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final
USA
3:0 (2:0, 0:0, 1:0)
Germany2
Sunday 12.05.2013, 15:15 • World Championship
     
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    Players of the match: Patrick Hager (Germany) – Chris Butler (USA)
     
    The Americans conquered the first spot in the Helsinki group thanks to a dominant performacne against rather tired Germans who still had the close game against Latvia from yesterday in their bones.

    Shots on goal: USA 10 (29 – Germany 12 (30)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:52
    Marcel Goc missed the puck just right to the American net.
     
    58:47
    Nate Thompson (USA) gets two minutes for elbowing. He hit Benedikt Kohl behind the American net.
     
    58:19
    Philip Gogulla with a shot from the left circle, no danger for Gibson.
     
    58:00
    Two minutes left to play. Only open question. Will Gibson get his shutout?
     
    56:23
    Shot break because the Americans cleared the puck which ended up on the team benches.
     
    55:15
    We currently see a lot of offense by the Germans as the Americans only do the necessary to defend their three-goal lead.
     
    53:37
    Marcel Goc with a harmless shot from the left wing at height of the blue line.
     
    53:08
    Jeff Petry tries it from the right circle but only finds the gloves of Dennis Endras.
     
    Commercial break.
     
    52:24
    Blue line shot also by the Germans but Gibson makes a glove save.
     
    51:27
    Goal for Team USA!


    After a blue line shot the Americans twice had the chance with the rebound and one of them was used by STEPHEN GIONTA from short distance into the wide open net!

    Assisted by Nate Thompson and Matt Hunwick.
     
    51:08
    Blue line shot by the Americans, blocked by the defense.
     
    50:10
    Twice the chance for the USA. After a give away of the German defense Endras kept the following shot from within the slot out of the net but allowed a rebound which he also stopped by throwing himself onto the ice.
     
    49:49
    Icing by Germany.
     
    48:35
    Both teams are back at full strength.
     
    47:37
    After a counter attack the Germans had a huge double chance! First Patrick Hager had a brilliant solo through the whole American defense before he was stopped from short distance by Gibson and then Moritz Müller had the rebound from a half left position but his shot went just wide over the right top corner!
    Commentary by

    Dennis Mende

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 3. Butler (Faulk, Smith), 5. Stastny (Johnson), 52. Gionta (Thompson, Hunwick)

    USA: Gibson – Carle, Faulk, Johnson, Hunwick, Petry, Butler, McBain – Smith, Moss, Stastny – Bulter, Stapleton, LeBlanc – Gionta, Carter, Thompson – Bjugstad, Palushaj, Galchenyuk – Kristo
    Germany2: Endras – Krüger, Ehrhoff, Hordler, Ankert, N. Goc, Müller, Kohl – Greilinger, Schütz, M. Goc – Wolf, Ullmann, Gogulla – Kink, Tripp, Seidenberg – Hager, Pietta, Noebels
    Referees: Bulanov, Olenin (both RUS) – Blümel (CZE), Dyedyulya (BLR)