Ice Hockey IIHF World Championships 2017

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Preliminary Round

DAY 9

 

Group A
Central European Summer Time (GMT +2)

Russia 6 - 0 Slovakia
Period-by-Period: 3-0, 2-0, 1-0
May 13th 2016, h. 16:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne

 

Russia dominates once again

Big Red offence too much for Slovakia

 

Paced by Yevgeni Dadonov's two goals, Russia racked up its fifth straight win.

 

Five games in the 2017 World Championships, Russia shows no sign of letting up. They have won all five of their games and have done so in dominating fashion. Except for their 2-1 opening night shootout win over Sweden, Russia has won its next four games by no less than three goals.

 

Tonight, at LANXESS arena, Russia continued to dominate with a 6-0 win over Slovakia. Three first period goals provided the cushion Russia needed. With 14 points, Russia sits atop Group A.

 

"It was important to score early on, after that we stuck to our gameplan and kept on scoring." Alexander Barabanov commented on the game.

 

Slovakia has been a bit of a mystery in this tournament. Without NHL player participation, they’ve been left to rely on players exclusively plying their trade in Europe.

 

Moreover, Slovakia has now lost its last four games. Coming into this contest, they have been stingy on defence, giving up 12 goals. But their Achilles heel has been scoring, entering tonight with nine markers. Michel Miklik has led the way with three of those goals, but it has not been enough.

 

Yevgeni Dadonov, who notched two goals on the afternoon, dented the twines at 1:12 of the first period with an equal strength score. Vadim Shipachyov received a pass and found Dadonov for a clear shot that he popped past Julius Hudacek. Nikita Gusev picked up the secondary assist.

 

Dadonov added another 12:20 later. Gusev sent a pass in front that Dadonov wasted no time in executing to perfection. Shipachyov also got an assist.

 

With two goals scored, Dadonov, Shipachyov and Gusev each has two points apiece in the game.

 

Andrei Mironov rounded out first period scoring with an unassisted goal with forty-one seconds remaining in the frame. 

 

Slovakia’s Mario Bliznak and Marcel Hascak has chances when Ivan Telegin was in the penalty box. Three of Slovakia’s goals in the tournament have come on the power play but today they came up empty. Of course, Andrei Vasilevski had something to do with Slovakia staying off the board as he has now registered back-to-back shutouts.

 

"It was a really tough game but we also showed some strength." Vladimir Dravecky said. "We had a couple of chances but their goalie was unreal today, he pulled off some big saves. If we'd scored a couple goals today we might have had a different result."

 

Vasilevski has established himself as Russia's number one goaltender.

 

"The defence did well to help Vasilevski to another shut-out, basically everyone did well." Barabanov said of his netminder.

 

Nikita Kucherov extended the lead to 4-0 at 2:53 of the second period. Representing the senior national team for the first time at the World Cup of Hockey last fall and now in his first World Championships, Kucherov is someone who has earned a place and opened eyes here in Germany. 

 

Ivan Telegin scored at 12:50 of the second period and then in the third Vladislav Gavrikov contributed to the cause making it 6-0. 

 

For Telegin and Gavrikov it was their first goals of the tournament. Gavrikov's goal was the final blow as the Russians capitalized on poor defensive play by the Slovaks in their zone. 

 

Russia now prepares for two crucial games. First, a Monday contest against an improved Latvia and on Tuesday against a formidible Team USA.

 

 

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Group B
Central European Summer Time (GMT +2)

Slovenia 2 - 5 Belarus
Period-by-Period: 2-1, 0-4, 0-0
May 13th 2016, h. 16:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris

 

 

 

 

 

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Slovenia 2 - 5 Belarus
Period-by-Period: 2-1, 0-4, 0-0
May 13th 2016, h. 16:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris

 

Belarus pulls away, 5-2

Slovenia loses "regulation-relegation game"

 

Today's motivation was simple: win in regulation and avoid relegation. Lose in regulation and be relegated. Belarus won. Slovenia lost.

 

After trailing 2-1 after one period, Belarus scored four unanswered goals in the second to pull away from Slovenia and win, 5-2. 

 

The loss makes it impossible for Slovenia to escape last place in the Group B standings, meaning it will return to Division I-A for 2018.

 

"Better late than never, right?" said Belarus goalie Kevin Lalande. "We knew it was going to be a tough game. That could have swung either way after the first period. I think the message was clear. Our effort that we put forth after 20 minutes wasn’t what we needed to win. We came out really good in the second. We did all the right things, and we shut the door in the third."

 

"We're definitely we are very disappointed with this loss," said Slovenian forward Jan Urbas. "I think we started well, but then in the second period, we had a couple of bad minutes. We had a couple of penalties and they took advantage of that. I think we lost that game in the second period."

 

Coming into this game Belarus had won all four meetings in World Championship play between the two young nations. Make that five in a row now.

 

As a result, it was no surprise to see Belarus open the scoring at 13:12. Alexander Pavlovich, who had a goal yesterday against France, drilled a hard shot over the glove of Gasper Kroselj.

 

But that was not a sign of things to come. Indeed, Slovenia was equal to Belarus for much of the period and managed to tie the game less than four minutes later.

 

Slovenia got the tying score at 16:52 on a power play when goalie Kevin Lalande failed to control a point shot. The puck landed beside him and Ziga Jeglic put it in before Lalande could react.

 

More surprisingly, Slovenia took the lead with 45.1 seconds left on the clock thanks to a smart play from David Rodman. Carrying the puck over the line, he waited until a group of players moved between him and Lalande. He then snapped a great shot over the goalie’s shoulder.

Unfortunately for Slovenia, that lead lasted just 29 seconds into the second period. Andrei Kostitsyn curled around the goal, and as he did so Yevgeni Kovyrshin eluded defenceman Sabahudin Kovacevic in front. Kostitsyn got Kovyrshin the puck and it was in before Kroselj could do anything.

 

Pavlovich got his second of the night on a play he started and finished. Coming in over the line, he fed Ilya Shinkevich with a pass off the rush. Shinkevich’s shot was blocked in front, but the puck came right to Pavlovich to the side of the empty goal. He didn’t miss, and Belarus was back in the lead, 3-2.

 

The Belorussians extended their lead to two at 18:05 off another Pavlovich-Shinkevich combination. This time Pavlovich fed a little pass to his teammate going to the net, and Shinkevich got the tip of his stick on it to change direction enough to fool Kroselj.

 

Belarus got an insurance goal with 17.3 seconds left in the period on a power play when Andrei Stas banged in a rebound on a loss puck in the crease.

 

Slovenia now has a day off and will play a meaningless game against France on Monday in another crucial game. Belarus now has a two-day layoff before facing Norway.

 

 

 

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Results after 1st Period

 

Group A in Cologne
Italy - Germany  1-2 (1-2,-,-)

03:34 Christian EHRHOFF 0-1

04:21 Michele MARCHETTI 1-1

18:16 Matthias PLACHTA 1-2

Group B in Paris

Canada - Switzerland 2-0 (2-0,-,-)

04:22 Ryan O´REILLY 1-0

06:28 Mitch MARNER 2-0

 

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Results after 2nd Period

 

Group A in Cologne
Italy - Germany  1-4 (1-2, 0-2,-)

03:34 Christian EHRHOFF 0-1

04:21 Michele MARCHETTI 1-1

18:16 Matthias PLACHTA 1-2

22:46 Yannic SEIDENBERG 1-3

26:00 Dominik KAHUN 1-4

Group B in Paris

Canada - Switzerland 2-0 (2-0, 0-0,-)

04:22 Ryan O´REILLY 1-0

06:28 Mitch MARNER 2-0

 

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Final Results

 

Group A in Cologne
Italy - Germany  1-4 (1-2, 0-2, 0-0)

03:34 Christian EHRHOFF 0-1

04:21 Michele MARCHETTI 1-1

18:16 Matthias PLACHTA 1-2

22:46 Yannic SEIDENBERG 1-3

26:00 Dominik KAHUN 1-4

Group B in Paris

Canada - Switzerland 2-3 After Overtime (2-0, 0-0, 0-2, OT: 0-1)

04:22 Ryan O´REILLY 1-0

06:28 Mitch MARNER 2-0

46:37 Fabrice HERZOG 2-1

49:44 Vincent PRAPLAN 2-2

Overtime Winning Goal scored at 63:40 by Fabrice HERZOG 2-3 OT

 

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Preliminary Round

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Group A
Central European Summer Time (GMT +2)

Italy 1 - 4 Germany
Period-by-Period: 1-2, 0-2, 0-0
May 13th 2016, h. 20:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne

 

Group A Provisional Standing After Day 9

 

Nation	P	W(OTW)	L(OTL)	GF	GA	+/-	Pt.
Russia	5	5(1)	0(0)	27	5	+22	14
United States	5	4(0)	1(0)	20	10	+10	12
Sweden	5	3(0)	2(1)	21	9	+12	10
Latvia	5	3(0)	2(0)	11	8	+3	9
Germany	6	3(1)	3(1)	16	20	-4	9
Denmark	5	2(2)	3(0)	9	18	-9	4
Slovakia	5	1(1)	4(2)	9	18	-9	4
Italy	6	0(0)	6(1)	6	30	-24	1