Sunday, April 22, 2012

Shinkaruk Impresses At Under 18's

Team Canada was playing in the Bronze Medal game this afternoon. They previously lost to the U.S.A 2-1 in the semifinals. Team U.S.A dominated almost every team they played outscoring the opposition 26-4..including a 7-0 win over Sweden in the Gold Medal game.

 Hunter Shinkaruk scored a hat-trick including the game winning goal in overtime against Finland to win the game for Team Canada.

The game winner was a highlight real goal, as he drove wide past the Finnish Defender cut to the net and put the puck past an outstretched Finnish goaltender.

Shinkaruk finished the Tournament with 8 points in 6 games(4 goals, 4 assists). Which was tied for 2nd in scoring on Team Canada behind Red Deer Rebel Mathew Dumba who potted 12 assist in 7 games.

Keep your eyes on TSN for the game highlights..


Emerson Etem Update
Etem has played 2 regular season games, and 2 playoff games with Syracuse. He has 1 goal, 6 shots on net and 2 penalty minutes.  The crunch are tied 1-1 in their series against St. Johns Ice Caps

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

2013 first round pick, I think so!

Anonymous said...

Can someone update me on Shinkaruk's play at the Russia vs Canada Series? I'm not seeing any points for his play? Good luck