Canada West falls 5-3 to Russia at world junior A challenge

BONNYVILLE, Alta. — Alexey Lipanov scored the go-ahead goal 28 seconds into the third period as Russia downed Canada West 5-3 on Monday in preliminary-round play at the 2016 world junior A challenge.

Lipanov finished the night with two goals and two assists to lead all skaters while teammates Andrei Svechnikov and Ivan Chekhovich each added a goal and two helpers.

Carter Turnbull led Canada West (1-1-0) with a pair of goals and Will Koop added one of his own.

Mikhail Bitsadze had the other goal for Russia (1-0-0), which blew an early 2-0 lead before heading into the third period tied 3-3.

Dimitrii Raiko stopped 31-of-34 shots for the win as Matthew Galajda made 26 saves in defeat.

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Earlier in the day, the Czech Republic (1-1-0) held on to beat the United States 1-0.

Kristian Reichel’s power-play goal at 4:18 of the third period was the difference while Petr Kvaca made 30 saves for the shutout. Cayden Primeau stopped 34 shots for the Americans (0-1-0).

The Canadian Press