๐ท๐บ Russiaย 5-4ย Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
ฤEZ Arรฉna, Pardubice ๐จ๐ฟ
Friday, 04 January 2002
Russia beat Canada 5-4 in the Gold medal game at the World Junior Hockey Championship in the Czech Republic, as Canada settled for the Silver medal.
Things started well for Canada as Brian Sutherby scored just 22 seconds into the game, batting a rebound into a wide-open net.
Chuck Kobasew made it 2-0 Canada at 12:55.
The Russians replied less than a minute later when Alexander Frolov scored on a wrap-around, cutting Canada’s lead in half through one period.
But Canada scored early again in the second period, with Scottie Upshall sweeping home a loose puck for a 3-1 lead. Russia replaced starting goalie Andrei Medvedev with back-up Sergei Mylnikov after Upshall’s goal.
The moved sparked the team as Russia answered with three straight goals. Stanislav Chistov got the ball rolling when he split the Canadian defence and beat Pascal Leclaire to make it a one goal game again.
Alexander Polushin followed with his second of the tournament to tie the score. Just over a minute later, Iouri Troubatchev hammered the puck through Leclaire’s legs to put Russia ahead for the first time in the game.
Canada finally got some momentum back in the third period when Kobasew tipped a long shot by Dan Hamhuis into the Russian net on a powerplay. Kobasew’s second of the game tied the score at 4-4 with 15:00 left in the third period.
But the Russians answered again to re-take the lead. This time, Leclaire was beaten by Anton Volchenkov’s long point shot right off a draw in the Canadian zone.
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:22 – ๐จ๐ฆย GOAL – Sutherby (Stoll)
02:20 – ๐ท๐บย PEN – Tyutin, cross checking
07:12 – ๐จ๐ฆย GOAL – Kobasew (Murray)
07:44 – ๐ท๐บย GOAL – Frolov (Polushin)
08:49 – ๐จ๐ฆย PEN – Bouwmeester, cross checking
18:34 – ๐ท๐บย PEN – Korsunov, high sticking
2nd Period
20:37 –ย ๐จ๐ฆย GOAL – Upshall (Spezza)
24:22 – ๐จ๐ฆย PEN – Ott, delay of game
25:16 – ๐ท๐บย PP GOAL – Chistov (Volchenkov)
28:12 – ๐จ๐ฆย PEN – Cammalleri, interference
31:32 – ๐ท๐บย GOAL – Polushin
33:15 – ๐ท๐บย GOAL – Trubachyov (Grigorenko)
33:24 – ๐ท๐บย PEN – Nepryayev, hooking
3rd Period
42:16 – ๐จ๐ฆย PEN – Stoll, tripping
43:39 – ๐ท๐บย PEN – Volchenkov, elbowing
44:31 – ๐จ๐ฆย PP GOAL – Kobasew (Hamhuis, Schultz)
46:51 – ๐ท๐บย GOAL – Volchenkov (Nepraiev)
52:12 –ย ๐จ๐ฆ PEN – Upshall, cross checking
59:25 – ๐ท๐บย PEN – Frolov, holding
60:00 – ๐จ๐ฆย PEN – Boyes, 10 min. misconduct
GOALTENDERS
W: ๐ท๐บย Medvedev (10-13), Mylnikov (13-14)
L: ๐จ๐ฆย Leclaire (26-30)
SHOTS ON GOAL
๐ท๐บ 9+12+9 = 30
๐จ๐ฆ 11+10+6 = 27
ROSTERS
๐ท๐บ Goaltenders: Andrei Medvedev, Sergei Mylnikov. Defence: Denis Grebeshkov, Yegor Knyazev, Maxim Kondratiev, Vladimir Korsunov, Vladimir Sapozhnikov, Fyodor Tyutin, Anton Volchenkov, Andrei Zabolotnev. Forwards: Stanislav Chistov, Alexander Frolov, Igor Grigorenko, Ivan Nepryayev, Alexander Perezhogin, Alexander Polushin, Sergei Soin, Alexander Suglobov, Alexander Svitov, Andrei Taratukhin, Yuri Trubachyov, Ruslan Zainullin.
๐จ๐ฆ Goaltenders: Pascal Leclaire, Olivier Michaud. Defence: Jay Bouwmeester, Carlo Colaiacovo, Dan Hamhuis, Jay Harrison, Nathan Paetsch, Mark Popovic, Nick Schultz. Forwards: Jared Aulin, Brad Boyes, Mike Cammalleri, Chuck Kobasew, Jay McClement, Garth Murray, Rick Nash, Steve Ott, Jason Spezza, Jarret Stoll, Brian Sutherby, Scottie Upshall, Stephen Weiss.
๐ท๐บ RUSSIA (C) | vs. | CANADA ๐จ๐ฆ |
current champion (since 02 Jan 2002) |
Last Title | 30 Dec 2001 |
87 | All-Time Wins |
45 |
9 wins | Head-To-Head (+ 1 tie, 1 void) |
7 wins |
First IHLC Meeting (RUS vs. CAN) ๐ท๐บ URS 4-3 CAN ๐จ๐ฆ โ 05 Jan 1975 โ WJT โ Winnipeg ๐จ๐ฆ |
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Previous IHLC Meeting (RUS vs. CAN) ๐จ๐ฆ CAN 5-2 RUS ๐ท๐บ โ 29 Dec 2001 โ WJC โ Hradec Krรกlovรฉ ๐จ๐ฟ |
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Last IHLC Game ๐ท๐บ RUS 2-1 FIN ๐ซ๐ฎ (OT) โ 02 Jan 2002 โ WJC โ Pardubice ๐จ๐ฟ |
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Next IHLC Game ๐ท๐บ RUS 4-1 FIN ๐ซ๐ฎ โ 06 Sep 2002 โ FNC โ Sollefteรฅ ๐ธ๐ช |
Article Credit: Hockey Canada