Canada's National Men's Under-18 Team Wins Bronze Medal
April 26, 2015 - Ontario Hockey League (OHL) News Release
ZUG, Switzerland - Canada's National Men's Under-18 Team has won the bronze medal at the 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship after a 5-2 victory over Switzerland in Sunday's third-place game.
It is Canada's fourth straight medal at the world championship; it won bronze in 2012 and 2014, and gold in 2013 . It is also Canada's seventh medal all-time at the IIHF Ice Hockey World U18 Championship, having won three gold medals (2003, 2008, 2013), one silver (2005) and three bronze (2012, 2014, 2015).
On Sunday, Glenn Gawdin (Richmond, B.C./Swift Current, WHL) opened and closed the scoring for a Canadian offence that got points from 11 different players, and Zach Sawchenko (Calgary, Alta./Moose Jaw, WHL) made 28 saves to record the win.
Gawdin, Jansen Harkins (North Vancouver, B.C./Prince George, WHL) and Deven Sideroff (Summerland, B.C./Kamloops, WHL) scored in the first 12 minutes to give Canada an early 3-0 lead, and Brett Howden (Oakbank, Man./Moose Jaw, WHL) and Gawdin added goals in the second period after the Swiss had cut the Canadian lead to 3-2.
Players and staff with Canada's National Men's Under-18 Team will return to Canada on Monday, April 27.
CHL Players on Team Canada:
Goaltenders:
Evan Cormier (Saginaw Spirit)
Zachary Sawchenko (Moose Jaw Warriors)
Defencemen:
Ethan Bear (Seattle Thunderbirds)
Guillaume Brisebois (Acadie-Bathurst Titan)
Kyle Capobianco (Sudbury Wolves)
Thomas Chabot (Saint John Sea Dogs)
Jeremy Roy (Sherbrooke Phoenix)
Matthew Spencer (Peterborough Petes)
Parker Wotherspoon (Tri-City Americans)
Forwards:
Mathew Barzal (Seattle Thunderbirds)
Anthony Beauvillier (Shawinigan Cataractes)
Tyler Benson (Vancouver Giants)
Pierre-Luc Dubois (Cape Breton Screaming Eagles)
Glenn Gawdin (Swift Current Broncos)
Jansen Harkins (Prince George Cougars)
Brett Howden (Moose Jaw Warriors)
Graham Knott (Niagara IceDogs)
Nathan Noel (Saint John Sea Dogs)
Nicolas Roy (Chicoutimi Sagueneens)
Deven Sideroff (Kamloops Blazers)
Tyler Soy (Victoria Royals)
Mitchell Stephens (Saginaw Spirit)
For more information on Hockey Canada and Canada's National Men's Under-18 Team, please visit www.hockeycanada.ca, or follow along through social media at www.facebook.com/hockeycanada, www.twitter.com/hockeycanada and www.twitter.com/hc_men.
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