Czech Republic – Denmark 2:1 (3:2 after SO) | Slovakia2 – Latvia 3:5 (end) | Sweden2 – Canada2 0:3 (end)
final
Slovakia2
3:5 (1:3, 1:1, 1:1)
Latvia
Thursday 09.05.2013, 19:15 • Hartwall Areena, Sweden • World Championship
     
    59:39
    Goal for Team Slovakia!
    They get one on the power play, but it's far too little, far too late. Rene Vydareny takes the shot from the blueline and it's deflected upstairs by TOMAS SUROVY for his 2nd of the game. Assist: Rene Vydareny
     
    40:25
    Goal for Team Latvia!
    Hat trick LAURIS DARZINS! He takes one shot and Janus makes the save, but two Slovakian defenders can't clear it and he picks it up and puts it into the empty net to make it 5-2. All 3 of his goals have been Unassisted.
     
    38:50
    Goal for Team Latvia!
    LAURIS DARZINS pounces on a loose puck in the neutral zone, skates in on goal, tries to pass across but the puck hits the stick of a Slovak defenceman, then goes off the goalpost an in. It's the 2nd of the game for Dzerins to restore the 2-goal lead. Unassisted.
     
    36:09
    Goal for Team Slovakia!
    Slovakia finally capitalizes on one of their chances, as TOMAS SUROVY steps over the blueline and fires a wrister that seemed to hit the stick of a Latvian defenceman and dip pass Gudlevskis to make it a one-goal game. Assist: Branislav Mezei
     
    17:24
    Goal for Team Latvia!
    ZEGMUS GIRGENSONS, the player who was hit to draw the boarding penalty, took a pass at the boards, stickhandled into the middle and fired a wrister that beat Stana high to the stick side for a power-play goal. Assist: Arturs Kulda.
     
    13:00
    Goal for Team Latvia!
    On the penalty shot, captain LAURIS DARZINS dekes Stana to the forehand and scores to give the lead back to Latvia.
     
    01:23
    Goal for Team Slovakia!
    Amazingly, yes they can! It wasn't right off the draw, they were actually forced back into the neutral zone, but re-entered with speed and TOMAS ZABORSKY took a pass and quickly fired it past Gudlevskis from the top of the slot. Assist: Roman Kukumberg, Michal Miklik.
     
    00:15
    Goal for Team Latvia!
    The Latvians forced an early attacking-zone faceoff, and right off the draw MARTINS CIPULIS fired it through the legs of Rastislav Stana to get the Latvians on the board first. Assist: Janis Sprunkts.

    Derek OBrien

    Goals and assists: 2. Zaborksky (Kukumberg, Miklik), 37. Surovy (Mezei), 60. Surovy (Vydareny) – 1. Cipulis (Sprunkts), 13. Darzins (p.s.), 18. Girgensons (Kulda), 39. Darzins, 41. Darzins


    Slovakia2: Staňa (Janus) – Mezei, Sekera, Ďaloga, Sersen, Vydarený, Jurčina, Mihálik – Bližňák, Kopecký (A), Radivojevič (A) – Stümpel, Šatan (C), Hudáček L. – Kukumberg, Mihálik, Záborský – Daňo, Bartek, Surový, Ölvecký.
    Latvia: Gudlevskis (Masalskis) – Sotnieks, Redlihs (A), Freibergs, Kulda, Jass, Andersons, Pavlovs – Sprukts (A), Darzins (C), Cipulis – Dzerins, Girgensons, Indrasis – Kenins, Berzins, Jekimovs – Stals, Sirokovs, Jass.

    Referees: Vinnerborg (SWE), Zalaski (CAN) – Blumel (CZE), Jonannes (SWE)