Latvia – France2 3:1 (end) | Denmark – Belarus 3:2 (end) | Austria – Russia 4:8 (end)
Canada2 – Slovenia2 4:3 (after OT)
final
Denmark
3:2 (2:0, 1:2, 0:0)
Belarus
Monday 13.05.2013, 16:15 • Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden • World Championship
     
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    Shots on goal: DEN 9 (33), BEL 9 (19)
    Penalties: DEN 0 (6), BEL 2 (18)
    Powerplay: DEN 1 for 5, BEL 0 for 3
     
    The game is all over. Although Denmark were a bit too relaxed after the huge lead 3:0, Belarus couldn't score the tying goal and get the game into overtime. Since how they played the first half of the game, Denmark deserves the victory completely while Belarus woke up too late.
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:38
    Kulakov had the chance to pass into the middle, but waited for too long and is checked into the boards.
     
    59:07
    Action inside the Belarus zone, Belinski back in net.
     
    59:02
    Icing Belarus. Belinski will have to get back onto the ice.
     
    58:42
    Now Belinski leaves the net for the extra attacker.
     
    58:26
    Team Belarus can't get into the offensive zone to pull the goalie.
     
    58:12
    Nicklas Jensen again with a chance. As he received the puck in the offensive zone, he went towards the goal and from the left faceoff circle executed a shot, Vitali Belinski was in place to record the save.
     
    58:00
    Two minutes to go in the third period.
     
    57:46
    Roman Graborenko shot the puck into icing.
     
    57:39
    Belarus still don't pull their goalie.
     
    57:34
    Icing Denmark.
     
    56:56
    Team Denmark clears the puck out of their zone, twice. And puts a lot of pressure on Belarus defense even behind the net.
     
    56:22
    Alexander Kulakov fires from the left side, easy save for Nielsen.
     
    56:08
    Roman Graborenko skates into the zone with the puck and goes behind the net and then the pass is inaccurate.
     
    55:37
    The puck is dumped in by Denmark and team Belarus get in possession.
     
    55:24
    The game continues.
     
    55:24
    Simon Nielsen makes the save after a shot from the Belarus side from the edge of the zone.

    Commercial break.
     
    54:56
    A tried shot for team Belarus is blocked.
     
    53:53
    Julian Jakobsen skates into the zone with the puck and then loses possession after two Belarus players put pressure.
     
    53:27
    Denmark dumps the puck in, Nicklas Jensen in possession.
     
    52:48
    Kim Staal loses possession to allow Belarus to go on the offense.
     
    52:06
    The puck is cleared by team Belarus, no icing.
     
    51:42
    Team Denmark dumps the puck in, and Bjorkstrand gets first to it.
     
    50:28
    High forecheck by the Danes, Patrick Bjorkstrand puts pressure on Belarus defense and Belinski has to cover the puck. Belinski still hasn't allowed a goal, putting him in play was a wise choice.
     
    49:23
    Nickals Jensen fires one up after receiving a pass on the line behind the net, skates backwards to get into shooting position and shoots after a few seconds. The shot is stopped by Vitali Belinski, however.
     
    47:56
    A shot from the blue line by Artur Gavrus is wide.
     
    47:33
    The puck is shot out of play in the neutral zone.
     
    47:03
    The Danes keep the puck inside the Belarus zone, they build on offense circling through the zone.
     
    46:26
    The game continues in Globen.
     
    46:26
    Oliver Lauridsen gets the pass in the middle inside the Belarus zone, but his shot is saved by Belinski.

    Commercial break.
     
    45:42
    Artur Gavrus fires again from the blue line, Simon Nielsen manages to deflect the puck somehow. Team Belarus is eager to score now!
     
    45:05
    Belarus is back at full strength.
     
    44:46
    Nicklas Jensen finds himself with the puck right in front of Belinski and shoots, glove save to stop the play.
     
    44:19
    Still on the powerplay, Danes haven't left the Belarus' zone.
     
    43:28
    The shot came from the right side by team Denmark to the far post, it's wide though.
     
    43:05
    Pavel Chernaok will get the gate for cross-checking.
     
    42:38
    Artur Gavrus fires from the slot on the right, Simon Nielsen deflects again. Teams are even now, Belarus plays a solid game.
     
    41:24
    Oliver Lauridsen skates back onto the ice as the penalty is over.
     
    41:07
    Shot from the left side on the edge of the faceoff circle by Ilya Shinkevich, pad deflection by Simon Nielsen.
     
    40:31
    Powerplay for team Belarus continues, they're now in the Danish zone.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    Teams are back on the ice.
     
    Shots on goal: DEN 9 (24), BEL 9 (10)
    Penalties: DEN 6 (6), BEL 2+10 (16)
    Powerplay: DEN 1 for 3, BEL 0 for 3
    Morten Green scores shorthanded at 27:03.

    We'll be back in fifteen minutes, at approximately 18:00 CET.
     
    Better period by Belarus side, although they didn't produce any chance until after the middle period mark. Danes were in the lead by 3 goals owing to a shorthanded goal from Morten Green and then two quick strikes by team Belarus to make this game more interesting. Only a goal is separating the teams now.
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    39:36
    Oliver Lauridsen is called for elbowing. Powerplay for team Belarus.
     
    39:35
    Yevgeny Kovyrshin finds himself in a promising opportunity as the puck is passed into the middle but misses the tip-in.
     
    39:00
    One minute left in the second period.
     
    38:43
    Action in front of Simon Nielsen, the puck is covered by all the players down there, in the end it's shot out.
     
    Simon Nielsen allows 2 goals on 6 shots and is at 66%.
     
    37:50
    Icing Denmark.
     
    36:36
    Goal for Team Belarus! Thank you very much says ROMAN GRABORENKO after a mistake in the Danish defense. After Nielsen made a mistake playing the puck under pressure, it came to Graborenko who fired on goal and it went in as someone was in front of Simon Nielsen and blocked his view of the game.

    Assists: Andrei Stas.
     
    36:31
    Simon Nielsen plays the puck under pressure.
     
    35:43
    Another great opportunity for team Denmark. The puck was passed into the middle from the right side and Nicklas Jensen was late and missed the tip-in by inches.
     
    Shots this period are 8-4 for team Denmark.
     
    34:43
    Alexander Kulakov fires from a meter or two outside the crease to the right side, Simon Nielsen makes the save.
     
    33:54
    Belarus dumps the puck in, Simon Nielsen plays the puck behind the net.
     
    33:18
    Both teams are back to full strength.
     
    33:04
    We're back in Globen as the game continues.
     
    33:04
    A shot from outside the blue line, Simon Nielsen catches with ease. Belarus has finaly woken up.

    Commercial break.
     
    32:10
    Goal for Team Belarus! What a goal! KONSTANTIN KOLTSOV received a pass inside the zone and shot from the faceoff circle into the upper right corner.

    Assists: Oleg Goroshko.
     
    31:18
    Penalties:
    Artyom Kisly 2'+10' – Checking to the head
    Morten Green 2' – Roughing.

    4-on-4 hockey coming up.
     
    A bit of the brawl going on the ice and there will be a couple of penalties coming as Kisly hit Nicklas Hardt against the boards and then Morten Green came to clear things up with Artyom Kisly.
     
    31:14
    Artyom Kisly gets the puck into the zone, passes to the middle and the shot hit the post, no goal, no luck for team Belarus.
     
    Midway through the game, it's all Denmark as if Belarus weren't playing.
     
    29:19
    Another offside, Fredrik Storm is too quick.
     
    29:05
    Offside Denmark.
     
    28:36
    Denmark is back at full strength.
     
    28:14
    Shot from the blue line for team Belarus, blocked.
     
    27:03
    Goalie change Belarus:
    Dmitri Milchakov OUT
    Vitali Belinski IN
     
    27:03
    Goal for Team Denmark! We're man down? No problem, says Denmark. Nicklas Hardt passes the puck from behind the net to MORTEN GREEN who fires a one timer from middle distance and scores. Powerplay for team Belarus continues.

    Assists: Nicklas Hardt.
     
    26:51
    Danish penalty kill clears the puck out of their zone.
     
    26:36
    Hooking call against Julian Jakobsen on Yevgeni Solomonov. Can Belarus pull something off now?
     
    26:26
    The game continues.
     
    26:26
    Commercial break.
     
    26:07
    A chance on the offense by Belarus, but no shot was made as the on of the forwards missed the puck.
     
    25:57
    Fredrik Storm shot from outside the left faceoff circle close to the boards, Dmitri Milachkov saves.
     
    25:46
    Icing against team Belarus.
     
    25:37
    Nicklas Hardt passes the puck to the middle, but no one is ther to score.
     
    25:07
    Morten Green tried to shoot from just outside the crease to the left, Milchakov saves once again.
     
    24:29
    Philip Larsen passes to Stefan Lassen who fires from the blue line, Dmitri Milachkov deflects the shot with his pads.
     
    24:14
    And another icing, this time Roman Graborenko shot the puck.
     
    24:05
    Yet another icing after the faceoff. Puck back in front of Milchakov.
     
    23:57
    Alexander Yeronov clears the puck down the ice and the icing is called.
     
    23:24
    Belarus loses possession once again, another chance for Denmark, Julian Jakobsen gets the puck in.
     
    22:17
    No change in the way Belarus plays, Dmitri Milchakov again has to cover the puck as they struggle on both defense and offense.
     
    21:24
    Another glove save by Milchakov on Markus Lauridsen's shot from the faceoff circle.
     
    20:42
    Nielsen leaves the net to play the puck, he makes a pass before any Belarus player could get near him.
     
    20:35
    Julian Jakobsen fires towards the goal, Milchakov makes the save.
     
    20:08
    The opening faceoff goes to Denmark who are immediately in the Belarus zone.
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    The teams are getting back on the ice.
     
    Shots on goal: DEN 15, BEL 1
    Penalties: DEN 0, BEL 4
    Powerplay: DEN 1 for 2, BEL no powerplay.

    We'll be back in about fifteen minutes at approximately 17:05 CET.
     
    The first period was all about Denmark! They kept on attacking and shooting at Dmitri Milachkov. Stats speak for themselves, 15-1 shots in favor of Denmark. Belarus will have to pull together if they want to get anything out of this.
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
     
    19:47
    Two consecutive shots by the Belarus side, no threat for the Danes.
     
    19:00
    One minute left in the first period.
     
    18:54
    Belarus is back at full strength.
     
    18:24
    Still 30 seconds left on the powerplay, Danes keep possession.
     
    17:46
    Rasmus Nielsen gets the puck into the zone, shot fired from the blue line by Jesper B Jensen, Milchakov saves.
     
    16:54
    Yaroslav Maslenikov is called for slashing. Powerplay for team Denmark.
     
    16:23
    The Danes keep on attacking, Belarus are as if they weren't in the game.
     
    14:57
    Goal for Team Denmark! Philip Larsen fired from the blue line, Mikkel Boedker got first to the deflected puck and sent a blind pass in front of the crease for NICKLAS JENSEN who doesn't show mercy and doubles the lead.

    Assists: Philip Larsen, Mikkel Boedker.
     
    14:42
    Icing Belarus. Seems like Alexei Yefimenko will have to be taken to hospital after he had collided with Stefan Lassen before.
     
    14:13
    Danes dump the puck, Alexander Kulakov is the first to it and breaks the attack for Denmark.
     
    13:18
    Yevgeni Solomonov fires after a two-on-one in the Danish zone, the shot came wide.
     
    12:38
    Team Belarus dumping the puck in, finally getting some offense, not for long though.
     
    12:05
    The break is over, the game goes on.
     
    12:05
    Commercial break.
     
    11:59
    Mikkel Boedker receives the pass behind the net, goes behind it to the right post, and shoots, but can't score past Milchakov.
     
    11:42
    Denmark builds up on the offense from their own end.
     
    10:46
    The puck went through the crease on this shot by the Danes, Kiril Starkov wasn't able to tip it in.
     
    10:08
    Another shot from the Danes, Patrick Bjorkstrand fires this time from the slot, glove save Milachkov.
     
    09:19
    The Danes again in the Belarus zone, shot from the blue line is wide.
     
    09:00
    Artyom Demkov shoots from hard left, Simon Nielsen deflects the puck out of play.
     
    08:06
    After a short possession in the Danish zones, puck is again before Milachkov.
     
    07:36
    The puck drops to continue the game.
     
    07:36
    Commercial break.
     
    06:32
    Goal for Team Denmark! PHILIP LARSEN fires a projectile from the blue line, and Jesper B Jensen found himself in the right spot before the goalie to occult his view. Denmark goes 1 for 1 on the powerplay today.

    Assists: Kim Staal, Niklas Hardt.
     
    06:11
    Belarus clears the puck and breaks the Danish offnese.
     
    05:47
    Yaroslav Malesnikov will get the gate for tripping on Fredrik Storm.
     
    05:19
    Denmark dumps the puck in, Fredrik Storm is the first to it and the attack continues.
     
    04:26
    A shot from the middle by Kim Staal, shot is deflected by Milchakov.
     
    03:32
    Icing Belarus.
     
    03:14
    Another glove save by Milchakov after a shot from outside the blue line.
     
    02:39
    Kiril Starkov (DEN) and Yaroslav Malesnikov in battle for the puck on the boards.
     
    02:23
    Shot by Danish team, easy glove save for Dmitri Milchakov.
     
    01:04
    Denmark tries to keep the puck in the offensive zone, but Belarus clears it out.
     
    00:13
    The game is underway, and Belarus immediately build up on the offense.
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    The anthems are over and we're awaiting the opening faceoff.
     
    Starting lineups:

    Denmark: Nielsen (Galbraith) – Larsen, Lassen, Jensen N., Jakobsen, Boedker Mikkel – Lauridsen O., Jensen Jesper B.., Green (C), Staal, Hardt – Boedker Mads, Lauridsen M., Storm, Bjorkstrand, Madsen – Nielsen, Starkov, Dresler, Poulsen, Jensen Jesper

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

    Referees: Kirk (CAN), Ronn (FIN) – Carlson (CAN), Woodworth (USA).
     
    The teams are on the ice for the national anthems. Here are the lineups.
     
    So, Denmark versus Belarus ahead of us, around ten minutes before the game here at Globen in Stockholm. Noteworthy information: Denmark is the least attended team in the tournament.
     
    Denmark is 10th overall in powerplay while Belarus is at the botton, ranked 15th just in front of Austria. These teams also have one of the worst penalty kills in the tournament.
     
    Most points for team Denmark recorded Kim Staal, 4 points which includes a goal and 3 assists. On team Belarus Alexander Kulakov, Alexander Kitarov and suspended for today's game Ilya Kaznadei all have 2 points.
     
    Denmark is 6th spot and Belarus in 7th have little chances of proceeding to the next round. Denmark needs two wins and two losses by the Czechs and Norwegians, while the same goes for Belarus. Danish goalie, Simon Nielsen recorded 78 saves on 85 shots and is 91.76 SVS%. On the other side Dmitri Milchakov stopped 60 of 66 and is 90.91 SVS%.
     
    Welcome. Game starts at 16:15.
    Commentary by

    Alan Ilijic

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 7. Larsen (Staal, Hardt), 15. N. (Larsen, Boedker), 28. Green (Hardt) – 33. Koltsov (Goroshko), 37. Graborenko (Stas)

    Denmark: Nielsen (Galbraith) – Larsen, Lassen, Jensen N., Jakobsen, Boedker Mikkel – Lauridsen O., Jensen Jesper B.., Green (C), Staal, Hardt – Boedker Mads, Lauridsen M., Storm, Bjorkstrand, Madsen – Nielsen, Starkov, Dresler, Poulsen, Jensen Jesper
    Belarus: Milchakov – substitute at 27' due to bad play (Belinski) – Shinkevich, Goroshko, Kulakov, Meleshko, Kitarov – Maslenikov, Graborenko, Ugarov, Koltsov (C), Kovyrshin – Yeronov, Chernaok, Stefanovich, Yefimenko, Stas – Andryushenko, Solomonov, Demkov, Kisly, Gavrus
    Referees: Kirk (CAN), Ronn (FIN) – Carlson (CAN), Woodworth (USA)