Ice Hockey IIHF World Championships 2017

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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

 

The second Korean goal... luck!

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

 

Sanghoon! Sangwoo!

Korea leads with three straight wins

 

Korea also won its third game of the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group A in Kyiv, 3-1 vs. Hungary. The chance to earn promotion rises.

 

For Korea it’s the second win in history against Hungary after a 5-4 victory in shootout on the opponent’s ice in Budapest in 2013. Hungary avenged the loss at the Division I event one year later, beating Korea on its ice in Goyang 7-4, but this time Korea took the three points and continues to lead the group as the only team without a loss.

 

“It was a great game with two hockey teams battling really hard and the better end for us,” said Korean head coach Jim Paek, who thanked the Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation for its help and friendship that helped raise the standard of Korean hockey.

 

“Hockey is a funny game. We try to control what we can control. Sometimes a lucky bounce or a penalty call can change a game. You have to get all the stars and moons lined up and with your work ethic you hope to have some success.”

 

10 months before hosting the Olympics the Koreans are playing stronger than ever. After a day off tomorrow they could secure a top-two placing at this tournament in the game on Thursday against Austria and promotion to the top division for the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Copenhagen and Herning, Denmark.

 

“We’ve seen their federation evolve in the commitment they have made in developing their program, that’s why they’re 3-0 in the tournament. They’re very well coached. The Asian mentality is very disciplined. They played a very disciplined style in their first three games and if you play like that you usually prevail. They didn’t allow us to generate a lot of offensive opportunities,” said Hungary coach Rich Chernomaz

 

Korea outshot Hungary 33-23 and broke the deadlock with two goals in the third period. This time it was the native Koreans who seized the opportunity with Kisung Kim, Sanghoon Shin and Sangwoo Sin scoring the three goals.

 

“Things happened as we expected. We were fully prepared that they’d come out strong,” Sanghoon Shin, who scored the game-winning goal, said. “We’re not surprised that we won three games because we are trying really hard to get better every day. We want people to see us and to look forward to our development and bright future.”

 

Korea, the only undefeated team after two days, again had a strong start but despite a 13-5 shot advantage the first period remained scoreless.

 

Hungary seized the opportunity when Bryan Young and Young Jun Lee were both assessed penalties for high-sticking and they got a 5-on-3 opportunity. After a pass from Janos Hari, Bence Sziranyi sent off a long shot that Daniel Koger deflected past Korea’s Eric Regan and through Matt Dalton’s five-hole at 3:45.

 

The game continued to be at par and the teams stayed disciplined not allowing too many good chances. Vilmos Gallo had the biggest one nine minutes after the goal when he almost made it 2-0 for Hungary after a giveaway but his shot hit the crossbar.

 

Korea eventually found back at 15:43. Jin Hui Ahn missed a chance in front of the net but Sangwook Kim got the puck, sent a horizontal pass from right to left and Kisung Kim converted it to tie the game at one.

 

In the third period a bizarre goal from Sanghoon Shin gave Korea its first lead of the game. Shin assisted himself with a shot went wide the net and hit the end board, then shot from an acute angle from the right on the rebound. Although Hungary goalie Bence Balizs seemed to cover the corner, Shin’s shot found its way past the netminder into the net at 6:31.

 

“When I was in front of the goal I tried to get a second shot and just put it in and it turned out well,” he commented his goal.

 

For Hungary coach Chernomaz the game-winner was symbolic for Korea and its success in Kyiv. “They went until the end. When you do that opposed to making another play or pass, situations like that arise. They used their speed and we didn’t defend very well in that situation. They executed when they needed to especially in the third period and we didn’t,” he said.

 

The teams exchanged tripping penalties after the goal. Krisztian Nagy tripped Korea captain Woosang Park, who fell into the boards, but Korea didn’t capitalize on the man advantage. Neither did Hungary when Bryan Young tripped Keegan Dansereau on the way to the net giving the Hungarians a power play and an opportunity to tie the game.

 

It was a breakaway that gave Korea the 3-1 goal. Sangwoo Sin shone with a nice deke against Bence Sziranyi at centre ice before beating Balizs with his shot. Hungary didn’t manage to close the gap anymore. Korea won again, and it did it again with a great third-period effort.

 

 

 

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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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10 Days to Go, Time to introduce another participating Team of the 2017 World Championships,

today its the turn of Sweden,

Out of the medals for the last two years,

Sweden looks to get back on the podium in Cologne.

 

SWEDEN

 

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Ukraine 0 - 1 Austria
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 0-1, 0-0
April 25th 2017, h. 20:30, Palace of Sports, Kyiv

 

Round-Robin Provisional Standing After Day 4

 

Nation	P	W(OTW)	L(OTL)	GF	GA	+/-	Pt.
South Korea	3	3(0)	0(0)	12	5	+7	9
Austria	3	2(0)	1(0)	6	4	+2	6
Kazakhstan	3	2(1)	1(0)	6	7	-1	5
Poland	3	1(0)	2(1)	4	6	-2	4
Hungary	3	1(0)	2(0)	7	9	-2	3
Ukraine	3	0(0)	3(0)	4	8	-4	0

 

 

 

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Ukraine 0 - 1 Austria
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 0-1, 0-0
April 25th 2017, h. 20:30, Palace of Sports, Kyiv

 

Austria wins battle

One goal vs. Ukraine, four injuries

 

Ukraine delivered Austria a tough battle but the “eagles” won 1-0. By the end of the game four players from both teams were missing due to injuries.

 

“It was a tough game, it was just one goal. We lost Thomas Raffl after he blocked a shot in the last game and Layne Viveiros, during the game we lost Stefan Ulmer. In the end we just had 17 players, that’s very special,” said Austria coach Roger Bader. Raffl tried to play but had to give up the plan after the warm-up.

 

Also the Ukrainian coach had to react during the game as Yuri Petrangovsky left the game due to an old groin injury and is not likely to return as the team announced.

 

Austria needed a win in order to stay in the race for promotion and to avoid a relegation battle while winless Ukraine needed to win in order to survive in this group.

 

The favourites had a better start and a lot of power plays. Ukraine took six minor penalties in the period, Austria two.

 

“The emotions were quite difficult in the beginning. Many of the penalties were silly and careless. The absence of calmness and decisiveness in the crucial moments was missing. The opponent was quite active and didn’t allow us to create many opportunities,” said Ukrainian assistant coach Dmytro Pidgursky.

 

Austria outshot Ukraine 20-5 in the first period but didn’t capitalize on its many chances while Eduard Zakharchenko had a strong night in the Ukrainian net.

 

“Yesterday we had a great power play against Hungary, today it was not successful. Normally if you have that many shots you should score goals but the Ukrainian box play and the goalie were very good,” Bader said.

 

Ukraine didn’t manage to create too many opportunities but with Zakharchenko keeping his team in the game, the possibility was always there to score an upset, or at least a goal. They came out stronger in the second period and had some opportunities. Like at 12:59 when Sergi Babynets’ shot just hit the crossbar.

 

Three minutes later the Austrians eventually netted the puck on a power play, their seventh of the game. Martin Schumnig shot from the blue line and the puck went in deflected by Daniel Woger.

 

“We started strong but we didn’t capitalize on our chances despite playing 5-on-3 for over two minutes twice in the first period. But we stayed patient. The Ukrainians put us under pressure for a couple of minutes in the second period but we defended well and were lucky enough to score a power-play goal and defended the lead until the very end,” said Schumnig.

 

“We could have won higher if we had converted the countless of shots but we also have to thank Bernhard [Starkbaum], who did great goaltending and saved us from a loss or tie.”

 

With that goal the game was still far from over. Ukraine created more scoring opportunities in the third period. Vitali Lyalka had the biggest chance on a breakaway attempt at 4:40 but Schumnig prevented him from shooting.

 

With the win Austria moved up to second place with six points from two games and seems to be safe from the relegation battle while being enabled to dream of higher ambitions. The next opponent is Korea on Thursday.

 

“We will have a big game against Korea. We saw them last year and we played them in November. We saw how they have improved, so we are not surprised that they play so well here,” said Bader.

 

Ukraine on the other hand sits on the bottom of the standings with zero points. If the hosts don’t gain points in tomorrow night’s game against Kazakhstan, the last place and relegation will be their fate even before the last round on Friday.

 

“The chances are always there and our attitude is always to battle for victory even if we have to die on the ice,” Petrangovsky puts it martially before tomorrow’s game.

 

 

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DAY 4

Ukraine 0 - 1 Austria
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 0-1, 0-0
April 25th 2017, h. 20:30, Palace of Sports, Kyiv

 

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

Day 5 Schedule (26th April 2017)

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20:30  Kazakhstan vs Ukraine

*Existential match for the hosts, If Ukraine will not earn any point from this match (lose in regulation time) Ukraine will be officially relegated to next years Division I Group B.

 

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

Day 3 Schedule (26th April 2017)

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12:30  Japan vs Estonia

16:00  Netherlands vs Croatia  ( @heywoodu vs @dcro )

19:30  Great Britain vs Lithuania

 

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