SUI 6:2 KAZ | Switzerland - Kazakhstan (World Championship)

World Championship

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

Switzerland

6:2 (2:0, 2:0, 2:2)

Kazakhstan

Saturday 17.05.2014, 19:45 • Minsk-Arena • World Championship

		Welcome. Game starts at 19:45.
		Starting lineups: Switzerland: Berra (Genoni) – Weber, Josi, Hollenstein, Romy, Brunner – Kukan, Blum, Ambuhl, Schappi, Moser – Schlumpf, Seger, Fiala, Suri, Froidevaux – Grossmann, Rufenacht, Pluss, Cunti, Stancescu Kazakhstan: Yeremeyev (Ivanov) – Dallman, Blokhin, Zhailauov, Starchenko, Antropov – Semyonov, Lakiza, Upper, Romanov, Rakhmanov – Savchenko, Litvinenko, Polishuk, Gavrilin, Krasnoslobodtsev – Vasilchenko, Kazantsev, Panshin, Spiridonov, Rymarev Referees: Dremelj (SLO), Frano (CZE), Dehaen (FRA), Suominen (FIN).
		Team Switzerland and Kazakhstan opens the 6th round of Group stage at World Championship. Both teams are at the bottom of Group B. Suisse collected four points in five games, when Kazakh team only two. The lowest team of this group will relegate from top division.
		Team stats. Power-play: SUI (11) 2/15 – KAZ (10) 3/12 Penalty-killing: SUI (3) 15/17 – KAZ (16) 18/26 Players stats by team. Top Scorers: Brunner 2+2, Josi 1+3 – Antropov 1+4, Dallman 0+5 Top Goalie: Berra 2.97, 89% – Yeremeyev 3.28, 90%
		Teams made a step on the ice. We'll start in two minutes
	00:01	Game started.
	00:21	Roman Josi with first a shot of the game checked Yeremeyev
	00:39	Schappi overskated few Kazakh players and fired into goalie at close position
	01:45	Two optimistic falls of Suisse players. No call.
	02:40	Schappi made a shot from sharp angle after Ambuhl's pass
	03:43	SUI has more puck possession, but all attacks ended with dumping the puck
	04:50	Josi tried to release his shot and broke the stick!
	05:33	The man with the longest surname Krasnoslobodtsev made a move to Berra's net and was stopped near it.
	05:52	Ambuhl tried to skate over the net and pick the puck, Yeremeyev have seen it
	06:44	Fans at Minsk-Arena expectable cheers for former USSR republic Kazakhstan
	08:05	Young Fiala didn't shake at this tournamen, shows in every game some skills, but need more chemistry in line
	08:29	First penalty of the game. Schlumpf (SUI) for hooking
		Suisse PK is one of the best here, when Kazakh PP is not perfect.
	09:01	Dallman and Starchenko tries to beat Berra, both times puck didn't get to goalie
	09:44	Goal for Team Switzerland! DEAN KUKAN got a nice feed from Suri in the middle zone, came close to Yeremeyev and opened the score. Assisted by Reto Suri
	10:30	SUI plays in full
	11:18	Puck after getting to Hollenstein returns to crease, where Brunner tried to bury it. Just faceoff in KAZ zone
	12:21	Commercial break with faceoff in KAZ zone
	12:46	SUI heads to their first PP of the game. Yevgeny Blokhin in the box for holding. SUI is 11th team of the tournament at PP, when KAZ is the worst at PK
	13:01	Weber beats the post and then missed from very promising position
	14:06	Goal for Team Switzerland! When the puck left the zone, SUI organized a quick attack, where DENIS HOLLENSTEIN from the sharp angle fired to beat Yeremeyev between legs and post. Assisted by Matias Seger and Anders Ambuhl
	14:06	Goalie changed at team KAZ. Alexei Ivanov in, Yeremeyev out
	15:10	Superb save by Berra after Polishuk close shot
	15:22	Suisse goes to one more PP with Vasilchenko in the box for tripping. SUI 1/1 tonight.
	16:11	Ivanov looks sharp in first minutes of his game.
	17:19	In the end of own PP, Ambuhl got an interference call on Gavrilin. KAZ 0/1 PP tonight
	18:10	KAZ struggles with getting out own zone
	18:36	Roman Savchenko's shot stopped by Berra's glove.
	18:51	One more huge mistake at own PP and Romy had a clean ice, but missed.
	19:19	SUI in full
	20:00	1st period finished.
		Expectable first period where SUI had a puck, controlled the game and showed some class with two close corner goals from Kukan and Hollenstein. Shots: 11-9
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
	20:08	Period starts with icing from SUI
	21:27	Nothing happened and icing from KAZ
	21:43	Romy fired to top corner, denied by Ivanov
	22:01	Promising break by KAZ, but Starchenko didn't make anything and skated to the board where lost the puck
	22:50	Kukan found a puck near crease and immediately shoot, Ivanov denied
	24:15	Brunner with sharp angle close corner shot, but Ivanov is not Yeremeyev.
	24:49	Game misconduct for Nikolai Antropov (KAZ) for checking to the head. He met this way Kevin Romy who laid on the ice
		SUI goes to five minute PP, Romy to the locker room.
	25:35	SUI skated, skated, skated and skated with the puck out of the zone
	26:07	Blum's blast from the blue reached Ivanov.
	26:33	Josi opened at the slot and his shot was blocked.
	27:22	Goal for Team Switzerland! YANNICK WEBER got the pass at blue, decided to go closer and fired from the faceoff spot. And the puck goes again to close corner. Assisted by Roman Josi
	28:30	Hollenstein instead of shooting made a bad pass that leads a rush on own net. But Denis cleaned it.
	29:04	SUI gifted one more opportunity for Kazakh near own net, blocked shot.
	29:41	Moser fired on the rebound, missed!
	29:49	Team KAZ in full
	30:12	SUI keep going, Rufenacht checked Ivanov
	30:20	Starchenko's quick rush was stopped, and player hit the board
	31:30	Kazakhstan team woke up in this period. Berra is sharp
	32:22	IIHF counts only two hits in the game, and it's 2-0 for KAZ
	32:44	Offside, faceoff outside SUI zone
	33:05	But this wake-up was temporary Ambuhl fired from good position, Ivanov stopped it.
		Faceoff score: 17-13 for SUI
	34:13	Icing SUI. Team doctor examined Fiala on the bench
	35:24	Work for Berra, he covered the puck
	36:03	Konstantin Romanov (KAZ) for sending the puck outside the rink.
	37:33	Goal for Team Switzerland! ANDERS AMBUHL got a feed from Hollenstein at the crease and easily overplay Ivanov. Assisted by Denis Hollenstein and Eric Blum.
	38:40	KAZ has a serious problems with creativity tonight.
	39:01	Last minute of the second
	39:52	Best moment for KAZ in entire game: Gavrilin got a feed near the net and fired into Berra!
	40:00	2nd period finished.
		In the second period SUI came strong as in first. They increased their lead with two PP goals, thanks to Nikolai Antropov game misconduct for checking Kevin Romy. Shots: 30 – 18
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
	41:00	Slow start of the period
	41:55	It continues the same way, and Ivanov froze the puck.
	42:51	SUI goes to PP, Anton Kazantsev heads to the box for elbowing.
	43:13	Goal for Team Switzerland! One more perfect PP from SUI troops. LUCA CUNTI buried the puck from the crease after several rebounds. Assited by Simon Moser and Roman Josi
	43:42	PP for KAZ, with Dean Kukan in the box for high-sticking
	45:16	KAZ made several shots from the blue, all goes wide
	45:43	SUI in full strength
	46:05	Goal for Team Switzerland! Finally ERIC BLUM scored with a powerful slap shot from the middle range! Puck goes to the top corner Assisted by Damien Brunner and Luca Cunti
	46:37	Maxim Spiridonov in the box for checking to the head. Also he got 10-minute penalty. SUI goes to one more PP
	47:13	SUI works with a puck near 30 seconds, didn't make a shot and lost it
	47:50	Brunner created a chance for himself, but his stick was blocked before the shot
	48:34	Icing SUI
	48:38	KAZ in full
	49:00	Fiala didn't lose his hopes to score, Ivanov didn't allow it
	49:52	PP for KAZ, Roman Josi for holding
	50:22	Goal for Team Kazakhstan! VADIM KRASNOSLOBODTSEV redirected the puck after blue-line shot from Blokhin to beat Berra! Assisted by Yevgeny Blokhin and Kevin Dallman
	51:20	Fiala with a puck and he missed a top far corner!
	52:14	Commercial break
	52:21	Robin Grossmann for slashing to the penalty box. One more chance for KAZ
	53:01	Polishuk came to close range but can't beat Berra.
	54:21	KAZ creates one more chance, but PP ended
	56:22	Kazakhstan tries to improve their goal difference in last minutes
	58:00	Last two minutes
	58:30	Rufenacht with powerful slapper – Ivanov with his glove!
	58:57	One more PP for KAZ. Tripping call for Suisse Schlumpf
		Firstly video-review. And it's "good goal"
	59:32	Goal for Team Kazakhstan! Firstly Suisse didn't score one the breakaway. Then YEVGENI RYMAREV scored on the rebound!
	60:00	Game over.
		Team Suisse earned a good and easy win sending Kazakhstan to the bottom division for next year. SUI still has a chance to promote QF if they would be lucky enough.
		Best players of the game: Ander Ambuhl – Vadim Krasnoslobodtsev
		Thanks for been with us during last two hours. See you at other games of 2014 IIHF World Championship (21:58:30)

Commentary by

Igor Petrov

Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 10. Kukan (Suri), 15. Hollenstein (Seger, Ambuhl), 28. Weber (Josi), 38. Ambuhl (Hollenstein, Blum), 44. Cunti (Moser, Josi), 47. Blum (Brunner, Cunti) – 51. Krasnoslobotsev (Blokhin, Dallman), 60. Rymarev

Switzerland: Berra (Genoni) – Weber, Josi, Hollenstein, Romy, Brunner – Kukan, Blum, Ambuhl, Schappi, Moser – Schlumpf, Seger, Fiala, Suri, Froidevaux – Grossmann, Rufenacht, Pluss, Cunti, Stancescu

Kazakhstan: Yeremeyev (Ivanov) – Dallman, Blokhin, Zhailauov, Starchenko, Antropov – Semyonov, Lakiza, Upper, Romanov, Rakhmanov – Savchenko, Litvinenko, Polishuk, Gavrilin, Krasnoslobodtsev – Vasilchenko, Kazantsev, Panshin, Spiridonov, Rymarev

Referees: Dremelj (SLO), Frano (CZE), Dehaen (FRA), Suominen (FIN)

1st period
	08:29
	09:44
	12:46
	14:06
	15:22
	17:19
1st intermission
2nd period
	24:49
	27:22
	36:03
	37:33
2nd intermission
3rd period
	42:51
	43:13
	43:42
	46:05
	46:37
	49:52
	50:22
	58:57
	59:32
Final