DAWSON CREEK, B.C. — Summerside D. Alex MacDonald Ford Western Capitals teammates Colby MacArthur and Zach Biggar will play for gold tonight at the World Junior A Challenge.
Team Canada East plays Russia at 8 p.m. Atlantic on TSN 2.
East defeated the United States 2-1 in a shootout in Saturday’s semifinal in Dawson Creek, B.C. Russia beat the Czech Republic 5-1 in the other semi.
Charles Tremblay scored the shootout winner for East.
“I was able to watch the American goalie for the first three shooters, so when it was my turn to shoot, I knew exactly what I wanted to do,” he said. “I told (assistant coach Corey Beer) exactly what move I was going to make. I was so calm, but I was also confident, so I just went out there, gave 100 per cent and was able to find the back of the net.”
Good luck to Colby MacArthur and Zach Biggar tonight as they go for Gold, at the World Junior As with Team Canada East vs Russia, puck drop at 8pm in TSN! #CapsArmy pic.twitter.com/G7xpHPPso5
— Summerside Capitals (@SsideCapitals) December 15, 2019
Ryland Mosley from Ryan Alexander and Ayrton Martino scored Canada’s regulation goal on a second-period power play. Gunnarwolfe Fontaine tied it 24 seconds into the third period.
Devon Levi stopped 41 shots in the regulation and overtime and then stopped all four attempts in the shootout for the victory while Logan Stein made 23 saves in the loss.
“It was almost a perfect game for us structure-wise,” said East head coach Martin Dagenais.
“Our neutral zone forecheck was strong and we made sure (the United States) could not use their stretch passes to get scoring opportunities against us. . .It is an incredible feeling to be going to the gold medal game.”
MacArthur, an 18-year-old forward from Summerside, has one assists and four penalty minutes in five games while Biggar, a 16-year-old defenceman from Portage, has an assist in five games.
East has never won the event, finishing second five times between 2006 and 2016.
