Canada's National Men's Under-18 Team Wins Gold Medal

Published on April 28, 2013 under Ontario Hockey League (OHL) News Release

SOCHI, Russia - Canada's National Men's Under-18 Team has won the gold medal at the 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship after a 3-2 win over the United States in Sunday's gold medal game.

The gold medal is Canada's third all-time at the world championship. Overall, Canada has won five medals since first taking part in 2002: three gold (2003, 2008, 2013), one silver (2005) and one bronze (2012).

Canada finished first in Group B in the preliminary round with a perfect 4-0 record, recording victories over Slovakia (4-1), Germany (3-1), Switzerland (10-1) and Sweden (6-0).

On Sunday, Laurent Dauphin (Repentigny, Que./Chicoutimi, QMJHL) had a goal and an assist and Frédérik Gauthier (Saint-Lin-Laurentides, Que./Rimouski, QMJHL) scored the winner late in the second period as Canada won despite being outshot 35-12. Madison Bowey (Winnipeg, Man./Kelowna, WHL) scored the other Canadian goal, while Philippe Desrosiers (St-Hyacinthe, Que./Rimouski, QMJHL) made 33 saves.

Dauphin scored the lone goal of the first period before the Americans took the lead with two in the first half of the second period. Canada had just four shots on goal in the middle frame but scored on two of them, with Bowey tying the game at 12:48, followed by Gauthier at 16:26 with the eventual game-winner.

Following the game, forward Connor McDavid (Newmarket, Ont./Erie, OHL) was named Top Forward by the IIHF directorate as well as Most Valuable Player, as selected by the media. McDavid led the tournament in scoring, with 14 points (eight goals, six assists) in seven games.

Canada's roster was entirely made up of CHL players and includes three goaltenders, seven defencemen and 13 forwards.

Goaltenders:

Philippe Desrosiers (Rimouski Oceanic)

Austin Lotz (Everett Silvertips)

Spencer Martin (Mississauga Steelheads)

Defencemen:

Chris Bigras (Owen Sound Attack)

Madison Bowey (Kelowna Rockets)

Dillon Heatherington (Swift Current Broncos)

Roland McKeown (Kingston Frontenacs)

Samuel Morin (Rimouski Oceanic)

Josh Morrissey (Prince Albert Raiders)

Shea Theodore (Seattle Thunderbirds)

Forwards:

Nick Baptiste (Sudbury Wolves)

Sam Bennett (Kingston Frontenacs)

Laurent Dauphin (Chicoutimi Sagueneens)

Jason Dickinson (Guelph Storm)

Hunter Garlent (Guelph Storm)

Frédérik Gauthier (Rimouski Oceanic)

Yan-Pavel Laplante (PEI Rocket)

Morgan Klimchuk (Regina Pats)

Connor McDavid (Erie Otters)

Zach Nastasiuk (Owen Sound Attack)

Sam Reinhart (Kootenay Ice)

Nick Ritchie (Peterborough Petes)

Carter Verhaege (Niagara IceDogs)

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