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final
Slovenia2
4:0 (2:0, 1:0, 1:0)
Austria
Tuesday 18.02.2014, 09:00 • Bolshoy Ice Dome • Olympics - Men
     
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    Russia versus Norway
    Switzerland versus Latvia
    Czech Republic versus Slovak Republic
     
    Shots are 33 to 30 for Slovenia and Austria has 5 penalties to 3 for Slovenia.
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:00
    Kopitar and Sabolic both get a couple chances on Lange at the end, but the netminder blocks both pucks aside.
     
    An unfortunate game for Unterluggauer who plays the role of the goat. His poor shot selection led to the nail in the coffin for Austria's Olympic chances and a poor defensive effort earlier makes him partially responsible for Slovenia's shorthanded goal.
     
    57:02
    Goal for Team Slovenia! Scorer is MURSAK.

    Mursak blocks Unterluggauer's shot and gets the feed from David Rodman as he flies up ice. Unterluggauer tries to stop the shot, but Mursak muscles his way to the net and places the puck in the goal.
     
    56:52
    Kristan covers and Austria calls a timeout.
     
    56:40
    Empty net for Austria!
     
    56:30
    Waiting to see if Lange is called to the bench for a last comeback try by Austria.
     
    55:30
    Slovenia going with dumping the puck and quick line changes here. They do not seem interested in getting another goal, but running out the clock on their foes.
     
    54:00
    Not a ton of chances for Slovenia with the extra man, but they stole two minutes away from Austria with good possession. The opportunity to mount a comeback is all but gone for Austria.
     
    Austria at full strength.
     
    52:31
    David Rodman feed Marcel Rodman on the other side of the net. An easy goal opportunity, but he shovels the puck right back into Lange.
     
    51:12
    Mario Altmann called for tripping. Slovenia will need a stronger power play this time to keep Austria out of this game.
     
    50:00
    Slovenia appears to have ran out of steam. Austria is really beating them up in their own end and Kristan is the only answer to this awoken Austrian side.
     
    48:30
    A nasty play there by Raffl. He misses a shot from a good pass by Vanek and he follows by giving a good push of his stick on Kristan's head propelling him out of the goal. No call there, but it looked pretty bad.
     
    46:30
    Vanek draped by Kranjc as he receives a pass in front of the Slovenian defense. He makes a good move despite being hassled, but cannot life the puck of Kristan's pad.
     
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    45:00
    Austria maybe were able to get some extra help in the intermission from the local Red Bull company. They look re-energized this period and are getting some good looks on Slovenia.
    Commentary by

    Tim Bourcier

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 6. Kopitar (Ticar, Jeglic), 12. Urbas (Kovacevic), 24. Kovacevic (Rodman, Mursak), 58. Mursak (Rodman)

    Slovenia2: Kristan (Gračnar) – Pretnar, Kranjc, Kovačevič, Robar, Gregorc, Pavlin, Tavželj, Podlipnik – Kopitar, Rodman, Muršak – Jeglič, Tyčar, Sabolič – Urbas, M. Rodman, Razingar (C) – Goličič, Musič, Pance
    Austria: Lange (Starkbaum) – Trattnig, Lakos, Pöck, Lukas, Altmann, F. Iberer, Unterluggauer, Ulmer – M. Raffl, Vanek (C), Grabner – Latusa, Koch, Lebler – T. Raffl, Nodl, Hundertpfund – Oberkofler, Welser, M. Iberer
    Referees: Dave Jackson (USA), Vladimír Šindler (CZE) – Tommy George (USA), Chris Woodworth (USA)
    Attendance: 12,000