Ice Hockey IIHF World Championships 2017

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DAY 14

(Semifinals)

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Result after 1st Period

 

Bronze Medal Match in Cologne

Russia - Finland 1-0 (1-0,-,-)

06:58 Nikita GUSEV 1-0

 

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Result after 2nd Period

 

Bronze Medal Match in Cologne

Russia - Finland 4-1 (1-0, 3-1,-)

06:58 Nikita GUSEV 1-0

21:48 Vladimir TKACHOV 2-0

27:01 Nikita GUSEV 3-0

28:16 Bogdan KISELEVICH 4-0

39:33 Mikko RANTANEN 4-1

 

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Final Result

 

Bronze Medal Match in Cologne

Russia - Finland 5-3 (1-0, 3-1, 1-2)

06:58 Nikita GUSEV 1-0

21:48 Vladimir TKACHOV 2-0

27:01 Nikita GUSEV 3-0

28:16 Bogdan KISELEVICH 4-0

39:33 Mikko RANTANEN 4-1

41:16 Mikko LEHTONEN 4-2

45:29 Veli-Matti SAVINAINEN 4-3

48:03 Nikita KUCHEROV 5-3

 

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Knockout Round

 

Bronze Medal Match
Central European Summer Time (GMT +2)
Finland 3 - 5 Russia
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 1-3, 2-1
May 21st 2016, h. 16:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Bronze Medal Match
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Finland 3 - 5 Russia
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 1-3, 2-1
May 21st 2016, h. 16:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne

 

Russia captures bronze

Gusev’s pair leads Znarok’s crew past Finland

 

Nikita Gusev led the way with two goals and an assist as Russia beat Finland 5-3 to earn bronze Sunday in Cologne. It's Russia's fourth straight Worlds medal.

 

Ever-plucky Finland rallied from a 4-0 second-period deficit to make it 4-3 in the third, but couldn't complete the comeback.

 

Russia's Vladimir Tkachyov, Bogdan Kiselevich, and Nikita Kucherov also scored, and Valeri Nichushkin added three assists. Goalie Andrei Vasilevski posted his seventh win of 2017 as Russia outshot Finland 30-29.

 

"For two periods we were fine, then we gave our opponent a chance and they scored three goals," said Kucherov. "We could have got nervous because there was still a lot of time remaining, but we stayed calm. We stayed confident, Vasilevski did great and we didn't take too many penalties."

 

Under head coach Oleg Znarok, Russia also won gold in 2014, silver in 2015, and bronze last year in Moscow. This bronze somewhat makes up for the disappointment of blowing a 2-0 lead after 40 minutes versus Canada and losing 4-2 in the semi-finals.

 

"We are happy with a bronze but not satisfied," said Kiselevich. "We didn’t lose to Team Canada yesterday, we lost to ourselves. Canada was good, but we played a stupid third period. We didn’t play for the gold, but got a bronze."

 

Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist, and Mikko Lehtonen and Veli-Matti Savinainen also tallied for Finland, while Sebastian Aho had two helpers. The Finns came fourth after taking silver in both 2014 and 2016. They last won the Worlds in 2011.

 

Goalie Joonas Korpisalo got the start for Finland, even though Harri Sateri blanked the U.S. 2-0 in the quarter-finals and made 37 saves in the 4-1 semi-final loss to Sweden. But coach Lauri Marjamaki would yank Korpisalo in favour of Sateri halfway through this game.

 

In front of 16,182 spectators at LANXESS Arena, the Finns gave it a valiant effort, but also made too many mistakes and let the opportunistic Russians grab a big lead.

 

"We had a really good game against the U.S. to make it to the semi-finals, but yesterday Sweden was a lot better than us," said Finnish assistant captain Valtteri Filppula. "Today, we had a chance, but we couldn't get it done. Russia played well."

 

Expectations were inflated after the Finns won the World Juniors in Helsinki and the U18 World Championship in North Dakota last year.

 

The Finns never really hit their stride at this year’s Worlds, but eliminating the unexpectedly flat American squad at least guaranteed them a respectable outcome. Head coach Lauri Marjamaki and his staff faced criticism after a last-place finish at September’s World Cup of Hockey and a lackluster round-robin in Paris.

 

The Russians struck first at 6:58, as Gusev’s high slap shot from the right faceoff circle flew past Korpisalo on the short side. The 25-year-old forward from Gagarin Cup champion SKA St. Petersburg has shone as a Worlds rookie.

 

In the second period, the Russians made it 2-0 on a 2-on-1 shorthanded break. Nichushkin exploded down the right side and sent the puck over to Tkachyov, who made no mistake at 1:48.

 

Korpisalo couldn’t stop Gusev when Artemi Panarin set him up down low on the power play to roof it at 7:01 for a 3-0 lead. The Finnish goalie misplayed a Kiselevich shot off his right arm and into the net just 1:07 later, and that was it for Korpisalo, as Sateri came in.

 

"It was difficult to come in like that, after sitting on the bench for half the game, but that's our job," said Sateri. "You have to be ready to jump in."

 

After Russian captain Anton Belov handed the puck away in his own zone, Rantanen spoiled Vasilevski’s shutout bid, tapping in a Filppula set-up with 27 seconds left in the middle frame.

 

At 1:16 of the third period, Lehtonen cut the deficit to 4-2 with a long floater that bounced in off Vasilevski's left arm. The Finnish fans got into a frenzy when Rantanen set Savinainen up in front for a power play marker that made it 4-3 at 5:29.

 

Znarok had genuine reason for concern at this point – after all, his players had already let Canada come back the day before – and called his timeout to regroup. It worked. On a solo dash, Kucherov crushed Finnish hopes, barging around defenceman Joonas Jarvinen to bang his own rebound past Sateri for a 5-3 lead at 9:49.

 

With nothing to lose, the Finns pulled their goalie for a sixth skater with 3:16 left. During a frantic scramble, Belov was helped off the ice after twisting his leg, and Finland called its timeout. But there wasn't enough time to pull off a miracle.

 

"It's disappointing," said Jarvinen. "We started poorly and didn't get the results we wanted from the round-robin. Now, to end the season in a loss is disappointing."

 

Still, Finland has lots of good things to look forward to, and that goes beyond its crop of young talent. At the IIHF Congress in Cologne, it was awarded the 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship, which will take place in Tampere and Helsinki.

 

 

 

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Result after 1st Period

 

Gold Medal Match in Cologne

Canada - Sweden 0-0 (0-0,-,-)

 

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