The Canadian Junior National Team had its second blow out victory at the International Federation of American Football 2014 Junior championship on Thursday. Β In 42 degree heat, the Canadian team defeated the team from France 54 to 0. Β This follows up a 91 to 0 drubbing of Kuwait.
Leading the Canadian offensive attack was Quebec running back Phillip Lessard-VezinaΒ who had 153 yards rushing and 3 touchdowns on 9 carries. Β Alberta’s Hunchuk brothers hooked up for a scoring play in the third quarter with Brett throwing it to CFC Top 100 receiver Colton. Β Another CFC Top 100 receiver Quebec’s Louis-Mathieu Normandin had a touchdown in the 2nd quarter to put the Canadians up by 3 scores. Β The Canadians face Austria in the final round robin game and ifΒ victorious, a probableΒ match up in the gold medal game with the Americans, who should win their group.
“The kids were very excited to play against France today,” said Canada head coach and defensive coordinator, Warren Craney. “We knew we had to bring a physical game and wanted to send a message early.”
“After a slow start, we managed to shut down the France offense and our offense moved the ball easily including three rushing touchdowns by Lessard-Vezina,” added Craney. “Vezina was the early spark we needed to change the momentum of the game.
Canada’s defense played another strong game allowing 42 yards of total offense, all of which were on the ground.
“Our defense has been solid since training camp and are extremely talented and anxious to test themselves with our next opponent.”
2014 IFAF U19 World Championship Standings
| GROUP A | W | L | T | Pct | PF | PA | TD All |
| Canada | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 147 | 0 | 0 |
| Austria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 88 | 7 | 1 |
| France | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 7 | 80 | 11 |
| Kuwait | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 155 | 22 |
| GROUP B | W | L | T | Pct | PF | PA | TD All |
| United States | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 103 | 14 | 2 |
| Japan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.500 | 72 | 44 | 6 |
| Mexico | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.000 | 38 | 73 | 10 |
| Germany | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 20 | 102 | 15 |
With files from Football Canada
| Scoring Summary (Final) |
| IFAF U19 World Championship 2014 |
| France vs Canada (Jul 10, 2014 at Kuwait City) |
| France (0-2) vs. Canada (2-0) |
| Date: Jul 10, 2014 β’ Site: Kuwait City β’ Stadium: Al-Nasr Stadium |
| Attendance: |
| Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Total |
| France 0 0 0 0 0 |
| Canada 14 10 13 19 56 |
| Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H |
| 1st 03:12 CAN – P.Lessard-V. 9 yd run (D.Levesque kick), 8-58 3:54 0 – 7 |
| 00:22 CAN – P.Lessard-V. 34 yd run (D.Levesque kick), 6-55 1:29 0 – 14 |
| 2nd 05:06 CAN – L.Normandin 5 yd pass from F.Paquette-P. (D.Levesque kick), 7-31 2:40 0 – 21 |
| 00:00 CAN – D.Levesque 24 yd field goal, 12-65 2:25 0 – 24 |
| 3rd 08:34 CAN – P.Lessard-V. 55 yd run (D.Levesque kick), 1-55 0:10 0 – 31 |
| 00:19 CAN – B.Hunchak 8 yd pass from B.Hunchak (D.Levesque kick failed), 11-55 5:57 0 – 37 |
| 4th 11:06 CAN – L.St-Amant 26 yd interception return (D.Levesque kick) 0 – 44 |
| 07:38 CAN – M.Pivin 17 yd pass from L.Putt (D.Levesque kick failed), 4-31 1:11 0 – 50 |
| 03:11 CAN – M.Pivin 6 yd pass from L.Putt (D.Levesque kick failed), 6-34 3:11 0 – 56 |
| Kickoff time: 20:00 β’ End of Game: 22:19 β’ Total elapsed time: 2:19 |
| Officials: Referee: B.Savicevic AUT; Umpire: S.Sladojevic SR; Linesman: L.Connor GBR; |
| Line judge: T.Kawata JPN; Back judge: F.Kristensen DE; Field judge: P.Martincek SLK; |
| Side judge: B.Griffiths GBR; |
| Temperature: 42 β’ Wind: 19kmh NW β’ Weather: clear skies |
| Individual Statistics (Final) |
| IFAF U19 World Championship 2014 |
| France vs Canada (Jul 10, 2014 at Kuwait City) |
| Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg |
| P.Lessard-V. 9 154 0 154 3 55 17.1 |
| K.James 7 54 0 54 0 13 7.7 |
| E.Montemiglio 4 30 0 30 0 17 7.5 |
| D.Levesque 1 13 0 13 0 13 13.0 |
| B.Hunchak 1 10 0 10 0 10 10.0 |
| C.Hunchak 1 4 0 4 0 4 4.0 |
| L.Putt 3 5 2 3 0 5 1.0 |
| F.Paquette-P. 6 17 23 -6 0 9 -1.0 |
| Totals 32 287 25 262 3 55 8.2 |
| Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack |
| F.Paquette-P. 11-20-0 118 1 22 0 |
| B.Hunchak 9-10-0 66 1 13 0 |
| L.Putt 5-7-0 54 2 17 0 |
| Totals 25-37-0 238 4 22 0 |
| Receiving No. Yards TD Long |
| M.Pivin 8 114 2 22 |
| L.Normandin 5 33 1 15 |
| C.Hunchak 4 22 0 13 |
| T.Pinto 2 27 0 20 |
| K.James 2 7 0 5 |
| P.Lessard-V. 1 11 0 11 |
| F.Laflamme 1 11 0 11 |
| B.Hunchak 1 8 1 8 |
| E.Montemiglio 1 5 0 5 |
| Totals 25 238 4 22 |
| Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB |
| D.Levesque 1 23 23.0 23 1 0 |
| Totals 1 23 23.0 23 1 0 |
| Punt Kickoff Intercept |
| Returns No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds Lg |
| J.McCoy 3 43 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| R.Metchie 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 12 |
| L.St-Amant 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 35 26 |
| K.Johnson 0 0 0 1 26 26 0 0 0 |
| Totals 3 43 29 1 26 26 3 47 26 |
| Field goals Qtr Time Dist Result Field goals Qtr Time Dist Result |
| D.Levesque 2nd 00:00 24 yards Good |
| Kickoffs No. Yards Avg TB OB |
| All-purpose Run Rcv KR PR IR Total |
| P.Lessard-V. 154 11 0 0 0 165 |
| M.Pivin 0 114 0 0 0 114 |
| K.James 54 7 0 0 0 61 |
| J.McCoy 0 0 0 43 0 43 |
| FUMBLES: Canada-F.Paquette-P. 1-1. |
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