CIS university goalie Jake Paterson from Mississauga, Ont., comes out of his crease to clear the puck away from National Junior selection camp player Nathan McKinnon, from Cole Harbour, N.S. on Thursday. (Larry MacDougal/Canadian Press)
The Canadian junior team is preparing for the tournament in Russia at a selection camp in Calgary. Observations from the exhibition game Thursday won 2-0 by Canada over the CIS squad.
- After five cuts on Wednesday (Adam Pelech, Sean Monahan, Francis Beauvillier, Derrick Pouliot, Tyler Graovac) Canadian junior head coach Steve Spott and his staff needed to trim a goalie, three defencemen and four forwards later on to get down to the final 23-player roster
- The final cuts included goalie Laurent Brossoit, defencemen Matthew Dumba, Frank Corrado and Ryan Sproul as well as forwards Daniel Catenacci, Mark McNeill, Hunter Shinkaruk and Tom Wilson
- Dumba missed a breakaway attempt coming out of the penalty box. Ty Rattie put a backhand over the goal on a breakaway in the third period
- Brett Ritchie missed an open net with less than two minutes remaining after the CIS team pulled goalie Jake Paterson
- Halifax’s 17-year-old forward Jonathan Drouin continues to impress
- Nine Canadian juniors did not play in the second exhibition game on Thursday: D Dougie Hamilton, D Scott Harrington, D Xavier Ouellett, D Morgan Rielly, F Jonathan Huberdeau, F Boone Jenner, F Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, F Mark Scheifele, F Ryan Strome
- The CIS team comprised of players from the University of Calgary, the University of Lethbridge and Mount Royal University
Goals
Canada – Anthony Camara (6:18, 1st) Ty Rattie,(7:05,1st)
CIS – None
Goalies (saves/shots)
Canada – Laurent Brossoit 13/13, Malcolm Subban 9/9
CIS – Jordan Binnington 19/21, Jake Paterson 11/11
Line combinations
Jonathan Drouin – Phillip Danault – Ty Rattie
Charles Hudon – Nathan MacKinnon – Brett Ritchie
Hunter Shinkaruk – Daniel Catenacci – Tom Wilson
Anthony Camara – Mark McNeill – J.C. Lipon
Defence pairings
Griffin Reinhart – Frank Corrado
Ryan Murphy – Ryan Spoul
Tyler Wotherspoon – Matthew Dumba
Up next
The Canadian junior team will pose for a team photo on Friday. They will have one final practice in Calgary on Saturday before leaving for a training camp in Finland.
