1FR 5:4 NOR | France2 - Norway (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)

after shootout (2:1)

France2

5:4 (0:1, 3:1, 1:2 - 1:0)

Norway

Saturday 17.05.2014, 11:45 • World Championship

		France has won after the penalty shoot-out. STEPHANE DA COSTA scores the decisive goal in the penalty shootout to give France the win!
	64:47	3-on-1 attack for France, the puck comes back into the slot but from short distance defender Morten Ask throws his body into the shot of Nicolas Besch to force the shootout!
	63:42	Big effort by Damien Fleury behind the Norwegian net, skates escapes from his guard and skates towards the left bottom corner from where his shot hits the left goal post!
	59:08	Another big opportunity for France when Roussel and Bellemare appear in front of Haugen and give a pass to the left to Desrosiers who is stopped by a pad save by the Norwegian goalie in his attempt to score into the left bottom corner!
	58:33	Antoine Roussel is sent via the left wing but his shot towards the left bottom corner is blocked to the side by Haugen!
	49:47	A lot of luck for the Norwegian defense after Haugen failed to catch a long distance shot which then was kept outside the net by a defender after it stopped inside the goalie crease!
	45:52	Goal for Team Norway! What an eventful game! With a brilliant individual effort Ken Andre Olimb dekes out Huet in a 2-on-1 attack after skating towards the net from the right circle and then gives a cross-pass to the left from where MATHIS OLIMB – standing completely alone – fires the puck into the wide open net! 4-4!!! Assisted by Ken Andre Olimb
	42:36	Goal for Team France! What a spectacular game! France answer immidiately with the 4-3 in their favour! PIERRE-EDOUARD BELLEMARE ends a fast attack via the left wing with a precise shot into the right top corner after receiving a pass from the left wing inside the slot! Assisted by Antoine Roussel.
	41:31	Goal for Team Norway! That icing turns out to be extremly painful for France! Norway win the face off at the right circle and defender DANIEL SORVIK beats Huet from close to the blue line! Assisted by Morten Ask.
	38:16	Goal for Team France! Can you believe it?!? France turn a two-goal deficit into their favour with three goals in just 51 seconds!! After a shot from within the slot by Stephaen da Costa it is ANTOINE ROUSSEL who waits in front of the goalie crease and deflects the puck into the right bottom corner just past the last defender and the goalie Lars Haugen! Assisted by Stephane da Costa and Pierre-Edouard Bellemare.
	37:53	Goal for Team France! What a comeback by France within just 28 seconds!!! A blue line shot by Yohan Auvitu is deflected by YORICK TREILLE past Norwegian goalie Lars Haugen to score the 2-2 equalizer! Haugen claimed a high stick in this goal but after the video review the referees decided to give the equalizer! Assisted by Yohan Auvitu and Julien Desrosiers.
	37:25	Goal for Team France! The French keep the pressure high and now they are rewarded with the 1-2! Out of the crowd in front of the Norwegian net, Antonin Manavian tried it with a powerful one-timer from within the slot. Haugen allowed a rebound and ANTOINE ROUSSEL was first to react and get the puck past Haugen into the left bottom corner from just in front of the goalie crease! Assisted by Antonin Manavian and Pierre-Edouard Bellemare.
	36:07	A strange deflection gives the puck to French attacker Damien Fleury at height of the Norwegian blue line who then gives a pass to the left to his team colleague Anthony Guttig who fails to beat Haugen with a one-timer from within the slot!
	30:38	Penalty against France.
	28:24	A pass from behidn the net leads to some danger for the Norwegian goalie Haugen but he stays calm against a shot from short distance by Teddy da Costa!
	26:49	Great puck handling by Antoine Roussel who defends the puck against two defenders after crossing the blue line into the Norwegian defensive zone and with his back towards the net he finds team mate Pierre-Edouard Bellemare! The following shot was not placed well enough to surprise Haugen though!
	22:52	France's Antoine Roussel tries to get the puck past Haugen with all body parts available. First he tried to kick in the puck into the right corner with his skates and then he battled for it with his stick but the situation is ended by the referees as he was standing inside the goalie crease anyway.
	22:35	Per-Age Skroder (Norway) gets two minutes for interference..
	21:47	Goal for Team Norway! Mathis Olimb receives a long pass by Ken Andre Olimb on the left wing at height of the French blue line, finds MORTEN ASK inside the slot with a precise pass from the left circle and from short distance Ask beats Huet by deflecting the puck into the right bottom corner – 2-0 for Norway! Assisted by Mathis Olimb and Ken Andre Olimb.
	16:57	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (France) gets two minutes for interference.
	14:08	Yorick Treille (France) gets 2+10 minutes for a check from behind against Per-Age Skroder inside the neutral zone and the Norwegian player hit the boards with the head first. He was lucky though that the check was not executed with high speed.
	12:53	France win a face off inside the Norwegian third and Antoine Roussel tries it with a wrap-around but Haugen is able to deflect the puck to the side!
	11:28	Goal for Team Norway! Just when the French were getting stronger MATS TRYGG opens the score in favour for Norway from the left circle after receiving a pass by Mathis Olimb. Assisted by Ken Andre Olimb and Mathis Olimb.
	08:31	After a pass from behind the French net Norwegian forward Alexander Bonsaksen is left completely alone by the defense but fails to beat Huet from within the slot!
	07:27	Dangerous one-timer from the blue line by Norwegian defender Jonas Holos, big save by Huet!
	07:01	Laurent Meunier (France) gets two minutes for high-sticking. The Central Europeans have to kill their first penalty without their team captain.
	04:23	Sondre Olden (Norway) gets two minutes for slashing. It's the first penalty of the game and gives France an early power play opportunity.
	04:23	Anders Bastiansen with a pass from behind the net for Ken Andre Olimb but from short distance his team colleague is stopped by Huet before Mathis Olimb failed to get the rebound!

Commentary by

Dennis Mende

Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 38. Roussel (Manavian, Bellemare), 38. Y.Treille (Auvitu, Desrosiers), 39. Roussel (Costa, Bellemare), 43. Bellemare (Roussel), dec. p.s. Costa (p.s.) – 12. Trygg (K.Olimb, M.Olimb), 22. Ask (M.Olimb, K.Olimb), 42. Sorvik (Ask), 46. M.Olimb (K.Olimb)

France2: Huet (Hardy) – Auvitu, Besch, Manavian, Amar, Janil, Chakiachvili, Dieudé Fauvel – S. da Costa, Roussel, Bellemare – Treille, Meunier (C), Desroisiers – Fleury, Guttig, T. da Costa – Tardif, Henderson, Ritz – Raux. Head Coach: Dave Henderson.

Norway: Haugen (Söberg) – Holös, Ödegaard, Trygg, Bonsaksen, Sörvik, Espeland – Bastiansen (C), K. Olimb, M. Olimb – Hansen, Röymark, Forsberg – Olden, Skröder, Ask – Stene, Martinsen, Roest – Dahlström, Thoresen. Head Coach: Roy Johansen.

Referees: Olenin (RUS), Piechaczek (GER) – Schrader (GER), Valach (SVK).

1st period
	04:23
	07:01
	11:28
	14:08
	16:57
1st intermission
2nd period
	21:47
	22:35
	30:38
	37:25
	37:53
	38:16
2nd intermission
3rd period
	41:31
	42:36
	45:52
After 3rd period
Overtime
before shootout
Shootout

after shootout