Ice Hockey IIHF World Championships 2017

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DAY 3

Hungary 1 - 3 Austria
Period-by-Period: 1-1, 0-0, 0-2
April 24th 2017, h. 20:30, Palace of Sports, Kyiv

 

Round-Robin Provisional Standing After Day 3

 

Nation	P	W(OTW)	L(OTL)	GF	GA	+/-	Pt.
South Korea	2	2(0)	0(0)	9	4	+5	6
Austria	2	1(0)	1(0)	5	4	+1	3
Hungary	2	1(0)	1(0)	6	6	0	3
Poland	2	1(0)	1(0)	4	5	-1	3
Kazakhstan	2	1(0)	1(0)	5	7	-2	3
Ukraine	2	0(0)	2(0)	4	7	-3	0

 

 

 

 

 

 

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DAY 3

Hungary 1 - 3 Austria
Period-by-Period: 1-1, 0-0, 0-2
April 24th 2017, h. 20:30, Palace of Sports, Kyiv

 

Austria bounces back

Hofer’s third-period goal seals win vs. Hungary

Austria bounced back from the opening-day loss at the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group A and beat Hungary 3-1. Both teams are now 1-1.

 

In a tight game with Hungary having a slight shot advantage of 29-28 the Austrians broke the deadlock with Fabio Hofer’s power-play goal early in the third period.

 

“We really wanted to win this game. It was a tough game. We did many mistakes in the first two periods, we have to improve that, we need to have less bad passes in our own zone. We have to play like in the third period,” Hofer said. “It was important that we finally scored a power-play goal. That’s important in such a tournament.”

 

Hungary coach Rich Chernomaz regretted the high-quality chances that were left unused when his team played a strong period.

 

“Both teams had a good start. Their first goal was a weak goal on our part but we came on the 5-on-3. We played pretty strong in the second period and forced them to create some turnovers but ultimately in the third period an unnecessary offensive-zone penalty allowed them the goal,” Chernomaz said.

 

It was the first encounter between these two close neighbours in IIHF play since 2014 when a 5-4 victory paved the way to promotion for Austria while Hungary stayed in this tier to earn promotion one year later. Hungary had since won four exhibition games against Austria but was left empty-handed when it mattered.

 

Austria didn’t capitalize on an early power play but when playing shorthanded Thomas Raffl got the puck in the neutral zone, skated away on the left and beat Hungarian goalie Miklos Rajna from a sharp angle to open the scoring at 3:49.

 

The Austrians continued taking penalties and Hungary was soon playing 5-on-3. Just went the first penalized players came out of the sin bin Keegan Dansereau scored from a similar position from left like Raffl to tie the game at one with his power-play marker at 6:23.

 

The teams continued to exchange chances at both ends while hundreds of fans from the two countries created a great atmosphere in their fan sectors. Five minute before the end of the middle frame Hungary’s Vilmos Gallo was close when his shot from a good position hit Bernhard Starkbaum’s shoulder while later the Austrian goalie caught a short-range shot from Istvan Bartalis with his glove.

 

“At the end they had more chances to score. In the first period we had a lot of chances. We had 5-on-3s, 5-on-4s, we should have used those better. If one team doesn’t capitalize on its chances, the other team will,” said Krisztian Nagy. “That’s how they won.”

 

With Andrew Sarauer in the penalty box for cross-checking the Austrians put pressure during the power play. After a blocked Martin Schumnig shot Hofer tried it and scored on his own rebound at 4:34. And just three minutes later, on the next power play, a long shot from Dominique Heinrich found its way through traffic into the net.

 

“It was a hard first period for us, we had many penalties and a good goalkeeper so it was 1-1. The Hungarian team was stronger in the second period. We changed a little bit the setup and were better organized in the third period and were lucky that we had two power plays,” Austria head coach Roger Bader said.

 

After the encounter both teams have now one win and one loss from two games.

 

 

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DAY 3

Hungary 1 - 3 Austria
Period-by-Period: 1-1, 0-0, 0-2
April 24th 2017, h. 20:30, Palace of Sports, Kyiv

 

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DAY 2

 

Japan 4 - 2 Croatia
Period-by-Period: 2-0, 1-0, 1-2
April 24th 2017, h. 12:30, SSE Arena, Belfast

 

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Lithuania 8 - 0 Netherlands
Period-by-Period: 2-0, 4-0, 2-0
April 24th 2017, h. 16:00, SSE Arena, Belfast

 

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Great Britain 5 - 1 Estonia
Period-by-Period: 2-0, 0-1, 3-0
April 24th 2017, h. 19:30, SSE Arena, Belfast

 

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Round-Robin Provisional Standing After Day 2

 

Nation	P	W(OTW)	L(OTL)	GF	GA	+/-	Pt.
Lithuania	2	2(0)	0(0)	11	0	+11	6
Japan	2	2(0)	0(0)	10	3	+7	6
Great Britain	2	2(0)	0(0)	9	3	+6	6
Croatia	2	0(0)	2(0)	4	8	-4	0
Estonia	2	0(0)	2(0)	1	8	-7	0
Netherlands	2	0(0)	2(0)	1	14	-13	0

 

 

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

Day 4 Schedule (25th April 2017)

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13:30  Kazakhstan vs Poland

17:00  Hungary vs South Korea

20:30  Ukraine vs Austria

 

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DAY 4

Kazakhstan (OT)1 - 0 Poland
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 0-0, 0-0, OT: 1-0
April 25th 2017, h. 13:30, Palace of Sports, Kyiv

 

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Kazakhstan (OT)1 - 0 Poland
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 0-0, 0-0, OT: 1-0
April 25th 2017, h. 13:30, Palace of Sports, Kyiv

 

Dallman saves Kazakhstan

Scores OT winner, only goal vs. Poland

 

Kazakhstan beat Poland 1-0 in overtime to remain in contention for promotion at the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group A.

 

The Kazakhs wanted to make up for their historic loss against Korea but it was the Poles who had the better start. They outshot Kazakhstan in the first two periods while the Kazakhs had a plus in the third. In a goalies’ game blueliner Kevin Dallman scored the difference-making goal at 1:39 of the 3-on-3 overtime period.

 

“We had a lot of chances, they’re goalie was good. They had a lot of chances, our goalie played good. It’s a tough tournament. You play back-to-back,” Dallman said. “We just have to continue now, get a rest for the game against Ukraine tomorrow. All the teams here are pretty good, they are the home team here, it will be a good atmosphere. We have to play our game and will hopefully get another win.”

 

Tight wins against Poland were key for Kazakhstan to earn promotion in 2015 in Krakow and 2011 here at the Palace of Sports in Kyiv. The last time the Kazakh men’s national team lost to Poland in an IIHF-sanctioned game was in 2007 when Poland won 5-2 in Qiqihar, China.

 

“It was a difficult game because both teams played at the same level. The goalies played well. All teams have a chance to win here. We played better than in our last game and had better chances,” said Kazakhstan head coach Eduard Zankovets.

 

Kazakhstan has won its Division I tournaments in 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015 to earn promotion back to the top division and aims to continue this pattern again in 2017. A loss to Poland would have been a big blow after the defeat against Korea two days ago. Now hopes are back to make it for Kazakhstan while for Poland the hope to get to the top level for the first time since 2002 is fading after two losses in three games. Poland tightly missed a top-two position to earn promotion when it took bronze both times in the last two years when the country hosted the event in Krakow and Katowice respectively.

 

“We knew before this game that it would be a tough test for us and for our goalie because they have good and skilled players but we defended well. We had our chances to score too but we didn’t,” commented Poland’s assistant coach Torbjorn Johansson. “After the third period we had to be happy to get at least one point.”

 

There have been enough chances of course to end the game earlier for either side. Like midway the second period when Kazakh goalie Vitali Kolesnik cleared a puck when it was sliding on its way to the goal line. Or when Polish goalie Przemyslaw Odrobny made an excellent pad save after a shot from Dallman was deflected in front of his net.

 

It was the goaltenders who were in the centre of attention with Poland outshooting Kazakhstan 29-27 during 60 scoreless minutes. Then came the 3-on-3 extra period and it didn’t last long.

 

The “Kazucks”, players from the Canada-born contingent, were on the ice to win their team an extra point. Nigel Dawes along the left boards found Dallman in central position whose shot went in over Odrobny. It was the 59th shot of the game that ended it in Kazakhstan’s favour.

 

“It’s a 3-on-3 overtime, anything can happen when you get a chance,” Dallman said. “Dawzy made a nice pass and I closed my eyes and shot it and it went in. It’s a good win but we still have to focus on two more games.”

 

 

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DAY 4

Kazakhstan (OT)1 - 0 Poland
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 0-0, 0-0, OT: 1-0
April 25th 2017, h. 13:30, Palace of Sports, Kyiv

 

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DAY 4

Hungary 1 - 3 South Korea
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 1-1, 0-2
April 25th 2017, h. 17:00, Palace of Sports, Kyiv