🇨🇦 Canada 3-0 Switzerland 🇨🇭
Deutschland Cup
Curt-Frenzel-Stadion, Augsburg 🇩🇪
Friday, 04 November 2016

Mat Robinson and Geoff Kinrade scored on the power play to lead Canada’s National Men’s Team to a 3-0 win over Switzerland in the 2016 Deutschland Cup opener on Friday.

Danny Taylor backstopped Canada with a 20-save shutout, and Derek Roy added an empty-net goal to cap the scoring.

Despite being outshot 20-19 by Switzerland, the Canadians found a way by the Swiss by capitalizing twice on their three power-play opportunities and going a perfect 4-for-4 on the penalty kill.

With 12:13 gone in the first period, Canada struck with the man advantage when Brandon Kozun and Roy set up Robinson for the only goal of the opening 20 minutes.

Kozun and Robinson earned the assists on the 2-0 goal from Kinrade five minutes into the second period, giving the Canadians all the offence they would need, plus one more.

Canada ran into penalty trouble in the middle frame, taking four minors in a stretch of less than eight minutes, but allowed just eight shots in the period and took a two-goal advantage to the third.

Roy finished the scoring with just 66 seconds to go and Swiss goaltender Tobias Stephan on the bench.

Canada is right back to action Saturday, taking on Slovakia in the second game of the three-game round-robin tournament at Curt-Frenzel-Stadion.

BOXSCORE
1st Period
11:39 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Haas, hooking
12:13 – 🇨🇦 PP GOAL – Robinson (Roy, Kozun)

2nd Period
23:29 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Schneeberger, high sticking
24:52 – 🇨🇦 PP GOAL – Kinrade (Robinson, Kozun)
31:45 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Ellison, slashing
33:18 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Lee, interference
37:01 – 🇨🇦 PEN – team, bench penalty
39:28 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Hamilton, high sticking

3rd Period
45:23 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Schäppi, tripping
58:54 – 🇨🇦 EN GOAL – Roy (Talbot)

GOALTENDERS
W: 🇨🇦 Taylor (20-20)
L: 🇨🇭 Stephan (16-18)

SHOTS ON GOAL
🇨🇦 6+7+6 = 19
🇨🇭 5+8+7 = 20

ROSTERS
🇨🇦 Goaltenders: Barry Brust, Danny Taylor. Defence: Jesse Blacker, Chay Genoway, Geoff Kinrade, Chris Lee, Jonathan Matsumoto, Patrick McNeill, Mat Robinson, Jonathan Sigalet. Forwards: Brandon Buck, Kevin Clark, Matt Ellison, Andrew Gordon, Curtis Hamilton, Bud Holloway, Brandon Kozun, Derek Roy (A), Greg Scott, Paul Szczechura (A), Maxime Talbot (C).
🇨🇭 Goaltenders: Robert Mayer, Tobias Stephan. Defence: Eric Blum (A), Raphael Díaz (A), Patrick Geering, Joël Genazzi, Romain Loeffel, Yannick Rathgeb, Noah Schneeberger. Forwards: Andres Ambühl (C), Etienne Froidevaux, Gaëtan Haas, Yannick Herren, Grégory Hofmann, Lino Martschini, Vincent Praplan, Noah Rod, Tristan Scherwey, Reto Schäppi, Julian Walker, Jeremy Wick.

Article Credit: Hockey Canada
Photo Credit: Hockey Canada – IIHF – HHOF – IOC