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The 2017 World Juniors took place from December 26th through January 5th.  After not having any prospects there last year, the Habs had a pair of blueliners participating, Canada’s Noah Juulsen and Russia’s Mikhail Sergachev.  Here is their game-by-game breakdown.

Noah Juulsen (Canada)

Date	Opponent	G	A	PIMS	+/-	SOG	TOI
Dec. 26	Russia	0	0	0	E	2	16:06
Dec. 27	Slovakia	0	0	2	+1	5	16:13
Dec. 29	Latvia	0	1	0	+2	0	17:32
Dec. 31	USA	0	0	0	E	1	16:06
Jan. 2	Czech Rep.	0	0	2	E	1	15:30
Jan. 4	Sweden	0	1	0	+2	1	21:25
Jan. 5	USA	0	0	0	-1	2	20:52
Totals		0	2	4	+4	12	133:44

Mikhail Sergachev (Russia)

Date	Opponent	G	A	PIMS	+/-	SOG	TOI
Dec. 26	Canada	1	0	2	+1	1	16:46
Dec. 27	Latvia	0	0	2	+2	2	15:51
Dec. 29	USA	0	0	0	-2	1	17:20
Dec. 31	Slovakia	0	0	0	+1	5	22:04
Jan. 2	Denmark	0	0	0	+1	2	19:56
Jan. 4	USA	0	0	0	E	4	25:54
Jan. 5	Russia	0	0	0	+1	1	18:18
Totals		1	0	4	+4	16	136:09

Sergachev was named Player of the Game December 29th against the USA.

Over the years, many of the Canadiens and their prospects have played in this tournament.  Here is a look at how each of those players performed.

Goalies

Player	Year(s)	Country	Record	GAA	SV%	SO
Carey Price	2007	Canada	6-0-0	1.14	.961	2
Zach Fucale	2014/15	Canada	8-2-0	1.81	.911	2
Al Montoya	2004/05	USA	9-3-0	2.39	.920	2

Defence

Player	Year(s)	Country	GP	G	A	PTS	PIMS
Alexei Emelin	2005/06	Russia	12	3	5	8	47
Nathan Beaulieu	2012	Canada	6	0	1	1	16
Andrei Markov*	1997/98	Russia	6	0	1	1	2
Shea Weber	2005	Canada	6	0	0	0	10

* – Markov was listed as a member of the 1998 team but did not play.

Forwards

Player	Year(s)	Country	GP	G	A	PTS	PIMS
Martin Reway	2013-2015	Slovakia	18	8	13	21	6
Max Friberg	2010/11	Sweden	12	11	2	13	26
Sven Andrighetto	2012/13	Switzerland	12	6	4	10	6
Jacob de la Rose	2013-2015	Sweden	20	5	5	10	32
Tomas Plekanec	2001/02	Czech Rep.	14	4	5	9	6
Artturi Lehkonen	2013-2015	Finland	16	6	3	9	12
Alex Galchenyuk	2013	USA	7	2	6	8	4
Alexander Radulov	2005/06	Russia	12	3	4	7	8
Brendan Gallagher	2012	Canada	6	3	3	6	12
Charles Hudon	2014	Canada	7	1	1	2	2
Phillip Danault	2013	Canada	6	0	1	1	2
Max Pacioretty	2008	USA	6	0	0	0	8

Spengler Cup

Montreal also had a prospect at the Spengler Cup, which took place from December 26th to 31st in Davos, Switzerland.  Zach Fucale was loaned from ECHL Brampton to Team Canada’s entry as they won the title for the 14th time.

Zach Fucale

Date	Opponent	GA	SF	GAA	SV%
Dec. 26	Dinamo Minsk	Did not play
Dec. 27	HC Davos	3	36	3.00	.917
Dec. 29	Mountfield	1	20	1.00	.950
Dec. 30	Dinamo Minsk	2	23	2.00	.913
Dec. 31	HC Lugano	2	42	2.00	.952
Totals (4-0 record)		8	121	2.00	.934

Fucale was named Player of the Game December 29th against Mountfield.