Canada2 – Sweden2 3:2 (after OT) | USA – Finland 3:1 (end) | Czech Republic – Norway 1:0 (end)
Russia – Germany2 3:0 (end)
final
Czech Republic
1:0 (1:0, 0:0, 0:0)
Norway
Sunday 18.05.2014, 19:45 • Chizhovka Arena, Minsk, Belarus • World Championship
     
    59:05
    Steffen Soberg leaves the net and Norway will go for the extra attacker.
     
    56:00
    Jaromir Jagr (CZE) will take the penalty for slashing.
     
    53:51
    Jan Kovar finds Tomas Rolinek in the middle and centers the puck in, the shot coming off a one-timer hits Soberg and deflects wide to the left.
     
    49:16
    Mathis Olimb with a chance from the near, hits Salak right in front and the puck deflects to the Czech defense behind the goal.
     
    48:11
    Martin Zatovic (CZE) and Robin Dahlstrom (NOR) got the calls for roughing and we'll have a 4-on-4 action for two minutes.
     
    47:15
    Jiri Sekac led the offense for the Czechs over the right, found a lot of space and saw Jiri Novotny coming down on the left and into the slot, he sent a pass in front of the defenseman but the one-timer got deflected off the net, seems like Soberg managed to stretch enough and cover the angle.
     
    43:58
    Jiri Sekac finds some space from the blue line, slide through the defense and into the slot but can't beat Soberg. He hit the post in the end.
     
    39:54
    Jaromir Jagr tries a backhander in the slot through a lot of traffic as he gets the ricocheted puck, no goal. Great powerplay from the Czechs so far.
     
    38:38
    Tomas Hertl gets double teamed in front of the net trying to pick up the deflection off Jaromir Jagr's shot, and Mats Trygg (NOR) gets the call for hooking.
     
    36:13
    Roman Cervenka strikes a backhander from the slot getting to the right post, but in the waning moments switches to forehand and hits the opposite post. Unbeliveable how unlucky the Czechs can get.
     
    35:42
    A center ice pass into the zone catching defense off guard, but Anders Bastiansen can't score as Salak covers the five-hole.
     
    33:04
    The Czechs hit the bar! Jan Kovar seems to have taken the shot from the left wing, through traffic in front as one of the forwards was blocking Soberg's view – only hits the bar and the shot ricochetes away. So unlucky for the Czech Republic!
     
    32:07
    Following the draw Jaromir Jagr had possession on the right of the circle, looks for a feed in the middle but in the end decides to take a shot himself – not bad at all but the Norwegian goalie keeps his head cool.
     
    31:33
    Henrik Odegaard (NOR) will get a kneeing call on Martin Zatovic near the Norwegian blue line. The Czechs so far on the powerplay 6th overall, 5 for 23.
     
    29:33
    Jakub Klepis receives a feed in from the left, he tries to slide the puck in from really close range, but hits the post and skates off to behind the net with the puck. Later on, the Czechs couldn't center the puck accurate enough to find someone with shooting opportunity.
     
    Alexander Salak saves Ken Andre Olimb's shot who takes the puck through the middle, and couldn't deke the Czech netminder from close range.
     
    28:34
    Penalty shot for team Norway – Alexander Salak threw his stick towards Morten Ask in his attempt to hook check the puck off his stick.
     
    26:59
    A great chance for Norway as they take the puck from their own zone over the left and take a shot that misses the net to the left and bounces off to the crease and slot, but there is no one to pick it up.
     
    24:31
    Roman Cervenka again in the slot and again it's dangerous. The puck gets to him from behind, he takes two shots but can't beat Soberg who comes out strong and stones him cold.
     
    23:35
    Roman Cervenka gets inside the zone and receives a backdoor pass to the blue line on the Czech break, but his hard slapped shot hits the post and ricochetes off.
     
    21:20
    Roman Cervenka (CZE) is called for boarding and Norway will go on another powerplay. They're 0 for 1 tonight.
     
    19:53
    Mathis Olimb finds himself in a good spot as he skates back on, Niklas Roest slides the puck in from the right boards and Olimb on the edge of the slot fires into Salak who makes the save and holds on.
     
    17:30
    Mathis Olimb (NOR) gets called for hooking on Jaromir Jagr in the neutral zone.
     
    15:01
    Michal Vondrka sends a feed in from the right boards trying to find Roman Cervenka before the net on the left side, though he got screened well and couldn't deflect the shot.
     
    11:09
    After two clearances they finally establish an offense in the zone, and immediately it's very dangerous with a feed from the right boards, but Alexander Salak falling deflects the pass before the shot with a smooth hookcheck.
     
    10:22
    Ondrej Vitasek (CZE) gets called for hooking behind his own net.
     
    08:25
    Another huge opportunity for team Czech Republic – Jakub Kindl dekes out a defenseman in front, slides to the left of the slot and sends the shot slightly to the right of the opposite post.
     
    07:49
    A huge mistake in the Czech defense as Nemec misses the puck going back in his own zone, Sondre Olden is there but stretching the play to the right can't beat Salak with the backhand.
     
    06:44
    A couple of shots fired at Norwegian goal now from the slot, all of them dangerous, but Soberg manages to deflect. The Czechs are putting a lot of pressure. The best chance was the first when Jagr fed in from the right boards for oncoming Jan Kolar who couldn't deflect the puck past Soberg from very close range.
     
    00:39
    Goal for Team Czech Republic!
    Tomas Hertl got the centering pass from Jaromir Jagr from the left boards, he fired from close range in the slot, Soberg deflected the shot only to the right where VLADIMIR SOBOTKA got to it first and chipped the backander into the back of the net.

    Assists: Tomas Hertl, Jaromir Jagr.
    Commentary by

    Alan Ilijic

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 1. Sobotka (Hertl, Jagr)

    Czech Republic: Salak (Kovar) – Nemec, Vitasek, Sobotka, Hertl, Jagr – Kindl, Jordan, Cervenka, Klepis, Vondrka – Zamorsky, Kolar, Novotny, Hudler, Sekac – Sevc, Zatovic, Kovar, Roline, Petruzalek
    Norway: Soberg (Haugen) – Holos, Bonsaksen, Hansen, Roymark, Forsberg – Trygg, Odegaard, Bastiansen, Olimb K. A., Olimb M. – Sorvik, Espeland, Olden, Skroder, Ask – Lovlie, Martinsen, Roest, Dahlstrom, Thoresen
    Referees: Ronn (FIN), Vinnerborg (SWE) – Dahmen (SWE), Semjonov (EST)