Russia 3-2 Canada 
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax 
Sunday, January 5, 2003

BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:31 –  PEN – Artyukhin, high sticking
11:17 –  GOAL – Taratukhin (Grigorenko, Perezhogin)
12:01 –  GOAL – Parenteau (Bouchard, White)
12:51 –  PEN – Tyutin, roughing
12:51 –  PEN – Lupul, cross checking
17:05 –  PEN – Trubachev, hooking

2nd Period
32:05 –  PEN – Roy, tripping
35:02 –  PEN – Kaigorodov, cross checking
36:22 –  PP GOAL – Upshall (Laich, Parenteau)

3rd Period
44:22 –  GOAL – Grigorenko (Taratukhin, Perezhogin)
51:09 –  GOAL – Trubachev (Polushin, Tyutin)
52:29 –  PEN – Upshall, elbowing
56:58 –  PEN – Tyutin, holding

GOALTENDERS
W:  Medvedev (22-24)
L:  Fleury (28-31)

SHOTS ON GOAL
14+10+7 = 31
 12+8+4 = 24

ROSTERS
Goaltenders: Konstantin Barulin, Andrei Medvedev. Defence: Dimitri Fakhrutdinov, Denis Grebeshkov, Kirill Koltsov, Maxim Kondratiev, Konstantin Korneyev, Mikhail Lyubushin, Fedor Tyutin, Denis Yezhov. Forwards: Sergei Anchakov, Yevgeni Artyukhin, Igor Grigorenko, Alexei Kaigorodov, Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Perezhogin, Dmitri Pestunov, Alexander Polushin, Timofey Shishkanov, Andrei Taratukhin, Yuri Trubachev, Nikolai Zherdev.
Goaltenders: Marc-André Fleury, David LeNeveu. Defence: Brendan Bell, Carlo Colaiacovo, Steve Eminger, Alexandre Rouleau, Nathan Paetsch, Ian White, Jeff Woywitka. Forwards: Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Gregory Campbell, Boyd Gordon, Brooks Laich, Joffrey Lupul, Jay McClement, Daniel Paillé, Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau, Derek Roy, Matt Stajan, Jordin Tootoo, Scottie Upshall, Kyle Wellwood.

RUSSIA (C)	vs.	CANADA
current champion (since 12/28/2002)	Last Title	12/30/2001
96	All-Time Wins	45
10 wins	Head-To-Head (+ 1 tie, 1 void)	7 wins
First IHLC Meeting (RUS vs. CAN)  URS 4-3 CAN  – 01/05/1975 – WJT – Winnipeg
Previous IHLC Meeting (RUS vs. CAN)  RUS 5-4 CAN  – 01/04/2002 – WJC – Pardubice
Last IHLC Game  RUS 4-1 FIN  – 01/03/2003 – WJC – Halifax
Next IHLC Game  RUS 7-3 FIN  – 09/03/2003 – FNC – Tyumen