Ice Hockey IIHF World Championships 2017

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DAY 3

 

Group A

Chinese Taipei 2 - 5 Hong Kong
Period-by-Period: 0-3, 1-1, 1-1
April 13th 2017, h. 16:30, Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
 

Bulgaria 5 - 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Forfeited
April 13th 2017, h. 10:00, Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

 

Group A Final Standing

 

Nation	P	W(OTW)	L(OTL)	GF	GA	+/-	Pt.
Bulgaria	3	3(0)	0(0)	18	3	+15	9
Hong Kong	3	2(0)	1(0)	13	12	+1	6
Chinese Taipei	3	1(0)	2(0)	7	8	-1	3
Bosnia and Herz.	3	0(0)	3(0)	0	15	-15	0

Group B

Georgia 19 - 0 United Arab Emirates
Period-by-Period: 9-0, 2-0, 8-0
April 10th 2017, h. 13:00, Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

 

South Africa 1 - 3 Luxembourg
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 0-0, 1-2
April 10th 2017, h. 20:00, Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

 

Group B Final Standing

 

Nation	P	W(OTW)	L(OTL)	GF	GA	+/-	Pt.
Luxembourg	3	3(0)	0(0)	26	5	+21	9
Georgia	3	2(0)	1(0)	29	11	+18	6
South Africa	3	1(0)	2(0)	14	9	+5	3
United Arab Emirat.	3	0(0)	3(0)	0	44	-44	0

 

 

 

 

Semifinals pairing:

Luxembourg vs Hong Kong and Bulgaria vs Georgia

5th-8th Places Semifinals pairing:

South Africa vs Bosnia and Herzegovina and Chinese Taipei vs United Arab Emirates

 

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Under 18 Division I Group A World Championships 2017 in Bled (SLO)

Day 5 (13th April 2017)

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Last Day

 

13:00  Norway vs Hungary  10-1

16:30  Kazakhstan vs France  5-0

20:00  Denmark vs Germany  5-4

 

 

  France won gold and promotion for the top division. Even todays lost will not change anything on the French triumph. France with 12 points from first 4 games earned their first ever participation among the world U18 elite next year.

 

Kazakhstan took the silver medals in the last day with 11 points. They missed the gold by only 1 point after losing to Norway in their opener game and beating Denmark only after overtime but in other hand the young Kazakhs are the only team who beat the tournament winners.

 

Denmark will return home with the bronze medals, The young Danes collected 10 points during the tournament, the defeats from france and Kazakhstan costed them the return to the top division.

 

4th finished Norway with 8 points, Norway fought for the promotion untill the end of the 4th day when they lost to France by a empty netter in the very last second and lost all hopes for the qualifying spot and medal position as well.

 

5th Germany, one of the co-favorites experienced a very bad tournament with only one but impressive 10-0 win over Hungary, but 4 losing matches send them only for the bottom table fights. In final with 4 points they at least avoided the relegations troubles

 

Hungary finished last 6th pointless. The young Hungarians will be relegated back after only 1 year spending in this division back to the Mens Under 18 Division I Group B next year.

 

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Group A

Slovakia 4 - 5 Finland
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 4-3, 0-1
April 13th 2017, h. 19:30, Poprad Arena, Poprad

 

Finns hold off Slovaks

Packed house sees thrilling game

 

Captain Aarne Talvitie's second goal of the game at 12:17 of the third broke a 4-4 tie and gave Finland a huge win to open the U18 championship in Poprad.

 

The goal came off the rush and was set up by a beautiful pass on the left side from Miro Heiskanen.

 

Adam Ziak thought he tied the game for Slovakia with 3:30 remaining, but the referees ruled goalie interference.

 

The game was played before a near capacity crowd of 3,935 that was loud and bositerous from start to finish, and their home team gave plenty of reason to cheer.

 

"It was an amazing feeling to play in front of so many loud fans," Heiskanen said. "It helps us play better as well, but we can play better, for sure."

 

Finland jumped out to an impressive 3-0 lead that looked only like it would increase as the night went on. 

 

The Slovaks had other ideas.

 

"We had a really good second period, scored four goals, so we have to be happy with that," Slovakia's captain Martin Fehervary said. "The atmosphere here was really great, so hopefully the fans will be loud like this for every game."

 

The Finns opened the scoring at 9:55 of the first when goalie Juraj Sklenar cleared the puck away from his crease, only to see it land on the stick of Kristian Vesalainen, who wired a quick shot past the surprised goalie.

 

In the second the visitors scored at 3:46 to make it 2-0 when captain Aarne Talvitie snapped a hards shot over Sklenar's glove. Five and a half minutes later, they scored again. This time Vesalainen drilled a shot to the far side on the power play, giving the team a seemingly insurmountable lead.

 

Just 19 seconds later, though, the Slovaks struck back. Goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, who liked to handle the puck but who made several poor clearings in the first, paid the price for another weak clearing around the boards. The puck was expertly picked off by Patrik Hrehorcak, and his shot to the top corner of the stick side made it a 3-1 game.

 

The Slovaks made it 3-2 when Hrehorcak scored again, on a virtually identical play as his first goal. Although this goal came on the power play, he had the puck at the right faceoff dot and wired a high shot to the far side, over Luukkonen's shoulder.

 

But the hosts weren't done yet. Martin Kupec took a harmless point shot, but the puck dribbled under Luukkonen and over the goal line at 15:53. A minute later, Adam Stacho took another weak point shot that Luukkonen flubbed, and all of a sudden that 3-0 Finnish lead was now a 4-3 deficit.

 

"We have to be a lot better when we have the lead," Heiskanen lamented. "We have to make simple plays and get the puck out of our end and into their end."

 

Sklenar made the save of the game late in the period when he robbed Jesse Ylonen with his glove, but later on the same shift Ylonen poked home a loose puck in behind Sklenar to make it a 4-4 game after 40 wildly entertaining minutes.

 

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Group B

Russia 3 - 1 Sweden
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 0-0, 3-0
April 13th 2016, h. 19:30, Arena Spisska Nova Ves, Spisska Nova Ves

 

Russia win opener

Russia rallies to beat Sweden, 3-1

 

Andrei Svechnikov scored twice in the third to help rally Russia past Sweden on opening night of the U18 championships in Slovakia.

 

Goalie Maxim Zhukov stopped 43 of 44 shots and kept his team in the game as Russia found its footing late in the game.

 

In the end, the Russians scored early, midway through, and late in the third to defeat Sweden, 3-1, in an entertaining game in Spisska Nova Ves.

 

Erik Brannstrom got the Swedes on the board at 9:05 of the first on a power play, and that lead held up until early in the third. 

 

Shots through two periods were 31-16 for the Swedes, but Zhukov was unbeatable. And then, at 2:13 of the final period, Kirill Maximov tied the game for Russia.

 

Nine minutes later, Svechnikov put Russia ahead, and he scored his second of the game, into an empty net, with two seconds remaining to complete the scoring.

 

Svechnikov also took a late slashing penalty with three minutes remaining to give the Swedes a great chance to tie, but the Russian penalty killers were perfect.

 

 

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Under 18 Top Division World Championships 2017 in Poprad and Spišská Nová Ves (SVK)

Day 2 Schedule (14th April 2017)

GMT +2

 

Group A in Poprad 

19:30  Switzerland vs Latvia

 

Group B in Spišská Nová Ves

19:30  Czech Republic vs Belarus

 

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Womens

 

Division I Group B World Championships 2017 in Katowice (POL)

Day 5 Schedule (14th April 2017)

GMT +2

 

Last Day

 

13:00  Kazakhstan vs Italy 

16:30  Slovakia vs Latvia 

20:00  China vs Poland

 

*Slovakia vs Latvia. The decider, the do or die match tomorrow, both teams are the only 2 nations still fighting for promotion, both tied with 9points after 3 wins and 1 lose (both lost to Kazakhstan btw ofc the only Kazakhs wins in this tourney ) So, the winner of the match (doesn´t matter if in regulation time or after OT/GWS) will win gold and qualify to the Womens Division IA next year...so lets hope...

**In the bottome side of the table, 3 teams are still fighting for the maintain China, Italy and Poland. The worst position is right now for the hosts, Poland with only 2 points will need to win against China in regular time to avoid the relegation, In other hand, China and Italy are actually with much better cards, both know that any wins for them tomorow will be enough to maintain, China need even only a single point for OT/GWS lose to assure the maintain, and even if Italy lose the previous game with KAZ they will be already automatically safe.

 

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Historic gold for France

U18 team goes to top flight first time

 

France won the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division I Group A in Bled and will play in the top division for the first time next year in Russia.

 

French hockey is on the crest of a wave right now, and Les Bleuets – the young Blues – are making history by winning promotion to the top division of the U18 World Championship for the first time.

 

An impressive performance in Bled, Slovenia, saw Romain Guibert’s squad wrap up top spot in the group with a game to spare thanks to a late winner over Norway. Enzo Guebey, a defenceman who plays his junior hockey in Geneva, Switzerland, got the vital marker in the last second, lifting the French out of reach of closest rival Kazakhstan. A 5-0 loss to the Kazakhs in Thursday’s dead rubber did nothing to deflate the euphoria around the team.

 

A morale-boosting warm-up win over Germany set the tone, and France repeated that success with a 4-2 victory in the opening game. Next came Denmark, and the same scoreline again. Hungary caused a scare before going down 6-3 and other results in the group meant that defeating Norway was enough to secure the gold.

 

“Of course, we are very proud, and very happy,” said team manager Christine Duchamp. “Today we didn’t finish quite how we would wish, but this has been a historic tournament for us.”

 

Prior to the tournament, the French camp was optimistic: assistant coach Anthony Mortas spoke of going to Slovenia as a contender rather than an outsider, and that confidence was richly rewarded.

 

“Our federation has done a lot of work over the years and I think we have seen better players emerging each year,” Duchamp added. “Our clubs are working a lot on [developing youngsters] and we felt our team was better than last year, when we only lost games by the odd goal. This year we felt we were stronger, and we had a real chance to win it.”

 

A close relationship between the clubs and the French Ice Hockey Federation has made a big difference. Changes in the rules for the French championship – at all levels, from the top-flight Ligue Magus down – made it easier for U18 and U20 players to get ice time in the senior championships. In Grenoble, Alexandre Texier played 40 games for Bruleurs de Loups in the top league, contributing 10+9=19 points along the way. He took that form to the World Championship, producing five points in five games, while Hugo Sarlin (Angers Ducs), Louis Olive (Amiens Gothiques) and Teemu Loizeau (Lukko Rauma, Finland) scored three goals apiece to lead the team’s goal scoring.

“Most of our players this season played for different teams in our men’s leagues,” said Duchamp. “During the season, we saw them improving a lot. Many players in Grenoble had the chance to play in Valences, players from Amiens could play with the farm clubs there. They played against men and it helped our team a lot for this championship.”

 

The rise of French hockey since 2008, when Les Bleus defeated Italy in the relegation round to survive in the elite pool, has been rewarded at a senior level. The men’s national team has since battled its way into a quarter-final (in Minsk, 2014) and is looking forward to co-hosting the 2017 edition next month with Germany. Now it’s time for the youngsters to emulate the senior team and try to establish themselves in the top tier.

 

“When we look at the senior team, it’s inspiring for the young boys,” Duchamp added. “After the seniors won promotion, in that first season they just had to survive year after year in the top division. Then, we could get more ambitious and try to go further.

 

“Next season will be very difficult. We have to go step by step because it’s our first time in the top division. But it’s going to be great experience; now we have to work hard and try to stay at that level. And before that, of course, we want to celebrate what we achieved here.”

 

The 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship is set to take place in the Ural region of Russia, in Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk.

 

Although France skated off with gold, one point ahead of Kazakhstan, the scoring race was dominated by two Norwegians. Mathias Emilio Pettersen, of Omaha Lancers, led the way with 4+8=12 points, ahead of Robin Mathisen (Stavanger IK) on 10. The pair shared nine points in a crushing 10-1 demolition of newly-promoted Hungary. Germany’s Dominik Bokk was third also with 10 points (7+3) and finishing the tournament as top goal scorer.

 

Denmark, relegated from the top flight last season after a heart-breaking shoot-out loss against Latvia, was left to battle for third place with its Nordic neighbour but moved down to fifth spot after a 4-2 loss to Germany on the last day while Norway won bronze. At the foot of the table, Hungary struggled to adapt to life at a higher level and failed to win a single game.

 

 

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lol Canadian U18 coach said during the press conference before tomorrows match against Slovakia that he want his team pre-match training to be under some loud music blaring in order to prepare his players for slovak fans

 

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Canada next plays host Slovakia on Saturday. The Slovaks can score, putting up four straight goals in a tight 5-4 loss to Finland on Thursday.

Rumble said Saturday's game is sold out, and he plans to prepare his players for a raucous crowd.

"I don't know if you've seen a European hockey game, they sing and chant and play drums the entire time," Rumble said. "It's like a soccer game in a smaller environment with a roof.

"I'm thinking about practicing with the music blaring."

 

 

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Thanks China, we will compete in this season next year too!  Btw, great final for Slovakia, they deserved it.

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Group A

Switzerland 4 - 0 Latvia
Period-by-Period: 2-0, 1-0, 1-0
April 14th 2017, h. 19:30, Poprad Arena, Poprad

Swiss in control, win 4-0

Balanced attack neutralizes Latvia

 

The Swiss won their first game of the U18 while Latvia dropped its second straight tonight in Poprad.

 

Switzerland used its speed and playmaking to control the puck and the game, defeating Latvia by a 4-0 score in its first game of the tournament.

 

The loss drops Latvia to 0-2 and already leaves it in a precarious position for next week as it hopes to avoid the relegation round.

 

Nando Eggenberger scored twice for the winners and Gianluca Zaetta stopped all 27 shots for the shutout. The Swiss fired 44 shots on the Latvian goalies.

 

"We came out strong and had a good start," said Nicoo Hischier. "We wanted to win and have a good start to the tournament. Maybe we were a little casual in the second, but we were good again in the third. It's a big win for us."

 

"I feel like we played well, but we had a couple of mistakes and that cost us," admitted Latvian forward Valters Egle. "They scored three goals by passes to the back door. We have to eliminate that. And we have to work on our penalty killing."

 

Eggenberger opened the scoring at 2:57 when he converted a nice pass from Nicolas Muller, beating Janis Voris with a clean shot. 

 

The Swiss made it 2-0 at 13:12 on a couple of fine plays during a delayed penalty. Justin Sigrist held onto the puck as he circled the goal, not wanting to give up possession, and his patience paid off.

 

He found Philipp Kurashev clear on the other side and made a great pass to get it there. Kurashev made no mistake and whistled the shot in.

 

Coach Igors Smirnovs pulled Voris and inserted Niklavs Rauza to start the second, but early in the period the Swiss made it 3-0. Sigrist knocked in a loose puck from in close on a power play.

 

Eggenberger scored his second goal of the night early in the third. Driving down the right wing, he flew past a Latvian defenceman and cut in on goal. His bad angle shot fooled Rauza at 3:50.

 

Switzerland plays Finland tomorrow while Latvia has the day off to regroup. Latvia plays Easter Sunday against the Finns in the evening looking to score more than one goal as it has in its first two games.

 

"We know we have to score more," Egle acknowledged. "Hopefully we'll get it going. We also only had two power plays today, so we need to get more chances. I still feel like we can make the quarter-finals."

 

"We have a good team," enthused Hischier. "We have a lot of guys playing in their second tournament, and I think we can surprise some people here."

 

 

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Group B

Czech Republic 7 - 4 Belarus
Period-by-Period: 2-1, 4-1, 1-2
April 14th 2016, h. 19:30, Arena Spisska Nova Ves, Spisska Nova Ves

 

Czechs win wild one, 7-4

Belarus drops to 0-2 with loss

 

Seven players scored for the Czechs and one of the scorers, Filip Chytil, added two assists in a chippy win over Belarus.

 

The Czechs got their 2017 U18 off to a flying start, jumping out to a 6-1 lead midway through the game and settling for a 7-4 win. Belarus, 7-0 losers last night to the Americans, are 0-2 and in a hole heading into the weekend.

 

Teams combined for 60 penalty minutes in what became a sometimes nasty game that included two misconduct penalties.

 

The Czechs scored two goals in the opening six minutes on goals by Krystof Hrabik and Jan Hladonik, but Belarus went to the dressing room with a bit of life after scoring short-handed with only one second left in the first period. Igor Martynov got the important goal.

 

But in the first eight minutes of the second the Czechs incurred 18 penalty minutes and Belarus six. Despite being short-handed, the Czechs scored the next two goals during brief spells of five-on-five hockey. 

 

When Filip Kral made it 4-0 at 10:49, Belarus coach Yuri Faikov pulled Andrei Grishenko in favour of Nikita Tolopilo. The change did little to stymie the Czech attack as they quickly scored two goals just 33 seconds apart. 

 

Faikov then reversed his decision and brought Grishenko back in, leaving Tolopilo with a record of 3:12 of playing time and two goals against.

 

Dmitri Kot got a late goal for Belarus to make it 6-2.

 

Late in the third Martynov was awarded a penalty shot and scored, but he disaplayed poor judgement in his celebrations and was handed a rare 10-minute misconduct penalty for taunting, ending his evening. 

 

Belarus scored a final goal with nine seconds remaining to make the score a little closer, but the Czechs were clearly the better team.

 

The Czechs play Sweden tomorrow night while Belarus plays the Swedes on Easter Sunday.