2016 IIHF Worlds Summary: Day 4
The summary of the fourth game day of the 2016 IIHF World Championship in Russia.Only four games were played during the fourth day of the 2016 IIHF World Championship, with only two Avalanche players taking the ice, namely Matt Duchene and JT Compher
Belarus – Canada 0:8 (0:1, 0:4, 0:3)
17. Brassard, 22. Perry, 24. O’Reilly, 32. Duchene, 32. Hall, 42. O’Reilly, 50. M. Stone, 54. Matheson
Canada once again proved to be lethal on offence, scoring 8 goals, while recording their first shutout of the tournament. Calvin Pickard was left on the bench in favor of Edmonton netminder Cam Talbot. After being held pointless, Matt Duchene got back on the scoresheet with a goal and two assists. He recorded four shots on goal and finished +1. Former Avalanche player Ryan O’Reilly also got on the scoresheet, scoring two relatively lucky goals.
Latvia – Russia 0:4 (0:0, 0:2, 0:2)
21. Panarin, 28. Dadonov, 48. Shipachyov, 58. Panarin
Finland – USA 3:2 (2:1, 0:0, 1:1)
10. M. Koivu, 13. Pihlstrom, 44. Komarov – 14. Vatrano, 41. C. Murphy
JT Compher once again appeared on the third US line, playing alongside Tyler Motte and Matt Hendricks. He didn’t get on the scoresheet, playing a total of 13 and a half minutes.
Sweden – Czech Republic 2:4 (2:0, 0:3, 0:1)
10. Rosen, 20. Lundberg – 27. Pastrnak, 34. J. Kovar, 38. Birner, 55. Birner
Anton Lindholm is still waiting for his debut at this year’s World Championship.
Avalanche players’ stats after the fourth game day (GP, G, A, P):
1. Matt Duchene Canada 3 2 3 5
2. Andreas Martinsen Norway 2 1 0 1
3. JT Compher USA 3 0 0 0
Calvin Pickard, Canada, .955 % SVS, 1.00 GAA
Reto Berra, Switzerland, .889 % SVS, 2.77 GAA
Michal Hezely, Slovakia, hezely@eurolanche.com
09/05/2016 - 22:00
