Russia – Finland 7:3 (end) | Canada2 – Switzerland 4:3 (2:0 after SO) | Slovakia2 – USA 2:5 (end)
Czech Republic – Sweden2 5:2 (end)
final
Russia
7:3 (3:0, 0:3, 4:0)
Finland
Wednesday 07.08.2013, 14:00Hlinka Gretzky Cup
     
    57:32
    Goal for Team Russia! Yegor Tsvetkov fires wide on a shot from the neutral zone, but the Russians are able to keep the puck in the zone and eventually score in the empty net.
     
    53:53
    Goal for Team Russia! Surely that's Russia's place in the semi finals secure. They kept the pressure on despite the powerplay expiring, and smart work at the point by Ilya Dervuk, who finds his D partner YEVGENI NAZARKIN drifting in to the left hand circle, and his shot goes top shelf, beating Voutilainen
     
    42:52
    Goal for Team Russia! For the second time this game the Russians have scored two goals in the space of a minute. This time it's ARTUR BOLTANOV, gaining the zone and firing a hard shot which Kaapo Kahkonen can't stop. Incredible game.
     
    41:58
    Goal for Team Russia! The Russians re-take the lead less than two minutes into the third. It's MAXIM LAZAREV with the goal, as the future Cape Breton forward crashes the net and manages to bundle the puck over the line.
     
    35:13
    Goal for Team Finland! We're all tied up here in Piestany. The Finns win the face off and work the puck to the point. There SAMI NIKU unleashes a rocket of a shot which beats Sidorov, and after being 3-0, the Finns are now level.
     
    27:20
    Goal for Team Finland! Things are getting interesting now. Finland's top line cuts the deficit to one as a shot from the left wing circle by JUHO LAMMIKKO seemed to get deflected on the way through and eludes the grasp of Sidorov.
     
    23:12
    Goal for Team Finland! Straight off the draw Finland get a goal. MARKUS HAAPANEN picks up the puck from the faceoff and fires a shot from the left wing circle which beats Sidorov
     
    17:12
    Goal for Team Russia! A calamitous mistake at the blueline by Parikka sees the Finnish defenceman blow a tire. Artur Boltanov picks up the puck, takes it down the left wing and dishes to MAXIM RYZHKOV in the slot. The Russian winger fires a low one timer which goes through Kahkonen's five hole, giving the Russians a 3-0 lead.
     
    11:47
    Goal for Team Russia! It's two goals in 59 seconds for the Russians! They gain the zone again,and the shot is fired from the left wing by KIRILL PILIPENKO and Kahkonen gets beaten at his near post. The Finnish goalie would want that one back.
     
    10:48
    Goal for Team Russia! They've been much the better team so far, and their domination has paid off as the Russians take the lead mid-way through the period. The puck was worked back to the shot and ILYA DERVUK fires a hard slapshot from the point with Yevgeni Svechnikov in front. The screen pays off as Kahkonen is unsighted, and it's 1-0 Russia

    Jon Rowson

    Goals and assists: 11. Dervuk (Kodola), 12. Pilipenko (Nikolishin), 18. Ryzhkov (Boltanov), 42. Lazarev, 43. Boltanov, 54. Nazarkin (Dervuk, Kodola), 58. Lazarev (Tsvetkov) – 24. Haapanen (Kiviranta), 28. Lammikko (Leppavuori), 36. Niku (Rantanen)


    Russia: Sidorov (Korobov) – Sleptsov, Tsvetkov, Nazarkin, Dervuk, Nasybullin, Sharipzyanov, Lyamkin, Boikov – Vovchenko, Nikolishin, Zinoviev – Lauta, Kodola, Svechnikov – Lazarev, Fazleyev, Pilipenko – Ryzhkov, Kamenev, Boltanov. Trenér: Pavel Baulin.
    Finland: Kähkönen, 50. Voutilainen – Rouhilainen, Väinölä, Tervo, Niku, Leppävuori, Keskitalo, Haapanen,

    Referees: P. Lokšík, P. Stano – L. Kacej, J. Tvrdoň