SUMMERSIDE -- Canada West leads Canada East 2-1 after the first period of Friday night’s semifinal game at the 2009 World Junior ‘A’ Hockey Challenge.
Mathew Bodie gave Canada West a 1-0 lead during a two-man power play at 8:11. Jeff Vanderlugt tied the game at 18:21, but Wes McLeod restored Canada West’s lead at 19:07.
After Canada East recorded the first six shots of the period, Canada West recorded 12 of the next 14 shots to take a 12-8 advantage into the first intermission.
Goaltenders are Sean Bonar of Canada West and Matt Ginn of Canada East.
The winner will play the United States in the gold-medal game Sunday at 5 p.m.
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