SVK 1:4 USA | Slovakia - USA (World Junior Championship - U20)

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1:4 (end)

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3:2 (end)

final

Slovakia

1:4 (0:0, 1:3, 0:1)

USA

Saturday 23.06.2012, 14:00 • World Junior Championship - U20

		Sadness on the Slovak side, celebrations on the American. USA played today a brilliant second period, in which they made a 3:1 lead and with great performance of goalkeeper Brandon Jones they deserved to get bronze medals. (15:36:24)
	45:00	Game over.
	44:48	Americans at full strenght.
	44:22	Ruiz went on a breakaway, Nguyen stopped that.
	44:10	Last minute of the game, Americans are celebrating their bronze on the bench.
	43:58	Kuzma stood on the blueline and tried to produce some shots but Jones is nearly unbeaten in today´s game.
	43:16	Slovaks even did not pull the goalie, they know that their chances are gone.
	42:52	Great opportunity for Kohútiar, Jones made a brilliant move to stop the shot.
	42:18	Slovaks are shooting from all positions, Lupták twice went over.
	41:25	Ruiz made an excellent job and cleared the zone. Only a little over three minutes for a miracle have the Slovaks.
	40:45	Two dangerous fouls from Dellechiaie, maybe the last chance for the Slovak team! Their players have a four minute power-play.
	40:00	Shot from Fillo was deflected wide. Slovaks can´t find the right way to Jones´s net.
	39:27	Nice job from Zimmermann, he put the ball out of the defending zone. Americans could celebrate bronze medals! It is on 99,9% sure.
	38:44	Nothing interestig on the rink, Americans hold the ball on their sticks, slovakian power-play started right now.
	37:46	Roth gets two minutes penalty for interference.
	37:17	Goal for Team USA! There it is! ROBERT ROTH took advantage of the US power-play and now I think it is all over! Assisted by Eric Zimmermann.
	36:55	5 on 3 power-play for the team USA. Kohutiár gets a minor penalty. Big chance to make it all over!
	36:47	Kohutiár tried to get on the breakaway but he did not catch the sharp pass from behind.
	35:46	Another punishment for Slovaks. This time two minutes penalty for Dávid Zluky - slashing.
	35:26	Americans now control the game, ten minutes divide them from bronze medals.
	35:18	Warila ran down the right wing and he got himself to the scoring chance but Nguyen put his shot over the net.
	34:30	Nice shot from Fredrickson, Nguyen saved it by a mask.
	34:04	Time is running against Slovakia, the pressure is poorer than in the second period . Americans are defending their net pretty well.
	33:11	Nice shooting effort from Kuzma, Jones was ready and stopped the ball.
	32:11	Slovaks must score twice if they want to get themselves back but it opens plenty of space for Americans breakaways.
	31:34	Nice move from Hlaváč but his shot went over the net.
	30:42	Slovakian power-play ended without a shot, Americans are closer to win.
	30:01	3rd period began.
	30:00	2nd period finished.
	29:59	Good efforts for Kuzma but Jones stopped all his shots. Americans go on break with promising 3:1 lead.
	29:37	23 seconds left of the second period.
	29:20	Americans could go on a breakaway but in the end they only threw the ball out of the zone.
	28:42	And fast immediately there is the next american foul! Two minutes for Tyler Warila. Slovakia pressure on high level at this moment.
	28:38	Americans moved forward again but they lost the ball...
	27:53	Goal for Team Slovakia! Yeah, that is right it, what this match need! Slovakia are back in the game! Power-play goal for ADRIAN LIPOVSKÝ. Assisted by: Michal Fillo.
	27:33	Another complication for team USA. Dellechiale played without a helmet for a while so he deserved to a minor penalty.
	26:45	Great opportunity for Slovaks to get back into the game! Bielený and Božík went to a two on one situation, but Božík missed Bileneý´s pass.
	26:22	USA are playing at full strenght.
	26:02	This time even Americans threw the ball out of the danger zone, they look very well shorthanded.
	25:22	Shot from Lupták went wide. Slovak´s play seems very chaotic. It´s logical.
	24:42	Americans at four players but still under pressure in the defending zone.
	24:18	The game is not so smooth as few minutes ago. Another American penalty, this time for Nick Carter.
	23:44	Goal for Team USA! But Americans made nothing from it! JONATHAN RUIZ went on breakaway and his shot results in top corner of Nguyen´s net! Unassisted. These are very important moments of this game.
	23:33	Now begin short slovakian power-play.
	23:02	The game moved in front of Jones!
	22:28	Shot from the blueline was good deflected by Zubik and Nguyen must show a nice save. Zubik moreover gets a two minutes penalty for slashing.
	21:33	Goal for Team USA! It is now very tough position for the Slovaks! Shot from Caba was rebounded by CORY FREDRICKSON and he scored to 2:0! Assisted by Tyler Caba. Americans still have their two minutes power-play.
	21:06	USA don´t play their power-play bad but this time referees whistled controversial offside.
	20:24	Another complication for the Slovaks! Four minutes penalty for Michal Dvořák, USA have now a big scoring chance to extend their lead!
	20:10	But Slovaks remain in the attacking zone and try to get the US players under pressure.
	19:34	A little bit chaotic Slovak´s pursuit to equalise, Jones did not have to solve any critical situation in front of his net.
	18:15	Slovaks are surprised, they were most of this game´s time better team bt now they lose a goal.
	17:00	Goal for Team USA! Goal for the team USA! Dvořák was already on the rink but JONATHAN RUIZ put with a bit of luck the ball in. Assisted by Nick Carter.
	16:25	Zubik could have a nice scoring opportunity but he did not stopped the pass.
	15:20	USA continue with a power-play, they won a face-off in front of Nguyen.
	15:01	2nd period began.
		We saw quite nice fifteen minutes of play. First period lasted only 20 minutes, close to score were Slovaks but Jones made some respectable saves.
	15:00	1st period finished.
	14:55	Shortly before the break there is the first slovakian penalty. Dvořák gets two minutes for tripping.
	14:28	This time was Cebo close to score, but he missed the pass from Dírer.
	14:00	Last minute of the first period.
	13:18	The pace of the game is now much slower than before ten minutes, Slovaks remains more active team.
	12:01	Wilson only put the ball towards Nguyen, Slovak goalie did not have any problems to catch this.
	11:30	Americans are playing back at full strenght, Jones rather stopped the game.
	11:15	Only ten seconds left.
	10:45	Nice shot from Paulík, saved by Jones. He seems very reliable today.
	10:25	Zimmermann threw the ball out of the zone.
	10:00	That is a lot better from Slovakia! Their players can create scoring chances easily but Jones is still unbeaten.
	9:24	Oooh, that was an unnecessary foul from Matt Caron. He gets two minutes for slashing, USA are again shorthanded.
	8:32	Americans are back at full strenght, Jones did not have so much work.
	7:46	Good defense from the team USA. Slovaks don´t have any scoring chances during their power-play.
	6:42	Slovaks are passing each other in the attacking zone and they won an american faul. Two minutes for Eric Zimmermann.
	5:15	We could see quite a good game with plenty of shots on both sides but score remains 0:0.
	4:27	Another great chance for Slovaks! Božík made a nice move, his clever pass hit Dírer, but Jones was right there.
	3:25	Icing by Slovakia, both teams had one scoring chance.
	2:40	On the other side big scoring opportunity, too! Laperriere had plenty of space to his shot but he missed!
	1:39	Big chance for Slovakia! Jurášek ran down the right wing, he passed to Šibík but Jones made a very spectacular save!
	0:56	Careful play in the beginning of this match, both sides don´t want to make a mistake.
		Welcome again from Písek, in a moment wil start the bronze medal game at U20 tournament between United States of America and Slovakia. Have a nice fun.
		Welcome. Game starts at 14:00.

Commentary by

Radek Barkman

Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 28. Lipovsky (Fillo) - 17. Ruiz (Carter), 22. Fredrickson (Caba), 24. Ruiz, 38. Roth (Zimmermann)

Slovakia: Nguyen - Zluky, Lupták, Fillo, Holko, Kuzma, Matúš, Dvořák, Červenka, Šibík, Hlaváč, Čavajda, Jurášek, Dírer, Bielený, Borsík, Cebo, Kohútiar, Božík, Lipovský, Paulík.

USA: Jones - Andreoli, Bliss, Brenner, Caba, Caron, Carter, Crossey, Defazio J., Dellechiaie, Fredrickson, Holman, Laperriere, Roth, Ruiz, Wagner, Warila, Wilson, Zimmerman, Zubik, Defazio M.

Referees: Šprincl, Polášek (both CZE)