Ice Hockey IIHF World Championships 2017

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Preliminary Round

DAY 4

 

Group A
Central European Summer Time (GMT +2)

United States 4 - 3 Sweden
Period-by-Period: 2-3, 1-0, 1-0
May 8th 2016, h. 20:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne

 

Group A Provisional Standing After Day 4

 

Nation	P	W(OTW)	L(OTL)	GF	GA	+/-	Pt.
Russia	3	3(1)	0(0)	18	5	+13	8
United States	3	2(0)	1(0)	12	7	+5	6
Latvia	2	2(0)	0(0)	6	1	+5	6
Sweden	3	1(0)	2(1)	11	8	+3	4
Germany	3	1(0)	2(0)	7	14	-7	3
Slovakia	2	1(1)	1(0)	4	5	-1	2
Italy	2	0(0)	2(1)	3	13	-10	1
Denmark	2	0(0)	2(0)	2	10	-8	0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Group A
Central European Summer Time (GMT +2)

United States 4 - 3 Sweden
Period-by-Period: 2-3, 1-0, 1-0
May 8th 2016, h. 20:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne

 

USA edges Sweden

Compher snatches winner late on

 

Despite trailing three times, Team USA kept its cool, survived a Swedish onslaught, and grabbed a gutsy victory after two fine goals from Johnny Gaudreau.

 

Team USA made it back-to-back wins here in Cologne, edging Sweden 4-3 with a never-say-die performance.

 

In a game between two of the fancied teams in the group, both nations knew that victory would go a long way towards moving clear of a nerve-shredding battle to make the last eight, and they delivered a topsy-turvy encounter that saw two goals apiece from Elias Lindholm and Johnny Gaudreau as the Americans came from behind repeatedly to snatch the win.

 

J.T. Compher put team USA ahead for the first time in the game with just eight minutes to play. The 22-year-old Colorado prospect, playing in his second World Championship, got the tip on a Connor Murphy shot from the point to defy a prolonged spell of Scandinavian pressure and set his country on the way to an encouraging victory.

 

Sweden, though, will be wondering what more it had to do to win this game. The Tre Kronor led three times without finishing off the Americans. Going into the final stanza locked at 3-3, the Swedes produced a blistering passage of play, aided by two US penalties, but failed to put the puck in the net. So disciplined was Rikard Gronborg’s team that it went 55 minutes without even taking a penalty – only to pay three visits to the box in the dying minutes when panic took hold.

 

It didn’t take long to get this game warmed up: the teams traded goals inside the first four minutes to set the tone for the evening’s entertainment. Lindholm shot Sweden into the lead from the top of the circle after Anton Stralman deked on a shot and found his team-mate in space. But that advantage lasted less than a minute before Clayton Keller added to Sunday’s hat-trick with his fourth goal of the championship, gobbling up the rebound from a Jack Eichel shot to beat Viktor Fasth.

 

Lindholm, recovered from the minor knock he sustained during Saturday’s 7-2 romp against Germany, was back on the scoresheet in the 14th minute with a goal that somewhat resembled his opener. This time it was Olive Ekman-Larsson who provided the feed and Lindholm supplied the finish from his preferred location around the face-off dot.

 

But Lindholm wasn’t the only forward in form in this game. Team USA’s Gaudreau shows every sign of enjoying his return to the World Championship and the 24-year-old’s blistering pace scorched through Sweden to tie the game once again on 18:12 of the first. Gaudreau latched onto Dylan Larkin’s clearance, leaving Jonas Brodin wrong-footed on the US blue line with a shake of the hips as he blazed a streak down the ice. The finish was clinical, going five-hole on Fasth for a fine goal.

 

Parity lasted a mere 35 seconds, however. Joel Lunqvust wrestled possession of the puck in the corner, Carl Klingberg fed Victor Hedman and the D-man smashed home a one-timer to give Sweden the edge at the first intermission.

 

The scoring had to slow down after that breathless opening stanza, but nobody warned Gaudreau. His second of the night was another fine play as he carved through the Swedish defence with his linemates Eichel and Anders Lee. Gaudreau started it with an interception in his own zone, then it was tic-tac-toe down the ice until the Calgary Flames man finished off the move and tied the game again.

 

Now, at last, the goalies began to shape events with a big save at each end to keep the scores level through 40 minutes. Jimmy Howard was first to show, getting his blocker behind another Hedman thunderbolt. Then Fasth denied Eichel with a flailing arm towards the top corner as the Americans sought the lead for the first time on the night.

 

Sweden, looking to force a victory that would have lifted it to seven points from a possible nine, began the third period at high speed. The early stages were played in front of Howard’s net as the USA tried to kill a couple of penalties. Victor Rask spurned a fabulous opportunity, firing past a wide-open net, then Lindholm dragged the puck wide of the target after Hedman found him unmarked on Howard’s doorstep. Those missed opportunities proved so costly for Sweden when Compher snatched the game-winner against the run of play soon after.

 

 

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Group B
Central European Summer Time (GMT +2)

Finland 3 - 4GWS Czech Republic
Period-by-Period: 3-0, 0-0, 0-3, OT: 0-0, GWS: 0-1
May 8th 2016, h. 20:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris

 

Group B Provisional Standing After Day 4

 

Nation	P	W(OTW)	L(OTL)	GF	GA	+/-	Pt.
Canada	3	3(0)	0(0)	17	3	+14	9
Switzerland	2	2(1)	0(0)	8	4	+4	5
Czech Republic	3	2(1)	1(0)	11	8	+3	5
Finland	3	1(0)	2(1)	7	11	-4	4
Norway	2	1(0)	1(0)	3	5	-2	3
France	2	1(0)	1(0)	7	4	+3	3
Slovenia	2	0(0)	2(1)	6	12	-6	1
Belarus	3	0(0)	3(0)	3	15	-12	0

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Finland 3 - 4GWS Czech Republic
Period-by-Period: 3-0, 0-0, 0-3, OT: 0-0, GWS: 0-1
May 8th 2016, h. 20:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris

 

Czechs shoot down Finns

Finland blows 3-0 lead, Hanzl shootout hero

 

The Czech Republic rallied from a 3-0 first-period deficit to defeat Finland 4-3 in a shootout on Monday. Robin Hanzl scored the winner.

 

Hanzal, a 28-year-old HC Litvinov forward in his first Worlds, beat Finnish goalie Joonas Korpisalo with a nice backhand deke. He was the only scorer in the shootout.

In regulation time, Roman Horak, Radko Gudas, and Jan Kovar got goals for the Czechs, and David Pastrnak added two helpers.

For Finland, captain Valtteri Filppula tallied a goal and an assist, and Topi Jaakola and Ville Lajunen also scored for Finland. Mikko Rantanen had two helpers.

 

The Czechs, whose last medal was bronze in 2012, have struggled with consistency in this tournament, but this has to be a huge morale-booster. After falling 4-1 to Canada and thumping Belarus 6-1, they outshot Finland 34-21 and never gave up.

 

The Finns, silver medalists in 2016, were hoping for a bounceback game after their stunning 5-1 loss to host France. And coach Lauri Marjamaki's team got off to a dream start.

 

Just 58 seconds in, Filppula collected the garbage from Sebastian Aho’s wraparound attempt and pushed it over the line. At 2:41, Finland went up 2-0 when Jaakola’s high shot fluttered past Czech starter Petr Mrazek. And at 13:52, Lajunen hammered a rising shot from the center point that fooled the goalie through traffic to make it 3-0.

 

The Finns didn't know it yet, but this dream would turn into a nightmare.

 

In the second period, the Czechs just couldn't turn on the red light, despite the vigorous chanting of their fans at the AccorHotels Arena. Jan Kovar and David Pastrnak had beautiful chances on the rush, but Korpisalo warded them off. Finnish World Championship rookie Jesse Puljujarvi drew a crowd mid-period after he gave Mrazek a snow shower.

 

The Czechs’ second-period highlight was when burly defenceman Radko Gudas sent Rantanen tumbling head over heels with a hip check.

The tide finally turned in the third. During the fourth Czech power play, Korpisalo twice stoned Kovar on the doorstep. But he couldn't foil Horak, who took Pastrnak's pass from the goal line and whacked it past Korpisalo's left pad at 7:37.

Coach Josef Jandac's boys made a spirited late push, and it paid off. Gudas pounded a drive past Korpisalo from the top of the faceoff circle with 2:14 left. Just 23 seconds later, Kovar broke through, capitalizing on Jaakola's defensive-zone giveaway and slidingthe  puck through both the defenceman's legs and Korpisalo to tie it up.

Finland had the better chances in overtime. Mrazek foiled Aho on a clear-cut breakaway, and Puljujarvi came close when he charged to the net for a Filppula set-up. But close isn't good enough here. The Finns could have had three points here, but settled for one.

Next up, the Finns take on Slovenia on Wednesday, while the Czechs face Norway on Thursday.

 

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Germany 3 - 6 Russia
Period-by-Period: 0-3, 0-2, 3-1
May 8th 2016, h. 16:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne

 

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Belarus 0 - 6 Canada
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 0-2, 0-3
May 8th 2016, h. 16:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris

 

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Finland 3 - 4GWS Czech Republic
Period-by-Period: 3-0, 0-0, 0-3, OT: 0-0, GWS: 0-1
May 8th 2016, h. 20:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris

 

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Preliminary Round

DAY 5

 

Group A
Central European Summer Time (GMT +2)

Italy vs Latvia
Period-by-Period:
May 9th 2016, h. 16:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne

 

Spoiler

 

Slovakia vs Denmark
Period-by-Period:
May 9th 2016, h. 20:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne

 

Spoiler

 

 

Group B
Central European Summer Time (GMT +2)

Slovenia vs Norway
Period-by-Period:
May 9th 2016, h. 16:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris

 

Spoiler

 

Switzerland vs France
Period-by-Period:
May 9th 2016, h. 20:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris

 

Spoiler

 

 

[bestmen 2,789]

2 hours ago, Agger said:

 

I'll just stop wasting time discussing this with you...

 

WHO CARES , you started this not me .......FARWELLLLLLLL
and Finland lost ,SO YOUR KNOWLEDGES ARE NOT SO FAR THAN 0

 

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Edited May 9, 2017 by bestmen