2007 Super Series

The 2007 Super Series (In French=2007 Super Série) was an eight-game Under-20 ice hockey challenge between Russia and Canada. The series was won by Canada, who shocked the Russians with seven wins and one tie (there was no overtime in this series). Over the course of the eight games, Canada outscored Russia 39-13. The Series was held from August 27 to September 9 in various venues in both countries. The event commemorated the 35th anniversary of the 1972 Summit Series between the USSR and Canada.
It was reported on March 28, 2007 in a Moscow-based daily newspaper that Russian prime minister Mikhail Fradkov was keen for a third Summit Series to mark the 35th anniversary of the original 1972 series. According to the paper, Fradkov called upon Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper to support consideration for another Summit Series. Journalist Vsevolod Kukushkin, an interpreter for the Soviet team in the 1972 series, reported that the first to suggest a new Series was Hockey Canada president Bob Nicholson. Kukushkin wrote in his article:
In Nicholson's opinion the situation is very good now for such a series. Since the 1972 series, which was one of the most important sports events of the last century, a generation of players and fans have come and gone ... and a new generation of fans and players in both countries deserve to see such a great product.
The first four games were played in Russia where Canada won all four games, and the next four games were in Canada where the Canadian team had three wins and tied the Russians in Game 7.
The Super Series' Most Valuable Player and leading scorer was Canada's Sam Gagner. Canada's Kyle Turris was the top goal scorer in the series.
==Ufa Arena fog issues==
There were issues with fog on the ice during some of the games in Russia. The rinks used were very new, and some issues with the air conditioning still needed to be worked out. When the fog got severe, the on ice officials would have the players skate around the rink during stoppages in play to attempt to disperse the fog. This caused some issues, when Canada's Brad Marchand took a misconduct penalty while skating around his zone.
==Schedule==
Date 	Local Time	UTC 	Location 	Score	Winner
August 27 	19:00 	13:00	Ufa Arena, Ufa 	4 - 2	Canada
August 29 	19:00 	13:00	Ufa Arena, Ufa 	3 - 0	Canada
August 31 	19:00 	12:00	Omsk Arena, Omsk 	6 - 2	Canada
September 1	17:00 	10:00	Omsk Arena, Omsk 	4 - 2	Canada
September 4	19:00 	00:00	MTS Centre, Winnipeg 	1 - 8	Canada
September 5	19:00 	00:00	Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon 	1 - 4	Canada
September 7	20:00 	02:00	Enmax Centrium, Red Deer 	4 - 4	Draw
September 9	17:00 	00:00	General Motors Place, Vancouver	1 - 6	Canada
==== Team Records ====
Russia: 0 W - 7 L - 1 T
Canada: 7 W - 0 L - 1 T
==Game summaries==
===Game 1===
====Game Summary====
The Russians got off to a flying start, as the Canadians seemed sluggish to begin the series, turning the puck over in the neutral zone many times early in the first period. Vyacheslav Solodukhin of Russia scored the first goal of the tournament, giving the home team a 1-0 lead at 6:46. Alexander Ryabev made the game 2-0 with a power play goal 3 minutes and 13 seconds later, on a shot that could have been easily stopped by Canadian goalie Steve Mason. Canada's Stefan Legein replied at 15:47 to make it 2-1 Russia with a slap shot right through the wickets of Russian goaltender Simeon Varlamov. Kyle Turris scored on a penalty shot 41 seconds after that, after being tripped on a two-on-one.
Canada opened the scoring in the second period, when Brad Marchand bulged the twine 58 seconds in on a nice play set up by Sam Gagner. They made it 4-2 with 1:10 left in the period when Gagner scored after making a great play behind the net to bring it out front and slide it through the Russian goalie.
In the third period, Canada was able to hold on to the lead despite taking another five penalties to add to their high penalty count. The penalty kill was led by the strong play of coach Brent Sutter's son, Brandon.
Also contributing to the win was the solid play of Mason, who bounced back from giving up two early goals and finished the game with a total of 40 saves. Canada's penalty kill played extremely well, holding the Russians to only one power play goal on a shocking 13 power-play opportunities and leaving them scoreless on two 5-on-3s.
Karl Alzner was named player of the game for Canada.
====Scoring Summary====
Period 	Goals
First Period 	06:46 RUS Vyacheslav Solodukhin (Ilya Kablukov)</br>09:59 RUS Alexander Ryabev (Alexander Vasyunov) (power play)</br>15:47 CAN Stefan Legein (Brandon Sutter)</br>16:28 CAN Kyle Turris (penalty shot)
Second Period	00:58 CAN Brad Marchand (Sam Gagner, Claude Giroux)</br>18:50 CAN Sam Gagner (Brad Marchand)
Third Period 	None
===Game 2===
====Game Summary====
Both sides switched their goaltenders for the second game. Canada opted for Jonathan Bernier, while Russia went with Sergei Bobrovsky. Canada was the home team in Game 2, allowing coach Brent Sutter to make the last change and get the line match-ups he wanted. About 10 minutes into the game, Brandon Sutter delivered a devastating hit to Russian star Alexei Cherepanov, as the Russian tried to cut into the middle of the Canadian zone. Cherepanov suffered a concussion and would not return in the series. Sutter's hit set the tone for the Canadians and started what would become a chippy affair. On a Canadian power play later in the first period, Kyle Turris finished off a give-and-go with David Perron with a nifty backhand upstairs into the Russian goal.
As the second period began, fog began to become a factor in the game. The newly opened Ufa Arena did not have air conditioning (a problem that also plagued the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium and, more notably, Boston Garden: two old former National Hockey League arenas in the United States) and because of the heat, a thick cloud of fog formed on the ice. Both teams were sent to skate around to try and clear the fog. The Canadians dominated the second period physically, very much due to Canada's checking line of Sutter, Legein, and Lucic. They smothered Cherepanov all game long, and also chipped in with a goal by Legein in the final minute of the second, one-timing a pass from Sutter.
Canada dominated the third as well, despite having to delay the game again to try and clear the fog. The game continued to be a heated affair, as there were scrums after many whistles, resulting in penalties for both teams. With 2:01 left, David Perron scored a terrific goal, as he dangled the Russian defender, then using a spin move and backhanding the puck through his legs into the net.
Johnathan Bernier earned the shutout in the 3-0 win.
====Scoring Summary====
Period 	Goals
First Period 	14:42 CAN Kyle Turris (David Perron, John Tavares) (power play)
Second Period	19:45 CAN Stefan Legein (Brandon Sutter)
Third Period 	17:59 CAN David Perron (Zachary Boychuk)
===Game 3===
====Game Summary====
Leland Irving got the start for Team Canada as the Super Series moved to Omsk for Games 3 and 4. Canada's powerplay was very effective, scoring 4 goals on 9 chances. Simeon Varlamov started the game for the Russian squad, but was replaced after the first intermission by Vadim Zhelobnyuk. The game was closer than the final score indicated, as the Canadians only led by a goal heading into the third. 
====Scoring Summary====
Period 	Goals
First Period 	07:48 CAN Sam Gagner (David Perron) (power play)</br>09:40 CAN Kyle Turris (John Tavares, David Perron) (power play)</br>13:24 RUS Pavel Doronin (Vyacheslav Solodukhin) (shorthanded)</br>15:11 CAN Colton Gillies
Second Period	04:33 RUS Alexander Ryabev
Third Period 	05:28 CAN Claude Giroux (Stefan Legein, Milan Lucic) (power play)</br>06:14 CAN Stefan Legein (Keaton Ellerby)</br>17:00 CAN Zachary Boychuk (Josh Godfrey, Thomas Hickey) (power play/two-man)
===Game 4===
====Game Summary====
Brad Marchand opened the scoring in the final stages of the first period to give Canada a 1-0 lead. In the second period, Sam Gagner scored a goal and an assist on John Tavares' first goal of the series.
Facing a 3-0 deficit in the third period, Russia scored two quick goals in 36 seconds to open the final frame, cutting the lead down to one. Brent Sutter called a timeout after the two Russian goals and Marchand scored his second goal of the game on the next shift to halt the comeback.
The final score was 4-2 as Canada swept the first leg of the series in Russia.
====Scoring Summary====
Period 	Goals
First Period 	18:16 CAN Brad Marchand
Second Period	01:43 CAN Sam Gagner (Brad Marchand)</br>12:19 CAN John Tavares (Sam Gagner, Claude Giroux) (power play)
Third Period 	02:29 RUS Alexei Grishin (Igor Zubov, Maxim Mayorov)</br>02:56 RUS Maxim Chudinov</br>03:45 CAN Brad Marchand (Keaton Ellerby)
===Game 5===
====Game Summary====
====Scoring Summary====
Period 	Goals
First Period 	None
Second Period	03:18 CAN Claude Giroux (Sam Gagner, Josh Godfrey) (power play)</br>06:05 CAN Claude Giroux (Sam Gagner)</br>08:56 RUS Alexander Vasyunov (power play)</br>11:52 CAN Logan Pyett (Kyle Turris) (shorthanded)</br>15:15 CAN David Perron (John Tavares, Drew Doughty) (power play)</br>16:21 CAN Sam Gagner (Josh Godfrey, Claude Giroux) (power play)
Third Period 	06:53 CAN Zachary Boychuk (David Perron, Logan Pyett)</br>13:07 CAN Zach Hamill (Brad Marchand, Thomas Hickey) (power play)</br>15:31 CAN Kyle Turris (John Tavares)
===Game 6===
====Game Summary====
====Scoring Summary====
Period 	Goals
First Period 	19:23 CAN Sam Gagner (Drew Doughty, Claude Giroux) (four-on-four)
Second Period	04:17 RUS Ivan Vishnevsky (Artem Anisimov, Alexander Ryabev) (power play)
Third Period 	07:06 CAN Dana Tyrell (Zach Hamill)</br>13:05 CAN Brandon Sutter (Karl Alzner) (shorthanded)</br>18:04 CAN Zachary Boychuk (Karl Alzner, Zach Hamill) (power play)
===Game 7===
====Game Summary====
====Scoring Summary====
Period 	Goals
First Period 	01:17 RUS Vyatcheslav Voynov (Maxim Mamin, Evgeny Kurbatov) (power play)</br>17:10 RUS Evgeny Bodrov</br>19:28 CAN Kyle Turris (Thomas Hickey, John Tavares) (power play)
Second Period	12:35 CAN Logan Pyett (John Tavares, David Perron)</br>16:31 CAN Brandon Sutter (Sam Gagner, Claude Giroux) (power play)</br>16:48 RUS Maxim Mamin (Ruslan Bashkirov, Maxim Mayorov)</br>19:31 RUS Alexander Vasyunov (Ruslan Bashkirov, Vyatcheslav Voynov) (power play)
Third Period 	01:32 CAN Sam Gagner (Josh Godfrey, Thomas Hickey) (power play)
===Game 8===
====Game Summary====
====Scoring Summary====
Period 	Goals
First Period 	None
Second Period	03:43 CAN Karl Alzner (Claude Giroux, Sam Gagner) (power play)</br>11:13 CAN Brandon Sutter (Sam Gagner, Karl Alzner) (power play/two-man)</br>13:08 CAN Zachary Boychuk (Zach Hamill) (power play)
Third Period 	09:57 CAN Kyle Turris (Zachary Boychuk, Zach Hamill) (power play)</br>15:46 CAN Kyle Turris (John Tavares, Josh Godfrey) (power play)</br>16:08 CAN Colton Gillies (Logan Pyett, Milan Lucic)</br>17:20 RUS Evgeni Dadonov (Alexander Ryabev)
==Leading scorers==
	Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	Sam Gagner 	8 	6	9	15 	8
	John Tavares 	8 	1	8	9 	26
	Kyle Turris 	8 	7	1	8 	6
	Claude Giroux 	8 	3	5	8 	22
	David Perron 	7 	2	5	7 	6
	Zachary Boychuk	7 	4	2	6 	12
	Brad Marchand 	6 	3	3	6 	26
	Zach Hamill 	6 	1	5	6 	4
	Josh Godfrey 	6 	0	6	6 	2
	Brandon Sutter 	8 	3	2	5 	6
==Goaltenders==
	Player 	MINS	GA	GAA 	Sv%
	Jonathan Bernier	151 	3 	1.19	.956
	Leland Irving 	180 	4 	1.33	.955
	Steve Mason 	149 	6 	2.42	.938
	Vadim Zhelobnyuk	100 	7 	4.20	.879
	Simeon Varlamov 	140 	11	4.71	.861
	Sergei Bobrovsky	240 	21	5.25	.853
==Rosters==
===Canada===
Head coach: Brent Sutter</br>
Assistant coaches: Benoit Groulx, Peter DeBoer
Goaltenders	Goaltenders	Goaltenders 	Goaltenders	Goaltenders 	Goaltenders 	
# 	 	Player 	Catches 	'06-'07 team 	Hometown 	Drafted at the NHL Draft
1 	 	Jonathan Bernier	L 	Lewiston Maineiacs	Laval, Quebec 	Los Angeles Kings, 11th (2006)
30 	 	Steve Mason 	R 	London Knights 	Oakville, Ontario	Columbus Blue Jackets, 69th (2006)
31 	 	Leland Irving 	L 	Everett Silvertips	Barrhead, Alberta	Calgary Flames, 26th (2006)
Defencemen	Defencemen	Defencemen 	Defencemen	Defencemen 	Defencemen 	
# 	 	Player 	Shoots 	'06-'07 team 	Hometown 	Drafted at the NHL Draft
2 	 	Josh Godfrey 	R 	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Kingston, Ontario 	Washington Capitals, 34th (2007)
3 	 	Logan Pyett 	R 	Regina Pats 	Milestone, Saskatchewan 	Detroit Red Wings, 212th (2006)
4 	 	Thomas Hickey 	L 	Seattle Thunderbirds 	Calgary, Alberta 	Los Angeles Kings, 4th (2007)
5 	 	Keaton Ellerby	L 	Kamloops Blazers 	Calgary, Alberta 	Florida Panthers, 10th (2007)
6 	 	Ty Wishart 	L 	Prince George Cougars 	Comox, British Columbia 	San Jose Sharks, 16th (2006)
8 	 	Drew Doughty 	R 	Guelph Storm 	London, Ontario 	Los Angeles Kings, 2nd (2008)
15 	 	Luke Schenn 	R 	Kelowna Rockets 	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 	Toronto Maple Leafs, 5th (2008)
27 	 	Karl Alzner– A	L 	Calgary Hitmen 	Burnaby, British Columbia	Washington Capitals, 5th (2007)
Forwards	Forwards	Forwards 	Forwards	Forwards 	Forwards 	
# 	 	Player 	Shoots 	'06-'07 team 	Hometown 	Drafted at the NHL Draft
9 	 	Sam Gagner– A 	R 	London Knights 	Oakville, Ontario 	Edmonton Oilers, 6th (2007)
10 	 	Zach Hamill 	R 	Everett Silvertips 	Port Coquitlam, British Columbia 	Boston Bruins, 8th (2007)
11 	 	Zachary Boychuk 	L 	Lethbridge Hurricanes	Airdrie, Alberta 	Carolina Hurricanes, 14th (2008)
12 	 	Brandon Sutter– A	R 	Red Deer Rebels 	Red Deer, Alberta 	Carolina Hurricanes, 11th (2007)
14 	 	Dana Tyrell 	L 	Prince George Cougars	Airdrie, Alberta 	Tampa Bay Lightning, 47th (2007)
16 	 	David Perron 	R 	Lewiston Maineiacs 	Sherbrooke, Quebec 	St. Louis Blues, 26th (2007)
17 	 	Brad Marchand 	L 	Val-d'Or Foreurs 	Halifax, Nova Scotia 	Boston Bruins, 71st (2006)
18 	 	Colton Gillies 	L 	Saskatoon Blades 	Surrey, British Columbia 	Minnesota Wild, 16th (2007)
19 	 	Kyle Turris 	R 	Burnaby Express 	New Westminster, British Columbia	Phoenix Coyotes, 3rd (2007)
20 	 	John Tavares 	L 	Oshawa Generals 	Oakville, Ontario 	New York Islanders, 1st 2009
21 	 	Stefan Legein 	R 	Niagara IceDogs 	Oakville, Ontario 	Columbus Blue Jackets, 37th (2007)
22 	 	Milan Lucic – C 	L 	Vancouver Giants 	Vancouver, British Columbia 	Boston Bruins, 50th (2006)
25 	 	Cory Emmerton 	L 	Kingston Frontenacs 	St. Thomas, Ontario 	Detroit Red Wings, 41st (2006)
28 	 	Claude Giroux 	R 	Gatineau Olympiques 	Hearst, Ontario 	Philadelphia Flyers, 22nd (2006)
===Russia===
Head coach: Sergei Nemchinov</br>
Assistant coaches: Vladimir Popov, Yuri Leonov
Goaltenders	Goaltenders	Goaltenders 	Goaltenders	Goaltenders 	Goaltenders	
# 	 	Player 	Catches 	'06-'07 team 	Hometown 	Drafted at the NHL Draft
1 	 	Simeon Varlamov 	L 	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 	Samara 	Washington Capitals, 23rd (2006)
31 	 	Vadim Zhelobnyuk	L 	HC Dynamo Moscow 	Moscow 	
35 	 	Sergei Bobrovsky	L 	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	 	
Defencemen	Defencemen	Defencemen 	Defencemen	Defencemen 	Defencemen 	
# 	 	Player 	Shoots 	'06-'07 team 	Hometown 	Drafted at the NHL Draft
2 	 	Pavel Doronin 	L 	Ufa Salavat 	Ufa 	
3 	 	Alexei Grishin 	R 	Vityaz Chekhov 	 	
4 	 	Igor Zubov 	R 	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 	Tolyatti 	
5 	 	Valeri Zhukov 	L 	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	 	
20 	 	Konstantin Alexeev 	R 	HC Sibir Novosibirsk 	 	
23 	 	Yuri Alexandrov – C	L 	Severstal Cherepovets 	Cherepovets	Boston Bruins, 37th (2006)
27 	 	Maxim Chudinov 	R 	Severstal Cherepovets 	Cherepovets	
29 	 	Ivan Vishnevskiy 	L 	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 	Barnaul 	Dallas Stars, 27th (2008)
30 	 	Vyatcheslav Voynov 	L 	Traktor Chelyabinsk 	Chelyabinsk	
Forwards	Forwards	Forwards 	Forwards	Forwards 	Forwards 	
# 	 	Player 	Shoots 	'06-'07 team 	Hometown 	Drafted at the NHL Draft
7 	 	Alexei Cherepanov 	L 	Avangard Omsk 	Barnaul 	New York Rangers, 17th (2007)
8 	 	Konstantin Kulikov 	 	HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	 	
10 	 	Evgeny Bodrov 	L 	HC Lada Togliatti 	 	
12 	 	Artem Anisimov 	L 	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 	Yaroslavl 	New York Rangers, 54th (2006)
14 	 	Alexander Ryabev 	L 	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 	Yaroslavl 	
15 	 	Maxim Mamin 	L 	Metallurg Magnitogorsk 	 	
16 	 	Maxim Mayorov 	L 	AK Bars Kazan 	Leninogorsk 	Columbus Blue Jackets, 94th (2007)
17 	 	Vyacheslav Solodukhin	L 	SKA St. Petersburg 	 	
18 	 	Sergei Zachupeiko 	L 	Ufa Salavat 	Orsk 	
19 	 	Egor Averin 	L 	Avangard Omsk 	Omsk 	
22 	 	Ilya Kablukov 	L 	HC CSKA Moscow 	Moscow 	Vancouver Canucks, 146th (2007)
24 	 	Alexander Vasyunov 	R 	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 	Yaroslavl 	New Jersey Devils, 58th (2006)
25 	 	Nikita Filatov 	R 	HC CSKA Moscow 	Moscow 	Columbus Blue Jackets, 6th (2008)
26 	 	Evgeni Dadonov 	L 	Traktor Chelyabinsk 	Chelyabinsk 	Florida Panthers, 71st (2007)
28 	 	Anton Glovatsky 	L 	Metallurg Magnitogorsk 	Magnitogorsk	
Added due to injuries for Game 5-8	Added due to injuries for Game 5-8	Added due to injuries for Game 5-8	Added due to injuries for Game 5-8	Added due to injuries for Game 5-8	Added due to injuries for Game 5-8	
# 	 	Player 	Shoots 	'06-'07 team 	Hometown 	Drafted at the NHL Draft
6 	 	Kirill Tulupov (D) 	R 	Chicoutimi Saguenéens 	Moscow 	New Jersey Devils, 67th (2006)
34 	 	Ruslan Bashkirov (F) 	L 	Quebec Remparts 	Moscow 	Ottawa Senators, 60th (2007)
37 	 	Viktor Tikhonov (F) 	R 	Severstal Cherepovets 	Moscow 	Phoenix Coyotes, 28th (2008)
==External links==
*Super Series info: CHL Prospects Insider
*Website at Hockey Canada
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