🇨🇦 Goaltenders: Mathieu Garon, Roberto Luongo. Defence: Sean Blanchard, Eric Brewer, Brad Ference, Zenith Komarniski, Cory Sarich, Mike Van Ryn, Jesse Wallin. Forwards: Steve Bégin, Matt Bradley, Matt Cooke, Daniel Corso, Jean-Pierre Dumont, Josh Holden, Vincent Lecavalier, Manny Malhotra, Brett McLean, Alex Tanguay, Daniel Tkaczuk, Jason Ward, Brian Willsie.