Ice Hockey IIHF World Championships 2017

[Pavlo 141]

another relegation? why not

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MEN'S UNDER 18

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

2017

 

 

 

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Semifinal

  Sweden 3 - 4(OT)  United States
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, OT: 0-1
April 22nd 2017, h. 19:30, Poprad Arena, Poprad

 

 

U.S. going for gold

Dhooghe scores in OT for 4-3 win over Sweden

 

The Americans will be trying to win their seventh gold at the U18 in the last nine years after beating Sweden for the 13th time in 15 all-time meetings.

 

Sean Dhooghe capitalized on a turnover in the Sweden end when Filip Westerlund fell while carrying the puck out. Dhooghe collected the loose puck, went in alone, and snuck the puck through the pads of Adam Ahman with only 21 seconds left in the overtime.

 

Moments earlier, Ahman had made a sensational blocker save off Dhooghe to keep the Swedes alive. 

 

Sweden will now face Russia in the early game tomorrow for the bronze medal.

 

The U.S. got off on the right foot, scoring the opening goal at 10:28 of the first. Tom Miller drove down the wing and passed to Sean Dhooghe. Dhooghe was checked but the loose puck landed on Michael Pastujov's stick, and he popped it in.

 

The Swedes got the equalizer just 39 seconds into the second, also off the rush. Jacob Olofsson passed in front to Emil Bemstrom, and his shot was stopped by Dylan St. Cyr. At the same time, Olofsson circled the goal and got to the rebound, backhanding the puck into the open side.

 

Six minutes later, the U.S. regained the lead on a great set play with the extra man. Quinton Hughes, at the point, passed to Grant Mismash, who was in the middle of the Swedish box, facing Hughes. He no-looked a pass to the side to Max Gildon, and he wired a shot past Ahman.

 

Resilient Sweden tied the game again, though, at 4:11 of the third on a power play. A point shot was blocked and the puck came to Fabian Zetterlund almost on the icing line. His quick shot somehow squirted through the paraphernalia of St. Cry, making it 2-2.

 

Two and a half minutes later, the Swedes took the lead after causing a turnover inside the U.S. blue line. Marcus Sylvegard fell after getting the puck, got up, and wired a long shot past St. Cyr's glove. It was one that the goalie might have felt was stoppable.

 

Sixty-four seconds later, the game was tied again, this time because of a Sweden turnover in its own end. Hughes took a quick shot through the pads of Ahman as he was sliding across the crease. He, too, might have saved that on a second try.

 

 

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DIVISION I GROUP A

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

2017

 

 

 

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Round-Robin

DAY 1

Austria 2 - 3 Kazakhstan
Period-by-Period: 0-2, 2-0, 0-1
April 22nd 2017, h. 20:30, Palace of Sports, Kyiv

 

 

Round-Robin Provisional Standing After Day 1

 

Nation	P	W(OTW)	L(OTL)	GF	GA	+/-	Pt.
Hungary	1	1(0)	0(0)	5	3	+2	3
South Korea	1	1(0)	0(0)	4	2	+2	3
Kazakhstan	1	1(0)	0(0)	3	2	+1	3
Austria	1	0(0)	1(0)	2	3	-1	0
Ukraine	1	0(0)	1(0)	3	5	-2	0
Poland	1	0(0)	1(0)	2	4	-2	0

 

 

 

 

 

 

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DAY 1

Austria 2 - 3 Kazakhstan
Period-by-Period: 0-2, 2-0, 0-1
April 22nd 2017, h. 20:30, Palace of Sports, Kyiv

 

 

Dawes double for Kazakhs

Austria came back but Kazakhstan starts with win

 

Kazakhstan started with a crucial win between recent top-division nations by edging Austria 3-2 on the opening day.

 

Austria recovered after losing the opening frame 2-0 after two goals from Nigel Dawes to tie the game in the second period but Vladimir Markelov scored Kazakhstan’s game winner in the third.

 

Austria was the first team to net the puck after 53 seconds but Thomas Raffl influenced the play while standing in the goal crease and the game continued 0-0 until Nigel Dawes’ netted a pair of goals for Kazakhstan.

 

It was penalties that hurt Austria in the first period. And the third consecutive one was used by the Kazakhs. At 8:28 Dawes deked defenceman Martin Schumnig shooting the puck at the sideboard and then had the way to the goal free to beat Bernhard Starkbaum with a precise shot. Three minutes later the Austrians were lucky as a shot from Kazakhstan’s Vladimir Markelov just hit the post.

 

At 14:53 Dawes again escaped and concluded the breakaway with a top-shelf shot to make it 2-0 for the Kazakhs.

 

The Austrians improved in the second period. At 4:32 Raffl was skating in a circle before letting go a shot that Konstantin Komarek deflected to cut Kazakhstan’s lead to 2-1. With two-and-a-half minutes left in the second period Raffl tied the game when he was in front of the net surrounded by opponents but still managed to score on his own rebound.

 

Early in the third period the Kazakhs capitalized on their first power play. Roman Savchenko sent a shot from the blue line to the goal that Markelov deflected for the 3-2 marker. The Austrians had a couple of chances in their attempt to tie the game again but the Kazakhs defended the lead and got their first points as they’re hoping to get promoted back to the top division again.

 

 

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2017

 

 

 

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Round-Robin

DAY 1

Austria 2 - 3 Kazakhstan
Period-by-Period: 0-2, 2-0, 0-1
April 22nd 2017, h. 20:30, Palace of Sports, Kyiv

 

HIGHLIGHTS

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After the Division IA started today in Ukraine, tomorrow will also start the Mens Division I Group B in Belfast. Also the final day of the Mens Under 18 Top Division in Slovakia is scheduled for tomorrow as well.

 

Tomorrow will start the Mens Division I Group B World Championships in GB. 

6 Nations and will battle for the only 1 available spot for the next years Mens Division I Group A World Championship and to avoid last place and the relegation to the Mens Division II Group A 2018.

 

 

Mens

 

Division I Group A World Championships 2017 in Kyiv (UKR)

Day 2 Schedule (23rd April 2017)

GMT +3

 

17:00  Kazakhstan vs South Korea

20:30  Poland vs Ukraine

 

Livestream

 

 

 

Mens

 

Division I Group B World Championships 2017 in Belfast, Northern Ireland (GBR)

Day 1 Schedule (23rd April 2017)

GMT +1

 

12:30  Netherlands vs Japan

16:00  Croatia vs Great Britain

19:30  Estonia vs Lithuania

 

*Tournament Format:  6 Nations will play a single round-robin tournament. Each teams plays each opponent once. The first ranked team of the event will be promoted to Division I Group A next year. The teams ranked from 2nd to 5th will play in this division also during the next years edition, The last-ranked team will be relegated to Division II Group A next year.

 

Livestream

 

 

 

Mens

 

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

Day 10 Schedule (23rd April 2017)

GMT +2

 

Last Day

 

Relegation Round in Spišská Nová Ves

13:30  Match 3 - Belarus vs Latvia

*Best-of-3-Matches Series, Standing is 1-1, this is the deciding last direct match, the winner of the game will win this relegation round serie, will be ranked 9th this year and will maintain among the Mens Under 18 worlds elite also for next year, the losing team will be relegated down to Mens Under 18 Division I Group A next year.

 

Bronze Medal Match in Poprad

15:30  Russia vs Sweden

 

Gold Medal Match in Poprad

19:30  Finland vs United States

 

Livestream

 

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Semifinal

Finland   (OT)2 - 1 Russia
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 1-0, 0-1, OT: 1-0
April 22nd 2017, h. 15:30, Poprad Arena, Poprad

 

 

 

HIGHLIGHTS

 

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MEN'S UNDER 18

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

2017

 

 

 

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Semifinal

  Sweden 3 - 4(OT) United States
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, OT: 0-1

 

HIGHLIGHTS

 

[VolleyRuller96 264]

Polish team possibly already managed to blow up all hopes of qualifying to the highest division after the 2-4 loss against South Korea  I don't really see them winning against Kazakhstan tommorow...

[lapaj 379]

South Korea defeated Kazakhstan! It seems Poland and Kazakhstan are on the same level!