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MEN'S DIVISION I GROUP A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Round-Robin DAY 7 Hungary 1 - 3 Kazakhstan Period-by-Period: 1-2, 0-0, 0-1 April 28th 2017, h. 13:30, Palace of Sports, Kyiv HIGHLIGHTS

MEN'S DIVISION I GROUP A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Round-Robin DAY 7 Hungary 1 - 3 Kazakhstan Period-by-Period: 1-2, 0-0, 0-1 April 28th 2017, h. 13:30, Palace of Sports, Kyiv Kazakhstan wins and hopes Early goals lead to victory vs. Hungary Kazakhstan edged Hungary 3-1 and can earn promotion if it won’t be overtaken later today. Even though Kazakhstan was favoured and was playing for promotion while Hungary was left battling for honour, the game was anything but one-sided. Kazakhstan got up 2-0 early and managed to defend the lead. Kazakhstan now must hope that Poland beats Austria in the second game. Or if Austria wins in regulation time, Kazakhstan must hope that Korea loses to Ukraine. Or if Austria wins in overtime or shootout, Kazakhstan must hope that either Korea loses the game or wins it in regulation time, otherwise a three-team tie with Austria, Korea and Kazakhstan would occur with Austria and Korea as promoted teams. The Kazakhs laid the foundation for the win with goals early in the game while they were outshot by Hungary 32-27 throughout the game. At 2:48 Kevin Dallman gave the team the lead with his precise slap shot from the blue line. Eight minutes later Nikita Mikhailis was left unnoticed near the offensive blue line when he got a pass from Anton Sagadeyev to extend the lead. It was a bad start for the Hungarians, who played for the honour despite not being able to move from their fifth place. But the Hungarians didn’t give up and competed well. Eventually they were rewarded late in the first period. On a 4-on-3 power play Kalvin Sagert brought Hungary back in the game when he hammered in a shot from behind the right face-off circle. After that the goalies Miklos Rajna and Vitali Kolesnik kept their net clean for the rest of the game. With 2:25 left and a penalty call against Kazakh defenceman Kirill Polokhov, Hungary took the time-out for the last chances to tie the game but it didn’t work out. With 13 seconds remaining in regulation time Nigel Dawes scored the 3-1 goal into the empty net.

MEN'S DIVISION I GROUP A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Round-Robin DAY 7 Hungary 1 - 3 Kazakhstan Period-by-Period: 1-2, 0-0, 0-1 April 28th 2017, h. 13:30, Palace of Sports, Kyiv

Ready for the super Friday ? Altogether with the TAISC opening ceremony tonight we have today a brutal fight for Top Division promotions during todays last day of the Division IA World Championships in Kyiv. I already posted yesterday some (my brief calculations) possibilities for the different 4 still fighting teams, but here from IIHF a official article with all possibilities and there 64 different scenarios possible to happen today : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On the last day in Kyiv it’s still open who will be promoted. Four teams battle for two spots in the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Denmark today. The standings after four games for each team look as follows: 1. Austria 9 2. Korea 9 3. Kazakhstan 8 4. Poland 7 5. Hungary 3 6. Ukraine 0 The places for the last two teams are already carved in stone. Hungary will finish in fifth place, host Ukraine will end up in last place and be relegated. That leaves four teams who can still finish anywhere between first and fourth place on Super Friday in Kyiv. Three games are left to be played today: Hungary vs. Kazakhstan 13:30 (12:30 CET, 16:30 KAZ time) Poland vs. Austria 17:00 (16:00 CET) Korea vs. Ukraine 20:30 (2:30am in Korea) That gives 64 possible !!!!!! scenarios the standings could end up and Korea as a favourite thanks to wins in the head-to-head games against two of the three top-4 opponents. Here’s what the teams need to do in order to end up in the top-two and play in the top division next year. Korea, mathematical probability: 80% A win against Ukraine – no matter whether in regulation time or after – enables Korea to get promoted. A point from a loss in overtime or shootout against Ukraine can be enough if Kazakhstan doesn’t beat Hungary in regulation time. Or if Kazakhstan beats Hungary in regulation time but Austria loses to Poland in regulation time. A loss in regulation time to Ukraine will likely cost promotion. Except if Kazakhstan loses to Hungary and Poland doesn’t beat Austria in regulation time. Austria, mathematical probability: 70% Austria will make it with a regulation-time win against Poland. An overtime or shootout win except works too in the following scenarios: Kazakhstan doesn’t beat Hungary in regulation time. Or: Kazakhstan wins in regulation time but Korea doesn’t beat Ukraine in regulation time. A point from an overtime or shootout loss to Poland can be enough except in the following scenario: Kazakhstan beats Hungary and Korea beats Ukraine. A loss in regulation time to Poland will likely cost promotion. Except if Hungary beats Kazakhstan and Korea loses in regulation time to Ukraine. Kazakhstan, mathematical probability: 34% Kazakhstan needs to win and some help from the other teams. If Kazakhstan wins in regulation time against Hungary it must hope that Poland beats Austria in the second game. Or if Austria wins in regulation time, Kazakhstan must hope that Korea loses to Ukraine. If Austria wins in overtime or shootout, Kazakhstan must hope that either Korea loses the game or wins it in regulation time, otherwise a three-team tie with Austria, Korea and Kazakhstan would occur with Austria and Korea as promoted teams. Also an overtime or shootout win against Hungary can be enough in some cases: If Poland beats Austria in regulation time. If Poland beats Austria in overtime/shootout but Korea doesn’t lose to Ukraine in overtime/shootout otherwise a three-team tie with Austria, Korea and Kazakhstan would occur with Austria and Korea as promoted teams. If Austria beats Poland but Korea loses to Ukraine in regulation time. If Kazakhstan loses to Hungary, it will end up in third or fourth place. Poland, mathematical probability: 16% Only a regulation-time win against Austria and help from the other teams can enable Poland to move from first to second or even first place. This is what has to happen apart from a regulation-time win in its own game: Hungary needs to beat Kazakhstan. If Kazakhstan beats Hungary, Poland will need Korea to lose in regulation time against Ukraine. If Poland doesn’t beat Austria in regulation time, it will end up in third or fourth place. Follow the games Follow the games in TV, it is broadcast in the participating countries and some others. For countries without broadcast rights for the tournament, a live stream is available.

Mens Division I Group A World Championships 2017 in Kyiv (UKR) Day 7 Schedule (28th April 2017) GMT +3 Last Day 13:30 Hungary vs Kazakhstan 17:00 Poland vs Austria 20:30 South Korea vs Ukraine *4 Nations are fighting for the 2 qualifying spots. Austria and South Korea both with 9 points (Austria with favorable H2H) Kazakhstan with 8 points and Poland with 7 points. Here the Qualifying possibilities: **Austria will qualify for Top Division if - they win against Poland. even a OT/GWS defeat against Poland might be enough if S. Korea lose to Ukraine or Kazakhstan to Hungary (or both). ***South Korea will qualify for Top Division if - they win against Ukraine. Even a defeat in regular time can be enough if Kazakhstan lose to Hungary in RT and Poland win only after OT/GWS against Austria. ****Kazakhstan will qualify to Top Division if - they win against Hungary but at least one of S. Korea/Austria doesn´t win it´s match, also a OT/GWS win can be enough if Poland beat Austria in Regular Time. *****Poland will qualify to Top Division if - they win against Austria in Regular Time and at least one of S. Korea or Kazakhstan lost their games. ******In the bottom side everything is clear. Ukraine is already relegated to Diision I Group B next year no matter their tomorrows result with South Korea, they can´t overpass Hungary anymore in the table. Livestream Mens Division I Group B World Championships 2017 in Belfast, Northern Ireland (GBR) Day 4 Schedule (28th April 2017) GMT +1 12:30 Lithuania vs Japan 16:00 Croatia vs Estonia 19:30 Great Britain vs Netherlands Livestream

MEN'S DIVISION I GROUP A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Round-Robin DAY 6 Austria 5 - 0 South Korea Period-by-Period: 3-0, 1-0, 1-0 April 27th 2017, h. 20:30, Palace of Sports, Kyiv HIGHLIGHTS

MEN'S DIVISION I GROUP A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Round-Robin DAY 6 Austria 5 - 0 South Korea Period-by-Period: 3-0, 1-0, 1-0 April 27th 2017, h. 20:30, Palace of Sports, Kyiv Austria finds magic formula 5-0 win vs. Korea creates exciting final day The Koreans were on the way to promotion after starting with three wins but Austria took them down to earth with a 5-0 win and took the lead in the standings. Austria now leads with 9 points, as many as Korea has. Both teams have it in their own hand to reach a top-2 placing and promotion tomorrow in their games against Poland and Ukraine respectively. Kazakhstan with 8 points and Poland with 7 remain in the race as well. Austria showed an impressive and efficient performance in the first period to open a three-goal gap and bring the Koreans in a situation they haven’t experienced before at this tournament. The three goals were scored in the second half of the first period within just over four minutes of time. While the Koreans tried to clear the puck in their zone, Lukas Haudum intercepted a pass and beat goalie Matt Dalton with a shot from the left face-off circle to open the scoring at 12:09. Just 47 seconds later Brian Lebler scored after a horizontal pass from Manuel Ganahl that the Koreans tried to intercept without success. And three-and-a-half minutes later the Austrians scored in a similar situation. Dominique Heinrich concluded a 2-on-1 after a side pass from Lebler with the 3-0 goal. The period ended with 11-11 shots on goal with the difference that the Austrians found a way to overcome the Korean defence and keep up with the Koreans’ speed. With the staff around head coach Roger Bader heavily analysing the opposing players both here in Kyiv and during the rest of the season, the Austrians seemed to have done their video job well and seemed to have found the magic formula. In the second period it didn’t take long until the Austrians scored a fourth time. Konstantin Komarek shovelled the puck in after a Dominique Heinrich shot had hit the goalie and was from there sliding toward the goal line. That also ended the game for Dalton. A massive factor in the success during the previous three games, the Canadian-turned-Korean wasn’t able to keep his team in the game today and was replaced with Sungje Park. Park, who played his first game in an IIHF event in two years, kept his net clean until the Austrians scored with 4-on-4 players on the ice at 9:09 of the third period. Markus Schlacher skated on the right side and sent a pass to the crease that was stopped by a Korean skate. Steven Strong reacted the fastest and made it 5-0.

MEN'S DIVISION I GROUP A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Round-Robin DAY 6 Austria 5 - 0 South Korea Period-by-Period: 3-0, 1-0, 1-0 April 27th 2017, h. 20:30, Palace of Sports, Kyiv Round-Robin Provisional Standing After Day 6 Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Austria 4 3(0) 1(0) 11 4 +7 9 South Korea 4 3(0) 1(0) 12 10 +2 9 Kazakhstan 4 3(1) 1(0) 10 9 +1 8 Poland 4 2(0) 2(1) 6 6 0 7 Hungary 4 1(0) 3(0) 7 11 -4 3 Ukraine 4 0(0) 4(0) 6 12 -6 0

Friendly Matches 27th April 2017 Mens Road to World Championships After the Karjala Cup in Finland the Channel One Cup in Russia and the Swedes Hockey Games in Sweden, the Euro Hockey Tour continue this week with its last 4th stage in the Czech Republic with the Carlson Hockey Games in České Budějovice. Today The hosts Czech Republic defeated Finland 3-2 and Sweden won against Russia 4-3 after Overtime. Standing after Day 1. Czech Republic leading the tournament with 3 points, Sweden second with 2 points, Russia third with 1 point and Finland 4th pointless. In the cumulative overall standing Russia the 2016/17 Euro Hockey Tour already official winner has actually 25 points, Czech Republic is second with 15 points, Sweden 3rd with 11 points and Finland 4th with 9 points. After a day off tomorrow the teams will reply again on Saturday when the this seasons Euro Hockey Tour penultimate matchday is scheduled. The Czechs will face Sweden and Russia will meet Finland. Other Matches Norway "B" - Russia "B" 2-8

ROAD TO MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 DAYS -8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 Days to Go, Time to introduce another participating Team of the 2017 World Championships, today its the turn of the Czech Republic, The Czechs have great memories of their last time in Cologne. Can they recapture the magic from the 2010 gold medal run at this year's IIHF World Championships CZECH REPUBLIC

MEN'S DIVISION I GROUP A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Round-Robin DAY 6 Poland 2 - 0 Hungary Period-by-Period: 0-0, 2-0, 0-0 April 27th 2017, h. 17:00, Palace of Sports, Kyiv HIGHLIGHTS

MEN'S DIVISION I GROUP A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Round-Robin DAY 6 Poland 2 - 0 Hungary Period-by-Period: 0-0, 2-0, 0-0 April 27th 2017, h. 17:00, Palace of Sports, Kyiv Poland remains in race Hungary to stay in Div. I for 2018 Poland beat Hungary 2-0 to remain in the race for promotion while for Hungary the dream of returning to the top division is over. After this game only four teams are able to earn promotion: Korea, Kazakhstan, Poland and Austria. However, opposed to the other teams Poland doesn’t have destiny in its own hands and will need favourable results in the other games beside a win against Austria tomorrow to earn promotion. “We won against Hungary. We played really well, strong and fast,” said Krzysztof Zapala, who won the player-of-the-game prize for his team and scored the game-winner. “We don’t watch the other teams, we just have to win our game and we will see what will happen.” “We were able to dominate in the beginning of the first period and then lost momentum with a couple of penalties and had even more in the second,” said Hungary’s assistant coach Gergely Majoross. “We had a lot of chances in the third period but didn’t score. We played against a good goalie. We always play close games with Poland with very little amount of goals. The same happened tonight and unfortunately we’re the ones who scored less often. Power plays and special teams are key in tight games like this and we couldn’t produce much on power play. We will have to analyse and find the reasons.” Poland outshot Hungary 10-6 in the first period but neither team managed to score after 20 minutes. Early in the second period Tomasz Malasinski had a huge chance when he came to the puck just right of the goal post but it was some millimetres too late. A few moments later Poland eventually scored. Zapala got the puck at the blue line from Malasinski, skated towards the net and around Hungarian defenceman Bence Stipsicz to beat goaltender Bence Balizs for the first time. “I saw the defenceman doesn’t move so I know I have to move around and shoot. And I scored,” Zapala said. 14 seconds later Poland had to play shorthanded after an interference call against Damien Kapica. But a giveaway in the offensive zone by the Hungarians offered Malasinski a breakaway that he gladly accepted. He skated faster than Bence Sziranyi and Vilmos Gallo and at the end of the road he lifted the puck backhand over Balizs for the 2-0 goal. “It was a really tough game, it could have been ending both ways. We played good in the first period and stepped up in the second and were finally able to score goals. The third period was really tough, they found back into the game but we managed to win,” said Poland’s assistant coach Torbjorn Johansson and added before tomorrow’s game against Austria: “In tight games you need to have good offence and good defence. It’s a new game. It will be the last game. We will do everything to win it.” Hungary became stronger in the third period and outshot Poland 12-5 but they didn’t manage to get the puck past goaltender Przemyslaw Odrobny, who earned his shutout with 25 saves. While Poland still has hopes for the last game against Austria, Hungary will finish the event in fifth place no matter what the outcome of their game against Kazakhstan will be. “Against Kazakhstan it will be about pride now. There are many fans who came over to support us. The least thing we have to do is to battle as much as we can. It’s really tough to move up especially if expectations are high,” Majoross said underlining how competitive the Division IA has become in which he played and coached so many times for almost 20 years.

MEN'S DIVISION I GROUP A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Round-Robin DAY 6 Poland 2 - 0 Hungary Period-by-Period: 0-0, 2-0, 0-0 April 27th 2017, h. 17:00, Palace of Sports, Kyiv

MEN'S CHALLENGE CUP OF ASIA DIVISION I 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cup for Kuwait Home team wins CCOA Division I The Kuwaiti players and staff celebrate after winning the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey Challenge Cup of Asia Division I on home ice. Kuwait hosted the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey Challenge Cup of Asia Division I and it was a success for the country on the ice as it won all three games to keep the trophy at home. Re-entering the competition, the Kuwaiti started strong and beat Macau 8-0. Ahmad Al Ajmi opened the scoring at 8:00 and added a natural hat trick in the third period in front of 450 spectators. The 38-year-old veteran easily won the scoring race with 11 goals and 17 points and was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament. India provided the hosts a bigger challenge on the second day and went up 3-0 with three goals between 11:47 and 12:45. Then the Kuwaiti reacted immediately and scored three goals in less than one minute on their own between 13:14 and 14:05. The game continued to go back and forth and Kuwait tied it at five midway the third period before scoring three unanswered goals for an 8-5 win. Kuwait needed at least one point from its last game against Oman to win the tournament but had little trouble this time, steamrolling its Gulf rival 13-0. India, which used to struggle at these tournaments because the national championship is only played on a frozen water reservoir in the deepest winter weeks, showed a much improved performance and took second place at the event after wins against Oman, 3-2, and Macau, 7-3. It’s the first time India won two games in a tournament. The win against Oman was only the second time that the Indian men’s national team won an IIHF-sanctioned game after beating Macau in 2012 on home ice in Dehradun. Long time the Indians didn’t capitalize on their surplus of shots against Oman but in the third period Tsewang Dorjey’s second goal of the game tied it at two and with 2:09 left in regulation time Rigzin Norboo scored the game winner. Two Indians won individual awards with Nawang Dorje voted Best Goaltender and Chamba Tsetan Best Forward. Kuwait’s Jasem Al Awadhi was named Best Defenceman. Oman recorded its first regulation-time win in IIHF play when it beat Macau 2-1. Macau outshot the Omani 26-18 but goals from Talal Ambusaidi and Ibrahim Al Gabashi gave Oman the lead they managed to defend to earn a third-place finish. Results Thread

Mens Division I Group A World Championships 2017 in Kyiv (UKR) Day 6 Schedule (27th April 2017) GMT +3 17:00 Poland vs Hungary 20:30 Austria vs South Korea *If South Korea win this match (Doesn´t matter if in Regulation Time or after Overtime) South Korea will re-write the sport and Ice Hockey history confirming their first ever historic promotion into the Top Division. Livestream

MEN'S DIVISION I GROUP B WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Round-Robin DAY 3 Japan 6 - 2 Estonia Period-by-Period: 1-0, 3-1, 2-1 April 26th 2017, h. 12:30, SSE Arena, Belfast HIGHLIGHTS Netherlands 2 - 6 Croatia Period-by-Period: 0-4, 1-1, 1-1 April 26th 2017, h. 16:00, SSE Arena, Belfast HIGHLIGHTS Great Britain 5 - 2 Lithuania Period-by-Period: 4-1, 0-0, 1-1 April 26th 2017, h. 19:30, SSE Arena, Belfast HIGHLIGHTS Round-Robin Provisional Standing After Day 3 Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Japan 3 3(0) 0(0) 16 5 +11 9 Great Britain 3 3(0) 0(0) 14 5 +9 9 Lithuania 3 2(0) 1(0) 13 5 +8 6 Croatia 3 1(0) 2(0) 10 10 0 3 Estonia 3 0(0) 3(0) 3 14 -11 0 Netherlands 3 0(0) 3(0) 3 20 -17 0

MEN'S DIVISION I GROUP A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Round-Robin DAY 5 Kazakhstan 4 - 2 Ukraine Period-by-Period: 2-0, 0-2, 2-0 April 26th 2017, h. 20:30, Palace of Sports, Kyiv HIGHLIGHTS

MEN'S DIVISION I GROUP A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Round-Robin DAY 5 Kazakhstan 4 - 2 Ukraine Period-by-Period: 2-0, 0-2, 2-0 April 26th 2017, h. 20:30, Palace of Sports, Kyiv Kazakhstan in, Ukraine down Last-period goals seal win for favourites Kazakhstan beat Ukraine 4-2 to remain in race for promotion while the fourth loss for the hosts means it will be relegated back to the Division I Group B. Kazakhstan improved its record to 3-1 to remain in contention for a top-two spot and continue its ambition to return to the top division. Ukraine needed at least one point to keep hopes alive to stay in this group. The team battled hard and came back from a 2-0 deficit but Kazakhstan was too strong, outshot the Ukrainians 47-22 and eventually got the expected win after two third-period goals. Nigel Dawes gave Kazakhstan the lead after just three-and-a-half minutes when he redirected a shot from the blue line by Maxim Semyonov through Bodgan Dyachenko’s five-hole. The 18-year-old goaltender who led HC Donbass to the Ukrainian championship recently got a rough start in his debut but eventually made 43 saves and had a 91.49% save percentage in his debut in an IIHF men’s championship. “We trusted in him from the beginning and he became more confident with every save,” said Ukraine’s assistant coach Pavlo Mikhonik. The Ukrainians got hope when Kazakhstan took three consecutive penalties during the rest of the period but it didn’t result in more than a post shot. With one second left in the period Martin St-Pierre made it a two-goal gap after a pass from behind the net from Brandon Bochenski. “We haven’t had any easy games here. We got the win and we’re back on track, that’s what we needed in the end,” said Bochenski, who contributed three points to the 4-2 win. “They were smart. They played good defensively and were waiting for counter-attacks and scored on their chances. That’s how to play if I was them.” At 14:24 of the second period Dmytro Nimenko eventually made the home crowd cheer when he concluded a successful Ukrainian attack after a side pass in front of the net from Olexander Pobiedonostsev to make it a 2-1 deficit. And it took less than a minute and the game was tied at two. Sergei Babynets got the puck on the left side, skated and got little opposition from Kazakh defenceman Alexander Lipin to be able to shoot and score. “We had more chances but when we were up 2-0 our players played risky. The Ukrainian team was quite active until the end,” said Kazakhstan coach Eduard Zankovets, who took his time-out after the 2-2 goal. Kazakhstan made up for the blackout early in the third period. At 1:59 Nikita Mikhailis skated through the Ukrainian defence after a great pass from Roman Starchenko to regain his team the lead. And Bochenski made it 4-2 with his shot from the face-off dot on a power play with three minutes left in the game. “We became more confident in the second period but the Canadian players on the Kazakh team are much stronger than our players,” said Mikhonik.

MEN'S DIVISION I GROUP A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Round-Robin DAY 5 Kazakhstan 4 - 2 Ukraine Period-by-Period: 2-0, 0-2, 2-0 April 26th 2017, h. 20:30, Palace of Sports, Kyiv Round-Robin Provisional Standing After Day 5 Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. South Korea 3 3(0) 0(0) 12 5 +7 9 Kazakhstan 4 3(1) 1(0) 10 9 +1 8 Austria 3 2(0) 1(0) 6 4 +2 6 Poland 3 1(0) 2(1) 4 6 -2 4 Hungary 3 1(0) 2(0) 7 9 -2 3 Ukraine 4 0(0) 4(0) 6 12 -6 0

Friendly Matches 26th April 2017 Mens Road to World Championships Switzerland - Denmark 4-5

hey bite your tongue btw just watching the statistics, quite alarming, especially the penalities. 12-0 Penalty minutes only in first period...wow, you played more than half of the period shorthanded clearly there some problems with discipline. but overall it wasn´t so one-sided as the result would say. the problem were the 21 seconds between 13:29 and 13:50 when you conceded 3 goals !!! after this the match gone, you can see the moment in the video from 0:27 to 0:50

Still confusing, considering your speed skating and field hockey world dominance

yep, not at all but what a first period for Croatia

http://cdn.livetvcdn.net/webplayer.php?t=ifrx&c=680059&lang=en&eid=524751&lid=680059&ci=1265&si=2

[hide] Preliminary Round April 27th - May 2nd, 2017 16 Nations, 4 Groups, 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group will qualify for Quarterfinals Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 April 27th 2017, h. 17:00, Nassau Stadium, Nassau Ecuador 2 Senegal April 27th 2017, h. 20:00, Nassau Stadium, Nassau Bahamas 4 Switzerland April 29th 2017, h. 17:00, Nassau Stadium, Nassau Switzerland 2 Ecuador April 29th 2017, h. 20:00, Nassau Stadium, Nassau Senegal 2 Bahamas May 1st 2017, h. 17:00, Nassau Stadium, Nassau Switzerland 3 Senegal May 1st 2017, h. 20:00, Nassau Stadium, Nassau Bahamas 3 Ecuador Group B Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 April 27th 2017, h. 15:30, Nassau Stadium, Nassau Iran 2 Mexico April 27th 2017, h. 18:30, Nassau Stadium, Nassau Nigeria 3 Italy April 29th 2017, h. 15:30, Nassau Stadium, Nassau Italy 2 Iran April 29th 2017, h. 18:30, Nassau Stadium, Nassau Mexico 2 Nigeria May 1st 2017, h. 15:30, Nassau Stadium, Nassau Italy 3 Mexico May 1st 2017, h. 18:30, Nassau Stadium, Nassau Nigeria 3 Iran Group C Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 April 28th 2017, h. 17:00, Nassau Stadium, Nassau Portugal 5 Panama April 28th 2017, h. 20:00, Nassau Stadium, Nassau UA Emirates 3 Paraguay April 30th 2017, h. 17:00, Nassau Stadium, Nassau Paraguay 3 Portugal April 30th 2017, h. 20:00, Nassau Stadium, Nassau Panama 3 UA Emirates May 2nd 2017, h. 17:00, Nassau Stadium, Nassau Paraguay 2 Panama May 2nd 2017, h. 20:00, Nassau Stadium, Nassau UA Emirates 7 Portugal Group D Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 April 28th 2017, h. 15:30, Nassau Stadium, Nassau Japan 2 Poland April 28th 2017, h. 18:30, Nassau Stadium, Nassau Brazil 5 Tahiti April 30th 2017, h. 15:30, Nassau Stadium, Nassau Tahiti 3 Japan April 30th 2017, h. 18:30, Nassau Stadium, Nassau Poland 6 Brazil May 2nd 2017, h. 15:30, Nassau Stadium, Nassau Tahiti 4 Poland May 2nd 2017, h. 18:30, Nassau Stadium, Nassau Brazil 4 Japan [/hide]