Slovakia2 – xxx | 2:1 (end) | | | Croatia – Latvia | 4:3 (end) | | | Slovenia2 – Australia | 10:5 (end) |
USA – Sweden2 | 12:5 (end) | | | Finland – Canada2 | 6:2 (end) |
final
Slovenia2
10:5
(4:1, 3:0, 1:1, 2:3)
Australia
Derek OBrien
Goals and assists:
2. Sotlar (Krivic), 4. Berlinsk (Kralj, Erman), 7. Lonear, 10. Kralj (Lonear, Frol), 17. Sotlar (Krivic, Vedlin), 18. Koren (Sotlar), 22. Sotlar, 30. Berlisk (Erman), 37. Erman (Zerdin), 38. Sotlar (Frol, Koren) – 5. Todd (Turner), 25. Casaceli (Gavin, Haynes), 37. Collins, 44. Fitzgerald (Turner), 47. Casaceli (Gavin)
Referees: Vikman (FIN), Virtala (FIN)
Attendance:
Penalty missed:
Slovenia2:
Pavlic (Trelc) – Kralj, Lonear, Berlisk, Erman – J. Sotlar, Krivic, Simsic, Vedlin – N. Sotlar, Koren, Frol, Ferjanic – Zerdin, Iglicar.
Subs:
Coach:
Australia: James, 25. Glass – Gavin, Casaceli, Fritchley, Haynes – Brophy, Fitzgerald, Jones, Collins – Turner, Best, Cleland, Todd – Austin.
Subs:
Coach:
Subs:
Coach:
Australia: James, 25. Glass – Gavin, Casaceli, Fritchley, Haynes – Brophy, Fitzgerald, Jones, Collins – Turner, Best, Cleland, Todd – Austin.
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Coach:
Referees: Vikman (FIN), Virtala (FIN)
Attendance:
They're not giving up. Gavin finds MICHAEL CASACELI at the side of the net and he one-times it in.
Assist: Jordan Gavin.
BRENTON FITZGERALD held onto the puck forever at the top of the slot and finally fired a wrister through a crowd that went through everybody and in.
Assist: Lee Turner.
Frol got the puck on the left side and found NEJC SOTLAR alone in front, who avoided Glass's poke check and went upstairs on the backhand. 4 goals for Sotlar.
Assists: Peter Frol, Gal Koren.
They answer right back 33 seconds later. On a breakaway, TONY COLLINS goes to the backhand and upstairs over the glove of Pavlic.
Unassisted.
They open the last period with a goal, as Zerdin centres out front to MATEUZ ERMAN, who one-times it home from the slot.
Assitst: Simon Zerdin.
Big slapper from the point by NEJC BERLISK beats Glass stick side.
Assist: Mateuz Erman.
Australia with a quick start to the second half. MICHAEL CASACELI's long shot from the left wing through a crowd sneaks through Pavlic and across the line.
Assists: Jordan Gavin, Michael Haynes.
NEJC SOTLAR takes the penalty shot and scores on the backhand deke.
Sotlar orchestrates another goal, this time feeding GAL KOREN in front, who flips it upstairs as he's pulled down to the floor.
Assist: Nejc Sotlar.
But on the next rush, NEJC SOTLAR does shoot, a wrister from the top of the circle under the crossbar.
Assists: Gregor Krivic, Domen Vedlin.
Lonear makes a pass to find a wide-open MATIC KRALJ at the side of the net and he makes no mistake, one-timing it in.
Assists: Anze Lonear, Peter Frol.
Breakaway for ANZE LONEAR. He makes a little move to the backhand to open the five-hole and slides it through James's pads.
Unassisted.
The goals coming fast and furious now. Australia get on the board as Turner centres to CAMERON TODD, who fires it home from right in front.
Assist: Lee Turner.
The Slovenes are quickly up 2 goals as NEJC BERLINSK's sharp-angle shot finds room on the short side of James.
Assists: Matic Kralj, Mateuz Erman.
After getting control off the faceoff, the puck came to JURE SOTLAR at the right hashmarks, and he fired a wrister that beat James high blocker side.
Assist: Gregor Krivic.