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MALMO, Sweden -- As the minutes ticked down on Canadas victory over the United
States, the overwhelmingly Canadian crowd of 3,882 at the Isstadion chanted
"Foo-KAL-eh!" That was for goaltender Zach Fucale, the key man in Tuesdays 3-2
win that gave Canada first place in its preliminary round group and a date with
Switzerland in the quarter-finals of the world junior hockey championship. Billy Smith Islanders Jersey . "It gave me a
lot of energy," the 18-year-old said. "It was very special. "It just lifts you
and you sort of play in the moment. It was good for me and the team." Fucale,
given a second straight start after helping Canada to a 5-3 win over Slovakia on
Saturday, couldnt recall ever having his name chanted quite that way. "Maybe a
couple of thousand chanting against me," he offered with a laugh. "In Quebec
City it happened. Maybe tonight a little louder." Connor McDavid and Curtis
Lazar scored in the third period and Fucale stoned Connor Carrick on a
breakaway. Stefan Matteau scored for the Americans with 2:15 left to play on a
shot that eluded Fucales glove, but Canada shut the door the rest of the way to
pull off a win in their toughest, most emotionally charged game of the
tournament. American captain Riley Barber and Canadas Nic Petan traded goals in
the second frame, after Fucale shone in a scoreless first period in which the
Americans controlled the play and had a 13-6 shot advantage. Only a regulation
time win would give Canada (3-0-1) first place over the U.S. (3-1-0). The
Canadians will face Switzerland in the quarter-finals on Thursday at the
Isstadion. As usual, coach Brent Sutter wasnt offering much insight about his
teams upcoming opponent. "We now have 48 hours to prepare for our next opponent.
Our focus over the next two days needs to be on this game and only on this
game," was all he would say. The Swiss pulled off a 4-3 shootout win over
Finland, but it didnt lift them out of fourth place in their group. What the win
did, however, was give the Americans a very tough quarter-final opponent in
Russia. The Canadian squad got all it needed to win -- solid goaltending, timely
scoring and strong special teams play. The Americans went into the game with a
whopping 58 per cent power play success rate (11-for-19), but were held
scoreless during all three man advantages. Canada answered with Lazars
power-play marker in five opportunities. "It was the first time weve been minus
on special teams in four games and that was the difference," said American coach
Don Lucia. Technically, Barbers goal at 3:29 of the second was short-handed. The
teams were each down a man and Barber came around the net and caught Fucale
moving the wrong way one second after Canadas Taylor Leiers slashing call
expired. Some hard work by Anthony Mantha produced the tying goal at 12:49, as
he used his long reach to push the puck to the left side where Petan trailed in
late to beat Jon Gilles to an open side. Petan had scored the game-winner and an
empty-net goal in Canadas 5-3 win over Slovakia on Monday. Mantha picked up his
team-leading 10th point in four games. Canada killed a penalty to start the
third and then got one just as their own power play ended 3:54 into the third
when Josh Morrissey got the puck to the net and McDavid had two chances to slide
it past Gilles. The 16-year-old McDavid was under pressure since his benching in
a 5-4 shootout loss to the Czech Republic, and scoring a goal could go a long
way to restoring confidence in the highly skilled Erie Otters forward. "Maybe a
little bit," said McDavid. "As a hockey player you have to stay even keeled.
Things happen in the game. The highs, the lows. You have to remain pretty
confident. I think Ive done a pretty good job of that." Lazar was camped in
front for the re-direct on a power play at 6:13 as the puck went from Derrick
Pouliot to Jonathan Drouin to the Edmonton forward for his second goal in as
many games. "Im really getting into my element," the Ottawa Senators prospect
said. "Coach Sutters been moving me around. Ive played centre, right and left
wing. Im still getting used to things, but it feels good to contribute." The
game also saw big forward Frederik Gauthier moved from left wing to centre,
where he drew praise from Sutter for winning several defensive zone faceoffs.
But most of the post-game attention was on Fucale, the chatty goaltender who
backstopped the Halifax Mooseheads to a Memorial Cup last spring. Fucale was
dropped to backing up Jake Paterson after the first of three pre-tournament
exhibition games, but it looks like hes Sutters man now. "Hes a confident young
man and he stood tall," said Sutter. "We need that." Fucales teammates laugh
about Fucales non-stop talking, even when hes by himself in the net during
games. "I try to stay low key, but maybe I talk a lot," Fucale said. "I love
Zach," said forward and fellow Montreal Canadiens prospect Charles Hudon. "I
played with him peewee and bantam (in Boisbriand, Que.) and he had the same
swagger. "He was always cocky. It was a good for him and I think the crowd loved
it too." "It was unbelievable standing on the blue-line at the end of the game
with the fans chanting Fucale," said McDavid. "I had chills and it wasnt for me,
so I cant imagine how he felt. "You see a lot of goalies and theyre pretty
weird. They have their routines and you cant talk to them, but hes really
relaxed and honestly, he does have that swagger." Canada also got a boost with
the return of big defenceman Griffin Reinhart after serving a four-game
suspension for a slash at last years world juniors. Reinhart was counted on to
be the leader on defence and he showed it with 20 minutes of ice time, mostly
paired with Matt Dumba. He finally got to play at a world juniors with his
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