Team WHL Tops Russian Selects in 2007 ADT Canada-Russia Challenge Finale

Medicine Hat, AB – Calgary Hitmen forward Ryan White broke a 1-1 tie only 33 seconds into the third period to pace Team WHL to a 4-1 victory over the Russian Selects in the final game of the 2007 ADT Canada-Russia Challenge on Thursday, November 29th in Medicine Hat, AB.

With Team WHL’s victory, the Canadian Hockey League claims a 4-2 series win over the Russian Selects in the six-game ADT Canada Russia Challenge.

The win also improves Team WHL to 9-1 in 10 meetings versus the Russian Selects through the ADT Canada-Russia Challenge’s five-year history.

Medicine Hat Tigers forward Brennan Bosch, Seattle’s Bud Holloway and Regina’s Jordan Eberle also scored for Team WHL, who exact some revenge on the Russian Selects after losing 5-1 to Russia on Wednesday night in Cranbrook, B.C.

Tigers forward Tyler Ennis added one assist for Team WHL.

Mikhail Milekhin – with the game’s opening score – scored the only goal for the Russian Selects, who finish the series with two wins, three defeats and a shootout setback.

Everett Silvertips’ netminder Leland Irving turned aside 19 of 20 shots he faced to backstop Team WHL to the win. Sergey Gayduchenko stopped 24 of 28 shots for the Russian Selects in the defeat.

Thurday’s game, witnessed by 3,409 jubilant fans, was the first major international hockey event hosted in Medicine Hat in almost thirty years. The last time an event of this magnitude was played in Medicine Hat dates back to December of 1979 when the Moscow Selects made a stop on their tour of professional teams to battle the Tigers.

For more on the 2007 ADT Canada-Russia Challenge, visit the www.chl.ca.