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7th July 2024 - Derek OBrien
Canada wins dramatic U16 final in OT
Niké Arena 1
Slovakia U16 - Canada U16
Goals and assists
10. Krajňák, 20. Al. Alföldy (Ad. Alföldy, Krajňák), 25. Karoľ (Kristl), 29. Cabúk (Ďurčo, Kovalčík), 33. Šromovský (ts) - 2. Flynn (Philpott), 14. Kirkpatrick, 21. Stewart (Philpott, Flynn), 28. Kirkpatrick (Snedden), 42. Flynn (Dimitrov, Stewart), 52. Dimitrov
Referees
Vilém Jonák, Vojtěch Filipiec
Official game sheet
Slovakia U16
Greguš - Michlík, Kovalčík, Podhorányi, Veselý, Biel, Cabúk (A), Košťál, Siakeľ - Alföldy Al., Ďurčo (C), Krajňák, Martinka (A), Karoľ, Alföldy Ad., Čurlej, Foltín, Chudý, Kristl, Šromovský, Urmín, Šiška, Mitra
Canada U16
Schaus - Dimitrov (A), Earle, Reynard, Tymchak, Gill, Van Dam, Leitch, Hart - Philpott, Kirkpatrick, Saramak, Birkett, Snedden (A), Ripka, Stewart, Laskowski, Strain, Imperato, Straus, Flynn (C)
The final began with a carnival-like atmosphere thanks in part to the noise from the Slovak fans, but they were temporarily silenced just 61 seconds in when Flynn opened the scoring for Canada. The Slovaks pushed back, though, and were rewarded with a goal by Róbert Krajňák exactly eight minutes later. After the Slovaks were unable to convert on a power play, Keilan Kirkpatrick came out of the penalty box and scored on a breakaway to regain Canada's lead late in the first period.
COACHES´ REACTIONS
Róbert Alföldy (SVK): "What can I say... From the beginning of the tournament, we pursued our dream, playing excellent ball hockey, but penalties slowed down our momentum. They cost us a tremendous amount of energy, which we lacked at the end of the game. However, I must express my utmost respect for my team and tip my hat to the boys because they have shown world-class play from the very beginning. I believe that today, the worse team did not lose; the luckier team won."
Tyler Anderson (CAN): “It´s pretty incredible, we battled all tournament long and today we were rewarded with gold medals. It was about resiliency today, we scored, then we conceded, we got a penalty, then there were penalties against us, it was back and forth game till the end. In the first game we had 15 minutes off with not ideal effort, today we were in the whole game ready to play.”