USA – Czech Republic 3:4 (end) | Russia – France2 3:0 (end) | Canada2 – Finland 2:3 (end)
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final
Russia
3:0 (1:0, 1:0, 1:0)
France2
Thursday 22.05.2014, 16:00 • Minsk Arena, Minsk • World Championship
     
    59:27
    The netminder is heading back to his goal however, for hooking Antoine Roussel has been punished. And he looks really angry about it smashing his stick around in the penalty box!
     
    55:26
    The penalties are really building up here, and this is a really controversial one! A French defender smashed one of his teammates in the face with his stick, but shockingly they have called Viktor Tikhonov for it! That's a really poor refereeing error!
     
    55:14
    And Russia now have two minutes on the powerplay in which to completely finish the game, Stephane Da Costa has been penalised for slashing
     
    52:57
    Sergey Kalinin for an obvious trip against his opponent has now been punished by the referees, and with just over seven minutes remaining the French have a very important powerplay opportunity
     
    50:11
    Russia are looking more and more powerful and they're going on the powerplay, Nicolas Besch is skating off to the penalty box for cross checking
     
    42:17
    We have the first penalty of the third period and it's against the French, for roughing Teddy Da Costa has been penalised
     
    30:30
    The penalties are starting to build up now! Nikolay Kulyomin is the latest to be called in by the referees, this time for slashing
     
    28:45
    But Sergey Plotnikov has very quickly evened up the numbers, he's been punished for tripping
     
    28:42
    Yorick Treille for holding has been penalised now as the Russians are pressing really hard in the zone!
     
    25:16
    But Antoine Roussel for cross checking in that play has been punished, and for just under a minute the Russians have a five on three!
     
    24:09
    Just as Russia come off the penalty kill they've got a powerplay for themselves, Laurent Meunier for tripping is the guilty party
     
    22:09
    Right after that the French do have a powerplay chance to get back into things, Sergey Plotnikov for holding has been called
     
    19:43
    Just seventeen seconds before the end of the first period Laurent Meunier has been punished for tripping, meaning that probably Russia will start the second stanza on the powerplay
     
    13:42
    And the French do indeed now have a powerplay opportunity for themselves, Vadim Shipachyov for holding has been penalised
     
    09:22
    We have the first penalty of the game and it's against the under pressure French, Yorick Treille has been called for roughing
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 5. Anisimov (Yakovlev), 21. Malkin (Kulyomin, Tikhonov), 48. Kutuzov (Kulyomin, Malkin)

    Russia: Bobrovskiy (Vasilevskiy)- Chudinov, Denisov, Ovechkin, Plotnikov, Shipachyov- Kutuzov, Medvedev, Malkin, Kulyomin, Tikhonov- Belov, Yakovlev, Zaripov, Shirokov, Anisimov- Zubarev, Burmistrov, Kalinin, Dadonov, Kuznetsov
    France2: Huet (Hardy)- Auvitu, Besch, S Da Costa, Bellemare, Roussel- Manavian, Amar, Treille, Meunier, Desrosiers- Dieude Fauvel, Janil, Fleury, Ritz, T Da Costa- Chakiachvili, Tardif, Henderson, Raux, Guttig
    Referees: Jerabek, Kaval, Sidorenko, Carlson, Lederer, Valach