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Slovakia2

1:5 (0:1, 0:2, 1:2)

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Tuesday 06.08.2013, 17:30 • Hlinka Gretzky Cup

		Welcome. Game starts at 17:30.
		We're here in Piestany for the second game from Day 2 at the 2013 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup
		Both teams take to the ice.
	00:01	Game started.
	00:37	Troubling signs for Slovakia as Adrian Sloboda is sent crashing into the end boards and lies prone on the ice.
	00:50	Goal for Team Finland! Straight off the draw the Finns generate zone pressure. A Sami Niku point shot is tipped by the stick of JOONA JAASKELAINEN and eludes Skorvanek in the Slovakia net.
	01:18	Slovakia get their first shot on goal. Matus Sukel gets a tight angle shot away from the right wing which Kaapo Kahkonen saves.
	01:31	Slovakia go offside
	03:45	Joel Kiviranta cuts in from the left wing and tries to beat Skorvanek short side, but the Slovak goaltender kicks it out.
	04:30	Atte Makinen goes oh so close to making it 2-0 using his speed to cut away from his defenceman and go in on goal, but his shot just goes wide.
	06:01	Skorvanek kicks away a Teemu Lamsa slapshot
	06:41	Juraj Mily deflects the puck out of play in the neutral zone
	08:04	Antti Kauppinen fires from close range but Skorvanek saves with no rebound.
	09:17	Good pad save by Skorvanek on a Rantanen shot.
	10:10	Kiviranta gets a shot away on the rush but once again Skorvanek makes the save.
	10:44	After going down hard in the opening minute, Adrian Sloboda has returned to the game.
	10:58	Another big stop by Skorvanek, this time on Aho.
	11:57	Fantastic zone play by Finland. They cycle down low and Atte Makinen finds Kauppinen in the slot with an inch perfect pass, but Skorvanek gets out to it and saves the one timer.
	12:27	Teemu Lamsa backhands a shot on goal but Ladislav Romancik makes a crucial block.
	13:02	It's like the Alamo in Piestany as Finland are all over the Slovaks. Honkanen gets a shot away from close range but Skorvanek saves once more
	14:33	Slovakia are simply being far too passive at the blueline. The Finns are having it all their own way and firing at will.
	16:26	Jaaskelainen goes close to getting his second but his hard wrist shot sails over the bar
	17:18	Finland go offside.
	19:00	Final minute in the first period
	19:40	Juho Lammikko almost squeezes the puck past Skorvanek at his near post, but the Slovka netminder just gets his glove over the puck.
	20:00	1st period finished.
		That's a wrap on the opening period from today's evening game between Slovakia and Finland. Finland scored after 50 seconds through a Joona Jaaskelainen deflected point shot, and following that it was all one way traffic towards the net of Stanislav Skorvanek.
		Both teams are out for the second period. The shots on goal after the first are Slovakia 2, Finland 11.
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
	22:15	Skorvanek makes a big save early in the second
	23:14	For the first game in the game Slovakia are able to generate some offensive zone pressure. Ladislav Romancik gets a shot away but it's deflected before reaching Kahkonen.
	24:32	Finland ice the puck
	25:35	Great chance for Finland, Aho gets a one timer away but Skorvanek makes the save. The puck is loose behind him but his defenceman clears.
	25:58	Patrik Koch gets a point shot away which Kahkonen knocks away with his blocker
	26:36	Finland go offside
	28:01	Marco Halama has a great chance to shoot but delays. This costs him as Lamsa is able to knock the puck away
	29:56	A golden chance for Slovakia as Filip Adamcik goes in alone on Kaapo Kahkonen. He tries to pull the puck back to get a better shooting angle but the Finnish goalie just gets the toe of his blade to the puck, knocking it off the tape of Adamcik
	31:07	Penalty against Slovakia, Patrik Koch for interference
	31:18	Goal for Team Finland! It only takes Finland 11 seconds to find the back of the net on the powerplay. JUHO LAMMIKKO fires the puck in from the right wing circle
	32:09	Penalty to Finland. Sami Niku is seemingly hauled over, but is handed a two minute penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct. The officials ruled it a dive.
	32:57	Marco Halama finds Ladislav Romancik with an inch perfect pass, and the Slovak defenceman fires a low hard shot which Kahkonen kicks away with the pad.
	33:59	Slovakia are getting chances on this powerplay.
	34:09	Finland back to full strength. Golden chance for Matus Sukel as the penalty expires, but Sami Niku just gets in the way of the puck
	34:31	And soon after Filip Adamcik gets another shot away, but it is deflected up and over the glass
	35:04	Skorvanek is called into action for the first time in a while, but the Zilina netminder makes the save.
	36:22	Goal for Team Finland! The game had slowed down somewhat after Slovakia's period of relative pressure. However, an ANTTI KALUPUDAS goal gives Finland a 3-0 lead and all but seals the three points.
	37:43	Good glove save by Skorvanek on a Kauppinen wrist shot
	38:47	Patrik Kratochvila gets a change to get Slovakia on the board but his shot from the slot goes over the bar.
	39:00	Final minute of the second period
	40:00	2nd period finished.
		Same story as the first period in all honesty. Finland look far too good for Slovakia in today's game. Finland doubled their lead in the 32nd minute through a Juho Lammikko powerplay goal. This came after Slovakia had some bright moments but failed to really put pressure on Kaapo Kahkonen. Antti Kalupudas made it 3-0 in the 37th minute.
		The shots on goal in the second period were 11-4 to Finland, making it 23-6 in total.
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
	41:10	Early chance for Honkanen which is saved by Skorvanek
	43:20	Simon Petras gets a shot away from the left wing which is deflected out of play by the stick of Ville Vainola
	43:33	Penalty to Finland, Miro Makinen sits for two.
	43:46	Dominik Novak shoots from an impossibly tight angle, and unsurprisingly Kahkonen makes the save and covers the puck
	45:33	Finland are back to full strength
	45:56	Stanislav Skorvanek makes another save from a right wing shot
	45:56	Penalty to Slovakia, two minutes against Patrik Kratochvila.
	47:10	Big stop by Skorvanek denying Kalupudas his second of the game
	47:56	Slovakia kill Kratochvila's penalty
	50:29	Sebastian Aho shows some slick hands as he dekes out the Slovak defenceman. He tries to fire the puck top corner from a tight angle but it goes wide.
	51:05	Joona Jaaskelainen has the opportunity to double his tally today, but his wrist shot is held without a rebound by Skorvanek
	51:29	Goal for Team Finland! Make that 4-0 Finland with eight and a half minutes to go. JOEL KIVIRANTA works the puck from the right wing circle, gets a shooting lane and beats Skorvanek with a hard wrist shot.
	51:50	Immediately off the draw a defensive error by Finland gives Simon Petras a breakaway opportunity. He tries to go backhand on Kahkonen, but the Finnish goalie gets his pad down, making the save and the trailer Dominik Novak is unable to get his stick to the rebound
	52:56	Fantastic solo effort by Waltteri Hopponen, deking out Patrik Maier and trying to go across the crease, but a fantastic save by Skorvanek denies him
	53:28	Goal for Team Slovakia! Finally the home fans have something to cheer about. After Hopponen's chance, Slovakia take the puck up the other end and Adrian Holesinsky tucks it away. Originally Kahkonen thought he had it, but the puck ends up trickling over the line.
	55:23	Finland go offside
	56:30	A long shot from Matej Palocko is gloved with relative ease by Kahkonen
	57:12	A low point shot by Michal Bilik is saved by the left pad of Kaapo Kahkonen
	58:05	We're in the final two minutes of today's evening game in Piestany.
	59:11	Goal for Team Finland! The game may be in it's final minutes but Finland aren't taking their foot off the gas. Great work by Antti Kalapudas sets up MIKKO RANTANEN who was lurking in the slot, and the TPS Turku forward made no mistake firing the puck into the top corner
	60:00	Game over.
		It's fair to say that was very comfortable for Finland. It was a rough game for Slovakia who were second to every loose puck and every scramble. Skorvanek played well in the Slovak goal but he could not repeat Pajpach's miraculous performance
		M.V.P. for Team Slovakia – Patrik Maier
		M.V.P. for Team Finland – Joel Kiviranta
		That's all for today's coverage from Piestany. Thank you for joining me, and we'll be back tomorrow at 14:00 CET, 08:00 EST for tomorrow's first game between Russia and Finland (19:33:41)

Commentary by

Jon Rowson

@jonrowson

Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 54. Holesinsky (Jaros) – 1. Jaaskelainen (Niku, Honkanen), 32. Lammikko (Rantanen), 37. Kalupudas (Rouhiainen), 52. Kiviranta (Honkanen), 60. Rantanen (Kalapudas, Keskitalo)

Slovakia2: Škorvánek (Pajpach) – Romančík, Maier, Jaroš, Sloboda, Ivanič, Koch, Moravčík, Bilík – Holešinský, Halama, Paločko – Milý, Kratochvíla, Haščič – Kundrát, Adamčík, Krasničan – Novák, Sukeľ, Petráš

Finland: Kähkönen (Voutilainen) – Väinöla, Rouhiainen, Niku, Tervo, Keskitalo, Leppävuori, Parikka, Haapanen – Rantanen, Lämsä, Lammikko – Kiviranta, Honkanen, Jääskeläinen – Aho, Kalapudas, Hopponen – Kauppinen, M. Mäkinen, A. Mäkinen

Referees: Konc D., Konc J. – Orolin, Kacej

1st period
	00:50
1st intermission
2nd period
	31:07
	31:18
	32:09
	36:22
2nd intermission
3rd period
	45:56
	51:29
	53:28
	59:11
Final