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
    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