Game Highlights of the 2017 World Para ice hockey Championships, Canada versus Germany in Gangneung, South Korea.
Current world silver medallists Canada won their fifth game of the tournament, blanking Germany 9-0 to secure second place in the standings with 15 points and a spot in the gold-medal game. Canadians Tyler McGregor and Adam Dixon both starred, with the former recording a hat trick and the latter registering three more points to add to his tournament-leading 18 points.
McGregor was the only player to find the net in the first period, registering two power-play goals 6:10 and 8:39 into the game, assisted by Dixon and Brad Bowden.
The 23-year-old quickly finished off his hat trick midway through the second stanza off a pretty pass from captain Greg Westlake. Then Dominic Cozzolino and Dixon added scores for Canada before the period’s end, both assisted by Liam Hickey, who competed at the Rio 2016 Paralympics in wheelchair basketball.
Cozzolino notched another tally and his fourth of the tournament just 35 seconds into the last period with a helper from former able-bodied hockey player Ben Delaney. In the game’s final five minutes, Corbyn Smith – making his World Championship debut – added two goals and forward Bryan Sholomicki found the net to bring Canada’s final tally to nine.
Dominic Larocque registered the win in net for Canada with a pair of saves, while Klaus Brzoska stopped the puck 36 times for Germany.
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