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U18 World Championship

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final

Germany2

4:5 (1:1, 2:2, 1:2)

Latvia

Monday 16.04.2012, 16:00 • Arena Znojmo • U18 World Championship

		This game was really close over the whole 60 minutes but Latvians managed to get their second win on the tournament and they are very close to advancing to quaterfinals. (18:08:28)
	60:00	Game over.
	59:56	Two seconds to go in the regulation. Big save by Punnenovs decides that Latvians probably get three points from this game.
	59:05	Home team timeout.
	59:00	We can see now the one German attatck after the another...
	57:36	Visiting team at full strength.
	57:00	Drasiatl´s shot from the left wing went wide...
	56:25	Dominik Kahun could tie the game up but he was unsuccessful face-to-face Latvian goalie!
	56:00	Latvians throwing away the puck.
	55:36	Martins Freimans gets minor penalty for holding an opponent.
	54:34	Zieglers shot from the blue line easily caught by Punnenovs´ glove.
	53:01	Offside Team Germany.
	51:56	Goal for Team Latvia! ROBERTS LIPSBERGS completes his hat-trick at the very convinient time for Latvians.After the slap shot from the blue line Latvians lead 5-4. Assisted by Arturs Sevcenko and Ricards Kondrats.
	50:02	Team Germany now closed Latvians in their defense zone wishing to take the lead in this match.
	49:42	Goal for Team Germany! MARCEL KURTH scored an equalizer for Germany. Assisted by Eric Stephan.
	47:07	Team Latvian with pressure in front of Cupper.
	45:40	Golovkovs on the ice after a rough hit by Stephan. No penalty...
	44:57	Home team team at full strength.
	43:27	Latvians with several shots over a short period of time in their powerplay but none of them got into the net.
	42:57	Palausch gets minor penalty for cross-check.
	42:37	Team Germany hit by surprise after giving up an early goal.
	40:48	Goal for Team Latvia! A great start into the third period by Latvians. GEORGS GOLOVKOVS scored on a solo breakaway putting the puck over the pads of hopeless Cupper. Assisted by Patriks Skuratovs.
	40:01	Third period began.
		The score is tied after the second period as well. Team Germany managed to score 5:00 into the period. Latvians got an equalizer six minutes later and they even took a lead but Janik Moser tied the game up again 26 seconds to go in the second period so the score before start of the first one is 3-3-
	40:00	Second period finished.
	39:34	Goal for Team Germany! German players strike back.Scorer is JANIK MOSER. Assisted by Leon Draisaitl.
	38:36	Goal for Team Latvia! Video referee confirmed the goal for Team Latvia. A great passing from goalie Merzlikins ended up in the opposite net thanks to ROBERTS LIPSBERGS. Assisted by Arturs Sevcenko and Ricards Kondrats.
	36:37	Jelisejevs deked the German defenseman and passed the pack to well.postioned Jevpalovs whose stick was blocked so we couldn´t take a shot at Cupper .
	34:53	Team Latvia´s shot made by Freimanis from the blue line didn´t get in.
	34:20	Visiting team at full strength.
	33:11	Team Latvia should be thankful to Merzlikins now as he made several huge saves to prevent the puck from going to their net.
	32:20	Augstkalns gets two-minutes penalty for tripping.
	31:36	Goal for Team Latvia! Solo breakaway by ROBERTS LIPSBERGS means the score is tied up again. Lepsbergs´ first shot was saved by Cupper but puck bounced off and Latvian player had no problem getting it thorugh goalie´s pads. Assisted by Nikita Jevpalovs.
	29:29	Game now takes place mainly in the neutreal zone which means there is not much intereting going on.
	28:12	Elvis Merzlikins seems to get his self-confidence back as he made a huge save on Tiffels.
	26:45	A dangorous shot by Bukarts was saved by Cupper.
	25:00	Goal for Team Germany! SVEN ZIEGLER makes it 2-1 after he got through the hopeless Latvian defense and shot face-to-face goalie. Assisted by Dominik Tiffels.
	23:01	Raphael Kaefer´s shot from the left wing was caught by Merzlikins
	21:21	Freimanis´ slap shot from the blue line went wide.
	20:52	Home team team at full strength.
	20:01	Second period began.
		Team Germany started the game better having taken an early lead 4:35 into the first period. But Latvian skaters than managed to score an equaliazer thanks to Teodors Blugers to make it 1-1.
		Shots on goal in the first period 14:14.
	20:00	First period finished.
	19:30	Well-made pad save by Cupper after Skuratovs´ tough shot from the blue line.
	18:52	Janik Moser gets minor penalty for slashing.
	18:18	Another off-side Team Germany.
	17:22	Promising action by Germany stopped by referee. Off-side.
	16:16	Visiting team at full strength.
	15:44	Latvian skaters playing very well so far in this penalty killing, not giving many chances to shoot to their opponent.
	15:00	Latvians throwing the puck out of their defense zone.
	14:16	Martins Freimanis gets two minutes for cross-checking.
	13:31	No goal says referee.
	13:31	Team Germany scored a goal. Referee´s not sure and he´s calling the video to find out whether there was intentional movement or not.
	12:01	Georgs Golovkovs hits the goalie´s stick after the slap shot from right wing.
	09:50	Icing Team Latvia.
	08:23	Goal for Team Latvia! Team Latvia manages to capitalize on one-man advantage. TEODORS BLUGERS scores a goal from the slot after nice pass from Bukarts. Assisted by Rihards Bukarts and Martins Lavrovs.
	08:00	Latvians with huge pressure over the powerplay.
	07:26	Teadors Blugers wrist shot from the blue line almost surprised Marvin Cupper.
	06:34	Thomas Schmid gets minor penalty for tripping. Team Latvia with a chance to tie game up.
	06:00	A pad save made by Merzlikins after Kaefer´s shot.
	04:35	Goal for Team Germany! An early goal by Team Germany scored by DOMINIK KAHUN from the left wing. Assisted by Leon Draisaitl and Eric Stephan.
	02:24	Makarovs´ shot from the blue line blocked.
	01:30	Slow start on both sides. First shot of the match made by Ziegler.
	00:01	Game started.
		Match is to start in 5 minutes. It´s of huge importance for both of teams as it might figure out who will advance to the quaterfinals.
		Starting lineups: Germany: Cupper (Klein) – Bender, Moser, Quinlan, Schmid, Tiffels, Stephan, Koberger, Schwarz – Kurth, Palausch, Tiffels – Herpich (C), Ziegler, Kaefer – Kahun, Draisaitl, Eisenschmid – Zientek, Shevyrin, Klopper. Latvia: Merzlikins (Punnenovs) – Skuratovs, Augstkalns, Rosinskis, Kalvitis, Gelazis, Makarovs, Freimanis, Zemitis – Ozolins, Golovkovs, Kulda – Bukarts, Lavrovs, Blugers – Jevpalovs (C), Jelisejevs, Lipsbergs – Kondrats, Sevcenko, Riekstins. Referees: Dremelj (SLO), St. Jacques (CAN) - George (USA), Vikman (FIN).
		Welcome. Match will begin in 16:00.

Commentary by

Valerián Lukačko

@vlukacko

Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 5. Kahun (Draisaitl, Stephan), 25. Ziegler (Tiffels D.), 40. Moser (Draisaitl), 50. Kurth (Stephan) - 9. Blugers (Bukarts, Lavrovs), 32. Lipsbergs (Jevpalovs), 39. Lipsbergs (Sevcenko, Kondrats), 41. Golovkovs (Skuratovs), 52. Lipsbergs (Sevcenko, Kondrats)

Germany2: Cupper (Klein) – Bender, Moser, Quinlan, Schmid, Tiffels, Stephan, Koberger, Schwarz – Kurth, Palausch, Tiffels – Herpich (C), Ziegler, Kaefer – Kahun, Draisaitl, Eisenschmid – Zientek, Shevyrin, Klopper.

Latvia: Merzlikins (41. Punnenovs) – Skuratovs, Augstkalns, Rosinskis, Kalvitis, Gelazis, Makarovs, Freimanis, Zemitis – Ozolins, Golovkovs, Kulda – Bukarts, Lavrovs, Blugers – Jevpalovs (C), Jelisejevs, Lipsbergs – Kondrats, Sevcenko, Riekstins.

Referees: Dremelj (SLO), St. Jacques (CAN) - George (USA), Vikman (FIN)

1st period
	04:35
	06:34
	08:23
	14:16
	18:52
1st intermission
2nd period
	25:00
	31:36
	32:20
	38:36
	39:34
2nd intermission
3rd period
	40:48
	42:57
	49:42
	51:56
	55:36
Final