Ice Hockey IIHF World Championships 2017

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DAY 5

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Results after 1st Period

 

Group A in Cologne
Russia - Denmark  0-0 (0-0,-,-)

Group B in Paris

Czech Republic - Norway 0-0 (0-0,-,-)

 

 

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Results after 2nd Period

 

Group A in Cologne
Russia - Denmark  3-0 (0-0, 3-0,-)

35:36 Bogdan KISELEVICH 1-0

35:54 Sergei PLOTNIKOV 2-0

36:46 Nikita GUSEV 3-0

Group B in Paris

Czech Republic - Norway 0-0 (0-0, 0-0,-)

 

 

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Final Results

 

Group A in Cologne
Russia - Denmark  3-0 (0-0, 3-0, 0-0)

35:36 Bogdan KISELEVICH 1-0

35:54 Sergei PLOTNIKOV 2-0

36:46 Nikita GUSEV 3-0

Group B in Paris

Czech Republic - Norway 1-0 After Overtime (0-0, 0-0, 0-0, OT: 1-0)

Overtime Winning Goal scored at 61:25 by Jan KOVÁŘ 1-0 OT

 

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Preliminary Round

DAY 7

 

Group A
Central European Summer Time (GMT +2)

Russia 3 - 0 Denmark
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 3-0, 0-0
May 11th 2016, h. 16:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne

 

 

 

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Preliminary Round

DAY 7

 

Group A
Central European Summer Time (GMT +2)

Russia 3 - 0 Denmark
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 3-0, 0-0
May 11th 2016, h. 16:15, LANXESS Arena, Cologne

 

Russia downs Danes 3-0

Kiselevich scores game winner

 

Three goals in second period keep Russia undefeated at 2017 World Championships.

 

Russia picked up its fourth win of the tournament to place them atop the group standings in Germany.

 

After being held to a scoreless tie for almost two periods, Russia broke out late in the second period with three goals in 1:10 that paced the way for their 3-0 win over Denmark.

 

Denmark gamely held their opponent close and generated chances but were unable to stop the wave of the Russian attack. Burned into Denmark’s collective memory was last year’s 10-1 loss to Russia at the 2016 World Championships in St. Petersburg. 

 

"We had to be patient for the first half of the game," said Nikita Kucherov. "Maybe at times we played too much like individuals, we thought it was going to be like the game against Italy, but Denmark's a decent team and that did a good job."

Despite carrying Denmark to a 4-3 win over Slovakia on Tuesday, Sebastian Dahm was given a rest. Denmark instead started George Sorenson in goal. This was Sorenson’s first start and game appearance for Demark at the men’s senior level. Last year he was the third goaltending option.

 

And what a way for Sorenson to make his debut against a high octane roster of skilled players who are threats to score whenever they have turn on the offense. But Sorenson held his own and managed to keep Russia off the scoreboard for almost forty minutes.

 

Russia enjoyed the bulk of possession time and kept the puck in the Danish zone and getting chances. Yevgeni Dadonov was particularly busy with several strong chances starting about eight minutes into the game. In all, Dadonov managed six shots on goal in the game.

 

Vadim Shipachyov had an opportunity as Dadonov fed him a pass but at an angle that only led to a sharp angle shot that caught the pad. 

 

Russia found their scoring touch and showed what they are capable of when playing at a high level.

 

Bogdan Kiselevich scored first for Russia 15:36 of the second period. Artemi Panarin found Kiselevich with a pass and he took it uncontested towards the net firing a snap shot that went high past Sorenson.

 

Eighteen seconds later Sergei Plotnikov scored on a patient backhand with Sergei Andronov and Ivan Telegin picking up assists.

 

Finally, Nikita Gusev found the back of the net with help from Shipachyov and Dadonov at 16:46 but at that point the damage was done and Russia taking a commanding lead into the third period.

 

"We started to play like we can and created good chances and got those quick goals."Kucherov said of the period.

 

Despite being three goals down, Denmark did manage 13 shots on goal in the period but Andrei Vasilevski was impenetrable.

 

Both teams were incredibly disciplined. Only one minor penalty was called in the game when Markus Lauridsen sat out for tripping. 

 

In the third period Russia outshot Denmark 12-5 and 33-21 on the game. 

 

Sorenson, who celebrates his 22 birthday on May 15th, made 30 saves and was named best player for Denmark. Shipachyov earned the honor for Russia.

 

"It's been a disappointing tournament but we still have three games left." Nik Ehlers said. "We need to go out there and play like we did today - maybe even better - score on our chances and see where that takes us. But it's not going to affect the sport ahead of next year."

 

 

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Group B
Central European Summer Time (GMT +2)

Czech Republic OT1 - 0 Norway
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 0-0, 0-0, OT: 1-0
May 11th 2016, h. 16:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris

 

 

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Czech Republic OT1 - 0 Norway
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 0-0, 0-0, OT: 1-0
May 11th 2016, h. 16:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris

 

Czechs edge Norway in OT

Kovar breaks scoreless tie versus heroic Haugen

 

Jan Kovar got the overtime winner as the Czechs eked out a 1-0 victory over Norway. Goalie Lars Haugen couldn't save the underdogs, who were outshot 31-10.

 

On an odd-man rush, David Pastrnak centered the puck from behind the goal line to Kovar, who slid it past Haugen's right pad at 3:35. Netminder Pavel Francouz earned his first career World Championship shutout between the Czech pipes.

"It's always hard for the boys playing a team like that when you have chances and can't score," Francouz said. "Norway played good defence. They played hard and their goalie played well."

 

It’s been seven years since the Czechs last won gold at this tournament and five years since they last medaled with a bronze medal. This wasn't textbook offensive production, but patience paid off, and at least things are on track for another quarter-final berth with a third straight win.

"It's hockey," said Czech captain Jakub Voracek. "You expect games like that are going to happen sometimes. They stuck with their game for 60 minutes. It wasn't fancy but it worked. We have to take the win and the two points and start focusing on the next game."

Still, it was unusual that the Czechs had so much difficulty scoring on Thursday with a roster that includes Jan Kovar (63 KHL points with Magnitogorsk), Pastrnak (70 points with Boston), and Voracek (61 NHL points with Philadelphia this season). Skill, speed, strength -- the Czechs had the edge in every department.

Norway had dreams of pulling off an upset here. Its only previous win over the Czechs was 3-2 on 11 May, 2010. (In that game in Mannheim, Germany, two Jaromir Jagr goals weren’t enough to save his team – the eventual gold medalists – as the Norwegians got 44 saves from Pal Grotnes and the third-period winner from Anders Bastiansen.)

At least the Norwegians can be happy about another valuable Group B point. They played hard and showed good positional awareness.

"You have to play defensively when you play a team as good as they are," said Bastiansen. "I think we played well and had some chances to win the game. It's good that we're disappointed when we lose to them."

 

Haugen sparkled in the first period as the Czechs had an XX-X edge in shots on goal but couldn’t capitalize on two man advantages. In the second, the Norwegians had a brief 5-on-3 and called their timeout to strategize. The Olimb brothers came closest on the ensuing 5-on-4 when Mathis fed Ken Andre from behind the net, but Francouz made a dazzling glove save.

 

With a minute left in the middle frame, Voracek sent a cross-ice pass to Tomas Plekanec, but Haugen robbed him with his right pad. Disgustedly, Plekanec ripped the tape off his stick blade on the bench when the siren ended the period.

"We had some chances, but we didn't create as many as we have in the past," said Voracek. "We didn't create anything out of the corners. We didn't do much off the rush. You have to give them credit."

The Norwegians kept defending tenaciously in the third, and nearly went ahead with four and a half minutes when Sondre Olden came down on a 2-on-1 and zipped a laser into Francouz's glove.

Norway’s tournament has been up-and-down, beating France 3-2, losing 3-0 to Switzerland, and beating Slovenia 5-1 prior to this outing. It’s a difficult road ahead with games against Canada and Finland looming.

 

With the result, the Czech Republic’s all-time World Championship versus Norway improved to/fell to 10 wins, two ties, and one loss.

 

 

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LOL i predicted +12 for canada

this tournament is bizarre i see france as winner