RUS 7:3 FIN | Russia - Finland (Hlinka Gretzky Cup)

Hlinka Gretzky Cup

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final

Russia

7:3 (3:0, 0:3, 4:0)

Finland

Wednesday 07.08.2013, 14:00 • Hlinka Gretzky Cup

	59:24	Penalty coming against FInland. Great footwork by Artur Boltanov forces the hook from Markus Haapnanen. Additionally Atte Makinen is handed a two minute penalty as well, making it a 5 on 3 for Russia.
	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.
	56:58	Great chance as Keskitalo finds an unmarked Kalapudas at the back door, but he fans on the one timer
	54:38	Finland have pulled their goalie and gone with six attackers
	54:38	Penalty against Russia. Yegor Tsvetkov with a two minute minor penalty
	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
	52:36	Neutral zone giveaway by Pilipenko gives Joel Kiviranta a great chance to score shorthanded. He fires a hard slapshot which Sidorov just gets the top of his glove to, deflecting the puck into the corner
	51:07	Finland's powerplay comes to an end as Juho Lammikko takes a cross checking penalty. Five seconds of 4 on 4 before Svechnikov's penalty expires
	49:12	Svechnikov then takes an offensive zone penalty. Poor play by the Russian forward.
	43:44	The Russians are dominating. Kahkonen has to make a fantastic pad stop to deny an Ilya Zinoviev backhand attempt.
	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.
	40:32	Penalty against Finland. Juho Lammikko fires the puck over the glass for a delay of game penalty
	37:32	Fantastic move by Kirill Pilipenko, deking past two Finnish players at the right wing circle. He takes the puck to the slot but doesn't get all of the shot and Kahkonen is able to deny him.
	35:47	Daniil Vovchenko's hard slapshot hits the outside of the post!
	35:37	Penalty against Finland. Joel Kiviranta gets a cross checking minor.
	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.
	34:56	Two minute penalty for hooking against Russia's Svechnikov
	32:33	Penalty against Russia. A two minute hooking minor for Nikita Lyamkin
	31:56	Another golden opportunity for Russia. Yevgeni Nazarkin gets the shot away. Svechnikov crashes the net but the puck just eludes his stick and it goes wide.
	29:58	Great passing play by Russia as they are able to find Ivan Nikolishin ghosting into the slot. The Russian forward gets the shot away but it rings the bottom of the post.
	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
	21:37	A calamitous giveaway by Keskitalo in his own zone gives Pilipenko two great chances to score. His first shot is stopped by the pad of Kahkonen while the Finnish netminder catches the second chance effort in his glove.
	19:56	Fantastic save by Sidorov in the dying seconds, getting his pad to a Niku point shot. Fortunately the rebound bounces over the stick of an unmarked Teemu Lamsa at the back post.
	19:08	The penalties keep on coming. Joel Kiviranta and Eduard Nasybullin have both been sent to the box. The former for tripping and the latter for a high sticking call.
	19:00	Another penalty coming against Team Russia. Kamenev takes a tripping penalty, giving Finland 1:19 of 5 on 3 powerplay time.
	18:54	First real test for Sidorov comes with 66 seconds left in the first. He makes a smart pad stop then sprawls to get the rebound.
	18:19	Penalty against Russia. Kirill Pilipenko will sit for two or less for slashing
	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
	07:13	Penalty against Finland, Ville Vainola for tripping
	03:21	First penalty coming against Team Russia. Ilya Dervuk gets two minutes for interference

Commentary by

Jon Rowson

@jonrowson

Goals & lineups Match log

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

1st period
	03:21
	07:13
	10:48
	11:47
	17:12
	18:19
	18:54
	19:00
	19:08
1st intermission
2nd period
	23:12
2nd period
	27:20
	32:33
	34:56
	35:13
	35:37
2nd intermission
3rd period
	40:32
	41:58
	42:52
	49:12
	51:07
	53:53
	54:38
	57:32
	59:24
Final