Canada defeated Hungary 7-1 in Exhibition play before the Hlinka Gretzky Cup. Exhibition coverage is always very limited especially when over in Europe.*
Windsor Spitfire Jean-Christoph Lemieux makes it a 1-0 game Canada at 4:01 of the first period short handed
Toronto native and University of Michigan commit Adam Valentini makes it 2-0 Canada on the Power Play at 10:13 of the first period with the assists on the goal going to Everett Silvertip Landon Dupont and Fredericton, New Brunswick native Tynan Lawrence
Muskegon Lumberjack Tynan Lawrence makes it 3-0 Canada on the Power Play at 11:21 o f the first period with the helpers on the goal going to Spokane Chiefs Mathis Preston and Owen Sound Attack’s Pierce Mbuyi.
Hungary gets on the board at 11:43 of the first period with a goal from Kolos Feher the assists on the goal went to Nandor Polonyi and Balint Lobenwein. Feher plays in the U20 German League after spending the previous season in Finland.
Sarnia Sting’s Beckham Edwards makes it 4-1 Canada at 18:38 of the first period with the assist on the goal going to his OHL teammate Alessandro Di Iorio
Shots on goal in the first period were 22-7 for Canada
Just 22 seconds into the second period 6’5 230 pound Windsor Spitfire Ethan Belchetz scores on the Power Play to make it a 5-1 game for Canada with the assists on the goal going to Landon Dupont and University of North Dakota’s Keaton Verhoeff
Saginaw Spirits Dimian Zhilkin makes it 6-1 at 6:29 of the second period Adam Valentini and Landon DuPont
Beckham Edwards makes it 7-1 at 16:49 of the second frame Alessandro Di Iorio and Brandon Wheat Kings Giorgos Pantelas
Shots on goal in the second period were 26-6 for Canada
Shots on goal in the third period were 15-7 for Canada. Canada outshot Hungary 63-20 in the game
For Canada Okotoks, Alberta native Carter Esler played the first half of the game making 10 saves on the 11 shots that he faced. Jason Schaubel took over in the second period stopping all of the 9 shots he faced. For Hungary Bence Veres-Fucsku made 33 saves on the 39 shots that he faced. Martin Haju took over in the second half of the game stopping 24 of the 27 shots that he faced.
Canada’s next game is Saturday August 9th against the Slovaks in Slovakia. Canada plays Finland August 11th Monday to open the tournament. That game will be on TSN at 7:30 am MST.
