A SNOWY NIGHT

2009 IIHF WJC: Team Canada
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; December 26, 2008 — January 5, 2009

PRE-COMPETITION
December 19 (7:00PM) ; CANADA 4 vs. SWEDEN 2
– Tavares, Hodgson, Boychuk, Benn
December 21 (7:00PM) ; CANADA 7 vs. FINLAND 3
– Ennis, Hodgson, Sonne, Della Rovere, Tavares, Benn, Eberle
December 23 (7:00PM) ; CANADA 7 vs. SLOVAKIA 0
– Eberle, Tavares (2), Boychuk (2), Cormier, Benn

PRELIMINARY
December 26 (7:30PM) ; CANADA 8 vs. CZECH REPUBLIC 1
– Tavares (2), Esposito, Ellis, Ennis, DiDomenico, Boychuk, Pietrangelo
– Canada’s Player of the Game: John Tavares
December 28 (3:30PM) ; CANADA 15 vs. KAZAKHSTAN 0
– Eberle, Benn (3), Subban (2), Hodgson (2), DiDomenico, Ennis, Tavares (2), Kane, Della Rovere, Myers
– Canada’s Player of the Game: Jamie Benn
December 29 (7:30PM) ; CANADA 5 vs. GERMANY 1
– Boychuk (2), Benn, Kane, Tavares
December 31 (7:30PM) ; CANADA 7 vs. USA 4
– Tavares (3), Eberle, Boychuk, Hodgson, Ennis

SEMI-FINAL
January 3 (7:30PM) ; CANADA 6 vs. RUSSIA 5 (SO)
– Sonne, Cormier, Eberle (2), Esposito
– Canada’s SO Goal Scorers: Eberle, Tavares
– Canada’s Player of the Game: Eberle

GOLD MEDAL
January 5 (7:30PM) ; CANADA 5 vs. SWEDEN 1
– Subban, Esposito, Hodgson (2), Eberle
– FIVE YEARS IN A ROW BABY!
– Canada’s Player of the Game: Dustin Tokarski (39 saves)

Canada’s Top 3 Players in the Tournament: P.K. Subban, John Tavares, Jordan Eberele
MVP and Best Forward: John Tavares
Media All-Star Team: P.K. Subban, John Tavares, Cody Hodgson

FINAL ROSTER
Goaltenders ;
31 CHET PICKARD (Winnipeg, Tri-City Americans, WHL)
30 DUSTIN TOKARSKI (Watson, Sask., Spokane Chiefs, WHL)
Defencemen ;
32 KEITH AULIE (Rouleau, Sask., Brandon Wheat Kings, WHL)
8 RYAN ELLIS (Freelton, Ont., Windsor Spitfires, OHL)
17 CODY GOLOUBEF (Oakville, Ont., Wisconsin Badgers, WCHA)
‘C’ 4 THOMAS HICKEY (Calgary, Seattle Thunderbirds, WHL)
3 TYLER MYERS (Calgary, Kelowna Rockets, WHL)
10 ALEX PIETRANGELO (King City, Ont., Niagara Icedogs, OHL)
‘A’ 5 PK SUBBAN (Toronto, Belleville Bulls, OHL)
2 COLTEN TEUBERT (White Rock, B.C., Regina Pats, WHL)
Forwards ;
24 JAMIE BENN (Victoria, Kelowna Rockets, WHL)
‘A” 11 ZACH BOYCHUK (Airdrie, Alta., Lethbridge Hurricanes, WHL)
28 PATRICE CORMIER (Cap-Pele, N.B., Rimouski Oceanic, QMJHL)
15 STEFAN DELLA ROVERE (Maple, Ont., Barrie Colts, OHL)
25 CHRIS DiDOMENICO (Woodbridge, Ont., Saint John Sea Dogs, QMJHL)
14 JORDAN EBERLE (Regina, Regina Pats, WHL)
22 TYLER ENNIS (Edmonton, Medicine Hat Tigers, WHL)
7 ANGELO ESPOSITO (Montreal, Montreal Junior, QMJHL)
‘A’ 18 CODY HODGSON (Markham, Ont., Brampton Battalion, OHL)
29 EVANDER KANE (Vancouver, Vancouver Giants, WHL)
12 BRETT SONNE (Maple Ridge, B.C., Calgary Hitmen, WHL)
‘A’ 19 JOHN TAVARES (Oakville, Ont., Oshawa Generals, OHL)
* 16 DANA TYRELL (Airdrie, Alta., Prince George Cougars, WHL) — injured, could not play in tournament

[Last update on January 6 @ 10:26AM]