Team Canada was defeated 6-0 at the Winter Universiade in Innsbruck, Austria by a powerful Team Russia. Penalties again proved to be a problem for Canada as they were assessed 40 minutes to Russia's 26 and the Russians scored four times on the powerplay. Russia's Alexandre Sazonov and Oleg Smirnov scored twice for the Russians while Evgeny Durabin and Igor Kamaev added singles. Russia outshot Canada 41-32.
The loss puts Canada's final record at 3-2 in Group B play, good for third spot but out of the medal round. Russia and the Czech Republic will go on from Pool B to play host Austria and Finland of Pool A in the medal round. Canada will play the Slovaks on Friday in the fifth place game.
Period Scores:
Russia 3 2 1 0
Canada 0 0 0 0
Period Shots
Russia 10 17 14 41
Canada 9 15 8 32
Goaltenders:
Canada: (Mike D'Alessandro: allowed 4 goals, Danny D'Allaire: allowed 2 goals)
Russia: Konstantin Barulin (no goals on 32 shots for GAA of 0 and SP of 100%)
Game Summary:
First Period:
Shots: Canada 9 Russia 10
Penalties: Canada (6 minors and one major for 22 minutes). Russia (4 minors for 8 minutes).
Scoring:
1) Russia: 13:47: Evgeny Durabin SH
2) Russia: 15:14: Alexandre Sazonov PP
3) Russia: 17:52 Alexandre Sazonov PP
Second Period:
Shots: Canada 15 Russia 17
Penalities: Canada (3 minors for 6 minutes) Russia (5 for 10 minutes)
Scoring:
4) Russia: 4:41: Oleg Smirnov
5) Russia: 10:55 Igor Kamaev PP
Third Period:
Shots: Canada 8 Russia 14
Penalities: Canada (6 minors for 12 minutes) Russia (6 minors for 12 minutes)
Scoring:
6) Russia: 12:07: Oleg Smirnov PP