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Sweden2
4:3 (2:1, 1:0, 1:2)
Canada2
Tuesday 06.08.2013, 15:30 • Hlinka Gretzky Cup
     
    58:47
    There's a collision in the Swedish zone, the Swedish player is down and Spencer Watson is getting a major penalty and a game misconduct for kneeing.
     
    57:28
    A slow Canadian change gives Robin Kovacs a path to the net down the left wing. He takes a slap shot on Billia who holds on.
     
    56:31
    And a really sloppy Swedish line change results in a bench minor and takes them off the power play. The player leaving the ice played the puck with his replacement right beside him. We're now at 4 on 4.
     
    55:34
    The penalty parade continues as Spencer Watson is called for tripping in the neutral zone. Sweden will try to put this one away now, while Canada needs a kill.
     
    49:28
    More pressure from Canada and another Swedish penalty coming, but in the ensuing melee Canada is also getting a penalty. For Sweden it's Lagesson for interference and for Canada it's Lemieux for roughing. 4 on 4.
     
    48:01
    Goal for Team Canada!
    Canada buzzing on the power play and Sweden understandably flat, surely shaken by the injury to their goalie. SPENCER WATSON scores the goal. Assists: Jake Virtanen, Sam Bennett.
     
    46:51
    They're bringing a stretcher onto the ice, so this is quite serious. It looks like a head injury. Unfortunately we don't have the benefit of replay here.
     
    46:51
    Gustav Frosling is getting the penalty for tripping, which I can only assume is what sent the Canadian player into Eriksson.

    It's looking more and more like Eriksson is leaving this game. Linus Soderstrom is on the ice and stretching and Eriksson is still on his back.
     
    46:51
    A collision in the Swedish goal crease and goaltender Jesper Eriksson is down and seems to be in considerable pain. The Swedish penalty gate is open, not Canada's.
     
    46:09
    Goal for Team Sweden!
    And the Swedes answer right back on the power play with a beautiful wrister from MICHAL NYLANDER ALTELIUS--perhaps Sweden's best player yesterday but has seen limited action today. Assists: Anton Karlsson, Rasmus Andersson.
     
    45:29
    Just after scoring, Sam Bennett takes a tripping penalty in the attacking zone and Canada will have to kill off a penalty.
     
    43:54
    Goal for Team Canada!
    They finally put it in. Watson had a chance on a wraparound but it wouldn't go, but finally SAM BENNETT puts it in on the power play. Assist: Spencer Watson
     
    42:56
    Sweden's Rasmus Andersson is called for tripping in his own zone. I've lost track of how many power play chances this is for Canada but it's been a lot.
     
    39:58
    Canadian 2-on-1 in the dying seconds, Spencer Bishop shoots but Jesper Eriksson with the pad save in the dying seconds.
     
    39:37
    So much for the Canadian power play as they're called for too many players on the ice. Barring more penalties we'll finish the period 4 on 4.
     
    38:47
    Swedish shorthanded 2-on-1, Robin Kovacs shoots and Billia catches it. Billia then tries to put the puck back into play for a counter-attack but play is stopped.
     
    38:29
    Canada going to the power play again as Andreas Englund gets called for kneeing.
     
    37:59
    Swedes continue to buzz, puck comes to Adrian Kempe who tries to go upstairs on Billia but he gets an arm on it and knocks it out of play.
     
    36:42
    Swedes with a big chance shorthanded. They iced the puck on the kill and Karlsson beat everyone to it and found an open man in front, Billia had to be big.
     
    35:36
    The puck got behind Eriksson and stopped inches from the goal line but no Canadian could get their stick on it, finally a Swedish stick swipes it away.
     
    34:54
    Shot from the point by Brayden Point, save Eriksson.

    Sweden's Andreas Englund is getting an interference penalty on the play. Canada to the power play.
     
    30:53
    Sweden going back to the power play as Roland McKeown is called for elbowing.
     
    30:22
    Just as Canada gets back to full strength Robby Fabbri with a great effort carrying the puck to the net, beats two defenceman but can't get the puck over Eriksson.
     
    28:19
    This game getting ugly. Canada's Sam Bennett is called for slashing, which takes his team off the power play. We'll play 4 on 4 for :52.
     
    27:00
    Of all that the only call is holding against Johansson, as he was down and had a hold of Fabbri's leg before Fabbri responded. Canada to the power play.
     
    27:00
    Sweden's Emil Johansson runs Robby Fabbri from behind, and then across the ice it looks like Fabbri cross-checks Johansson in the face. The Canadian bench is furious. Let's see how this is decided.
     
    24:47
    Adrian Kempe steps out of the box and gets a partial break, good defensive play by Ekblad forces a shot that hits Billia in the chest and he freezes it.
     
    22:41
    Low wrister from the point from Bennett is gloved by Eriksson and now we've got Kempe and Bennett getting into it after the whistle.

    Bennett goes down and Kempe is getting the only penalty on the play. Canada to the power play, and they really need to get something going offensively now.
     
    21:01
    Goal for Team Sweden!
    A scramble around the Canadian goal and a clearing attempt lands on the stick of KEVIN ELGESTAL, who pots his second of the game. Unassisted.
     
    16:42
    Swedish top line gets 3 on 1, which ends with a shot from Adrian Kempe but Julio Billia makes a big save, play continues and he makes another save and gets a stoppage this time.
     
    11:46
    After teams go back to even strength, Sweden's Rasmus Andersson is called for slashing in the attacking zone. Canada gets it's first chance on the power play, which was deadly yesterday.
     
    09:28
    Offside Sweden. Now Roland McKeown and Robin Kovacs exchange words and shove each other after the whistle and the referee sends them both to the box for roughing. We'll play 4-on-4.
     
    08:07
    Goal for Team Sweden!
    Mad scramble in front of the Canadian goal, Billia made two saves but nobody could clear the puck and the goalie was down and out as KEVIN ELGESTAL went upstairs with it. Assist: Dmytro Timashov.
     
    06:17
    Goal for Team Sweden!
    They tie the game on the rush. ROBIN KOVACS crosses the blueline down the right wing and unleashes a deadly wrist shot that beats Billia inside the post. Assist: Daniel Muzito Bagenda.
     
    03:19
    Just off the faceoff after the goal, Michael Dal Colle is called for hooking in the neutral zone, and he exchanges words with a Swede after the whistle. Sweden to the power play.
     
    03:14
    Goal for Team Canada!
    Over-anxious to play the body, it seems the Swedish defence took their eye off JARED McCANN in the slot. Brendan Lemieux won a battle for the puck along the boards and found him in front. McCann made a nifty move to avoid a poke check and backanded it in. Assists: Brendan Lemieux, Daniel Audette.
    Commentary by

    Derek OBrien

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    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 7. Kovacs (MuzitoBagenda), 9. Elgestal (Timashov), 22. Elgestal, 47. NylanderAltelius (Karlsson, Andersson) – 4. McCann (Lemieux, Audette), 44. Bennett (Watson), 49. Watson (Virtanen, Bennett)

    Sweden2: Eriksson, Söderström at 46:51 -- Aho, Lagesson – Englund, Ollas Mattsson – Andersson, Johansson – Forsling, Timashov -- Lindblom, Franzen, Kempe – Olofsson, F. Karlsson, Kovacs – Tornqvist, Holmström, Elgestal – Nylander Altelius, Muzito Bagenda, A. Karlsson (C).
    Canada2: Billia (McDonald) -- Hicketts, Ekblad (C) – Fleury, McKeown – Neill, Pilon – Carrier -- Bennett, Watson, Point – Dal Colle, Fabbri, Virtanen – Chartier, Bishop, Hawryluk – Lemieux, Audette, McCann – Pépin.
    Referees: Hribík, Šír – Hlavatý, Tošenovjan