Three power play goals propelled the
Swedes to the win and a perfect 4-0 record in preliminary round play. This is
hard to believe:
Last
WJC where Sweden lost a round-robin game, Canada had Carey Price in
net.
— Szymon Szemberg (@Sz1909_Szemberg) December
31, 2015
Thomas Chabot assisted on Canada’s first
goal, firing a shot from the point that created a rebound for Mitchell Stephens
to put in. The Sea Dogs defensemen finished the game with one point, three
shots and a +1 rating. He now has three assists in four games at this year’s
tournament.
With regulation time losses to the United
States and Sweden and needing a shootout against Switzerland, Canada finishes a
disappointing third in Group A. They’ll face a very tough challenge in the
quarterfinals on Saturday when they take on Finland at noon.
Finland posted a 5-4 victory over Jakub
Zboril and the Czech Republic yesterday. The Czechs will face the United States
tomorrow at 2 p.m. in the quarterfinals.
Former Sea Dogs forward Juraj Siska had
four first period shots in Slovakia’s 2-1 loss to Russia. The Slovaks will face
Sweden tomorrow and Russia will take on Denmark.
In other news…
- Le Journal de Montreal article on ThomasChabot.
- Last night’s crowd of 4,524 at Harbour Station was the biggest of the season. Sadly, it was the first time this season that Saint John has had a crowd over 4,000. As we wrote about last week, the Sea Dogs’ attendance is slightly up from last season.
- The Sea Dogs are 3-0-1-0 in their past four games – which is quite good when you consider the players they’ve been missing during that stretch.
- Saint John is back in action on Sunday when they visit Cape Breton at 3 p.m.
- This fight between Brett Gallant and Michael Sdao was named the fifth best fight of 2015 by HockeyFights.com/PuckDaddy.
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