Quick Scout – Canada vs Czech Republic

Canada took on the Czechs in their first summer game. Canada took home the easy victory defeating a tired Czech squad 6-2.  Canada dominated play having over 40 shots, and controlling possession for the majority of the time. I tracked scoring chances and split them up by line.  

Nick Ritchie – Sam Reinhart – Anthony Duclair...........1-1-2-4

Jason Dickenson – Curtis Lazar – Brayden Point.........0-1-2-3

Brenden Perlini – Sam Bennett – Jayce Hawryluk........1-1-2-4

Nick Paul – Frederik Gauthier – Greg Chase..............3-0-0-3

Josh Morrissey – Aaron Ekblad ........0-0-0

Darnell Nurse – Roland McKeown......1-0-1

Samual Morin – Haydn Fleury..........0-3-3

For forwards I just included 5 on 5 play for defencemen I used both 5 on 5 and 4 on 4.

The fourth line of Paul, Gauthier, and Chase had a good game create a ton of chances. I still don’t believe anyone from that line should make the team and this game does nothing to change that. 

I really liked what Haydn Fleury and Josh Morrissey did in this game from the back end. Fleury did a great job gaining the zone with possession of the puck and drove the net numerous times leading to those three chances. He was rewarded with a goal late in the game. Morrissey didn’t hit the score-sheet but his presence on the ice was still very noticeable. He had numerous shot attempts and also showed off his great skating also gaining the zone with control many times.

Anthony Duclair and Nick Paul stood out to me from the forward group. Duclair made a really nice pass finding Sam Reinhart for the first goal, then showed off his great skill scoring a really nice goal mid-way through the second. Paul as mentioned created a ton of chances at even strength, but also was able to create two additional chances short-handed. He along with Gauthier did a good job in this game killing penalties, and keeping the Czechs from getting set up. 

Canada's second team takes the ice tomorrow when they face Russia.