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7th July 2024 - Derek OBrien
U18 win brings double gold to Canada
Niké Arena 1
USA U18 - Canada U18
Goals and assists
44. Stocklin (Impagliazzo, Tussey) - 1. Knight (Noble), 11. Brankovic (Lovett, Schierau), 19. Lovett (Noble), 42. Hamelin, 44. Tucker.
Referees
Jiří Cícha, Michal Laczko
Official game sheet
USA U18
Bergeron - Morin (C), Barbosa, Warner-Senee, Reuther, Rennebeck, Manning Almeida, Zevola - Lammi, Miller, O´Connor, Joyce, Dibenedetto, Nackrelli, Impagliazzo, Nikolajski, Robb, Colfer, Tussey (A), Battista (A), Stocklin
Canada U18
Kailay - Campbell, Osborne (A), Scott, Greene, Burke, Putos, Tucker, Barrington - Mackie, Bulmer, Markus, Hamelin, Noble, Schierau (C), Tarling, Knight (A), Brankovic, Hopcraft, Pacik, Lovett
The final game of the U18 World Championship was started brilliantly by the Canadians, who took the lead after only 35 seconds. Andy Knight opened the scoring after a pass from Noble. Subsequently, Canada had two power plays. In the second, when Stocklin in the penalty box, Kainoah Brankovic scored to make it 2-0 Canada after one period.
COACHES´ REACTIONS
Eddie Costa (USA): "It was a really tough, tough match. We didn't start well, we were slow and we didn't get through it. It's a shame, I think this team should won this tournament. I wish I can help boys a little more."
John Silcox (Canada): “Words
are hard to find right now. The Americans have a great program.
They’ve worked together for years. We reviewed the video after they
beat us in the shootout and made some adjustments, and I give them
nothing but respect for two hard-fought games. I’m just really
proud of the boys right now, battling through adversity, lots of
injuries and bruises. But we’re happy to follow the U16s and bring
it home. We reviewed the notes after the Slovakia game where we
jumped on them early but then played way too defensively, and we were
too tight in the first game against the Americans, but we changed our
game plan and it worked.”