Brazil – Austria | 0:8 (end) | | | xxx – USA | 3:10 (end) | | | Latvia – Slovenia2 | 4:9 (end) |
Canada2 – Germany2 | 3:1 (end) | | | Australia – Croatia | 2:4 (end) | | | Slovakia2 – Czech Republic | 2:5 (end) |
Hungary – Japan2 | 4:3 (2:1 after SO) | | | Finland – Sweden2 | 7:4 (end) |
final
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3:10
(1:1, 0:5, 1:3, 1:1)
USA
Derek OBrien
Goals and assists:
9. Shelton (Pearman, Walsh), 28. Shelton, 45. Shelton (Viney) – 11. Noe (Novak), 14. Kettler (Noe), 15. Cadiz (Noe), 17. Rodriguez (Spezia), 19. Lee (Noe, Kettler), 21. Spezia (Rodriguez), 26. Lee (Caiz), 29. White (Burnett), 29. Noe (Cadiz), 48. White (Novak, Lee)
Referees: Kralj (SLO), Prchal (CZE)
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Tanner (Birch) – Lowe, Clarkson, Walsh, Pearman – Hamer, Niamatali, Finney, Shelton – Hutchinson, Archer, Sillitoe, Viney – Jones. Coach: Simon Hehir.
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USA: Kuhn (Lane) – Rodriguez, Burnett, White, Spezia – Lee, Kettler, Noe, Cadiz – Thompson, Kavaya, Novak, Siemer. Coach: Joe Cook.
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USA: Kuhn (Lane) – Rodriguez, Burnett, White, Spezia – Lee, Kettler, Noe, Cadiz – Thompson, Kavaya, Novak, Siemer. Coach: Joe Cook.
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Referees: Kralj (SLO), Prchal (CZE)
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Stay tuned, as we still have a lot more games from Pardubice today, and all week, in fact. (15:25:01)
GBR – Rob Shelton, 3 goals.
USA – Travis Noe, 2 goals, 3 assists.
The national anthem of the USA is now playing.
They hit double digits in the last minute, with MATT WHITE finishing it off on the power play.
Assists: Kyle Novak, Patrick Lee.
Shelton comes out of the box and joins the rush. He and Viney went in 2-on-1, and ROB SHELTON fires it off the post and in to complete his hat-trick.
Assist: Matt Viney.
There's no stopping them, and no stopping TRAVIS NOE, who now has 5 points today.
Assist: Junior Cadiz.
The excitement of the British goal is short-lived, as the Americans restore their 6-goal led. It was MATT WHITE finishing off a give-and-go.
Assist: Derrick Burnett.
It was ROB SHELTON coming down the wing, Kuhn stopped his initial shot but he got the rebound down below the goal line and banked it in off the back of Kuhn for his 2nd goal of the game.
Unassisted.
Alex Birch is now in goal for the Brits and had made one good save, but then the puck came out to PATRICK LEE, who put it off the crossbar and in.
Assist: Junior Caiz.
It's halftime. The 3rd period begins at 14:47 CEST.
It's a rout now. TYLER SPEZIA came down the floor with such speed and fired a wrister just inside the post, stick side.
Assist: Rafael Rodriguez.
The British just don't have an answer for this kind of talent. They moved the puck around and finally in front to PATRICK LEE, who had Tanner at his mercy, made a move and put it in.
Assists: Travis Noe, Cody Kettler.
From the corner, Spezia centred it out front to RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ, who one-timed it in from the slot before Tanner could react.
Assist: Tyler Spezia.
They're stepping into high gear now, it's Noe with his 3rd point, setting up JUNIOR CADIZ, who fires it home.
Assist: Travis Noe.
The Americans were sent back into their own end to regroup, but on the rush back, CODY KETTLER fired it high stick side.
Assist: Travis Noe.
The British PK had done a pretty good job, but Noe and Novak moved the puck back and forth, and finally TRAVIS NOE fired a wrister than beat Tanner high glove side. Power-play goal. Assist: Kyle Novak.
After all that early American pressure, it's the British that strike first. They'd been coming on, and on the rush, Pearman found the trailer ROB SHELTON and he fired a low wrister through traffic that beat Kuhn.
Assists: Alex Pearman, Richard Walsh.
Great Britain: Tanner (Birch) – Lowe, Clarkson, Walsh, Pearman – Hamer, Niamatali, Finney, Shelton – Hutchinson, Archer, Sillitoe, Viney – Jones. Coach: Simon Hehir.
USA: Kuhn (Lane) – Rodriguez, Burnett, White, Spezia – Lee, Kettler, Noe, Cadiz – Thompson, Kavaya, Novak, Siemer. Coach: Joe Cook.
Referees: Kralj (SLO), Prchal (CZE).
The USA enter the tournament as the defending champions, and have won 6 gold medals, 4 silvers and 3 bronzes overall since 1996. Great Britain have never won a medal in the top group, but have 4 golds, 2 silvers and 1 bronze in Division I, and their Division I gold medal last year in Dresden is what promoted them to the top group this year.