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Final Results A Switzerland - Kazakhstan 2-3 after GWS (1-0, 0-1, 1-1, OT: 0-0, GWS: 0-1) 14:56 Samuel WALSER 1-0 30:57 Roman SAVCHENKO 1-1 50:30 Roman STARCHENKO 1-2 52:01 Denis HOLLENSTEIN 2-2 winning shoot out by Nigel DAWES 2-3 B Slovakia - Hungary 4-1 (2-1, 1-0, 1-0) 07:07 Tomáš MARCINKO 1-0 13:30 Frank BANHAM 1-1 17:43 Tomáš JURČO 2-1 35:09 Andrej SEKERA 3-1 57:43 Patrik LUŠŇÁK 4-1

TEAM PRESENTATIONS Switzerland Home Away Swiss go local No Canadian coach, but results expected El Nino led a magical run in 2013, but can Nino Niederreiter take the Swiss to the gold-medal game (or bronze, even) again? The Swiss won only two of eight games last year, and that poor showing cost Glen Hanlon his job. This year, the team is a blend of age and youth looking to rebound under a new – and Swiss! – coaching staff. The team has four NHLers to complement a roster of Swiss-league players, but one is never quite sure which Swiss team will show up on any given day. Goal Colorado Avalanche goaltender Reto Berra is back. He played in five of eight games last year but didn’t post a single win all tournament. This is his fifth straight World Championship, though, and he will be given the lion’s share of the work in goal this year. Last year’s third goalie, Robert Mayer, is also on the team as well as newcomer Sandor Zurkirchen, whose only experience in IIHF tournaments was the 2008 U18 Worlds. Defence Yannick Weber of the Vancouver Canucks will anchor the defence along with several familiar faces in the form of Eric Blum, Raphael Diaz, Felicien Du Bois, Patrick Geering and Robin Grossmann. But coach Fischer has also added three new players: Christian Marti, a 23-year-old who played at the 2011 U18 Worlds and the 2012 and ’13 World Juniors and Noah Schneeberger, who has played for HC Davos the last four years.. Forward Although the players are familiar, so is the problem – scoring. Last year the Swiss qualified for the quarter-finals thanks to wins over Austria, 4-3, and Germany, 1-0. They scored just 12 goals in seven games. The other quarter-finalists in their group scored 49, 34, and 27 goals, highlighting the disparity in offence. In the playoff game they lost to the U.S., 3-1. Damien Brunner led the team in points last year with only five, and he’s not here in Moscow due to an injury he suffered in the Swiss finals. No player scored more than two goals. This year, it’s up to the likes of Andres Ambuhl, Sven Andrighetto, among others, to put the puck in the net. Fortunately, Nino Niederreiter is back. He was instrumental in that silver-medal run in 2013, so hopefully he can work his magic again. Coaching Patrick Fischer is the first non-Canadian to coach the Swiss since Simon Schenk in 1997. Ralph Krueger got the team back into the top division the next year, and Sean Simpson, more famously, took the team to the gold-medal game in 2013. But a disappointing 8th-place result with Glen Hanlon last year got the Swiss to thinking about their own, and who better than Fischer, a 40-year-old who had a long and successful career with the team as a player and who was an assistant to Simpson three years ago? The catch, though, is that he is on a short leash. Qualify for the quarter-finals, and his contract is automatically renewed for two years. Fail to do so, and, well, things are less certain. He will be assisted by two other former Swiss stars, Felix Hollenstein and Reto von Arx. Projected Results The Swiss can certainly be grouped with Czech Republic, Russia, and Sweden more favourably than Denmark, Kazakhstan, Latvia, and Norway. As a result, that quarter-finals placing looks pretty good. But winning that key elimination game against a top-eight opponent has generally proved difficult for the Swiss, so a middle-of-the-pack finish might be the expected result from Russia. 2016.

SCHEDULE DAY 2 Saturday, May 7th, 2016 12:15 (GMT +3) PRELIMINARY ROUND - GROUP A Switzerland vs Kazakhstan Referees: Roman GOFMAN (RUS), Brett IVERSON (CAN) Linesmens: Nicolas CHARTRAND-PICHE (CAN), Vit LEDERER (CZE) Line Ups Link, Ice Palace, Moscow 12:15 (GMT +3) PRELIMINARY ROUND - GROUP B Slovakia vs Hungary Referees: Timothy MAYER (USA), Marc WIEGAND (SUI) Linesmens: Roman KADERLI (SUI), Judson RITTER (USA) Line Ups Link, Yubileiny, St. Petersburg 16:15 (GMT +3) PRELIMINARY ROUND - GROUP A Norway vs Denmark Referees: Stefan FONSELIUS (FIN), Tobias WEHRLI (SUI) Linesmens: Henrik PIHLBLAD (SWE), Peter SEFCIK (SVK) Line Ups Link, Ice Palace, Moscow 16:15 (GMT +3) PRELIMINARY ROUND - GROUP B France vs Germany Referees: Martin FRANO (CZE), Antonin JERABEK (CZE) Linesmens: Jon KILIAN (NOR), Sakari SUOMINEN (FIN) Line Ups Link, Yubileiny, St. Petersburg 20:15 (GMT +3) PRELIMINARY ROUND - GROUP A Latvia vs Czech Republic Referees: Jozef KUBUS (SVK), Aleksi RANTALA (FIN) Linesmens: Alexanser OTMAKHOV (RUS), Nikolaj PONOMARJOW (GER) Line Ups , Ice Palace, Moscow 20:15 (GMT +3) PRELIMINARY ROUND - GROUP B Belarus vs United States Referees: Linus OHLUND (SWE), Konstantin OLENIN (RUS) Linesmens: Nicolas FLURI (SUI), Miroslav LHOTSKY (CZE) Line Ups, 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.

TEAM PRESENTATIONS Hungary Home Away Hungary back in elite Magyars look to surprise at this year's Worlds Experienced goaltending, veteran defenders, skilled forwards and coaches familiar with domestic and international hockey is what the Hungarian team looks like. The Hungarians have the ingredients to possibly surprise at the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship. The last time Hungary competed in the top division in 2009 they faced off against half of the teams in Group B this year. In Switzerland they had a last-minute loss against Slovakia, 4-3, along with losses to Belarus (4-2) and to Canada (9-0), all teams that they will play against in St. Petersburg as well. A lot has changed since 2009 though. Hungarian hockey is on the rise and this time around they have a nice mix of veterans and youth with players coming from some of the top leagues in Europe. The Hungarian team is made up of players playing in eight different countries. Goal Hungary has two experienced goaltenders to pick from. Zoltan Hetenyi was the go to guy in three World Championships events and played in three of the games in the top division in 2009. Miklos Rajna backstopped Hungary to promotion last year in Krakow. Rounding out the goaltenders is 22-year-old Adam Vay, who in his first year of professional hockey was named goalie of the year in the Hungarian-Romanian MOL Liga. Defence On the blueline there has been a natural turnover. For a better part of 20 years Hungary had a core group of six defencemen and this turnover started in 2013 when team captain Marton Vas was moved from forward to defence. Joining Vas on the blue line is a peculiar group of seven player. There are three naturalized Canadians in Kalvin Sagert, Kevin Wehrs and Jesse Dudas. who has Hungarian roots. Bence Sziranyi has become an experienced and reliable defender who scored the winning goal against Poland last year. Rounding out this group are 1997-born Bence Stipsicz and Zsombor Garat. Along with Vas, Sagert and Dudas bring size and Wehrs has speed along with the two young defenders. Forwards Like on the back end the Hungarian team up front has both youth and experience with the oldest forward being Frank Banham at the age of 41 and the youngest Vilmos Gallo, 19. These two players will likely be playing on one line. The top-two lines have some skill and size. Daniel Koger, Andrew Sarauer and Istvan Sofron will build the first line with Balazs Sebok rounding out the second line. Look for Csanad Erdely so also get some shifts on that line. The bottom two lines have more grit as well as experience. Csaba Kovacs, Janos Vas, Gergo Nagy and Andras Benk were all on the 2009 World Championship team. The first three will play together with Istvan Bartalis rotating in. This tournament will be extra special for Bartalis, who suffered a knee injury on the day before the team was supposed to leave for Krakow before last year’s World Championship Division I Group A. Playing together now for almost two years is the trio of Benk, Krisztian Nagy and Balint Magosi. This line goes all out and they play an aggressive but clean style of hockey that can cause problems to other teams. Coaching Rich Chernomaz is the skipper of this ship. This will be his fourth World Championship with Hungary. He has spent his coaching career in Germany but his personality is reflected on the team as they are hard-nosed and will fight until the end. Chernomaz has tried to bring in recently retired Hungarians onto his coaching staff. Gergely Majoross will be joining him on the bench with Tamas Sille and Viktor Tokaji also helping out. Rounding out the staff will be fellow Canadians Diego Scandella and goalie coach Gary Clark. Scandella was on the coaching staff under Pat Cortina when Hungary won promotion in 2008 and on the 2009 team with Majoross, Sille and Tokaji who were players at that time. Projected results The safe bet would say that Hungary will most likely be relegated back to Division I Group A. Fans in Hungary would not be surprised with that considering that it took seven years to get back to the top division – and even 70 years to get back for the 2009 Worlds. The next step in the development in the Hungarian national team would be to become an “elevator” team like Kazakhstan or Slovenia that is up one year and down the next. Picking up points against Slovakia, Germany or France will be the immediate goal but that hasn’t happened for a while. The last time Hungary was ranked better than any of these teams was in 1983 when Hungary beat France 3-1 on home ice, but that game was in the World Championship C-Pool. Still, people should not underestimate the Mighty Magyars, who will be followed on-site and at home by many passionate hockey fans.

Finland - Belarus 6-2 HIGHLIGHTS

Czech Republic - Russia 3-0 HIGHLIGHTS

United States - Canada 1-5 HIGHLIGHTS

Sweden - Latvia 2-1 After OT HIGHLIGHTS

Finally back guys, sorry for delay, but I wasn´t able to access the site since morning. Now I hope everything will be fine so I´ll start to update the thread. but at first 1-2 words about today. Well, what to say.. I hate those opening matches, we are just always so awful, each year the same! we have so many troubles during the first match. Yes Hungary played a quit good match today, but I must say that also thanks to our guys, they just didn´t showed what they can. I hope now they will be less nervous and start to play better. In overall the win is the most important but with this style of play we do not belong to be there.. For Hungary, I was very impressed by some actions, they are clearly grow much and all my respects to them, This is sdefinitely not the Hungary from few years back, this is now a very competitive team, but still I think they will need something more to be able to maintain in the top division, however good luck:

First Power Ranking released and I can´t stop laughing I love the guys who made it. just great. so here it is. the 1st edition of Power Ranking 2016 1. Canada: Look! It’s a Canadian team playing in May! 2. Finland: Give blonde kid puck. Watch him shoot. Repeat. 3. Czech Republic: Celebrating Jagr's new contract! 4. Sweden: Nyquist is a horse 5. United States: We’re going to win bigly 6. Russia: Can’t wait to hear our anthem 7. Slovakia: As a kid, you dream of playing for Team Europe 8. Switzerland: No, really, you do dream of playing for Team Europe 9. Denmark: OMG, guys! Team Europe is controlled by Satan! 10. Latvia: Two words: “Leicester City” 11. Belarus: When in doubt, use more Canadians 12. France: Asterix takes the shot, Obelix provides the screen 13. Germany: This round, Ehrhoff will play more than Keith 14. Norway: Good seats still available for Roy Johansen’s farewell tour 15. Kazakhstan: Triple G, yes – Triple Gold Club, no 16. Hungary: A seven-year wait is better than a 70-year wait The Power Rankings are for the enjoyment of IIHF.com readers, and reflect the progress of teams during the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship. They are distinct from the official standings and IIHF World Ranking.

Sincerely I don´t know. I didn´t understood why untill now too

TEAM PRESENTATIONS Russia Home Away Little margin for error Russia must meet expectations No country demands World Championship glory like this year’s host. Playing before a Moscow public, the pressure on Oleg Znarok’s team is greater than ever. For an undisputed hockey powerhouse, Russia has endured a long wait to see its team lift a trophy on home ice. You have to go back to the 1986 Soviets and that victory in Moscow. Russia missed out on a medal in St. Petersburg in 2000, took bronze in Moscow in 2007 after losing a semi-final to Finland and famously faltered against the Finns once again in Sochi to miss out on an Olympic medal. This time, home fans hope, the script is about to change and a new golden generation can emerge to join Tikhonov’s team on the list of home-town heroes. There are grounds for optimism – Oleg Znarok took Russia to the last two World Championship finals and, as usual, he’s able to name a roster with plenty of big-game experience as well as some exciting emerging talent. But there are question marks as well, from the uncertainty about the final choice of forwards to the disappointing return of one win in five this season at Moscow’s new World Championship venue. Goal Sergei Bobrovski is the clear pick for the #1 role this time. The Columbus netminder is back in World Championship action for the 3rd time after linking up with the national team last month. Despite some criticism of his performance in a 2-3 home defeat against Finland as Russia concluded a disappointing Euro Hockey Tour season, his vast international experience makes him the clear leader. Rounding off the roster, Znarok has chosen two young KHL goalies, SKA’s Igor Shestyorkin and CSKA’s Ilya Sorokin. The latter, a Metallurg Novokuznetsk graduate like Bobrovski, had a hugely impressive season as he helped his team to the Gagarin Cup final. Aged just 20, he kept Sweden’s Viktor Fasth on the bench for long periods and performed superbly to deal with some high pressure situations. Shestyorkin had less game time in Petersburg, where Finland’s Mikko Koskinen was the key man, but after helping Spartak to MHL success in 2014 he earned a good reputation as a goalie who could be going places. He gets the nod here ahead of Semyon Varlamov. Defence Russia’s traditional weakness might be stronger than usual this time around. The return of Slava Voynov to Europe after lifting two Stanley Cups in LA is a real boost for Znarok’s team, even if few would have chosen the uncomfortable path that led the SKA blue liner back across the Atlantic. Voynov took time to rediscover his game in Russia but finished the season strongly and was impressive in the KHL play-offs despite SKA’s loss in the Conference final. SKA team-mate Anton Belov had another solid season and should help form a more reliable defence than Russia has mustered in the past. Another KHL star, Nikita Zaitsev, cemented his position as Russia’s brightest young defensive prospect with an impressive season and post-season at CSKA. His undoubted talents are starting to show in the big games – witness his three goals in the opening three games of the Gagarin Cup final for evidence of greater composure on the big stage. Toronto fans can look forward to a preview of what their new man can do. There’s further NHL experience in the form of Alexei Yemelin, a reliable blue-liner from Montreal, and Alexei Marchenko of Detroit, an emerging talent who has yet to make an impact on the international stage. And, after naming 28 players on Wednesday, Russia’s management also suggested that four places will be held for possible Trans-Atlantic reinforcements, which could open up a slot for Washington’s Dmitri Orlov depending on the Caps’ Stanley Cup campaign. Forwards Russia loves a stellar offence, but this year’s edition has as many questions as answers. Will scratching Ilya Kovalchuk prove to be an error, despite his almost total absence from SKA’s play-off campaign? Will Alexander Radulov’s groin allow him to feature? Who, if any, of Alexander Ovechkin, Yevgeni Kuznetsov, Yevgeni Malkin or Nikolai Kulyomin might feature following the latest round of NHL play-offs? When the puck drops against the Czechs, Russia is expected to have nominated just 11 forwards from a long list of 16, offering some room for manoeuvre on these issues. Despite the uncertainty, there are positives. Pavel Datsyuk is available from the start to weave his magic. At the age of 35 he’s adamant that this tournament won’t be his swansong, but it will be his last chance to win an international tournament in his native country. His projected partnership with Russia’s second-highest all-time point scorer Sergei Mozyakin has the potential to give defences headaches and finally cement the Metallurg Magnitogorsk captain’s reputation on the international stage. Then there’s the return of the former SKA line of Artemy Panarin, Yevgeni Dadonov and Vadim Shipachyov, so deadly for club and country last season. Whatever the final roster looks like, Russia surely won’t lack for firepower. Coaching Everyone knows what to expect from an Oleg Znarok team: work rate, teamwork, commitment and a spiky, combative attitude on and off the ice. While some might question the absence, or likely absence, of big name stars like Kovalchuk, Varlamov, Malkin or Radulov, Znarok’s career shows that he’s not a man to select on reputation. His KHL success came with un-starry rosters; the triumphant sweep to World Championship gold in Minsk, powered by Ovechkin and Malkin, was a rare stellar exception. But with two World Championship campaigns and two World Championship finals as Russia’s head coach, there’s every reason to expect another strong showing from Znarok in Moscow. Projected results More than one pundit has suggested that Russia is effectively preparing a team for the three knock-out games and it would be a huge shock if the Red Machine failed to motor through the group stage in serene style. True, the Euro Tour results against the Czechs and the Swedes were unimpressive this season, but with so much expectation around the team it’s clear that Russia is ready to raise its game. The greatest potential obstacle could lie in the decision to leave much of the roster open for the opening game against the Czechs – if Vladimir Vuitek’s men can capitalise on a short bench, the whole tournament could feel very different by Saturday morning. Overall, though, a victory on home ice – so long awaited after the slip-ups in Sochi and at the Worlds in 2007 and 2000 – has to be the target; anything less than a medal is unthinkable.

Laying it all on the Laine Finnish teen erupts in opening win over Belarus Finland's Juuso Hietanen #38 celebrates with Patrik Laine #29 and Aleksander Barkov #61 after Team Finland scores their fourth goal of the game during preliminary round action at the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Championship. Patrik Laine made a statement with two goals and an assist in Finland’s opening 6-2 win over Belarus in their Friday night opener in St. Petersburg. The 18-year-old Laine, this year's Finnish playoff MVP with champion Tappara Tampere, is being touted as a potential rival to the U.S.'s Auston Matthews as the number one overall pick in the 2016 NHL Draft. Named Finland's Player of the Game, the imposing winger got the Day One edge, as Matthews was held pointless in a 5-1 loss to Canada. "Laine is a different guy," said Finland's Leo Komarov. "He’s a little bit shy and doesn’t know us yet, but when you come up to the (senior) team in Finland, you can be yourself. We know who he is, he’s got a good shot, and he’s going to be a good player." Mikael Granlund was likewise impressive with two goals and an assist, and Mikko Koivu and Antti Pihlstrom added singles for Finland. Aleksander Barkov picked up a pair of assists. Despite a slow start, it was a strong debut for coach Kari Jalonen's team. "It was a great win by us," said Barkov. "We struggled for the first ten minutes but we started to believe in each other. We played a great game and scored a lot of goals." Andrei Stas and Alexei Kalyuzhny replied for Belarus. Finnish goalie Mikko Koskinen, the starter for the KHL's SKA St. Petersbug, looked quite at home, getting the win versus Belarus veteran Vitali Koval. Finland outshot Belarus 30-16. It was a lively atmosphere at the packed Yubileiny Arena, with competing chants of “Belarus!” and “Suomi!” raining down. Finland finished sixth at last year’s Worlds, while Belarus came seventh. The Finns medaled twice at the last five tournaments (gold in 2011, silver in 2014), while Belarus is still looking for its first medal of all time. In the first period, Belarus had the better of the play, outshooting Finland 8-4. They gave no quarter, with pressure all over the ice, although they failed to cash in on two power play chances. Koskinen had to be sharp, foiling Geoff Platt’s in-tight backhand attempt, and blocking Sergei Kostitsyn’s quick release from the left faceoff circle. Laine drew first blood on his first World Championship goal at 1:45 of the second period. He busted through the neutral zone, cut to the middle, slipped a tricky backhand pass to Barkov, and converted the return feed into a gaping net. The Finns kept coming, as Belarus failed to maintain its high tempo of the first stanza. Koivu made it 2-0 at 12:28. The Finnish captain outmuscled defenceman Ilya Shinkevich as he bulled his way to the net along the goal line and shoved the puck in. "The key to the match was the second period when we started to play as a team," said Jalonen. At 17:55, Stas cut the deficit to 2-1 with a great shorthanded rush against the flow. Finnish defenceman Juuso Hietanen turned over the puck at the Belarus blue line, and Stas eluded the backchecking of Laine to tuck a backhander past Koskinen while falling. But that incident just seemed to get the big blonde Finnish kid going. Forty-one seconds later, Laine made amends on a 5-on-3 power play. Koivu set him up to hammer home a one-timer from the top of the left faceoff circle. And then, Laine got it across to Granlund for another man advantage marker, ending Belarus's hopes with a 4-1 lead with four seconds left in the middle frame. "In the second period we came out flat and started taking penalties and that hurt us," said Belarus forward Charles Linglet. "They’ve got some pretty good players on the power play and our pk had a hard time keeping up." In the third period, Pihlstrom put Finland up 5-1 at 2:01 with a high glove-side goal on the rush. Koval had some rough luck on the 6-1 goal, as Anssi Salmela's center point drive rattled his mask and Granlund tucked in the rebound at 7:51. Kalyuzhny, the Belarus captain, gave his fans something to cheer about when he rounded out the scoring at 6-2 at 11:01. Belarus has only beaten Finland once in nine tries at the IIHF World Championship. It was a 2-1 shootout win on May 2, 2009. Oleg Antonenko scored the decisive goal. Finnish goalie Niklas Backstrom did not dress for this game. The two-time Olympian has been designated as the third-stringer in St. Petersburg. Backstrom, 38, was Finland’s starter at the 2008 Worlds in Canada en route to bronze. Next up, Belarus faces the Americans on Saturday. Finland will battle Germany on Sunday. "We know the U.S. is going to be tough but maybe even tougher because it is back-to-back games," said Linglet. "But it will be a good one."

Finland - Belarus 6-2

Hosts stunned in opener Steely Czech defence propels 3-0 win The Czech Republic players celebrate after a third period goal by Michal Birner #16 while Russia's Vadim Shipachyov #87 looks on during preliminary round action at the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Championship. The sold-out crowd was fully behind the Russians. The players were nervous but came to life. The stage was set, but the Czechs persevered would not break. Everything was there for a victory to kick off the 80th World Championship, but the timely scoring of the Czechs, and their impenetrable play inside their own blue line carried them to a wild and impressive 3-0 win in opening-night action in Moscow. Tomas Kundratek and Roman Cervenka provided the goals to build a 2-0 lead, and Michal Birner added an empty-netter. Dominik Furch was sensational when he had to be in goal for the Czechs to record the shutout, making 25 saves in his debut with the senior team. "I don't want to give away any secrets about our strengths," Kundratek said, "but you saw tonight that we're a fast team, and we play physcially. Our goalie stopped a lot of pucks and made some big saves." "Bobrovski played really well," said Russian coach Oleg Znarok. "The goals were a deflection and a rebound, and the third was into an empty net, so there are no complaints about his game." Kundratek’s goal came just as a power play expired. He fired a shot between the pads of Sergei Bobrovski at 14:48 of the opening period. The Russians took three of the four penalties in the first, which didn’t help the team’s efforts to gain some traction in the offensive end. "The first goal we really important for us," Cervenka acknowledged. "We knew that Russia has a strong team, it's a big favourite in this group, but we've already played a lot of good games against them and we won several times so we were confident that we could do it again." Cervenka connected on a power play 48 seconds into the second. A quick Jakub Jerabek point shot was stopped weakly by Bobrovski and Cervenka was at the top of the crease to poke the puck in. The Russians dominated the second half of the period. Sergei Mozyakin was alone in front with time to spare, but his wicked wrist shot snapped off the crossbar and out of play. Later in the period the Russians controlled the puck in the opposition end for nearly three minutes as the crowd worked itself into a frenzy, but the Czechs played incredible defence despite the fatigue. The best chance on this sequence went to Artemi Panarin, but his quick shot was kicked out by an even quicker right pad of Furch. The Russians went 0-for-5 with the man advantage, no more importantly than in the final period when they had a 5-on-3 for 18 seconds. The Czechs blocked many more shots than Furch such was their expertise at geting a body part or stick in the lane from the Russians to the goal. They were full measure for the victory, but Russia also must take some of the blame in defeat. "We might have won," Cervenka concluded, "but that doesn't make us the favourites. Russia is still the favourite. We've got a good start to the tournament and that's really important for us." The Czechs are back at it tomorrow night, playing Latvia in the late game. The Russians have a day off before playing recently-promoted Kazakhstan on Sunday. "Our play in the first period wasn't too bad," offered Znarok, "but the penalties were something we didn't expect. It's clear our power play was not a big success for us today."

Czech Republic - Russia 3-0

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Oleg Znaroks not looks happy at all. probably no soup at hotel tonight for the russians but what a match from the czechs. My apologize. I understimates this team too much, they played very very well and what a win for CZE against Russia and in Russia. hardly you will find something sweetest

Final Results A Czech Republic - Russia 3-0 (1-0, 1-0, 1-0) 14:48 Tomáš KUNDRÁTEK 1-0 20:48 Roman ČERVENKA 2-0 58:28 Michal BIRNER 3-0 B Finland - Belarus 6-2 (0-0, 4-1, 2-1) 21:45 Patrik LAINE 1-0 32:28 Mikko KOIVU 2-0 37:55 Andrei STAS 2-1 38:36 Patrik LAINE 3-1 39:56 Mikael GRANLUND 4-1 42:59 Antti PIHLSTROM 5-1 47:51 Mikael GRANLUND 6-1 51:01 Alexei KALYUZHNY 6-2

last match in the bottom http://www.ettu.org/?proxy=redaktion/Competitions/European-Olympic-Singles-Qualification/WOMEN_1st_STAGE_FINAL_RESULTS.pdf

those 3 and half minutes when the Russians turned the czech in their own defence zone was incredible. It´s a pretty long time that I have seen something like this in top division, the poor guys were absolutely out, they couldn´t even skate, the Russians turned all their 4 lines during this "trip" in czech defence zone! It was something unreal..they are a bit unlucky, but I have the feeling that they were too much overmotivated, because they looked too much nervous..Mozyakin or Datsyuk weren´t even able to tame the simpliest pucks.. but in other hand, kudos to the czechs, they play a great match, great tactics from Vujtek, very good power plays and very impressive perf of the goalie ! Honnestly I didn´t expected them to play so well, I´m pleasantly surprised by their play tonight.