Norway – Germany2 3:4 (end)
final
Norway
3:4 (1:2, 2:0, 0:2)
Germany2
Friday 03.01.2014, 16:00 • World Junior Championship
     
    That's the only WJC game for today, but come back tomorrow for the two semifinal games from Malmö: Sweden – Russia followed by Canada – Finland. (18:14:57)
     
    Players of the Game:

    Norway – Christoffer Rasch
    Germany – Sven Ziegler
     
    Shots on goal in the 3rd period (and game): Norway 7 (32), Germany 11 (41).

    Well, they were one period away from relegation, but the Germans come back with two goals in the third period and they live to play another day at the top level of the World Junior Championship. That day will be Sunday, before the two medal games, these two teams will play a decisive game in this series. The winner stays in the top group, the loser goes down to Division 1 for next year.
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:50
    Puck deflected out of play in the Norway zone, faceoff inside again.
     
    59:46
    Icing Norway, so another faceoff deep in their zone with time running out.
     
    59:29
    Timeout Norway.
     
    59:29
    Svendsen started to head to the net, then had to come back in as the Germans headed up ice. He makes the save and covers, so he'll have to stay in.
     
    58:17
    Slapper from the point by Magnus Haugen, deflected out of play, faceoff inside.
     
    57:45
    Once again Marvin Cupper hauls in a shot headed wide and forces a stoppage.
     
    57:37
    Wrister from Medby, kicked out by Cupper, and finally Cupper gloves it and hangs on.
     
    56:25
    Fred Tiffels with the shot through traffic, Svendsen down and makes the save.
     
    56:13
    Puck deflected out of play in the German zone, faceoff outside.
     
    55:51
    Icing Germany.
     
    54:27
    Ziegler circles the net and shoots from the high slot, hits Svendsen in the chest, play continues.
     
    53:30
    Wild scramble for the puck in the German crease, Marvin Cupper was down but managed to keep his pads stretched far enough that nobody could find room under him.
     
    52:30
    Norway back at full strength.
     
    52:05
    Kahun misses with the one-timer with Svendsen down and all sorts of room upstairs.
     
    51:40
    Low slapper from Bender, pad save Svendsen.
     
    50:46
    Kahun a shot from near the boards, Svendsen deflects it to the corner, power play down to one.
     
    50:23
    Now Norway's Martin Ronnild is called for holding, so Germany with a 5-on-3 for :20 with a chance to put a stranglehold on this game.
     
    50:11
    Eisenschmid with a high wrister that tips off Svendsen's glove and goes over the net.
     
    48:42
    Germany on a roll and they now go to the power play, Norway's Tallak Lyngseth for slashing.
     
    48:37
    Another turnover in the Norwegian zone, Patrick Klopfer goes right in and his backhander hits Svendsen up high.
     
    47:41
    Goal for Team Germany!
    Another German goal off a turnover. This time LEON DRAISAITL stripped a Norwegian defenceman of the puck and then fired an absolute rocket of a slapper that beat Svendsen high glove side. Unassisted.
     
    46:25
    Goal for Team Germany!
    The play started with an interception by Patrick Klopper in the neutral zone. He headed in on goal but a great defensive play by Tallak Lyngseth knocked the puck off his stick. Nonetheless, MARKUS EISENSCHMID followed up and snapped it home on the short side. Assist: Patrick Klopper.
     
    44:24
    Icing Norway.
     
    42:47
    Fred Tiffels streaking down the right wing, low backhander and a stick save by Svendsen.
     
    41:55
    Norway ices and they manage to kill off the rest of the penalty in the German zone.
     
    41:28
    Now Dominik Tiffels with a long shot, Svendsen had trouble with it but eventually covers with :27 left in the penalty.
     
    40:40
    Frederik Tiffels the shot, pad save Svendsen.
     
    40:04
    Offside Germany with 1:51 left in the power play.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    The teams are on the ice and the 3rd period will start shortly.

    Germany still has 1:55 remaining in their power play.
     
    Shots on goal in the 2nd period: Norway 15 (25), Germany 11 (30).

    Norway came back with a strong second period, thanks in part to a five-minute power play on which they scored on, and now they take a one-goal lead into the third period with a chance to advance -- Germany on the brink of relegation.

    3rd period begins at 17:39 CET, 11:39 EST.
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    39:55
    Norway pressure continues but Magnus Fischer is now going off for goaltender interference, so Germany with a power play chance.
     
    39:45
    Martin Ronnild with a one-timer from the slot, stick save Cupper.
     
    39:22
    Andreas Klavestad enters the German zone 1-on-2, takes a long wrister, hits Cupper in the chest and he freezes it.
     
    38:08
    Germany back at full strength and they're called for icing.
     
    37:36
    Shot by Ziegler shorthanded, kicked out by Svendsen.
     
    37:22
    One-time slapper from Soberg, wide.
     
    36:41
    Offside Germany with 1:10 left in the penalty.
     
    34:48
    Goal for Team Norway!
    The pressure continued and it finally TIM ROBIN JOHNSGARD put it in. The power play will continue for another 3:03. Assists: Jens Tonjum, Erlend Lesund.
     
    34:15
    Lesund with the shot from the point, kicked out by Cupper.
     
    34:00
    Soberg with a hit shot hits Cupper in the shoulder, finally Cupper covers it with 3:51 left in the penalty.
     
    32:51
    Lukas Laub with a hit into the end boards, Norway captain Erlend Lesund is down is but Laub will be getting 5 minutes for boarding and a game misconduct.
     
    31:53
    Pressure continues and Svendsen finally covers it.
     
    31:39
    Tiffels from the point, stick save Svendsen.
     
    31:00
    Parker Tuomie with a slapper from the point, off Svendsen's blocker and out of play. Faceoff inside.
     
    30:49
    Icing Norway.
     
    30:32
    Norway back at full strength, then the ice the puck. Germany with good possession around the perimeter on that power play but no quality shots.
     
    29:50
    Germany on the power play, Draisaitl from the point, blocked.
     
    28:58
    Offside Norway ... Germany will go to a short power play in :11.
     
    28:47
    Puck deflected out of play in the Norwegian zone, faceoff inside as 4-on-4 play continues.
     
    28:26
    Now Christoffer Rasch of Norway is called for tripping along the boards, so the power play is over and we'll play 4-on-4 for :43.
     
    27:25
    Power play down to one, Germany ices . . .
     
    27:09
    Tim Bender clears the puck over the glass trying to ice it, so he's going to the box and Norway will have a two-man advantage for :08.
     
    27:00
    Norstebo the shot from the point, blocked.
     
    25:39
    German shorthanded 2-on-1, Eisenschmid's shot goes off the tip of Joachim Svendsen's glove and to the corner. Norway back the other way.
     
    25:17
    Germans with some pressure lately and Janik Moser goes to the box for tripping in his own zone. Norway to the power play.
     
    23:58
    Goal for Team Norway!
    They get control off the draw in the German zone and SIMEN NIELSEN fires a perfect shot off the post and in to the glove side of Cupper, then tosses is glove in the air in celebration. Assists: Didrik Svendsen, Magnus Nilsen.
     
    23:52
    Icing Germany.
     
    23:44
    Marvin Cupper covers a loose puck in the German zone. Germans make a change and Eisenschmid is returning to the ice.
     
    23:08
    Norway 2-on-1, Karterud the pass to Hoff, one-times it just wide.
     
    22:54
    Germany with some pressure, Laub with a pair of shots, both kicked out by Svendsen. Finally the puck goes into the German bench, faceoff outside.
     
    21:47
    Kahun with a shot, gloved and held by Svendsen.
     
    21:21
    Sven Ziegler with a head of steam rushes down the right wing, fires a slapper right on Svendsen, who holds on.
     
    20:56
    There was a collision at the Norwegian blueline and Markus Eisenschmid is down with an apparent knee injury. The referees are talking to each other but it doesn't seem like a penalty is coming.
     
    20:41
    Rush into the German zone, Kerterud with the wrister, gloved and held by Cupper.
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    The teams have returned to the ice and the 2nd period will begin shortly.
     
    Shots on goal in the 1st period: Norway 10, Germany 19.

    Germany needed to get some offence going today and has so far this game, with 19 shots and 2 goals and a strong performance from captain Leon Draisaitl in that opening period. As mentioned, this is a must-win game for the Germans, who face relegation.

    2nd period begins at 16:45 CET 10:45 EST.
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
     
    18:27
    Dangerous looking Norway rush, Lesund the pass to Rasch on the left wing, fires it over the crossbar.
     
    17:45
    Big check by Norway's Ronnild on Botzenhardt into the end boards in the German zone.
     
    17:20
    Norway back at full strength, play continues in their end.
     
    16:50
    Shot by Eisenschmid with the 2nd PP unit out there, pad save Svendsen.
     
    16:02
    This time it's Kahun with a wrister through traffic, Svendsen picks it with the glove, 1:07 left in the penalty.
     
    15:40
    Draisaitl on the point on the power play, one-time slapper right on Svendson with 1:29 left in the penalty.
     
    15:09
    German top line back to the attack, captain Draisaitl trying to make things happen and they draw a penalty, Tallak Lyngseth for slashing. Norway to the power play.
     
    14:27
    Karterud leads a Norway rush, shoots from the slot, right on Cupper, who covers again.
     
    13:29
    Klavestad with a wrister from the point through traffic, Cupper didn't have a great view of it but was in the butterfly and it hit him, he covers.
     
    12:33
    Icing Norway.
     
    12:04
    Now Germany the other way, Kahun with a wrister, caught and held by Svendsen.
     
    11:42
    Norway pressure continues, Karterud spins and fires, kicked out by Cupper.
     
    10:50
    Norway with some pressure, Henriksen shoots from the boards, pad save Cupper.
     
    10:03
    Offside Norway.
     
    09:00
    We're back to 5-on-5, Germans breaking out of their own end . . .
     
    07:50
    Goal for Team Germany!
    German 2-on-1, LEON DRAISAITL with the puck, he has Kahun with him but he elects to shoot and it's a perfect wrister, beating Svendsen over the glove just inside the post. Assist: Dominik Kahun.
     
    07:03
    Leon Draisaitl with a shot, kicked out by Svedsen. Draisaitl playing today to the surprise of many.
     
    06:20
    Anotehr scramble around the Norwegian net, Svendsen covers it and we're getting offsetting penalties from it -- Ludvig Hoff for Norway and Frederik Tiffels for Germany, each for roughing, so we'll play 4-on-4.
     
    05:25
    Goal for Team Germany!
    The Germans answer back with their first goal of the mini-series. Scramble around the Norwegian net and SVEN ZIEGLER was the last one to touch the puck. Assists: Maximillian Kammerer, Fabio Wagner.
     
    03:32
    Goal for Team Norway!
    Norwegians getting traffic in the German zone, JORGEN KARTERUD with a wrister and Soberg provides a screen in front -- Cupper saw nothing. Assists: Ludvig Hoff, Markus Soberg.
     
    02:55
    Teams exchange shots, Klopper for Germany, Didrik Svendsen for Norway, play continues.
     
    01:37
    Germany with a flurry of chances around the Norway goal, Dominik Kahun with a couple of whacks at it but Joachim Svendsen keeps it out.
     
    01:19
    Puck deflected out of play in the German zone, faceoff outside.
     
    00:24
    Germany to the early offensive, puck deflected out of play in the Norway zone, faceoff inside.
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    Starting Lineups:

    Norway: J. Svendsen (Haukeland) – Norstebo (A), Haugen, Lyngseth, Lesund (C), Vaakanainen, Klavestad, Simonsen – Rasch, Johnsgard, Tönjum – Hoff, Soberg, Karterud (A) – Fischer, Ronnild, Medby – D. Svendsen, Nilsen, Nielsen – Henriksen.

    Germany: Cüpper (Reich) – Bender, D. Tiffels, Saeftel, Möser (A), Botzenhardt, Wagner, Noske – Draisaitl (C), F. Teffels, Kahun – Tuomie, Laub, Eisenschmid (A) – Ziegler, Kammerer, Filin – Neugebauer, Klopper.

    Referees: Antti Boman (FIN), Daniel Stricker (SUI) – Fraser Mc Intyre (USA), Joonas Saha (FIN).
     
    This is the second game of a best-of-three relegation series between Norway and Germany. The winner of the series qualifies for next year's World Junior Championship in Toronto and Montreal, while the loser will play in Division I. Norway won the first game, so they can advance with a win.
     
    Welcome. This game starts at 16:00 CET.
    Commentary by

    Derek OBrien

    CZ@@Djob76

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 4. Karterud (Hoff, Soberg), 24. Nielsen (D.Svendsen, Nilsen), 35. Johnsgard (Tonjum, Lesund) – 6. Ziegler (Kammerer, Wagner), 8. Draisaitl (Kahun), 47. Eisenschmid (Klopper), 48. Draisaitl

    Norway: J. Svendsen (Haukeland) – Norstebo (A), Haugen, Lyngseth, Lesund (C), Vaakanainen, Klavestad, Simonsen – Rasch, Johnsgard, Tönjum – Hoff, Soberg, Karterud (A) – Fischer, Ronnild, Medby – D. Svendsen, Nilsen, Nielsen – Henriksen.
    Germany2: Cüpper (Reich) – Bender, D. Tiffels, Saeftel, Möser (A), Botzenhardt, Wagner, Noske – Draisaitl (C), F. Tiffels, Kahun – Tuomie, Laub, Eisenschmid (A) – Ziegler, Kammerer, Filin – Neugebauer, Klopper.
    Referees: Antti Boman (FIN), Daniel Stricker (SUI) – Fraser Mc Intyre (USA), Joonas Saha (FIN)