Italy veterans – Denmark 1:4 (end) | Germany2 – Finland 0:4 (end) | Norway – Sweden2 1:2 (end)
Kazakhstan – Latvia 4:5 (end)
final
Italy veterans
1:4 (1:1, 0:2, 0:1)
Denmark
Tuesday 13.05.2014, 15:45 • Chizhovka Arena, Minsk • World Championship
     
    There is the final buzzer, and Denmark have picked up their first points of the tournament with an emphatic 4-1 win over Italy! Despite some moments of panic the Danes didn't ever look in sufficient danger. Jesper Jensen opened up the scoring, but Diego Kostner quickly managed to level. The Danes then started to pull away however, quickfire goals from Jannik Hansen and Emil Kristensen put them in control before Kim Staal iced it with an empty netter. Thanks for following the game with us, and join me again soon for Norway against Sweden at the 2014 IIHF World Championships! (17:58:11)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:50
    Before we're out we have another penalty, just ten seconds until the final buzzer sounds David Borrelli for tripping has been penalised
     
    58:12
    Denmark commit icing. That fourth goal has certainly put them on the road to victory, a victory that will get them right back into the Group A picture
     
    57:34
    Goal for Team Denmark! The puck gets deflected out of the Danish zone, KIM STAAL takes it up himself, on the left beats his opponent for skill and hits the empty net! It's 4-1! Assists- Mikkel Boedker and Philip Larsen
     
    57:13
    With just under three minutes remaining Italy have already pulled Daniel Bellisimo in favour of the extra attacker!
     
    56:10
    Daniel Bellisimo sees a wrapped wrister come in from the right faceoff circle and he gets his body right behind it
     
    54:51
    Jakobsen! Now it's the Italian defence who are all over the place, Julian Jakobsen receives the puck at the right hand post and his backhander rolls all the way across the face of goal!
     
    54:38
    A terrible Danish mistake in their own zone leaves the puck with Markus Gander, but his feed out to the crease goes all the way through and out!
     
    53:22
    Bjorkstrand! From the high slot Patrick Bjorkstrand cracks a fierce wrist shot wide of the left hand post!
     
    52:49
    Italy are back to full strength and they have just over seven minutes left to change the situation
     
    51:46
    Jensen! Darting in and between all of his opponents skating with speed on the left flank Nicklas Jensen misses the far corner by only inches!
     
    50:49
    And for hooking in that play Trevor Johnson is off to the penalty box for a couple of minutes
     
    50:49
    Storm! The puck finds its way to Federik Storm hanging on the slot, with his back to goal he backhands it low but only into the goalkeeper!
     
    49:57
    Danish players are rather struggling to keep their footing as again they go lazily offside
     
    48:24
    Denmark drift offside just as Jesper Jensen got completely taken out by a strong Italian hit!
     
    47:05
    Daniel Bellisimo with heavy traffic in front of him still reasonably comfortably gloves a high wrister from the blue line
     
    45:35
    Federik Storm rushes away all on his own around the Italian crease, tries to feed an onrushing teammate but the pass is lacking
     
    44:51
    Italy ice the puck. They aren't performing badly at all, but they need to do something soon to give themselves hope
     
    43:51
    Nicola Fontanive almost barges his way through the entire Danish defence, but he loses control of the puck and goes spinning into the boards
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 13. Kostner (Scandella) – 3. Jensen (Bjorkstrand), 36. Hansen, 37. Kristensen (Jakobsen, Boedker), 58. Staal (Boedker, Larsen)

    Italy veterans: Bellisimo (Bernard)- Egger, Nicoletti, Borrelli, Rocco, Ihnacak- Trivellato, Johnson, Scandella, Di Casmirro, Kostner- Borgatello, Hofer, Tudin, Gander, Felicetti- Larkin, Sullivan, Insam, Fontanive
    Denmark: Nielsen (Galbraith)- Larsen, J B Jensen, Green, Poulsen, Christensen- Lassen, Lauridsen, Hansen, N Jensen, Madsen- Bruggisser, Kristensen, Staal, Jakobsen, Boedker- Storm, Bjorkstrand, J Jensen
    Referees: Jerabek, Nord, Bulanov, Carnathan, Dahmen
    Attendance: 5092