🇨🇦 Canada 3-0 Finland 🇫🇮
Exhibition Game
Pengrowth Saddledome, Calgary 🇨🇦
Tuesday, 22 December 2009

Taylor Hall scored his second goal in as many games and Martin Jones stopped all 17 shots he faced to lead Canada to a 3-0 win over Finland in a World Junior exhibition game Tuesday.

Defenceman Alex Pietrangelo and Brandon McMillan also scored for Canada, which beat Sweden 6-2 on Sunday in Regina. Jordan Eberle added a pair of assists.

Team Canada will return to Regina for its third and final pre-competition game against the Czech Republic Wednesday night before opening the World Junior tournament on 26 December against Latvia in Saskatoon.

Canada’s defence played well in front of Jones, not allowing Finland to mount much of an offensive attack throughout the game despite being short-handed nine times.

Finnish netminder Joni Ortio, a sixth round (171st overall) pick of the Calgary Flames in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, stopped 21 of 24 shots he faced.

Jones, who’s used to playing at the Pengrowth Saddledome as a member of the Calgary Hitmen, was tested early in the first period though after Canadian forward Nazem Kadri took a charging penalty 12 seconds into the game. On the ensuing power play, Jones stood his ground at the top of his crease to stop a slap shot by Finnish forward Toni Rajala, who also plays in the WHL with the Brandon Wheat Kings.

Pietrangelo opened the scoring for Canada at 13:21 of the first period when he blasted a slap shot from the point into the top corner, blocker side behind Ortio, who was screened by Brandon McMillan on the play.

Early in the second period, Hall took a feed from Brandon Kozun, the second member of the Hitmen who cracked Team Canada’s roster, and roofed a shot over Ortio’s outstretched glove. Hall returned to action after sitting out the final two periods of the game against Sweden with a sore knee.

Finland appeared to score early in the third period when forward Teemu Hartikainen drove hard to the net and knocked the puck in with his skate. After a quick discussion between the on-ice officials, the puck was ruled to have been kicked in and the goal was disallowed.

BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:12 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Kadri, charging
01:21 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Rask, interference
04:32 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Kadri, tripping
09:26 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Vittasmäki, interference
13:23 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Pietrangelo (Eberle, Schenn)
14:35 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Ellis, interference
15:15 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Cormier, interference
15:15 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Hartikainen, roughing
16:09 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Nättinen, roughing
19:33 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Caron, holding

2nd Period
22:03 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Hall (Kozun, Scandella)
24:21 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Caron, kneeing
26:02 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Adam, high sticking
39:48 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Ikonen, hooking

3rd Period
51:49 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Teubert, hooking
54:51 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – McMillan (Eberle)
56:51 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Della Rovere, holding

GOALTENDERS
W: 🇨🇦 Jones (17-17)
L: 🇫🇮 Ortio (21-24)

SHOTS ON GOAL
🇨🇦 11+5+8 = 24
🇫🇮 6+5+6 = 17

ROSTERS
🇨🇦 Goaltenders: Jake Allen, Martin Jones. Defence: Jared Cowen, Calvin de Haan, Ryan Ellis, Travis Hamonic, Alex Pietrangelo, Marco Scandella, Colten Teubert. Forwards: Luke Adam, Gabriel Bourque, Jordan Caron, Patrice Cormier, Stefan Della Rovere, Jordan Eberle, Taylor Hall, Adam Henrique, Nazem Kadri, Brandon Kozun, Brandon McMillan, Greg Nemisz, Brayden Schenn.
🇫🇮 Goaltenders: Joni Ortio, Petteri Similä. Defence: Teemu Eronen, Tommi Kivistö, Aleksi Laakso, Jyri Niemi, Kristian Näkyva, Sami Vatanen, Veli-Matti Vittasmäki. Forwards: Eero Elo, Mikael Granlund, Teemu Hartikainen, Jasse Ikonen, Pekka Jormakka, Jani Lajunen, Matias Myttynen, Joonas Nättinen, Iiro Pakarinen, Toni Rajala, Joonas Rask, Jere Sallinen, Matias Sointu.

Article Credit: Hockey Canada