final
USA
3:5
(3:2, 0:2, 0:1)
Russia
Derek OBrien
Goals and assists:
9. Matteau (Eichel, Skjei), 12. Hartman (Matteau), 17. Kerdiles (Barber) – 7. Grigorenko (Slepyshev), 10. Buchnevich (Mironov), 34. Zadorov (Slepyshev), 35. Zadorov (Slepyshev), 60. Buchnevich
Referees: Jozef Kubuš (SVK), Marcus Linde (SWE) – Henrik Pihlblad (SWE), Joonas Saha (FIN)
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Penalty missed:
USA:
Gillies (Stolarz) – Skjei, Carrick, Butcher, Santini, Slavin, Grzelcyk (A), McCoshen – O'Regan, Barber (C), Kerdiles – Eichel, Hartman, Matteau – Copp (A), Erne, Fasching – DiPauli, Shore, Stepan
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Russia: Vasilevsky (Nalimov) – Zadorov, Mironov (A), Lyubushkin, Tryamkin, Bereglazov, Maslov, Vasiliev – Slepyshev (C), Buchněvich, Grigorenko – Zhafyarov, Osnovin, Barabanov – Yakimov (A), Barbashyov, Khlopotov – Skladnichenko, Busarov, Gimatov – Zykov
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Russia: Vasilevsky (Nalimov) – Zadorov, Mironov (A), Lyubushkin, Tryamkin, Bereglazov, Maslov, Vasiliev – Slepyshev (C), Buchněvich, Grigorenko – Zhafyarov, Osnovin, Barabanov – Yakimov (A), Barbashyov, Khlopotov – Skladnichenko, Busarov, Gimatov – Zykov
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Referees: Jozef Kubuš (SVK), Marcus Linde (SWE) – Henrik Pihlblad (SWE), Joonas Saha (FIN)
Attendance:
Grzelcyk turns with the puck with the blueline and falls, giving PAVEL BUCHNEVICH a clearcut break on the empty net and he punches the Russians' ticket into the quarterfinals. Unassisted, empty-net goal.
Another Russian goal on a blast from the point on a 5-on-3. Again, it's Slepyshev to NIKITA ZADOROV for the one-time slapper. Assist: Anton Slepyshev. And they're still on the power play.
That didn't take long, as Slepyshev and NIKITA ZADOROV play pitch and catch at the point, leading to Zadorov's one-time bullet that finds its way through the maze and inside the post. Power-play goal and the Russian power play continues. Assist: Anton Slepyshev.
The Americans come right back the other way and score. Barber's pass is tipped and NICOLAS KERDILES knocks it out of the air with his stick, then fires a wrister past Vasilevsky. Assist: Riley Barber.
Matteau's centring pass is tipped, but RYAN HARTMAN picks it up in the slot and fires a backhander that beast Vasilevsky to the stick side. Assist: Stefan Matteau.
The Russians answer right back. Mironov shot from the point, Gillies stopped the initial shot but it was lying there in the crease. PAVEL BUCHNEVICH shot it off the post, then whacked again to knock it in. Assist: Andrei Mironov.
Jack Eichel circled the net out front and STEFAN MATTEAU shot, the puck hit Vasilevsky and sat on the goal line. Carrick then whacked it in. Assists: Jack Eichel, Brady Skjei.
The play started with a pass out of the corner from Osnovin to MIKHAIL GRIGORENKO. Slepyshev got the rebound and gave it back to Grigorenko at the side of the net, and he put it in to open the scoring. Assist: Anton Slepyshev.