Czech Republic – Italy veterans 2:0 (end) | Switzerland – Germany2 3:2 (end) | Slovakia2 – Norway 5:2 (end)
Russia – Kazakhstan 7:2 (end)
final
Russia
7:2 (1:0, 3:0, 3:2)
Kazakhstan
Wednesday 14.05.2014, 19:45 • Minsk Arena, Minsk • World Championship
     
    59:54
    Goal for Team Russia! And they finish with a flourish! ALEXANDER BURMISTROV is found lurking on the slot all on his own and he with ease wrists home! What a performance and it's now 7-2! Assists- Evgeniy Kuznetsov and Evgeniy Dadonov
     
    59:17
    Goal for Team Russia! And yet again it's that first line! Viktor Tikhonov cuts in from the right, finds SERGEY PLOTNIKOV directly on the doorstep and he roofs the puck high into the net! Powerplay goal and it's 6-2! Assists- Viktor Tikhonov and Danis Zaripov
     
    53:33
    Goal for Team Kazakhstan! The Kazakhs have belatedly decided to turn up at the party! The Russian defence is nowhere as ANDREY SPIRIDONOV skates clean through one on one and goes five hole on the netminder! It's 5-2! Assists- Evgeniy Blokhin and Alexey Ivanov
     
    49:31
    Goal for Team Kazakhstan! They have their consolation goal for their efforts! Kevin Dallman slaps the puck into the slot from the right hand boards and MIKHAIL PANSHIN expertly redirects it on target! It's 5-1! Assists- Kevin Dallman and Nikolay Antropov
     
    41:05
    Goal for Team Russia! You just have to enjoy this! Yet again the buildup play is nothing short of stunning as an incisive cross ice pass from Sergey Plotnikov finds the open VIKTOR TIKHONOV at the left hand post who with ease finds the net! It's 5-0! Assists- Sergey Plotnikov and Alexander Ovechkin
     
    31:14
    Goal for Team Russia! Who can stop them, the Russians are on fire! NIKOLAY KULYOMIN turns sharply into the tip of the slot from the right and unleashes an irresistible wrist shot into the right hand corner! Fantastic goal and it's 4-0!
     
    23:26
    Goal for Team Russia! They're tearing the Kazakhs to pieces! Quite beautiful combination play is finished off by DANIS ZARIPOV who ones times the puck into the net from the doorstep, powerplay goal and it's 3-0! Assists- Viktor Tikhonov and Sergey Plotnikov
     
    22:07
    Goal for Team Russia! And they do indeed grab their second goal! Danis Zaripov charging into the slot loses control of the puck, it falls at the feet of YEGOR YAKOVLEV who wrists neatly home from the right! Powerplay goal and it's 2-0! Assists- Danis Zaripov and Anton Belov
     
    14:24
    Goal for Team Russia! It has been coming in the last few minutes! Alexander Ovechkin barges the defenders out of his way, off Viktor Tikhonov's skate finds the open SERGEY PLOTNIKOV who with the netminder out of the picture scores! Powerplay goal and it's 1-0! Assists- Viktor Tikhonov and Alexander Ovechkin
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 15. Plotnikov (Tikhonov, Ovechkin), 23. Yakovlev (Zaripov, Belov), 24. Zaripov (Tikhonov, Plotnikov), 32. Kulyomin, 42. Tikhonov (Plotnikov, Ovechkin), 60. Plotnikov (Tikhonov, Zaripov), 60. Burmistrov (Kuznetsov, Dadonov) – 50. Panshin (Dallman, Antropov), 54. Spiridonov (Blokhin, Ivanov)

    Russia: Bobrovskiy (Khudobin)- Chudinov, Denisov, Ovechkin, Tikhonov, Plotnikov- Kutuzov, Medvedev, Shirokov, Kulyomin, Anisimov- Belov, Yakovlev, Zaripov, Kalinin- Burmistrov, Dadonov, Kuznetsov
    Kazakhstan: Ivanov (Yeremeyev)- Dallman, Blokhin, Rymarev, Starchenko, Antropov- Kazantsev, Semyonov, Upper, Pushkaryov, Romanov- Savchenko, Litvienko, Zhailauov, Polischuk, Krasnoslobodtsev- Vasilchenko, Lakiza, Spiridonov, Gavrilin, Panshin
    Referees: Piechazeck, Ronn, Nord, Schrader, Suominen
    Attendance: 12299