2001-02 National Men's Under-18 Team

April 15, 2002
Piestany, Slovakia

Piestany, Slovakia - Canada's National Under 18 Team's record fell to 2-2-0 at the 2002 IIHF World Under 18 Hockey Championship, with a 4-1 loss to the Czech Republic on Monday, in Piestany, Slovakia.

Canada got the start it wanted as Dylan Stanley, of Edmonton, AB, opened the scoring at 1:55 of the opening period, silencing a very pro-Czech Republic crowd. Both teams had some good chances but Canada held on to the lead going into the dressing room.

The intensity picked up in the second period as both teams looked to play more pf a physical game. Canada failed on a couple great scoring chances and late in the period, the Czechs evened the score as the team's captain Milan Michalek placed a one-timer past Maxime Daigneault.

The third period was all Czech Republic as they took the lead at the 20 second mark, as Ondrej Nemec scored, and they never looked back. Michal Barinka and Jiri Hudler added singles as the Czech Republic wins 4-1 over Canada.

Canada is taking part in it's first ever World Under 18 Hockey Championship, and is made up of players born in 1984, presently not involved in the playoffs in either the CHL, university or Junior ?A? leagues. Canada's next game comes on Wednesday, April 17th as they face Norway to close out the round robin.

Game Summary

Box Score	Canada	1	0	0	1
	Czech Republic	0	1	3	4

First Period

Scoring/Buts :
1. 1:55 CAN Dylan Stanley (André Benoit, Pierre-Marc Bouchard)

Penalties/Pénalités :
Brett Trudell, CAN (highsticking/bâton élevé) 3:05; Ben Eager, CAN (slashing/cingler) 10:06; Tomas Csabi, CZE (hitting from behind minor, misconduct/mineur, inconduite pour avoir frapper d'en arrière) 16:00

Second Period

Scoring/Buts :
2. 18:10 CZE Milan Michalek (Jiri Hudler)

Penalties/Pénalités :
Chris Schlenker, CAN (unsportsmanlike conduct/conduite anti-sportive) 0:50; Milan Michalek, CZE (hooking/accrochage) 5:06; Pierre-Marc Bouchard, CAN (tripping/trébucher) 5:16; Pierre-Marc Bouchard, CAN (slashing/cingler) 8:45; Jakub Klepis, CZE (interference/obstruction) 10:01; Chris Schlenker, CAN (crosschecking/double-échec) 14:04; Jon Filewich, CAN (roughing/rudesse); Milan Michalek, CZE (roughing/rudesse) 19:15

Third Period

Scoring/Buts :
3. 0 :20 CZE Ondrej Nemec (Jiri Hudler)
4. 14 :48 CZE Michal Barinka (Jakub Koreis)
5. 16:20 CZE Jiri Hudler (Ondrej Nemec)

Penalties/Pénalités :
Jakub Koreis, CZE (highsticking/bâton élevé) 0:49; Brett Trudell, CAN (slashing/cingler) 4:02; Marek Chvatal, CZE (holding/retenu) 7:06; Eric Staal, CAN (penalty/punition) 7:36; Milan Michalek, CZE (tripping/trébucher) 12:05; Jakub Koreis, CZE (tripping/trébucher) 13:19; Ben Eager, CAN (elbowing/coude) 14:42; Adam Henrich, CAN (slashing/cingler) 17:47

Goaltenders	Canada	Maxime Daigneault
	Czech Republic	Lukas Mensator

		First	Second	Third	Final
Shots on Goal by	Canada	5	15	9	29
	Czech Republic	13	10	16	39

Officials	Referee	Richard Schutz
	Linesmen	Pawel Meszynski, Leo TaKula

Attendance	2,350