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final
Switzerland
3:4 (2:2, 1:1, 0:1)
USA
Tuesday 09.08.2016, 15:30 • Ice Bors Arena, Břeclav, Czech Republic • Hlinka Gretzky Cup • Group A
     
    Game over! The U.S. team was losing twice in this game but always found a way to tie things up and Sascha Chmelevski came up big in the third period to score the game-winning goal!

    Best players of the game: Sven Leuenberger (SUI) – Tyler Inamoto (USA)

    This is it from us in Břeclav for this game, see you soon! (17:32:09)
     
    Game over.
     
    59:33
    Timeout for team Switzerland!
     
    59:14
    Messerli races to the bench, the Swiss team is on the power play!
     
    58:20
    Icing Switzerland, the trailing team has only about a minute and a half left to tie things up.
     
    56:49
    Geisser tries his luck from the blue line and Andreas Döpfner tries to deflect the shot but neither of them were successful.
     
    55:59
    Lucas Matewa rushes to the zone and shoots from the blue line but his attempt goes wide.
     
    54:36
    Keith Primeau hides the puck in his pads after some pushing and shoving in front of the net.
     
    53:38
    Nico Hischier tries to get the game even but fails to get a shot away on the top of the circle.
     
    52:59
    Sven Messerli holds on for another draw.
    52:34 Chmelevski (USA) - 3:4
     
    52:34
    Goal for Team USA!
    The puck is in the net, the Americans have a lead for the first time today! Lodnia dumps the puck towards the net where Pastujov's original attempt is blocked but SASCHA CHMELEVSKI finds himself in the right place in the right time and beats Messerli with a baseball-style tip-in! Unassisted.
     
    51:35
    Sascha Chmelevski cuts in on Messerli from the left side and draws a slashing penalty for Yannick Brunner (SUI).
     
    51:09
    Mick Messner wins a draw with a shot that ended up right in Messerli's glove.
    50:55
     
    50:55
    Dylan Seitz tries his luck on his own but the puck is stolen from him by the right boards.
     
    49:39
    Messerli comes up big to catch Chmelevski's wrister from a great position with his glove!
     
    49:21
    Tobias Geisser races with the puck from his own zone to the offensive one but loses it on the blue line.
     
    48:18
    Icing of the Americans returns the puck into their own zone.
     
    47:59
    Dougherty aims to find Dylan Seitz in the slot but he can't gain control of the puck in a great shooting position.
    Commentary by

    Vojtěch Balon

    CZ@VojtaBalon

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 8. Tanner (Müller), 9. Eggenberger (Leuenberger), 32. Leuenberger (Döpfner) – 9. Pastujov (Chmelevski), 19. Chmelevski (Pratt, Pastujov), 38. Messner, 53. Chmelevski

    Switzerland: Messerli (24.-29. Zaetta) – Brunner, Greisser, Gross, Matewa, Zeiter, Widmer, Le Coultre, Reymondin – Simic, Hischier, Kurashev – Müller, Sigrist, Tanner – Zbinden, Lehmann, Nyffeler – Döpfner, Leuenberger, Eggenberger.
    USA: Primeau (Petruzzelli) – Inamoto, Miller, Anderson, Walsh, Phillips, Brickey, Mirageas, Keane – Lodnia, Chmelevski, Pastujov – McManus, Poehling, Miller – Kastelic, Dovorany, Pratt – Seitz, Messner, Dougherty.
    Referees: Hribik, Šír – Ondráček, Svoboda (all CZE)