France2 – Slovakia2 2:6 (end) | Czech Republic – Belarus 2:0 (end) | Finland – Germany2 4:3 (after OT)
Sweden2 – Switzerland 2:3 (end)
final
Czech Republic
2:0 (1:0, 0:0, 1:0)
Belarus
Friday 03.05.2013, 16:15 • Globen Arena, Stockholm • World Championship
     
    Czech team starts IIHF WC with well-deserved win over Belarus with score 2:0, thanks to Voracek abd Vrbara goals at PP. Salak made a shutout with 21 saves; Belarus goalie Belinski stoped 34 shots on his net. (18:20:02)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:30
    Last minute goes in Belarus zone
     
    58:21
    Meleshko redirects the puck near the net, Salak freezed it
     
    57:58
    Home team at full strength.
     
    56:46
    Graborenko and Ugarov with couple shots can't beat Salak in front of the net
     
    55:58
    Jakub Nakladal called for hooking (CZE)
     
    54:37
    Fleischmann blasts – off the post!
     
    54:05
    Alexander Kulakov called for interference. Another PP for Czech
     
    52:50
    Czech team tries to kill an intrigue fast but goalie of Belarus Belinski had a good couple saves
     
    The attendance is 5127 spectators
     
    20 seconds before the goal Artyom Demkov was close to tie the game but Salak stopped him
     
    49:57
    Goal for Team Czech Republic!

    Smid fired from the blue line, battle on the goalie crease and RADIM VRBATA put the puck into the net!

    Assistants: Ladislav Smid and Martin Hanzal
     
    49:00
    Alone Nakladal fired from the middle range. Denied by Belinski!
     
    48:09
    Stefanovich Mikhail got two minutes of penalty for interference (BLR)
     
    47:10
    Yefimenko fired from the coming to the net and the puck goes wide
     
    46:26
    More than 100 minutes Belarus can't score Czech team at IIHF World Championships...
     
    45:40
    Czech still controls the puck and game. Rare Belarus attack ended with faceoff in Czech zone
     
    43:30
    Good PK for Belarus team, some chances at the breakaways that was stopped by defense
     
    42:08
    Alexei Yefimenko got 2 minutes for charging
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    Belarus team doesn't give up and could a have chance to bounce back in the 3rd period. SOG: 21-13 (11-4 in the 2nd)
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    39:14
    Visiting team at full strength. Another good PK for Belarus
     
    38:12
    Tlusty plays on the rebound of Voracek's blast – wide
     
    37:14
    Another penalty for Belarus team. Andrei Stas got 2 minutes for tripping
     
    35:40
    Lucky rebound could lead to promising situation near Belarus net, but the puck goes to the skate of Czech player
     
    34:30
    Belarus tries to increase pressure on Salak's net with shots from the coming to the zone and screening goalie
     
    33:18
    Tenkrat's backhander from the goalie crease denied by Belinski. Strong play by Belarus goalie debutant
     
    32:00
    A very accurate game without any interesting moments
     
    30:25
    Home team at full strength.
     
    28:25
    Penalty for Czech Republic: Tenkrat
     
    27:31
    Novotny shot was blocked in last seconds of PP. Visiting team at full strength.
     
    26:30
    Good killing in first minute, Czech needed a lot of time to get to the offensive zone
     
    25:31
    Penalty for Belarus team – Ilya Shinkevich for holding
     
    24:20
    Czech team looks better, but Belarus don't shy anymore and tries get more as they could from the breakaways
     
    21:49
    What a chance by Belarus team, Ugarov can't overplay Salak
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    A very bad start of the period for Belarus team and strong play by Czech that leads to Voracek's goal during 5x3 play. In the last minutes Belarus came to the game and create some chances. SOG: 10-9
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
     
    19:20
    A good effort from Belarus. Chernook fired from the ble and then Ugarov tried to puck in the net, but Salak grabbed it
     
    16:20
    Stas shooted from the middle range – blocked. Now Belarus can't stop at the enemy zone to play PP
     
    15:40
    First penalty for Czech: Petr Caslava for holding
     
    15:00
    Czech still the lonely team on the ice. SOG: 9-1
     
    12:48
    The second commercial break. Czech dominates on the ice, Belarus can't go through neutral zone
     
    11:03
    Goal for Team Czech Republic!

    JAKUB VORACEK strikes from the spot to the top corner.

    Assistant: Radim Vrbata and Zbynek Michalek
     
    10:30
    Belinksi stoped a couple of Czech blasts during 5x3 play
     
    09:48
    Andrei Felichkin for game delaying (BLR)
     
    09:43
    First penalty – Kulakov (BLR)
     
    09:30
    Good move by Kulakov, but Salak saves
     
    09:16
    First commercial break
     
    08:28
    Icing from Czech side. Also Tlusty could finished Voracek's feed, but can't beat the puck
     
    06:47
    Zbynek Irgl got a chance from the mistake in Belarus own zone – denied by Belinski
     
    04:30
    Czech tries to create chances, but still 0-0 score for SOG
     
    01:46
    Czech team have a puck possesion, but nothing happens on the ice
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    Teams are on the ice. Opening ceremony
     
    The starter for Czech Republic is Alexander Salak who signed with Russian SKA Saint-Petersburg last few days.
     
    One of the surprises that Belarus have a goalie Stepan Goryachevskikh, who had this season KHL experience in Donbass, on the bench, and the starter of the first game is Vitaly Belinski who played in Russian 2-nd tier league VHL for Yunost Minsk.
     
    Starting lineups:

    Czech Republic: Salak (Francouz) – Michalek, Smid, Fleischmann, Vrbata, Hanzal – Hejda, Nakladal, Tlusty, Hudler, Voracek – Caslava, Kutlak, Tenkrat, Vrana, Hertl – Hubacek, Novotny, Irgl, Kovar

    Belarus: Belinski (Milchakov) – Kaznadei, Chernaok, Kulakov, Meleshko, Kitarov – Filichkin, Graborenko, Solomonov, Koltsov, Kovyrshin – Shinkevich, Maslenikov, Ugarov, Yefimenko, Stas – Goroshko, Andryushenko, Demkov, Stefanovich, Kisly

    Referees: KAVAL Keith, PIECHACZEK Daniel.
     
    Hello everyone!
    With game between Czech Republic and Belarus the IIHF World Championship starts in Stockholm, Sweden. Czech have a very strong roster with experienced coach Alois Hadamczik. Belarus will try to improve with new coach Andrei Skabelka with whom they lost at Olympic Qualification tourney in February.
     
    Welcome. Game starts at 16:15.
    Commentary by

    Igor Petrov

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 12. Voracek (Vrbata, Michalek), 50. Vrbata (Smid, Hanzal)

    Czech Republic: Salak (Francouz) – Michalek, Smid, Fleischmann, Vrbata, Hanzal – Hejda, Nakladal, Tlusty, Hudler, Voracek – Caslava, Kutlak, Tenkrat, Vrana, Hertl – Hubacek, Novotny, Irgl, Kovar
    Belarus: Belinski (Milchakov) – Kaznadei, Chernaok, Kulakov, Meleshko, Kitarov – Filichkin, Graborenko, Solomonov, Koltsov, Kovyrshin – Shinkevich, Maslenikov, Ugarov, Yefimenko, Stas – Goroshko, Andryushenko, Demkov, Stefanovich, Kisly
    Referees: KAVAL Keith, PIECHACZEK Daniel