Ice Hockey IIHF World Championships 2017

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Day 4 Schedule (29th December 2016)

(GMT -5)

 

Group A (in Montreal)

13:00  Denmark vs Czech Republic

17:30  Finland vs Sweden

 

Group B (in Toronto)

15:30  Russia vs USA

20:00  Latvia vs Canada

 

Once again I'll sleep for 3-4 hours before work tomorrow morning

[hckošice 16,641]

ahahahahaha what happen when a slovak fan suddenly appears in a Kiss Cam ?

 

but yeah watching our team this year isn´t trully entertaining, there some better exots talents in the stands apparently

 

 

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Denmark - Czech Republic  3-2 after OT

 

 

 

 

 

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Denmark - Czech Republic  3-2 after OT

 

Danes pull another surprise

From gets it done vs. Czechs in overtime

 

Mathias From scored the 3-2 overtime winner at 0:47 as Denmark beat the Czechs for the first time in World Junior history at the Bell Centre on Thursday.

 

From, who plays for Sweden's Rogle Angelholm, beat Czech goalie Daniel Vladar with a high backhander on a solo rush. The 19-year-old forward made a memorable 2017 World Junior debut after being sidelined with an injury since mid-December.

"I knew yesterday that I was going to play," said From. "It was hard to come into the game at first because I didn’t play for some time. [My injury] happened on the first day of training camp."

"He brings a ton of speed and a lot of skill as well," said Danish captain Alexander True. "He’s dangerous, as you could see when he scored that OT winner. It’s really nice to have him back.

Joachim Blichfeld and Nikolaj Krag added a goal and an assist apiece for Denmark. Martin Necas and Filip Hronek scored for the Czechs.

 

The Danes are on a roll. They got bombed 6-1 in their opener versus Sweden, but then shocked Finland 3-2. They were outshot in that game, and again versus the Czechs, 34-22. Yet they're winning anyway.

"That’s unbelievable," said Blichfeld. "We’re a small country, so it’s amazing."

Czech coach Jakub Petr’s group has points in three straight games, but is still struggling with consistency. They opened with a 2-1 win over defending champion Finland but then lost 4-3 in overtime to Switzerland.

"I think the first period was really good for us, but after that, we just stopped playing," said Czech forward Filip Chlapik. "We were scared. In the third period, we were scared to do something. There is nothing much to say. It wasn’t a good game for us."

 

It was another historic milestone for Denmark, who had never beaten Finland until this tournament either. The Czechs won the previous three World Junior meetings with Denmark 5-2 (27 December, 2007), 7-0 (27 December, 2011), and 4-3 in overtime (29 December, 2014).

"We know that we are a strong skating team," said Blichfeld. "When we meet big opponents like the Czech Republic and Finland, we know we just need to go out there and skate as hard as we can. That paid off."

Denmark wraps up its round-robin slate on Friday against Switzerland. The Czechs will face Sweden on New Year’s Eve.

"We gotta keep our feet on the ground," said True of facing the Swiss. "We know they’re a really good team, so it’ll be a tough game to play."

In this game, two odd plays required video reviews in the first period.

 

The Czechs dominated play early on, keeping Danish goalie Lasse Petersen busy. Adam Musil went hard to the net, sliding a backhand and bumping Petersen’s pad. Necas nudged the puck over the line at 7:56, and the officials did not spot it until play stopped a minute and a half later. Video review confirmed it was good, and the 17-year-old HC Kometa Brno centre had his first World Junior goal.

 

Denmark then had a great chance on a breakaway, but Vladar foiled Blichfeld’s backhand deke. On the backcheck, Czech defenceman Daniel Krenzelok, took the net off its moorings and was assessed a delay of game penalty at 12:40, as his actions denied Jonas Rondbjerg a great scoring chance.

 

The Czechs thought they’d taken a two-goal lead shorthanded after the puck crazily bounced off the back boards for Lukas Jasek to put in at 14:26. But video review came to the rescue again. It showed that Jasek, standing in the crease, kicked the puck in, and it was waved off.

In the middle frame, the Danes picked up their pace. The Danish power play clicked on its fourth opportunity of the afternoon to make it 1-1. Blichfeld faked a slap shot before stepping into the left faceoff circle and beating Vladar high to the glove side through traffic for his second goal of the tournament at 8:41.

"In the last two periods, we didn’t play the same hockey as we did in the first," said Hronek, the Czech captain. "We made a couple of bad plays in our D zone."

At 10:29 of the second, the Czechs had an answer. After the Danes failed to clear the puck out of their zone, Hronek stickhandled into the middle and then flung a high shot past Petersen at 10:29.

In the third period, the Danes came on despite being outshot 12-6. Krag tied it up on an in-tight one-timer beautifully set up by Blichfeld at 13:36. With under four minutes left, Vladar denied Jonas Rondbjerg, fishing for a rebound on the doorstep.

Vladar, who backstopped the Czechs to their surprising 2014 World U18 silver medal, finally made his World Junior debut. The 19-year-old member of the AHL’s Providence Bruins was a spare goalie at the last two World Juniors, and Jakub Skarek got the start in the Czech Republic’s first two games in Montreal.

"Vladar played very well," said Hronek. "We must block shots for him. On their second goal, there was bad communication in our D zone."

Looking for the go-ahead goal in regulation, the Czechs called their time-out with 26 seconds left and a faceoff in the Danish end, but it didn't pay off.

 

Blichfeld was in a chipper mood post-game: "We have played two good games now. So we’re probably going to win the next one too!"

 

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Where can I find highlights from the match against Czech Republic?

[hckošice 16,641]

4 minutes ago, Agger said:

Where can I find highlights from the match against Czech Republic?

 

still not released. but I assume it will be done soon, just patience my friend, patience

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Denmark - Czech Republic  3-2 after OT

HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

 

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Russia - USA  2-3

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Russia - USA  2-3

 

U.S. hangs tough to beat Russia

3-2 win sets up NYE showdown with Canada

 

The U.S. came out a-blazin' but Russia slowly worked its way into the game. In the end, the U.S. played a perfect third period. Next up, New Year's Eve!

 

The win puts the U.S. in first place in the group, but an expected Canada win tonight against Latvia will give both teams nine points leading up to their clash on New Year's Eve. 

 

"It's going to be a great game," said Clayton Keller, one of the scorers this afternoon. "It's not something you get to experience too often, so we're looking forward to it."

 

The Russians are now 1-2, but their three points will almost certainly be enough to get to the quarter finals as both Latvia and Slovakia have no points yet.

 

The Americans got goals from three players today, once again spreading the scoring.

 

"We showed a lot of heart today and did a great job shutting them down in the third," Keller added. "All lines can score and have skill, but our best is yet to come. We're on the right track."

 

Despite coming out lights out and outshooting the Russians 18-6 in the first period, the U.S. left the ice after 20 minutes in a 1-1 tie.

 

The Americans got the opening goal at 4:14 on a crazy-good play by Keller to the side of the goal. He got the puck, faked goalie Ilya Samsonov and a defencemen into next week, and tucked the puck into the open net. That was a goalscorer’s goal, to be sure.

 

"Casey Fitzgerald took the puck down the wall and threw it across to me," Keller described. "I just tried to make a move, and I was lucky enough to beat him."

 

Keller and linemate Colin White were effective all afternoon, seemingly knowing each other's every move. "We have great chemistry," Keller agreed. "We played on the same line two years ago at the under-18s. We're both fast and Joey Anderson fits well on our line as well."

 

But despite incredible territorial advantage and puck possession—not to mention the only three power plays—they couldn’t add to the lead. In fact, the Russians tied the game with the second short-handed goal of the tournament (Sweden has the other). 

 

Sergei Zborovski got a loose puck in centre ice and made a nice clearing into the U.S. zone where Yakov Trenin chased it down. He lobbed a pass in front where Kirill Urakov batted it in at 11:59.

 

"We talked about not getting frustrated," Troy Terry said of the mood in the dressing room after 20 minutes. "We didn't want to take any shortcuts offensively. We knew we'd get our chances."

 

The U.S. kept skating and went ahead at 4:03 of the second. Charlie McAvoy’s quick shot from the point was bobbled by Samsonov and Colin White knocked in the rebound.

 

Midway through they went up by two goals on a nifty pass from behind the red line by Erik Foley. It was beautifully tipped at the near post by Terry at 11:41 for a 3-1 lead.

 

"I was calling for the puck," Terry said. "I knew I had a bad angle, so I just tried to direct it on net. I got a little lucky, but I'll take it."

 

Just when it seemed the Americans had taken control of the game, they took their first two penalties, and the Russians pounced on the second. Yegor Rykov waited at the point before shooting, and his high wrister was tipped in front by Kirill Kaprizov to bring the Russians to within a goal. They dominated the rest of the period.

 

The Americans settled down and played a near flawless third, though. The only glitch was a penalty to Erik Foley, but the Russians, despite some great chances, couldn't count the equalizer.

 

"We're really starting to come together," Terry said. "We know what kind of a team we are, and when we play like we did today, we can be successful."

 

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Finland - Sweden  1-3