๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-1 United States ๐บ๐ธ
Exhibition Game
Corel Centre, Ottawa ๐จ๐ฆ
Wednesday, 25 August 2004
Vincent Lecavalier, Joe Sakic and Brad Richards scored in the second period as Canada downed the United States 3-1 in a World Cup of Hockey exhibition game Wednesday night.
The victory avenged a 3-1 loss to the Americans on Monday night in Columbus and was marked by a much-needed rise in energy and physical play by Canada.
Chris Drury scored in the third period for the U.S., which outshot Canada 27-21, including 15-6 in the third period with the home side protecting a lead.
Canada plays its final exhibition game Saturday night against Slovakia in Ottawa. It begins tournament play Tuesday night in Montrรฉal against the U.S.
After a scoreless first period in which U.S. goaltender Robert Esche was sharp, Ty Conklin took over in the second frame and was beaten three times.
Lecavalier was on a 2-on-1 with superstar Mario Lemieux during a powerplay and the Tampa Bay centre beat Conklin with a surprise low shot between the pads at 5:25 of the middle period in front of 18,500 at the Corel centre.
Only 2:20 later, Sakic also elected to shoot on a 2-on-1 and scored through the five-hole. On a power play at 19:30, Richards took a return pass from Lemieux and again beat Conklin between the pads.
Lemieux was impressive in his first action after sitting out Monday’s game along with linemates Richards and Martin St-Louis.
Canada’s Roberto Luongo, victim of all three U.S. goals on Monday, stopped all eight shots he faced in the first half of the game, including a smart glove save on a deflection by Keith Tkachuk.
Josรฉ Thรฉodore took over 10:24 into the second period and was equally solid and much busier. The two are battling for the back-up job behind No. 1 goaltender Martin Brodeur.
After a giveaway in Canada’s end, Drury stopped Aaron Miller’s shot and fired into an open side past the fallen Thoedore at 4:10 of the third period.
Canada turned in a strong defensive game, did a better job of holding off the Americans’ two-man forecheck, and kept pressure on the U.S. defence, which may be a weak area.
Dany Heatley had the best chance in a close-checking first period when he intercepted a soft pass up the middle by Brian Leetch, but his wrist shot from the slot was gloved by Esche.
The Americans had a goal disallowed for interference midway through the period after Doug Weight broke in the right side and the puck went in after he plowed into Luongo.
Canada switched two defence pairs, putting Wade Redden with Ed Jovanovski and Eric Brewer with Adam Foote.
The teams agreed to use 22 players each – two more than normal. Canada had 12 forwards and eight defencemen while the U.S. had 14 forwards and six defenders.
NOTES: Canada opted to sit out Kirk Maltby, Kris Draper and Simon Gagnรฉ, as well as goalie Martin Brodeur…Brett Hull, Rick DiPietro, Paul Martin and the injured Jordan Leopold and Brian Rafalski sat out for the U.S…Pre-game team workouts Wednesday morning were cancelled as American players met with NHLPA representatives in town for negotiations on new CBA. The union is to meet Thursday with Team Canada. Canada is 8-3-1 all time vs. the U.S. in Canada Cup and World Cup play.
BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:28 – ๐บ๐ธย PEN – Halpern, tripping
04:48 – ๐จ๐ฆย PEN – Morrow, interference
07:41 – ๐จ๐ฆย PEN – Morrow, hooking
2nd Period
21:35 – ๐จ๐ฆย PEN – Iginla, hooking
24:21 – ๐บ๐ธย PEN – Drury, holding
25:25 – ๐จ๐ฆย PP GOAL – Lecavalier
27:45 – ๐จ๐ฆย GOAL – Sakic (Heatley)
38:05 – ๐บ๐ธย PEN – Klee, interference
39:30 – ๐จ๐ฆย PP GOAL – Richards (Lemieux)
3rd Period
44:10 – ๐บ๐ธย GOAL – Drury (Miller, Tkachuk)
47:18 – ๐บ๐ธย PEN – Tkachuk, interference
47:18 –ย ๐จ๐ฆ PEN – Morrow, unsportsmanlike conduct
48:49 – ๐จ๐ฆย PEN – Regehr, roughing
50:48 – ๐บ๐ธย PEN – Drury, high sticking
GOALTENDERS
W: ๐จ๐ฆย Luongo (10-10), Thรฉodoreย (16-17)
L: ๐บ๐ธย Esche (6-6), Conklin (12-15)
SHOTS ON GOAL
๐จ๐ฆ 6+9+6 = 21
๐บ๐ธ 5+7+15 = 27
ROSTERS
๐จ๐ฆ Goaltenders: Roberto Luongo,ย Josรฉ Thรฉodore. Defence: Jay Bouwmeester, Eric Brewer, Adam Foote, Scott Hannan, Ed Jovanovski, Scott Niedermayer, Wade Redden, Robyn Regehr. Forwards: Shane Doan, Dany Heatley, Jarome Iginla, Vincent Lecavalier, Mario Lemieux (C), Patrick Marleau, Brenden Morrow, Brad Richards, Joe Sakic, Ryan Smyth, Martin St-Louis, Joe Thornton.
๐บ๐ธ Goaltenders:ย Ty Conklin, Robert Esche. Defence:ย Chris Chelios (C), Hal Gill, Ken Klee, Brian Leetch, John-Michael Liles, Aaron Miller, Eric Weinrich. Forwards: Tony Amonte, Jason Blake, Craig Conroy, Chris Drury, Scott Gomez, Bill Guerin, Jeff Halpern, Steve Konawalchuk, Jamie Langenbrunner, Mike Modano, Brian Rolston, Bryan Smolinski, Keith Tkachuk, Doug Weight.
๐จ๐ฆ CANADA | vs. | UNITED STATES (C) ๐บ๐ธ |
new champion (previous 23 Aug 2004) |
Last Title |
reign ends (since 23 Aug 2004) |
252 | All-Time Wins |
48 |
29 wins | Head-To-Head (+ 3 ties) |
7 wins |
First IHLC Meeting (CAN vs. USA) ๐จ๐ฆ CAN 2-0 USA ๐บ๐ธ โ 25 Apr 1920 โ OG โ Antwerp ๐ง๐ช |
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Previous IHLC Meeting (CAN vs. USA) ๐บ๐ธ USA 3-1 CAN ๐จ๐ฆ โ 23 Aug 2004 โ EX โ Columbus ๐บ๐ธ |
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Last IHLC Game ๐บ๐ธ USA 3-1 CAN ๐จ๐ฆ โ 23 Aug 2004 โ EX โ Columbus ๐บ๐ธ |
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Next IHLC Game ๐จ๐ฆ CAN 2-2 SVK ๐ธ๐ฐ โ 28 Aug 2004 โ EX โ Ottawa ๐จ๐ฆ |
Article Credit: NHL
Photo Credit: Josรฉ Thรฉodore NHL Goalieย –ย IIHF – HHOF – IOC