France2 – Norway 5:4 (2:1 after SO) | Latvia – Russia 1:4 (end) | Denmark – Czech Republic 4:3 (1:0 after SO)
Belarus – Germany2 5:2 (end) | Slovakia2 – Italy veterans 4:1 (end) | Switzerland – Kazakhstan 6:2 (end)
final
Belarus
5:2 (1:2, 1:0, 3:0)
Germany2
Saturday 17.05.2014, 15:45 • World Championship
     
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    Belarus completely dominated the third period against Germany by outscoring them 3 goals to 0 for a deserved 5-2 win after 60 minutes. The win was only overshadowed a little by the late brutal check by Nikolai Stasenko against Yasin Ehliz.

    Belarus now have earned 9 points in 5 games while Germany collected 5 points in as many games. For Belarus the quarterfinals are still in reach while Germany is out of competition most likely.

    Shots on goal: Belarus 6 (16) – Germany 7 (19)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:59
    Brutal check by Nikolai Stasenko (Belarus) into the face of Germany's Yasin Ehliz whom he rammed into the boards... completely unnecessary to take such a penalty! Stasenko gets 5+20 for boarding.
     
    58:55
    With the comfortable lead and barely any time left to play, Belarus leave the Germans more room which they can't use despite several shots on target from all possible angles.
     
    57:04
    The Belarussians win the puck inside the German third and suddenly Yevgeny Kovyrshin appears close to the right circle but isn't able to beat Zepp!
     
    56:20
    Back hand attempt by Frank Mauer from a sharp angle left to the Belarussian net but Lalande blocks the shot easily.
     
    55:42
    Andrei Kostitsyn fails to controll a cross-pass close to the right circle in a great scoring position...
     
    55:08
    Nice individual effort by a Belarussian forward but he loses the puck just in front of the German net.
     
    53:49
    Belarus are back at full strength.
     
    53:41
    Alexei Yefimenko with a shot from the right circle but Zepp is able to deflect the puck past the net without much trouble.
     
    52:49
    Long clearance by the tournament hosts deep into the German defensive zone.
     
    52:28
    A shot by Kai Hospelt from the right circle goes just wide past the Belarussian net.
     
    51:49
    Oleg Yavenko (Belarus) gets two minutes for roughing. If Germany want a chance for a comeback in this game, they better use this power play!
     
    51:00
    As good as Germany played during the first two periods as much of work ethic they miss in the last 20 minutes...
     
    49:53
    Goal for Team Belarus!

    MIKHAIL GRABOVSKI scores the 5-2 with his second goal of the night! After receiving a pass at the German blue line he was through alone with a break away and deked out Zepp to the right!

    Assisted by Sergei Kostitsyn.
     
    49:11
    Later in the same situation Leon Draisaitl had tried it with a one-timer from within the slot but without success.
     
    49:11
    A powerful shot by German defender Justin Krueger from the left wing hit the back of the left leg of his own team colleague Daniel Pietta who leaves the ice in pain. The fans in the arena applaud to cheer him up.
     
    48:50
    A one-timer by Tobias Rieder from within the slot is no danger for Lalande.
     
    47:33
    Germany throw everything into offense now. They have nothng left to lose in this game.
    Commentary by

    Dennis Mende

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 16. Stepanov (Grabovski, Kalyuzhny), 35. Ugarov (Stepanov), 43. Grabovski (Kalyuzhny, S.Kostitsyn), 45. Platt (Stasenko, Stas), 50. Grabovski (Kostitsyn) – 9. Hospelt, 12. Barta (Schütz, Mauer)

    Belarus: Koval (Lalande) – Korobov, Graborenko, Denisov, Yevenko, Stasenko, Gotovets, Usenko – Kalyuzhny, Stepanov, Grabovski – Platt, Stas, S. Kostitsyn – Ugarov, A. Kostitsyn, Kitarov – Koltsov, Volkov, Kovyrshin – Yefimenko.
    Germany2: Zepp (Grubauer) – Braun, Ankert, Kohl, Hördler, Akdag, Krüger, Müller – Schütz, Barta, Mauer – Hospelt, Oppenheimer, Nöbels – Kink, Seidenberg, Pietta – Ehliz, Weiss, Draisaitl – Rieder.
    Referees: Gofman (RUS), Vinnerborg (SWE) – Dahmen (SWE), Fluri (SUI)