Italy veterans – Norway 0:3 (end) | Kazakhstan – Germany2 1:2 (1:2 after SO) | Sweden2 – Denmark 3:0 (end)
Finland – Latvia 2:3 (end) | Canada2 – Slovakia2 4:1 (end) | USA – Switzerland 3:2 (end)
final
Finland
2:3 (1:1, 1:0, 0:2)
Latvia
Saturday 10.05.2014, 15:45 • Minsk Arena • World Championship
     
    Thats all for this match, thank you for your attention, stay tuned for our next coverages. (18:03:27)
     
    Best players are Tommi Kivisto (FIN) and Kaspars Daugavins (LAT).
     
    What a match! Crowded Minsk Arena applauds Latvian winners. Finns were luckier in this game and took the lead twice, but Latvia managed to equalize in third and score a late game winner to make a big surprise on the second day of the championship!
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:56
    Serie of shots found Lehtera in front of empty net, but Finnish striker missed jumping puck and its over!
     
    59:25
    Kontiola had to concentrate to control the puck and his got deflected. Face-off in front of Masalskis.
     
    58:40
    Redlihs had a chance to follow the puck and shoot it into the empty net, but was fast enough!
     
    58:31
    Home team timeout.
     
    58:18
    Kenins made no mistake and just forwarded puck to the corner to get some time to hurry to the bench.
     
    58:01
    Referees stopped the game and calls a face-off in the neutral zone while Finns have puck behind the net of Masalskis.
     
    57:24
    Girgensons with a fake and shot effort came unlucky against Rinne.
     
    57:07
    Finland have puck in their attacking zone.
     
    56:04
    Sotnieks on the goal line as substation for Masalskis robbed Lehtera!
     
    55:10
    Last five minutes of third period and Latvian defenders hold the puck.
     
    54:44
    Immonen tried to sneak past defenders and almost succeeded.
     
    54:05
    Salomaki from behind the net with a pass, but nobody could reach it and it gores into the neutral zone.
     
    53:21
    Finns have the puck in their own zone.
     
    52:22
    Goal for Team Latvia! And its there, Latvia take the lead for the first time with 07:38 left in the third period! Daugavins holds the puck on the left side, feeds it to ARTURS KULDA on the blue line and Kulda hammers it past Rinne! Assisted by Kaspars Daugavins.
     
    52:15
    Minor penalty for Savinainen (FIN) means a great opportunity for Latvia to finally take deserved lead.
     
    51:16
    Jormakka created chance for himself, made a space in between the circles but missed the right post of the net by inches.
    Commentary by

    Lukáš Kratochvíl

    CZ@LukasKratoch

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 5. Salomaki, 32. Mantyla (Kontiola) – 7. Daugavins (Redlihs M.), 48. Sotnieks (Pujacs, Indrasis), 53. Kulda (Daugavins)

    Finland: Rinne – Mantyla, Hietanen, Ohtamaa, Karalahti, Kivisto, Marttinen, Lajune, Wirtanen – Lehtera, Kontiola, Komarov – Jokinen, Salomaki, Pakarinen – Jormakka, Immonen, Huhtala – Savinainen, Palola, Sallinen
    Latvia: Masalskis – Galvins, Kulda, Sotnieks, Pujacs, Lavins, Jekabs R., Jass M., Jaks – Daugavins, Redlihs M., Kenins – Girgensons, Lipsbergs, Indrasis – Vasiljevs, Nizivijs, Cipulis – Stals, Dzerins, Meija
    Referees: Dremelj, Jerabek – Dedioulia, Leermakers
    Attendance: 11700