USA – Czech Republic 3:4 (end) | Russia – France2 3:0 (end) | Canada2 – Finland 2:3 (end)
Sweden2 – Belarus 3:2 (end)
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!
     
    59:09
    In that timeout Cristobal Huet has indeed been pulled for the extra skater!
     
    59:09
    And the French have taken a timeout! They want to at least get a goal for pride here!
     
    57:00
    Besch! Shielding the puck away from the whole Russian defence Nicolas Besch cuts to the crease sharply on the right, and after a tricky deflection it trickles inches wide of the far post!
     
    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
     
    53:49
    Desrosiers! Julien Desrosiers is dished with an excellent pass standing all alone on the right faceoff circle, he slaps in first time but Sergey Bobrovskiy is equal to it with an agile save!
     
    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
     
    47:59
    Zaripov! It could have been four just like that! Again down the right flank the French defence is nowhere to be seen, but Cristobal Huet deals with Danis Zaripov's wrister!
     
    47:36
    Goal for Team Russia! They're edging ever closer to the semifinals! The rolling puck falls to ALEXANDER KUTUZOV on the right faceoff circle, and he absolutely rips a one timer high into the net! Brilliant goal and it's 3-0! Assists- Nikolay Kulyomin and Evgeniy Malkin
     
    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
     
    39:34
    Kalinin! He maybe could have done better there! Brilliant dogged play by Alexander Burmistrov on the right frees up Sergey Kalinin on the doorstep, but he just can't force it home! That was another very clear opening!
     
    33:20
    Dadonov! What a play from the Evgeniy Dadonov! Streaking through on the left he with a stunning move takes his defender out of the picture, speeds on to the crease but he's denied by a great Cristobal Huet save!
     
    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
     
    23:01
    Shirokov! A really poor French turnover lets in Sergey Shirokov one on one, the goalkeeper is committed but he lets the puck run just too far in front of him! What a chance for a shorthanded goal!
     
    22:09
    Right after that the French do have a powerplay chance to get back into things, Sergey Plotnikov for holding has been called
     
    20:52
    Goal for Team Russia! And what a wonderful goal! A cutting cross ice pass finds EVGENIY MALKIN free on the right of the crease, and with the French netminder all over the place he sneaks the puck inside the near post! Powerplay goal and it's 2-0! Assists- Nikolay Kulyomin and Viktor Tikhonov
     
    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
     
    04:21
    Goal for Team Russia! The Russians are always fast starters! ARTYOM ANISIMOV is found unmarked at the right faceoff circle, he cuts in beating his defenders and wrists hard and low into the middle of the net! It's 1-0! Assists- Yegor Yakovlev
     
    00:54
    Kulyomin! Early opening for Russia! Nikolay Kulyomin is picked out open at the left of the crease, but his effort into the near post is blocked well by Cristobal Huet!
    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