RUS 3:4 1SW | Russia - Sweden2 (U18 World Championship)

U18 World Championship

MHL

Canada2 – Germany2

5:2 (end)

Russia – Sweden2

3:4 (0:2 after SO)

after shootout (0:2)

Russia

3:4 (0:2, 0:1, 3:0, 0:0, 0-2)

Sweden2

Saturday 19.04.2014, 18:30 • Imatra Jaahali • U18 World Championship

		Welcome. Game starts at 18:30.
		Starting lineups: Russia: Trushkov (Tretyak) – Lyamkin, Nazarkin, Pilipenko, Vovchenko, Kamenev – Sleptsov, Sharipzyanov, Svechnikov, Nikolishin, Protapovich – Mikulovich, Provorov, Kraskovsky, Dergachyov, Korshkov – Dervuk, Shchukin, Yazkov, Fazleyev, Afonasyevsky Sweden: Soderstrom (Olsson) – Lagesson, Englund, Franzen, Kempe, Karlsson – Ollas Mattsson, Pettersson, Holmstrom, Nylander, Lindblom – Forsling, Andersson, Ehn, Rosdahl, Elgestal – Ottosson, Muzito Bagenda, Tornqvist Referees: Nicholson (CAN), Wehrli (SUI), Penkivech (USA), Ponomarjow (GER).
		Russia starts his second game of the tournament with the same goalie Alex Trushkov as Sweden did with Soderstrom. As for now Russia has 2 points after 3:2OT win against Slovakia, Sweden is still pointless after loss against Canada. PP: RUS 2/6, SWE 1/5 PK: RUS 1/2; 6/7.
	00:01	Game started.
	00:18	Swedes caught with offside
	00:52	Swedes with possession in first minutes. Shotless
	02:20	Russians 3rd and 4th lines bring the puck to enemy zone, but not dangerous
	03:06	Offside team Russia
	04:56	Kraskovsky blocked Andersson's blueliner
	05:12	Korshkov on the rush, easy glove save for Soderstrom
	05:28	Huge save by Trushkov and some scrambles in Russian zone
	05:29	PP for Swedes with Kirill Shchukin with 2+2, Ilya Dervuk just 2, Adrian Kempe with Anton Karlsson also just 2 for roughing in the box
	05:47	PP2 for Swedes with Protapovich in the penalty box
	06:02	Save by Trushkov
	06:36	Franzen misses the puck, and it leaves zone
	07:02	Sharipzyanov cleans the zone
	07:33	Big block by young Provorov and Russians goes to full
	08:03	Trushkov stopped the game with glove save and commercial break
	08:46	Swedes still more active, but shots can't get even to goalie
	08:51	Glove save by Trushkov!
	09:39	Icing team Russia
	09:58	Offside. After every whistle players tries to communicate with each other
	10:15	Trushkov with one more big shoulder save.
	11:19	Goal for Team Sweden! OSCAR LINDBLOM fired to the top corner from the center of the zone. Assisted by William Nylander
	12:17	Lindblom with one more shot – easy for Trushkov. Commercial break
	13:29	One more penalty for Russians. Vovchenko to the box
	13:56	2-on-1 breakaway chance but Nikolishin can't give the puck to Protapovich. Icing Sweden
	14:46	Goal for Team Sweden! GUSTAV FORSLING fires from the blue and it seemed no re-direction. Assisted by William Nylander
	15:15	Yazkov instead of take the puck wanted to make one-time back-hander. It was difficult for him
	15:58	Vovchenko fed a nice pass to Svechnikov who misses with shot being on breakaway
	17:07	Minutes of Russian activity ends, Swedes again in their zone
	18:09	Svechnikov got penalty for hooking
	19:15	Battles near the boards. Officials stopped game
	20:00	1st period finished.
		Swedes played much faster and active then their opponents. Russia had just one-two scoring chances. SOG: 3-8
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
	20:10	Even at this short PP time Axel Holmstrom came to the zone and made dangerous shot
	20:47	Lagesson fires and Trushkov denies it with his pad
	23:20	Swedes controls the game, but nor force too much the plays
	24:05	Icing Russia
	24:30	Vovchenko! He robs Swede on own blue line and came for a shot but didn't overplay goalie.
	24:49	Play continues and Kamenev fired from the slot
	25:44	Nikolishin on the rush, but referee calls offside.
	26:34	Instead of scoring from real chance, Russians got another penalty. Yegor Korshkov
	27:25	Goal for Team Sweden! One more PP goal for Swedes, and it's again GUSTAV FORSLING with blueliner Assisted by Oskar Lindblom
		But they're reviewing episode
		Good goal
	27:25	Russians changed goalie. Maxim Tretyak made his first step on WJC
	28:04	First penalty for Swedes – Englund
	28:35	First save by Tretyak! And girl fall by Axel Holmstrom. What the refs would do?
	30:05	Easy way and Swedes in full
	30:44	One more PP for Russians with Gustaf Franzen in the box
	32:10	Russians don't know what to do, no shots still in this PP
	32:29	Vovchenko passes to Lyamkin and puck goes out of the zone
	32:44	Swedes in full
	34:18	Nylander tip-in puck after Andersson's pass, miss the net
	35:13	Icing Sweden
	36:00	Very unknown save by Lagesson who haven't seen the moment but saved the net with leg save
	38:04	Swedes decided just to keep the score, it's okay, cause Russians with less offense creativity
	39:13	Protapovich hardly came through D's but again can't overplay goalie
	40:00	2nd period finished.
		Swedes decides to keep the score and after third goalie allows Russian to play. SOG 12-14
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
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	42:48	Goal for Team Russia! DANIIL VOVCHENKO opens Russia scoreboards With assists from Ilya Dervuk
	49:02	Goal for Team Russia! SEMYON AFONASYEVSKY cut the lead!
	52:05	Goal for Team Russia! VLADISLAV KAMENEV with a slapper on PP Assisted by Daniil Vovchenko and Nikita Lyamkin
	53:18	Commercial break
	53:43	Offside for Swedes when Holmstrom didn't see Karlsson how was suffered after hit
	55:04	Penalty served for Swede Holmstrom. Alex Propatopich got injured
	55:55	Lyamkin made a bad pass and puck left the zone
	57:10	Swedes in full
	58:03	Last minutes of the 3rd
	59:18	Timeout Russia
	59:35	Icing Russia
	59:35	Timeout for Sweden. Faceoff in Russia zone
	60:00	3rd period finished.
		Russia made a huge comeback and for the second time at tournament will go to overtime. Comeback is made by sharp shots and superb game by Tretyak
	60:01	Overtime began.
	60:24	Good robbery of Nylander in the zone. Russia with puck
	61:30	Russia looks so confident in these minutes!
	62:00	Kempe wants to score in Nichushkin style, but he's not so good as him and also thanks to Tretyak
	63:16	Provorov blasted the puck to goalie!
	63:49	3-on-2 rush, Dervuk to Vovchenko – save by Soderstrom
	64:17	Tretyak shoulder save of Englund shot
	65:00	Overtime finished.
		Nikolishin – goalie Kempe – goal Vovchenko – goalie Nylander – goal
	65:00	Goal for Team Sweden! ADRIAN KEMPE scored in SO to bring Sweden a victory
		Start of shootout.
		Game over.
		Swedes earns 2 points, Russia now with 3 (21:07:51)

Commentary by

Igor Petrov

Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 43. Vovchenko (Dervuk), 50. Afonasyevsky, 53. Kamenev (Vovchenko, Lyamkin) – 12. Lindblom (Nylander), 15. Forsling (Nylander), 28. Forsling (Lindblom), 65. Kempe

Russia: Trushkov (Tretyak) – Lyamkin, Nazarkin, Pilipenko, Vovchenko, Kamenev – Sleptsov, Sharipzyanov, Svechnikov, Nikolishin, Protapovich – Mikulovich, Provorov, Kraskovsky, Dergachyov, Korshkov – Dervuk, Shchukin, Yazkov, Fazleyev, Afonasyevsky

Sweden2: Soderstrom (Olsson) – Lagesson, Englund, Franzen, Kempe, Karlsson – Ollas Mattsson, Pettersson, Holmstrom, Nylander, Lindblom – Forsling, Andersson, Ehn, Rosdahl, Elgestal – Ottosson, Muzito Bagenda, Tornqvist

Referees: Nicholson (CAN), Wehrli (SUI), Penkivech (USA), Ponomarjow (GER)

1st period
	05:29
	05:47
	11:19
	13:29
	14:46
	18:09
1st intermission
2nd period
	26:34
	27:25
	28:04
	30:44
2nd intermission
3rd period
	42:48
	49:02
	52:05
	55:04
After 3rd period
Overtime
before shootout
	65:00
Shootout
after shootout