Japan vs France
· Monday, February 9, 1998 · The Big Hat
JapanAway
2–5
Final21–25
FranceHome
Game summary
The France beat the Japan 5–2 on Monday, February 9, 1998 at The Big Hat. The France outshot the Japan 25–21.
Philippe Bozon scored twice. Ryan Fujita, Ryan Kuwabara, Stephane Barin, Christian Pouget and Serge Poudrier also scored.
Francois Gravel made 0 saves on 21 shots for the win; Dusty Imoo stopped 0 of 23.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| FRA | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 25 |
Scoring
1st period
Ryan Fujita (1)Toshiyuki Sakai (1), Atsuo Kudo (1)1–007:36 JPN
Philippe Bozon (1)Unassisted1–114:42 FRA · 
Ryan Kuwabara (1)Akihito Sugisawa (1), Shin Larsson (1)2–115:32 JPN ·
2nd period
Stephane Barin (1)Anthony Mortas (1), Robert Ouellet (1)2–203:51 FRA
3rd period
Christian Pouget (1)Serge Poudrier (1), Philippe Bozon (1)2–317:05 FRA · - Philippe Bozon (2)Serge Poudrier (2)2–419:08 FRA · ·
Serge Poudrier (1)Jean-Philippe Lemoine (1)2–519:37 FRA · ·
Team stats
JPNFRA
2125
0%0%
1/81/8
1826
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:36 into the first periodChristian Pouget · roughing2 min
- 4:36 into the first periodTsutsumi Otomo · roughing double minor4 min
- 5:33 into the first periodArnaud Briand · charging2 min
- 8:16 into the first periodYuji Iga · hooking2 min
- 10:46 into the first periodRoger Dube · slashing5 min
- 10:46 into the first periodRoger Dube · 20 minute game misconduct20 min
- 12:12 into the first periodFrancois Gravel · delaying game2 min
- 16:53 into the first periodJean-Philippe Lemoine · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 17:36 into the first periodTakayuki Kobori · interference2 min
- 1:28 into the second periodTatsuki Katayama · hooking2 min
- 4:16 into the second periodAkihito Sugisawa · hooking2 min
- 4:49 into the second periodPierre Allard · interference2 min
- 11:59 into the second periodTakeshi Yamanaka · holding2 min
- 15:22 into the second periodTatsuki Katayama · tripping2 min
- 16:08 into the second periodPierre Allard · high sticking2 min
- 14:31 into the third periodMaurice Rozenthal · boarding2 min
- 15:57 into the third periodTakeshi Yamanaka · interference2 min
- 18:28 into the third periodKarl Dewolf · holding2 min
Japan
| 13Akihito SugisawaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Toshiyuki SakaiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 30Shin LarssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 40Ryan FujitaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 71Ryan KuwabaraR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Atsuo KudoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Steve TsujiuraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Tsutsumi OtomoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Makoto KawahiraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Yuji IgaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Kunihiko SakuraiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 31Hiroshi MatsuuraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 47Matt KabayamaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 75Chris YuleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Hiroyuki MiuraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Takeshi YamanakaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 7Takayuki KoboriD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 9Tatsuki KatayamaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Yutaka KawaguchiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 36Takayuki MiuraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Shinichi IwasakiG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 70Dusty ImooG | L | 23 | 3 | .870 |
France
| 12Philippe BozonR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 27Serge PoudrierD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 7Stephane BarinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 19Robert OuelletC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 22Anthony MortasC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Jean-Philippe LemoineD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 26Christian PougetD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Arnaud BriandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Maurice RozenthalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Francois RozenthalR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Pierre AllardF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Roger DubeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Richard AimonettoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 40Laurent GrasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 42Jonathan ZwikelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Serge DjelloulD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 13Karl DewolfD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Denis PerezD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 34Jean-Christophe FilippinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 43Gregory DuboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Francois GravelG | W | 21 | 2 | .905 |
| 33Fabrice LhenryG | 0 | 0 | .000 |