Ice Hockey IIHF World Championships 2017

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Under 18 Top Division World Championships 2017 in Poprad and Spišská Nová Ves (SVK)

Day 7 Schedule (20th April 2017)

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Quarterfinals in Poprad

13:30  1A-4B Finland vs Czech Republic

17:30  2B-3A Russia vs Slovakia

 

Quarterfinals  in Spišská Nová Ves

15:30  2A-3B Canada vs Sweden

19:30  1B-4A United States vs Switzerland

 

 

Relegation Round  in Spišská Nová Ves

11:30  Match 1/3 (5B-5A)  Belarus vs Latvia

*Best of 3 Series, Match 1.

 

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Division I Group A World Championships 2017 in Graz (AUT)

Day 4 Schedule (20th April 2017)

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13:00  France vs Hungary

16:30  Denmark vs Norway

20:00  Austria vs Japan

 

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Canada names first players - 18 NHLers nominated for Worlds

 

http://www.iihfworlds2017.com/en/news/canada-names-first-players/

 

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Under 18 Division I Group B World Championships 2017 in Bled (SLO)

Day 4 (19th April 2017)

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13:00  Japan vs Poland  3-2

16:30  Slovenia vs Italy  3-1

20:00  Ukraine vs Austria  1-2

 

hell of the progress in our hockey...yeah ;p

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hell of the progress in our hockey...yeah ;p

 

but still all 4 results were very close. 3 loses by 1 goal (2 of them even in overtime) and only one 2 goals margin defeat from the hosts. hard luck

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Relegation Round

 

Match 1

(1) Belarus 2 - 0 Latvia (0)
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 1-0, 1-0
April 20th 2016, h. 11:30, Arena Spisska Nova Ves, Spisska Nova Ves

 

 

Belarus wins Game 1, 2-0

Latvia needs 2 straight wins to avoid relegation

 

In the first game of the best-of-three relegation series, Belarus defeated Latvia 2-0.

 

Vladislav Yeryomenko figured in on both Belarusian goals, while Andrei Grishenko made 17 saves for the shutout. At the other end, a busy Niklavs Rausa stopped 29 of 30 shots for Latvia.

 

The first period was defensively played, with Belarus outshooting Latvia 6-5, but the only real scoring chance of the period didn’t get recorded as a shot - on a 2-on-1 rush, Artyom Anosov fired a pass from Sergei Sapogo off the goalpost.

 

After the evenly played period, Belarus dominated the middle frame by outshooting Latvia 15-3. Rausa was brilliant in goal, however, and nearly kept the Belarusians off the scoresheet.

 

The first goal of the game was finally scored with just over a minute to go in the period. From a faceoff in the Latvian zone, Yeryomenko’s point shot was stopped by Rausa, but Igor Martynov was there to sweep in the rebound.

 

The Latvians tried to mount an offensive in the third period, but Belarus played tight defence and the chances they did have, they failed to capitalize on. Grishenko made perhaps his biggest save of the night halfway through the final period on a one-timer from Dennis Smirnovs.

 

With a late power play, the Latvians pulled Rausa for a 6-on-4 advantage in the final minute, but Yeryomenko scored into the empty net to put the game away.

 

Belarus is playing in its first IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship in the top division since hosting the event in Minsk in 2010, and now the team is one win away from returning to next year’s tournament in Russia. Latvia, meanwhile, is playing in the top division for the second straight year, but now must win two in a row to make it a third.

 

 

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Incredible luck for Russia this is an absolute hearthbreaking moment for our guys...they deserved to win this match and fight fr medals..but sport is sometimes really really cruel...what a luck for Russia...this is insane

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Quarterfinal

 

1A-4B

Finland (OT)6 - 5 Czech Republic
Period-by-Period: 4-1, 1-3, 0-1, OT: 1-0
April 20th 2017, h. 13:30, Poprad Arena, Poprad

 

 

Finns survive scare, win in OT

Czechs rally from 5-1 down but Virtanen scores winner

 

The Czechs mounted the greatest comeback in U18 history only to lose with 58.5 seconds left in overtime.

 

Santeri Virtanen knocked in a loose puck from the crease with 58.5 seconds left to give Finland a 6-5 win and a place in the semi-finals.

 

"We forced a turnover in our own zone," Virtanen recalled, "and as we went through the neutral zone I gave a pass to Miro [Heiskanen]. He drove to the net and was stopped, but I put it home. Thank God we won."

 

Indeed, the Czechs tied a record for greatest comeback in IIHF history, men or women, any event category. Had they won, the Finns might have taken many a year to forget. 

 

"We didn't have a good start, obviously," said Czech forward Ondrej Machala, "but we went to the dressing room after the first period and started talking about what we did well and what we didn't. We didn't block shots. We didn't shoot on the net. But we fixed that and tied it 5-5. We showed everyone here that we played like a team. We wanted to go further, but we are proud of what we did today."

 

"I don't know what happened," Virtanen said. "We let our foot off the gas a little bit, started taking silly penalties. Our game just wasn't the same. This was a good lesson for us, but we're confident heading to the semi-finals."

 

The Finns scored the early goal to set the tone. Defenceman Heiskanen's point shot went all the way at 2:19, and Suomi had the start it wanted.

 

Five minutes later, though, the Czechs tied the score thanks to another goal from the blue line. This time it was Dalimil Mikyska with a bullet drive that beat Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen.

 

The rest of the period was dominated by the Finns. Linus Nyman made it 2-1 at 14:09 off the rush. Coming in on a three-on-two, he tried to pass the puck across the crease, but a defenceman slid to block the pass only to see the puck dribble past Jakub Skarek at 18:26.

 

Then, two quick and late goals. Urho Vaakanainen converted a rebound to the back side of Skarek on a power play, and then captain Aarne Talvitie jumped on a rebound in the slot at 19:14 to make it 4-1. Coach Vaclav Varada didn't even wait for the impending intermission to make a goalie change, pulling Skarek in favour of Jiri Patera with those 46 seconds remaining.

 

The Finns made it 5-1 at 5:24 of the second when Talvitie scored on a rebound, again lax defence around the Czech goalie proving costly.

 

"We were moving our legs really well," Virtanen explained. "We were first to pucks, got to rebounds, create scoring chances, and put them home."

 

The rout seemed to be on, but then something strange happened.

 

The Czechs refused to give up, and the rest of the second period was mirror opposite to the first. It was the Czechs who scored three times and dominated as the Finns were caught off guard by the lack of quit in their opponents.

 

Filip Chytil made it 5-2 off a rebound at 7:02, and five minutes later Marek Skvrne made a fine solo dash, finishing with a deke and sliding the puck between Luukkonen's pads.

 

Then, with only 1:25 left in the period, the Czechs scored on the power play when a point shot by Machala went all the way.

 

The third was tense but the Czechs pressed, knowing they still needed a goal. It took most of the period, but they completed their comeback at 17:23 off an odd-man rush, Filip Zadina sliding the puck in front to Jan Hladonik. He eluded Kristian Vesalainen, fighting to get back on coverage, and tipped the puck in the open side. 

 

That made it 5-5, setting the stage for a wild finish in OT.

 

 

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Quarterfinal

 

2A-3B

Canada 3 - 7 Sweden
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 2-3, 1-3
April 20th 2016, h. 15:30, Arena Spisska Nova Ves, Spisska Nova Ves

 

 

Swedes down Canada 7-3

Sweden moves on to semi-finals

 

With goals in the last minute of both the first and second periods, Sweden built up a 4-2 lead, then cruised to a 7-3 quarter-final win over Canada.

 

Jacob Olofsson, Fabian Zetterland, Rickard Hugg, Erik Brannstrom and Isac Lundestrom each chipped in with two points for the Swedes.

"I think it was a good bounce back after the game against the USA," said Olofsson, who scored two goals. "We kind of turned the tables - last game we got lots of chances but only one goal, and today it seemed like everything was going in."  

 

"I think we played our best game of the tournament so far," said Swedish head coach Torgny Bendelin. "After some tough games where we maybe didn't play that well, even if we won, a game like this is really good for the team's confidence."

 

The game started off at a slow pace, but that picked up late in the period as the teams traded scoring chances. Isaac Ratcliffe got in the clear but his hard drive that was labelled for the top corner was deflected into the crowd by Swedish goalie Adam Ahman, and then the other way David Gustafsson got in behind the Canadian defence but fired wide. The Swedes opened the scoring with just three seconds remaining in the opening period when Josh Brook lost control of the puck in his own zone and Zetterland pounced on it, beating Ian Scott with a wrister inside the post.

 

Asked if the turnover and quick shot surprised him, Scott answered: "Yeah, a little bit. It just sort of snuck under my arm. There was still lots of the game left, though, so I don't think it damaged us too badly." 

 

The Canadians answered back just two minutes into the second period, though. With the team putting pressure on, Matthew Strome got to a puck that deflected off the end boards and his shot from below the blueline went off Ahman and in.

 

The Swedes opened up a two-goal lead with a pair of goals three minutes apart in the middle of the period. An unchecked Oskar Back entered the backdoor and converted a pass from Hugg with a wide-open net to shoot at, and then on a 3-on-2 rush Scott got a piece of Olofsson’s shot, but the puck was sitting loose in the crease and he was able to get to his own rebound and stuff home.

 

"I got a good pass there from Isac and tried to shoot it right away. The puck dribbled in behind him and I was pretty lucky that I was able to put it in," Olofsson described.

 

"There were a couple unlucky bounces there, I think," Scott said of the two goals. "A couple situations where the puck could have gone either way."

 

With his fourth of the tournament, Mackenzie Entwistle got one back for Canada just over a minute later when his long wrister beat Ahman five-hole, but the Swedes restored their two-goal lead in the last minute of the middle frame on the power play, with Hugg putting home the rebound.

 

"These were very big goals when talking about the mental part of the game," Bendelin said about the goals his team scored in the last minute of the first two periods. "Because of the timing, they both gave us a big lift mentally."

 

The Canadians almost answered again early in the period, with Kyle Olson stepping out of the penalty box and joining the rush, but just missing with his shot. Then Olofsson’s second goal of the game - a wrister through a crowd - gave Sweden a stranglehold with 15:40 to play.

 

Branstrom and Lundestrom - the latter an empty netter - rounded out the scoring for the Swedes. In between, Maxime Comtois scored Canada’s third goal.

 

Sweden moves on to the semi-finals, where they’ll face the winner of the United States and Switzerland.

 

 

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Quarterfinal

 

2B-3A

Russia (OT)3 - 2 Slovakia
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 0-2, 1-0, OT: 1-0
April 20th 2017, h. 17:30, Poprad Arena, Poprad

 

 

Slepets scores in OT

Russia wins, 3-2, but Slovak fans the real story

 

Slovakian president Andrej Kiska was among the throng of 4,496 spectators who witnessed a thrilling quarter-finals game, won in overtime by Russia, 3-2.

 

Kirill Slepets beat three Slovaks to a loose puck in front and fired a low shot to the corner, giving Russia a 3-2 overtime win against hosts Slovakia and earning a place in the semi-finals against Finland on Friday.

 

"We played a great game," Adam Ruzicka said. "We made a mistake, and we lost. It happens in hockey. But the crowd, the fans, are amazing. That's what makes us happy. This is something special. I don't know what else to say."

 

Despite the loss, the Slovakian players and fans were the real winners. The arena in Poprad was stuffed beyond capacity, and as they had done earlier against Finland and Canada, the Slovaks fell behind early and rallied to tie. Tonight, they also led, but in the end they fell a goal short.

 

"The stadium was electric," Russian coach Sergei Golubovich agreed. "The atmosphere was incredible. The fans helped Slovakia play well, for sure. This was a tough battle for us."

 

After the handshakes, the players circled the ice to acknowledge the crowd. Some were fighting back tears; some were crying; some were even smiling sadly at the contradiction of being crushed by the loss but overwhelmed by the support.

 

The noise continued for so long that all of the players not being interviewed came out of the dressing room and skated another lap. An encore, if you will. That happens at the opera every night, but not so often in hockey.

 

If you want to appreciate the Russian side--and sentiment aside, they won the game, fair and square--you want to start with number 19, Ivan Chekhovich. He is a special player and will be in the NHL one day, sooner rather than later.

 

Chekhovich scored both regulation goals for Russia, made one other sensational rush, and seemed to be at another level of skill than anyone else on ice.

 

Russia opened the scoring at 5:36 on a bit of sloppy defence from Slovakia. Andrei Svechnikov boldly split the defence coming in over the blue line, and as he took a shot he lost control of the puck. Unguarded, Chekhovich put the loose disc past Juraj Sklenar.

 

The Russians did a great job defensively all period, not allowing the Slovaks to penetrate or get any quality shots on Maxim Zhukov.

 

That changed in a big way during the second period. As if a switch went off, the Slovaks decided to get the puck deep, forecheck, and let the Russians do some of the work. The strategy paid off in spades. 

 

Jozef Balej made a great steal of the puck from defenceman Mark Rubinchik behind the Russian goal. Balej got it to the front of the goal where two Slovaks were stationed unattended. Adam Liska put the puck on Adam Ruzicka's stick, and he tied the game at 11:35.

 

Soon after, Chekhovich made a sensational rush but was stopped by Sklenar in the crease. Two minutes later, Slovakia took the lead on another defensive breakdown by the Russians. This time they watched as Adam Liska carried the puck in around the Russian goal, failing to cover him as he whirled and passed behind him, to the front of the goal, where Milos Fafrak chipped the puck in.

 

"They started to play more offensively in the second period," Golubovich said. "We tried to counter-attack, but they had the better period."

 

Chekhovich got his second of the night at 1:14 of the third on a power play that carried over from the second. A rebound came right to him behind the play, and he snapped a quick shot, bulging the twine and silencing the crowd briefly as the score moved to 2-2.

 

 

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Quarterfinal

 

1B-4A

United States 4 - 2 Switzerland
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 1-2, 2-0
April 20th 2016, h. 19:30, Arena Spisska Nova Ves, Spisska Nova Ves

 

 

USA survives Swiss scare

Two late goals give Americans 4-2 quarter-final win

 

Josh Norris and Jacob Tortora scored 27 seconds apart late in the third period to break a 2-2 deadlock and give Team USA a 4-2 victory over Switzerland.

 

It took just 51 seconds for the Americans to strike, with Braeden Tkachuk picking up the puck behind the net and feeding out front to Michael Pastujov, who snapped it home.

 

From there the Americans kept up the pressure, thoroughly dominating the opening period, but they didn’t get another goal despite outshooting the Swiss 16-2. Sean Dhooghe had the best chance to give his team a two-goal lead late in the period - Akira Schmid made a great save on his initial shot, but then with the goalie down and out, Dhooghe got his own rebound and missed.

 

The Swiss came out better in the second period and tied it when Nico Hirschier deflected Nico Gross’s point shot. For the potential No. 1 overall pick in this year’s NHL Entry Draft, it was his first goal of the tournament to go along with five assists.

 

Then the Americans ran into some penalty trouble and the momentum swung to the Swiss. Dylan St. Cyr, who has been cool under pressure in the U.S. net throughout the tournament, made some fine saves with his team down two men, but he couldn’t hold out forever.

 

With their second 5-on-3 advantage of the period, Nicolas Muller gave the Swiss the lead, finally forcing the puck across the goalline in a scramble.

 

Just past the game’s midpoint, Gross was assessed 2+10 for checking to the head, and that gave the Americans a chance to get things going again. Just seconds after his minor penalty ended, but not yet in the play, David Farrance took a pass from Evan Barrett at the top of the slot and beat Schmid to the glove side to tie the game at two.

 

That’s how the game stayed until Norris and Tortora struck.