Super Series 2007
The 2007 Super Series , also called the 2007 Summit Series , was an ice hockey competition between the junior national teams of Canada and Russia , which was held from August 27 to September 9, 2007.
The competition consisted of eight games. The first four games were played from August 27 to September 1 in Russia in the cities of Omsk and Ufa . The remaining four games took place in Canada in Winnipeg , Saskatoon , Red Deer and Vancouver from September 4-9.
The first Summit Series was held in 1972 and was the first competition between professional Canadian and Soviet ice hockey players. In 1974 this event was repeated and in 2007 there was a new edition due to the 35th anniversary of the first edition. This time, however, the best players from both nations under the age of 20 met. The participating players had to be born after December 31, 1987.
Constellations
The preliminary Russian roster consisted of 28 players, ten of whom had already been drafted by a team from the National Hockey League . Goalkeeper Semyon Varlamow , defender Ivan Vishnevsky and striker Alexei Tscherepanow were each selected in the first round. However, Tscherepanow was eliminated after the second game due to a concussion . Due to further injuries, the Russians nominated three players after the fourth game. The coach of the Russian team was Sergei Nemtschinow , who was active as a player in the NHL for over ten years.
Canada's squad consisted of 25 players, 21 of whom were already part of the organization of an NHL team, but had no experience in the highest North American professional league. 15 were drafted in the first round, defenders Thomas Hickey and Karl Alzner and attacker Kyle Turris even as one of the first five players in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft . The team was coached by Brent Sutter , who until the end of the 2006/07 season had looked after the Red Deer Rebels from the Canadian Junior League Western Hockey League and in autumn 2007 took over the New Jersey Devils from the NHL.
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Series progress
The Super Series turned out to be a debacle for the Russian team, although it started well and led 2-0 in the first game after ten minutes. By the end of the first period, Canadians Stefan Legein and Kyle Turris had already equalized. The Canadian team played hard physically, but the Russians managed to use only one of the resulting eleven outnumbered situations once in the entire game and in the end they lost 4-2 in their favor despite a shooting statistic of 42:23.
In the second game, the Canadians took the lead in the first third through Kyle Turris and dominated the first two thirds. However, they only managed to increase the lead to 2-0 shortly before the end of the second round. The last third was more even, but the Russians failed 23 times to Canada's goalkeeper Jonathan Bernier , who was able to book a shutout , while David Perron scored the third Canadian goal shortly before the end. In addition to the second defeat on home ice, the Russians had to cope with the loss of their stars Alexei Cherepanov , who suffered a concussion after a check by Brandon Sutter , and Artyom Anissimow , who sustained a leg injury after a knee check by Colton Gillies . The ice fog in the new and not yet fully completed Ufa Arena also caused a stir .
In the third game of the series, the Canadians' superior number game was the means to success, as they used four of nine power play opportunities and thus laid the basis for a 6-2 win and the associated 3-0 lead in the series. The Russians were already well behind in the first third when they only met once on 13 opportunities, but the Canadians took advantage of three of their four chances. After the Russians had changed their goalkeeper in the third break, they stabilized on the defensive and were able to reduce to 3-2, but they did not equalize despite enough chances. Instead, it was the Canadians who took over the reins in the last third and scored three more times.
The fourth game was again dominated by the Russians' lack of chances, as Canada goalkeeper Steve Mason saved 45 of 47 Russian shots. Instead, the Canadians used their chances better and after two thirds they led 3-0. After Russia were able to reduce the defenders Alexei Grischin and Maxim Tschudinow to 3-2 within the first three minutes of the final third , it was Brad Marchand who won the team just 49 seconds after the second Russian goal with his second goal of the day Canada secured.
After the four games played in Russia, the Russians had to look back on an extremely negative balance. They had not been able to achieve a victory on home ice and only scored six goals in four games, but conceded 17 goals. The highly valued goalkeeping talent Semjon Varlamow had disappointed, as the Canadians only needed four shots on average to score a goal against him.
Back in Canada, the fifth game began with a goalless first third, despite numerous outnumbered situations on both sides. At the beginning of the second period, the Russian team got off to a good start and came up with five chances within the first three minutes, but failed to score the opening goal. Only a little later this was reserved for Claude Giroux , who also scored the 2-0 shortly afterwards. Alexander Wassjunow shortened less than three minutes later for the Russians, but the Canadian team took their chances and already led 5-1 after the second period. In the final third, the game only really turned into a disgrace for the Russian team, when Team Canada even increased it to 8: 1, although the Russians recorded more shots on goal throughout the game. Canada reached the preliminary decision in the series with the fifth win.
The first third of the sixth game was clearly dominated by Canadians, who let the Russians only get two shots on goal, but they themselves could only use one of 13 chances. In the second third, the Russian team became stronger and scored through Ivan Vishnevsky to equalize. Especially goalkeeper Semyon Varlamov, who disappointed in his previous appearances, was able to rehabilitate and was one of the reasons that it was a draw for the first time in the series after the second period. The third period was marked by a constant onslaught of Canadians, who fired 29 shots at Varlamov's goal in the last 20 minutes. Despite a convincing performance by the Russian goalkeeper, it was 1: 4 in the end. Sam Gagner , who equalized the game and thus ordered the final score.
In the seventh game, the Russians took a 2-0 lead in the first half before Kyle Turris was able to shorten just before the break. The second third was turbulent in its last eight minutes, when the Canadians were only able to turn the game into a 3-2 lead within four minutes, but were only three minutes later behind. At the start of the final period it was the final game that took place in Vancouver and went goalless for the first 20 minutes before the Canadians met three times in a power play in the second period. Kyle Turris increased the lead by two goals in the final third and Colton Gillies made it 6-0. Yevgeny Dadonov scored the last goal of the series . In the last round, after a check by Maxim Tschudinow against Claude Giroux, there was a big scuffle, as a result of which a total of 70 penalty minutes were imposed against three players from each team.
Sam Gagner , who was the top scorer with six goals and nine assists , was chosen as the series MVP . Second best scorer was the only 16-year-old John Tavares with nine points and top scorer was Kyle Turris with seven goals. The best Russian scorer was Alexander Ryabev with two goals and two assists.
Due to the disappointing performance for the Russian team, the Russian Sports Minister Vyacheslav Fetissov , who was himself a very successful ice hockey player, said he would consider changes to the promotion and training in Russian ice hockey.
| Russia vs. Canada | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| date | venue | Home team | Away team | ||
| August 27 |
Ufa-Arena , Ufa 8,500 spectators (sold out) |
Russia | 2 W. Soloduchin ( I. Kablukow ) 6:46 A. Ryabew ( A. Wassjunow ) 9:59 |
4 S. Legein ( B. Sutter ) 15:47 K. Turris ( no assist ) 16:28 B. Marchand ( S. Gagner , C. Giroux ) 20:58 S. Gagner (B. Marchand) 38:50 |
Canada |
| 29th August | Ufa-Arena, Ufa 8,500 spectators (sold out) |
Russia | 0 |
3 K. Turris ( D. Perron , J. Tavares ) 14:42 S. Legein ( B. Sutter ) 39:45 D. Perron ( Z. Boychuk ) 57:59 |
Canada |
| August 31 |
Omsk Arena , Omsk 10,000 spectators (sold out) |
Russia | 2 P. Doronin ( W. Soloduchin ) 13:24 A. Ryabew ( no assist ) 24:33 |
6 S. Gagner ( D. Perron ) 7:48 K. Turris ( J. Tavares , D. Perron) 9:40 C. Gillies ( no assist ) 15:11 C. Giroux ( S. Legein , M. Lucic ) 45 : 28 S. Legein ( K. Ellerby ) 46:14 Z. Boychuk ( J. Godfrey , T. Hickey ) 57:00 |
Canada |
| September 1 | Omsk Arena, Omsk 10,000 spectators (sold out) |
Russia | 2 A. Grischin ( I. Subow , M. Majorow ) 42:29 M. Tschudinow ( no assist ) 42:56 |
4 B. Marchand ( no assist ) 18:16 S. Gagner (B. Marchand) 21:43 J. Tavares (S. Gagner, C. Giroux ) 32:19 B. Marchand ( K. Ellerby ) 43:45 |
Canada |
| September 4th |
MTS Center , Winnipeg 13,563 spectators |
Canada |
8 C. Giroux ( S. Gagner , J. Godfrey ) 23:18 C. Giroux (S. Gagner) 26:05 L. Pyett ( K. Turris ) 31:52 D. Perron ( J. Tavares , D. Doughty ) 35:15 S. Gagner (J. Godfrey, C. Giroux) 36:21 Z. Boychuk (D. Perron, L. Pyett) 46:53 Z. Hamill ( B. Marchand , T. Hickey ) 53:07 K. Turris (J. Tavares) 55:31 |
1 A. Wassjunow ( no assist ) 38:56 |
Russia |
| 5th September |
Credit Union Center , Saskatoon 10,800 spectators |
Canada |
4 S. Gagner ( D. Doughty , C. Giroux ) 19:23 D. Tyrell ( Z. Hamill ) 47:06 B. Sutter ( K. Alzner ) 53:05 Z. Boychuk (K. Alzner, Z. Hamill) 58:04 |
1 I. Vishnevsky ( A. Anissimow , A. Ryabew ) 24:17 |
Russia |
| 7th of September |
ENMAX Centrium , Red Deer 7,000 spectators (sold out) |
Canada | 4 K. Turris ( T. Hickey , J. Tavares ) 19:28 L. Pyett (J. Tavares, D. Perron ) 32:35 B. Sutter ( S. Gagner , C. Giroux ) 36:31 S. Gagner ( J. Godfrey , T. Hickey) 41:32 |
4 W. Woinow ( M. Mamin , J. Kurbatow ) 1:17 J. Bodrow ( no assist ) 17:10 M. Mamin ( R. Baschkirow , M. Majorow ) 36:48 A. Wassjunow (R. Baschkirow, W. . Woinow) 39:31 |
Russia |
| the 9th of September |
General Motors Place , Vancouver 18,600 spectators (sold out) |
Canada |
6 K. Alzner ( C. Giroux , S. Gagner ) 23:43 B. Sutter (S. Gagner, K. Alzner) 31:13 Z. Boychuk ( Z. Hamill ) 33:08 K. Turris (Z. Boychuk, Z. Hamill) 49:57 K. Turris ( J. Tavares , J. Godfrey ) 55:46 C. Gillies ( L. Pyett , M. Lucic ) 56:08 |
1 J. Dadonow ( A. Ryabew ) 57:20 |
Russia |
| Canada wins the Super Series 7-0. One game ended in a draw. | |||||
statistics
Best scorer
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Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, PIM = penalty minutes; Fat: best value
| player | team | GP | G | A. | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Gagner | Canada | 8th | 6th | 9 | 15th | 8th |
| John Tavares | Canada | 8th | 1 | 8th | 9 | 26th |
| Kyle Turris | Canada | 8th | 7th | 1 | 8th | 6th |
| Claude Giroux | Canada | 8th | 3 | 5 | 8th | 22nd |
| David Perron | Canada | 7th | 2 | 5 | 7th | 6th |
| Zach Boychuk | Canada | 7th | 4th | 2 | 6th | 12 |
| Brad Marchand | Canada | 6th | 3 | 3 | 6th | 26th |
| Zach Hamill | Canada | 6th | 1 | 5 | 6th | 4th |
| Josh Godfrey | Canada | 6th | 0 | 6th | 6th | 2 |
| Brandon Sutter | Canada | 8th | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6th |
Best goalkeeper
Abbreviations: GP = games, TOI = ice age (in minutes), W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, GA = goals conceded, SA = shots on goal, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%), GAA = conceded goal; Fat: best value
| player | team | GP | TOI | W. | L. | T | GA | SA | SO | Sv% | ATM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Bernier | Canada | 3 | 150: 03 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 67 | 1 | .956 | 1.19 |
| Leland Irving | Canada | 3 | 180: 00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4th | 89 | 0 | .955 | 1.33 |
| Steve Mason | Canada | 3 | 149: 57 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6th | 97 | 0 | .938 | 2.42 |
| Vadim Shelobnyuk | Russia | 2 | 100: 00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7th | 58 | 0 | .879 | 4.20 |
| Semyon Varlamov | Russia | 3 | 140: 00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7th | 79 | 0 | .861 | 4.71 |
| Sergei Bobrovsky | Russia | 4th | 240: 00 | 0 | 4th | 0 | 21st | 143 | 0 | .853 | 5.25 |
Footnotes
- ↑ a b c The players Kirill Tulupow, Ruslan Bashkirow and Viktor Tichonow were nominated for the games 5 to 8 played in Canada.
Web links
- Information about the Super Series on hockeycanada.ca