🇨🇦 Canada 6-3 United States 🇺🇸
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
FM Mattsson Arena, Mora 🇸🇪
Wednesday, 27 December 2006

Jonathan Toews scored his second goal of the game on a third period penalty shot to pace Canada to a 6-3 triumph over the United States at the World Junior Championship on Wednesday.

Toews was awarded the shot after U.S. forward Kyle Okposo threw his stick at the Canadian forward while Toews was on a breakaway. Toews scored what proved to be the winning goal on a wrist shot at 9:13 that caught the upper left corner of the net.

Darren Helm then followed with a pair of goals late in the final period to help Canada to its second straight win.

Steve Downie and Tom Pyatt scored in the first period to stake Canada to a 2-0 lead. Toews then made it 3-0 at 1:55 of the second but the United States struck for a goal shortly after, with Eric Johnson cutting Canada’s margin to two at 2:24.

Johnson’s goal ended Canada’s shutout steak at the world junior championship at 234 minutes 14 seconds.

The win over the U.S. came a day after Canada beat Sweden 2-0 to open the tournament.

Canada’s next game is Friday against unbeaten Germany. The Germans are 2-0 following a 4-2 win over Slovakia earlier Wednesday.

BOXSCORE
1st Period
08:38 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Neal, interference
10:18 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Parent, holding
14:43 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Downie (Letang, Bourdon)
17:14 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Stoa, kneeing
17:33 – 🇨🇦 PP GOAL – Pyatt (Franson, Russell)

2nd Period
21:04 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Lewis, holding
21:55 – 🇨🇦 PP GOAL – Toews (Pyatt)
22:24 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – E. Johnson (Chorney)
23:22 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Marchand, tripping
24:34 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Bourdon, roughing
24:34 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Stoa, roughing
26:12 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Carman (Sweatt)
27:30 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Downie, abuse of official 10 min. misconduct
29:02 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Zimmerman, roughing
31:23 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Helm, boarding
33:51 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Lee, interference
35:09 – 🇺🇸 PEN – J. Johnson, charging
36:12 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Franson, slashing
38:18 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Okposo, roughing

3rd Period
45:09 – 🇨🇦 PEN – team, too many players
48:25 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Kane, roughing
48:25 – 🇨🇦 PEN- Downie, roughing
49:13 – 🇨🇦 PEN SHOT GOAL – Toews
51:04 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Mueller, cross checking
53:50 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Sweatt (Skille)
54:40 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Bourdon, cross checking
58:17 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Helm
59:03 – 🇨🇦 EN GOAL – Helm (Downie)

GOALTENDERS
W: 🇨🇦 Price (32-35)
L: 🇺🇸 Zatkoff (21-26)

SHOTS ON GOAL
🇨🇦 9+6+11 = 28
🇺🇸 9+10+16 = 35

ROSTERS
🇨🇦 Goaltenders: Leland Irving, Carey Price. Defence: Karl Alzner, Luc Bourdon, Cody Franson, Kris Letang, Ryan Parent, Kris Russell, Marc Staal. Forwards: Daniel Bertram, Marc-André Cliche, Andrew Cogliano, Steve Downie, Sam Gagner, Darren Helm, Bryan Little, Brad Marchand, Kenndal McArdle, James Neal, Ryan O’Marra, Tom Pyatt, Jonathan Toews.
🇺🇸 Goaltenders: Jeff Frazee, Jeff Zatkoff. Defence: Taylor Chorney, Erik Johnson, Jack Johnson, Kyle Lawson, Brian Lee, Jamie McBain, Sean Zimmerman. Forwards: Justin Abdelkader, Mike Carman, Jim Fraser, Blake Geoffrion, Nathan Gerbe, Patrick Kane, Trevor Lewis, Peter Mueller, Kyle Okposo, Jack Skille, Ryan Stoa, Bill Sweatt, James van Riemsdyk.

Article Credit: Hockey Canada