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Canadians triumph again First goal for Hungary vs. Canada in 78 years Canada's Taylor Hall #4 celebrates after Team Canada scores a first period goal on Hungary's Zoltan Hetenyi #29 during preliminary round action at the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Championship. Canada scored four goals in just over five minutes in the second period en route to a 7-1 thrashing of newly promoted Hungary on Sunday in St. Petersburg. The defending champions showcased their balanced attack. Michael Matheson led the way with a goal and two assists. Mark Scheifele, Mark Stone, Derick Brassard, and Taylor Hall had a goal and an assist apiece. Captain Corey Perry and Brad Marchand added singles. "We have to get a little bit better every period, every game," said Perry. "I thought we did that in the second and third." Budding superstar Connor McDavid, a Calder Trophy finalist with the Edmonton Oilers, picked up his first two World Championship points, both assists. Istvan Bartalis replied for Hungary. Goalie Calvin Pickard won his IIHF World Championship debut for Canada, which outshot Hungary 36-22. The Canadians, who defeated the U.S. 5-1 in their opener, have outscored their opposition 12-2 through two games in Group B. It was the fourth all-time World Championship meeting between these two countries. For Hungary, it was an improvement over their only previous modern-day encounter, a 9-0 loss on April 26, 2009 in Switzerland. Hungary fell 3-1 to Canada in 1933 and earned a 1-1 tie in 1938. The Canadians were the favorites, but the Magyars were the crowd favorites at Yubileiny, with a massive bloc of chanting, clapping, drum-beating fans behind their team’s net for two periods. "The Hungarian fans are crazy," said Perry. "They stayed with them the whole game." As in the 4-1 loss to Slovakia, the Hungarians came out with a spirited effort. But they simply made too many mistakes against the skilled NHL stars. Despite the victory, Canada also made some defensive errors, which could have proved costly against higher-caliber opposition, and will need to be corrected. "Our special teams keep getting better and we’re tightening up defensively," said Hall. "It’s never going to be a perfect game, but we keep improving, and I like where our team is at." Hungary got the first penalty when defenceman Kevin Wehrs, a naturalized Canadian, hooked Hall as he barreled to the net with a backhand. The Canadians capitalized with the man advantage at 5:54 on a nice passing play. McDavid fed the puck down to Stone, who centered it from behind the goal line to Scheifele, and he beat Hungarian starter Zoltan Hetenyi on the glove side. At 10:04, Perry made it 2-0. Hall swooped in from left wing and handed him a nifty backhand feed that the Canadian captain tapped in at the side of the net. "I’m having fun with my linemates," said Hall. "We have some good chemistry." The Hungarian fans erupted when Istvan Bartalis cut the deficit to 2-1 at 18:14. Istvan Sofron’s forechecking caused defenceman Matt Dumba to cough up the puck, and Bartalis surprised Pickard with a high blocker-side shot from the faceoff circle. It was the first World Championship goal Hungary has scored on Canada in more than 78 years. "They played really well in the first, trapping us in the neutral zone, waiting for us to force plays into the middle," Matheson said of the Hungarians. Scrambly Canadian defence nearly led to the equalizer at the start of the second period. However, coach Bill Peters’ squad recovered, jumping into a 3-1 lead at 7:12. Stone jammed in the rebound from Cody Ceci’s center point drive. Marchand notched the back-breaking 4-1 goal at 9:05 on a beautiful set-up by McDavid, who used his speed to surge past the Hungarian defenders and then backhanded the puck to his Boston Bruins linemate right in front. At 11:36, it was 5-1 as Chris Tanev found an unguarded Brassard in front, and he whacked his second attempt past a sprawling Hetenyi. Just over a minute later, Matheson got his first of the tournament, beating Hetenyi with a high shot from the faceoff dot. Matheson, a 22-year-old Florida Panthers prospect on defence, is the only Canadian player who spent most of this season in the AHL (Portland Pirates). After the goal, Hungarian coach Rich Chernomaz pulled Hetenyi in favor of backup Adam Vay. "I thought we were able to adjust in the second period, and we capitalized on our opportunities," said Matheson. In the third period, Hall stretched Canada's lead to 7-1 at 4:35, cutting in from the left side to slide the puck off a falling Hungarian defender and through Vay's legs. At the final buzzer, the 24-year-old Pickard scooped the puck up as a memento of his first victory. Canada's next game is Monday versus Belarus. Hungary takes on France on Tuesday.

Hungary - Canada 1-7

Final Results A Kazakhstan - Russia 4-6 (3-3, 0-1, 1-2) 06:43 Yevgeni DADONOV 0-1 08:04 Dustin BOYD 1-1 09:02 Roman STARCHENKO 2-1 09:21 Roman LYUBIMOV 2-2 11:11 Sergei MOZYAKIN 2-3 19:43 Yevgeni RYMAREV 3-3 38:02 Anton BELOV 3-4 41:00 Maxim SEMYONOV 4-4 43:57 Anton BELOV 4-5 48:38 Roman LYUBIMOV 4-6 B Hungary - Canada 1-7 (1-2, 0-4, 0-1) 05:54 Mark SCHEIFELE 0-1 10:04 Corey PERRY 0-2 18:14 Istvan BARTALIS 1-2 27:12 Mark STONE 1-3 29:05 Brad MARCHAND 1-4 31:36 Derick BRASSARD 1-5 32:45 Michael MATHESON 1-6 44:35 Taylor HALL 1-7

Scores after 2nd Period A Kazakhstan - Russia 3-4 (3-3, 0-1, -) 06:43 Yevgeni DADONOV 0-1 08:04 Dustin BOYD 1-1 09:02 Roman STARCHENKO 2-1 09:21 Roman LYUBIMOV 2-2 11:11 Sergei MOZYAKIN 2-3 19:43 Yevgeni RYMAREV 3-3 38:02 Anton BELOV 3-4 B Hungary - Canada 1-6 (1-2, 0-4, -) 05:54 Mark SCHEIFELE 0-1 10:04 Corey PERRY 0-2 18:14 Istvan BARTALIS 1-2 27:12 Mark STONE 1-3 29:05 Brad MARCHAND 1-4 31:36 Derick BRASSARD 1-5 32:45 Michael MATHESON 1-6

Scores after 1st Period A Kazakhstan - Russia 3-3 (3-3, -, -) 06:43 Yevgeni DADONOV 0-1 08:04 Dustin BOYD 1-1 09:02 Roman STARCHENKO 2-1 09:21 Roman LYUBIMOV 2-2 11:11 Sergei MOZYAKIN 2-3 19:43 Yevgeni RYMAREV 3-3 B Hungary - Canada 1-2 (1-2, -, -) 05:54 Mark SCHEIFELE 0-1 10:04 Corey PERRY 0-2 18:14 Istvan BARTALIS 1-2

István Bartalis scored a historic goal for Hungary against Canada

Lukáš Babáč european champion in lightweight single sculls. well done Lukáš ! Slovakia the non-olympics sports powerhouse...

SCHEDULE DAY 3 Sunday, May 8th, 2016 12:15 (GMT +3) PRELIMINARY ROUND - GROUP A Kazakhstan vs Russia Referees: Jozef KUBUS (SVK), Maxim SIDORENKO (BLR) Linesmens: Vít LEDERER (CZE), Peter SEFCIK (SVK) Line Ups Link, Ice Palace, Moscow 12:15 (GMT +3) PRELIMINARY ROUND - GROUP B Hungary vs Canada Referees: Antonin JERABEK (CZE), Linus OHLUND (SWE) Linesmens: Andreas MALMQVIST (SWE), Sakari SUOMINEN (FIN) Line Ups Link , Yubileiny, St. Petersburg 16:15 (GMT +3) PRELIMINARY ROUND - GROUP A Norway vs Switzerland Referees: Daniel PIECHACZEK (GER), Aleksi RANTALA (FIN) Linesmens: Fraser McINTYRE (USA), Nikolaj PONOMARJOW (GER) Line Ups Link , Ice Palace, Moscow 16:15 (GMT +3) PRELIMINARY ROUND - GROUP B Finland vs Germany Referees: Timothy MAYER (USA), Konstantin OLENIN (RUS) Linesmens: Roman KADERLI (SUI), Jon KILIAN (NOR) Line Ups Link , Yubileiny, St. Petersburg 20:15 (GMT +3) PRELIMINARY ROUND - GROUP A Sweden vs Denmark Referees: Roman GOFMAN (RUS), Brett IVERSON (CAN) Linesmens: Nicolas CHARTRAND-PICHE (CAN), Pasi NIEMINEN (FIN) Line Ups Link , Ice Palace, Moscow 20:15 (GMT +3) PRELIMINARY ROUND - GROUP B France vs Slovakia Referees: Tobias BJORK (SWE), Peter GEBEI (HUN) Linesmens: Gleb LAZAREV (RUS), Judson RITTER (USA) Line Ups Link, Yubileiny, St. Petersburg * The streams will be geo-blocked in some countries. ** Referees and Line-Ups will be announced usually 3-4 hours before the first match, will be added in the schedule later.

Belarus - United States 3-6 HIGHLIGHTS

Latvia - Czech Republic 3-4 after GWS HIGHLIGHTS

France - Germany 3-2 after GWS HIGHLIGHTS

Norway - Denmark 0-3 HIGHLIGHTS

Slovakia - Hungary 4-1 HIGHLIGHTS

Switzerland - Kazakhstan 2-3 after GWS HIGHLIGHTS

Czechs take thriller Kaspar gets shootout winner, Masalskis stars for Latvia Latvia's Edgars Masalskis #31 makes a pad save while the Czech Republic's Richard Jarusek #96 looks for a rebound during preliminary round action at the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Championship. Lukas Kaspar scored the only goal of the shootout, giving the Czechs a dramatic 4-3 win over hard-luck Latvia which led 3-2 with a minute to go in regulation. For the Czechs, it was their second victory in as many games, and for the Latvians their second straight extra-time loss. "Latvia is a strong team," Petr Koukal of the winners said. "They lost in overtime with Sweden, but we were leading 2-0 and we made so many mistakes when we should have scored more. If we'd gone 3-0 or 4-0 maybe it would have been an easy game, but this was a tight game over 65 minutes. Five points from two games is a good start for our team." "Two points isn't a bad return but would could have got even more," lamented Mikelis Redlihs. Tomas Plekanec scored twice for the winners while Latvian goalie Edgars Masalskis was sensational in a losing effort, stopping 35 of 39 shots. Pavel Francouz, playing his first full game with the Czechs, was the winning goalie, although he was less busy than his counterpart. Plekanec opened the scoring at 3:33 when he took a stretch pass from David Pastrnak and blasted a long shot which snuck under the left pad of the veteran Masalskis. The 36-year-old goalie is playing in his 13th World Championship. Less than three minutes later Plekanec clicked again, on a power play. He took a quick pass from Lukas Kaspar at the side of the goal and redirected it in at 6:23. The second period could be renamed the Masalskis Show. The goalie was nothing short of brilliant. He made several great glove saves, but that was only the beginning. He made a gorgeous pokecheck off a Martin Zatovic rush that recalled Johnny Bower at his best. He made a great toe save off a sure goal form Michal Kempny. And, he stoned Richard Jarusek on a breakaway and on the in-close rebound. Inspired, the Latvians got back into the game, finally penetrating a Czech defence that had been flawless last night in a 3-0 win over Russia. Andris Dzerins made a great rush, taking two Czechs with him before making a nice pass to Roberts Bukarts, who beat Francouz with a high shot at 15:26 to make it a 2-1 game. All Latvian momentum was lost soon after, though, when Ronalds Kenins took a bad penalty for hitting to the head of Tomas Kundratek. As the Czech defender lay dazed and bleeding in the corner, Kenins was escorted off the ice with a five-minute major and game misconduct. He’ll be banned for at least one more game. The Latvian penlaty killers did a masterful job in keeping the score 2-1 early in the third and Kundratek returned to play. Early in the final period, Masalskis made another incredible pokecheck to stop Pastrnak on a break. When the Latvians had a power play of their own midway through, they quickly converted. Rodrigo Abols's quick shot was kicked out by Francouz, but Zemgus Girgensons was Johnny-on-the-spot to push it in at 8:20 and tie the game, 2-2. "Even when we were down 2-0, we got together in the locker room and realized that we had to do what the coach was asking of us," said Aleksandrs Jerofejevs. "We knew if we could get a goal back there would be more, and that's how it turned out." Then came a wild finish. Girgensons gave the Latvians a lead at 17:41 when Abols saw him alone in front, but this proved not to be the winner. With Francouz on the bench, Michal Repik deflected a point shot with 59.0 seconds remaining to tie the game, 3-3 and force overtime and a shootout. Both teams have a day off tomorrow before resuming on Monday. The Czechs play Sweden and Latvia plays Russia earlier in the day. "We're a little bit tired," Pastrnak admitted. "We've had two hard games in two days, but we have a day off now we going regroup, rest well, have a good dinner and get ready for Sweden."

Latvia - Czech Republic 3-4 after GWS

Young Americans play like heroes Auston Matthews nets a pair USA's Chris Wideman #6 celebrates with Nick Foligno #71, Dylan Larkin #21 and Auston Matthews #34 after scoring a first period goal during preliminary round action at the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Championship. Team USA took a big step tonight as they rebounded from their loss to Canada with a 6-3 defeat of Belarus. It was a chippy contest that saw both sides take its share of penalties and plenty of after whistle activity. However, Belarus was the bigger culprit and was made to pay. Taking advantage of special team opportunities and their ability to quickly move the puck, the Americans scored three man advantage goals that helped pace their attack. Power play tallies by Chris Wideman, Dylan Larkin and Auston Matthews were important factors in the final game of a three game day at Yubileiny Arena. For Matthews, who is projected as quite possibly the first overall selection in the upcoming NHL draft, the goal was his first in this senior men’s tournament. On the night, Matthews had two goals and an assist. Larkin and Noah Hanifin each had a goal and an assist. Vincent Hinostroza and Frank Vatrano each had two assists. Hinostroza was named player of the game for his team. "It shows a lot about our character that we were able to come back and respond in such a way, putting up six goals." Said Mike Condon who got the start in goal. "We’ve still got to work on our game defensively, but there’s some good stuff going forward." The US avenged a 5-2 loss at the hands of Belarus last year in Ostrava. The USA got on the board first when Miles Wood scored. Vatrano smartly sent a pass to Wood who was streaking down the left wing after coming off the bench on a change. The goal at 9:58 was Wood’s first of the tournament. "It happened so fast when I came off the bench area and Frank Vatrano made a great pass over to me through the zone." Wood recalled after teh game. "I just collected it and shot it quickly. Fortunately it went in." Wideman made it 2-0 at 13:38 of the first. When Larkin scored at 2:13 of the second period to make it 3-0 the game, Team USA gained even greater control in the game, limiting Belarus opportunities for a significant stretch of the middle frame. Belarus was finally able to generate some offense after Matt Hendricks was called for slashing. They would get on the scoreboard at 7:10 of the period when Geoff Platt’s shot was redirected by defenseman Brady Sjkei and past Condon. USA outscored Belarus 3-2 in the second but Belarus did get 11 shots on goal after not registering one for the first five minutes of the period. Belarus really picked up their effort and carried that momentum into the third period. Whereas the Americans dominated the first half of the game, Belarus was now commanding the action. Things got interesting near the halfway point of the third when Wood was whistled off for a delay of game and then JT Compher for hooking. Belarus would have a :53 two-man advantage and capitalize on the opportunity. Andrei Stepanov would hit the post and then with two seconds remaining in the Wood penalty Dmitri Korobov scored to cut the lead to 5-3. Team USA would not get a shot on goal until the final 5:20 of the period, and it was a goal. Matthews scored his second of the game to permanently put it away and neutralize the surging crowd support for Belarus. "It was a very fun game and I thought that was a very tough Belarus team." Condon said. "They did play with a lot of heart and energy. The fans are crazy. So it was a very fun experience, and I’m just happy we got to see our flag raised at the end." The win puts the United States back in the mix in this group while Belarus is still searchg for their first win of the tournament.

Belarus - United States 3-6

Final Results A Latvia - Czech Republic 3-4 after GWS (0-2, 1-0, 2-1, OT: 0-0, GWS: 0-1) 03:33 Tomáš PLEKANEC 0-1 06:23 Tomáš PLEKANEC 0-2 35:26 Roberts BUKARTS 1-2 48:20 Zemgus GIRGENSONS 2-2 57:41 Mikelis REDLIHS 3-2 59:01 Michal REPÍK 3-3 winning shootout by Lukáš KAŠPAR 3-4 B Belarus - United States 3-6 (0-2, 2-3, 1-1) 09:58 Miles WOOD 0-1 13:38 Chris WIDEMAN 0-2 22:13 Dylan LARKIN 0-3 27:10 Geoff PLATT 1-3 28:09 Noah HANIFIN 1-4 34:25 Auston MATTHEWS 1-5 38:12 Andrei STAS 2-5 49:28 Dmitri KOROBOV 3-5 54:40 Auston MATTHEWS 3-6

don´t know if its not geo-blocked in Italy

and just when I wrote it, the czechs scored

wow this Group A is absolutely insane, if Latvia will win this, they should definitely build a statue for Edgars Masalskis. what a crazy performance of this 37 years old Latvian goaltender

I love the belarussian goal song this is what BLR choosed to be played after their goals (the part from 0:22 to 0:50)

Scores after 2nd Period A Latvia - Czech Republic 1-2 (0-2, 1-0, -) 03:33 Tomáš PLEKANEC 0-1 06:23 Tomáš PLEKANEC 0-2 35:26 Roberts BUKARTS 1-2 B Belarus - United States 2-5 (0-2, 2-3, -) 09:58 Miles WOOD 0-1 13:38 Chris WIDEMAN 0-2 22:13 Dylan LARKIN 0-3 27:10 Geoff PLATT 1-3 28:09 Noah HANIFIN 1-4 34:25 Auston MATTHEWS 1-5 38:12 Andrei STAS 2-5