Canada took up an important challenge to start the Hlinka-Gretzky tournament on Monday.
The training led by Quebecois Mathieu Turcotte has taken the measure of the Toroce Finland by the brand of 5 to 3 to start the competition which takes place in Brno in Czech Republic with a victory.
Ontarian Beckham Edwards set the tone for the unifolié match by scoring the first goal of the meeting in the first minute of play. Captain Keaton Verhoeff, one of the best hopes for the next auction, has doubled the advance of his family in mid-Periide.
However, the Finns replied twice before the end of the commitment to retreat in the locker room with an equality of 2 to 2.
At the very end of a second period marked by a controversial revision of a Canadian goal and by many punishment, defender Ryan Lin broke the dead end to allow Canada to take over the lead.
Dimian Zhilkin doubled the advance of his family in the middle of the third twenty, but Finland reduced the gap to a goal by scoring the power game. Ethan Belchetz, however, nailed the coffin of opponents by marking in a cage left abandoned.
“We had a good start, the intensity was there, and we managed to get our wander to go with a goal after 58 seconds of play. Subsequently, the Finn took control of the neutral zone and used their speed to force us to play on the heels, and they found the way to score two goals before the end of the first period,” said Turcotte in a press release.
“We had a good start to the second commitment, and I found that with all the adversity experienced today, our group behaved better and better as the match progressed. We can build on several positive points for the future. ”
Avoid the same traps
Canada dominated in terms of penalties with 38 shots directed to goalkeeper William Gammals against 25 for the Finns. The two Quebecers in action, the striker Thomas Rousseau and the defender Cameron Chartrand, were bleached from the scoring sheet.
On Tuesday, Canada will play its next tournament match against Switzerland and it should have retained a few lessons.
“It feels good to start the tournament with a victory. We scored a few goals early in the match that helped us, but we have to get back to work for the match of tomorrow. We have to keep our pace and keep our momentum throughout the match, warned Verhoeff. We have offered a solid performance in all aspects of the game, we can remember several positive points, but we can also continue to improve. We are going to focus on the next confrontation. ”
