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final/OT

USA

4:3 (0:0, 2:2, 1:1 - 1:0)

Russia

Friday 12.08.2016, 17:30 • Hlinka Gretzky Cup • Semi-Final

		Welcome. This game starts at 17:30 CET, 11:30 ET, 18:30 MSK.
		This is the first semi-final of the 2016 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup. USA is the home team by virtue of winning the Břeclav Group with 8 points. They are wearing white uniforms with blue and red trim. Russia finished 2nd in the the Bratislava Group with 6 points. They are wearing red jerseys with white and blue trim.
		Starting lineups: USA: Primeau (Petruzzelli) – Inamoto, Miller, Anderson, Walsh, Phillips, Keane, Brickey, Mirageas – Lodnia, Chmelevski, Pratt – Messner, Poehling, Pastujov – Kastelic, Dovorany, McManus – Seitz, Miller, Dougherty. Russia: Raiko (Melnikov) – Liakhov, Samorukov, Rubinchik (A), Galeniuk, Kalabushkin, A. Alexeyev, Baranov, Anokhovsky – Chekhovich, Lipanov, Svechnikov – Y. Alexeyev (A), Bitsadze, Kostin (C) – Muranov, Demin, Toropchenko – Lobanov, Marushev, Shashkov..
	00:01	Game started.
	00:52	Americans with the first offensive forray, Raiko makes the save and holds it.
	01:06	Back the other way Toropchenko tries to cut in on Primeau but is checked and crashes into the net, dislodging it. Faceoff outside.
	02:20	Shots form Svechnikov, save Primeau, eventually the puck goes out of play, faceoff in the US zone.
	03:10	Chmelevski attempts a shot from a sharp angle, hits the side of the net.
	03:52	Messner on a quick break for the US hits the goalpost and the puck goes out of play.
03:52
	04:15	Americans keep the pressure up, Mirageas from the boards, Raiko stops it and doesn't allow a rebound.
	05:44	Breakaway Pastujov, goes to his backhand but can't beat Raiko along the ice. Then he's knocked down and there'll be a penalty.
	05:44	Penalty for Russia (Y. Alexeyev – 2 min., cross-checking).
	06:49	Puck goes into the Russian bench, faceoff at centre ice with :56 left in the penalty.
	07:55	Russia back at full strength, icing USA.
	08:13	Shot from the point by Galeniuk dribbles wide, Russians press, puck ends up out of play, faceoff inside.
	08:35	Inomato shoots from the point, Raiko gets a glove on it.
	09:00	Slapper from Demin, stick save Primeau.
	10:10	Shashkov with a wrister, Primeau directs it to the corner.
	10:55	Intentional offside called against the USA, but it was more a case of the player not knowing the puck had gone outside the line.
	11:05	Russia with a great chance in close, Bitsadze fanned on a one-time attempt with Primeau out of position.
	12:17	Icing USA.
12:17
	12:55	Shashkov's wrister from the top of the slot goes high.
	14:18	Long pass to Y. Alexeyev in alone, Primeau stopped him with the pad and then Bitsadze put the rebound wide with an empty side of the net.
	14:18	Penalty for USA (Keane – 2 min., slashing).
	15:30	Yaroslav Alexeyev misses from a sharp angle.
15:30
	16:12	Puck out of play in the US zone, faceoff outside with :07 left in the penalty.
	16:25	Muranov's low wrister stopped by Primeau, USA back at full strength.
	17:18	Icing Russia.
	17:43	Wrister from Lobanov, pad save Primeau.
	18:24	Icing Russia.
	19:00	Lodnia with the low shot on the rush, stick save Raiko.
	19:28	Lodnia again with a weak-angle attempt, stopped and covered.
	20:00	1st period finished.
		It was the USA with the early pressure, then Russia came on strong. Both teams had some golden chances to score in that opening period but they go to the dressing rooms still 0-0. Shots on goal in the 1st period: USA 8, RUS 10. 2nd period begins at 18:13 CET, 12:13 ET, 19:13 MSK.
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
	20:35	USA with the first offensive chance of the 2nd period, Raiko with the save and covers.
	20:59	Goal for Team Russia! From the boards, Alexeyev fed KLIM KOSTIN at the top of the slot, he let go a low wrister than found its way to the back of the net to open scoring. Assist: Yaroslav Alexeyev.
20:59 Klim Kostin (RUS) - 0:1
	22:01	US back to the attack, Poehling's shot from the right wing is caught and held by Raiko.
	22:37	Goal for Team USA! They tie it up. Pastujov's low shot from the left wing is stopped by Raiko but the rebound comes out to MICK MESSNER, who goes high glove side. Assists: Nick Pastujov, Ryan Poehling.
22:37 Mick Messner (USA) - 1:1
	23:21	Offside Russia on the pass, faceoff at centre ice.
	25:45	Penalty for USA (Keane – 2 min., hooking).
	27:20	Penalty winding down, Russia not able to get anything going.
	27:59	Icing USA, after they get back to full strength without allowing a shot on that penalty kill.
	28:08	Icing USA again.
28:08
	28:40	Demin with a wrister from the middle hits Primeau in the chest.
	29:24	Penalty for USA (Pastujov – 2 min., tripping).
	29:40	Big one-time slapper from Rubinchik sails high and wide.
	30:20	A Russian pass goes awry and they have to come back and regroup.
	30:45	Samorukov with a couple of attempts, misses wide, then hits Primeau in the pad.
	31:37	Americans back at full strength, Russian pressure continues and they put the puck in the net. No goal and US goalie Primeau is slow to get up.
	32:00	US rush up the ice, Chmelvski misses with a hard wrister.
	33:05	US pressure continues, McManus misses the far post.
	33:18	Penalty for USA (Phillips – 2 min., hooking).
	34:23	Wrister from the point by Rubinchik, caught and held by Primeau with :55 left in the penalty.
	34:36	Big rising slapper from Samorukov, caught and held by Primeau.
	34:53	Low shot from Rubinchik tipped wide by Demin.
	35:20	USA back at full strength but Russia keeps the pressure on.
	35:50	Toropchenko a low wrister, pad save Primeau.
	36:08	USA back the other way, Lodnia to Chmelvski for the one-timer and Raiko slides across to make a big pad save.
	36:08	Penalty for Russia (Demin – 2 min.).
	36:20	Chmelevski finds Poehling at the side of the net, kicked out by Raiko.
	36:42	Goal for Team Russia! The Americans had to go back and retreat but ALEXANDER LIAKOV kept the puck in at the blueline and sent a shot toward the net that went through traffic and beat a screened Primeau. Shorthanded goal. Unassisted.
36:42 Alexander Ljachov (RUS) - 1:2
	38:03	US back to the attack, Raiko makes the save and covers with :04 left in the penalty. The US have had some shots this period but they've given up a a shorthanded goal.
	38:15	Russia at full strength, play in the US zone.
	38:29	Penalty for Russia (Liakov – 2 min., hooking).
	38:47	Goal for Team USA! They atone for the shorthanded goal against on the last power play. They move around the puck well and find VANYA LODNIA at the side for the tap-in. Power-play goal. Assists: Ryan Poehling, Sasha Chmelevski.
38:47 Vanya Lodnia (USA) - 2:2
	39:01	Penalty for USA (Inamato – 2 min. + 10 min. misconduct penalty, checking from behind).
	40:00	2nd period finished.
		An exciting second period is in the books and we're no closer to determining which of these teams will play in tomorrow's final. Each team scores twice, once near the start and once near the end, with Russia scoring shorthanded and the USA on the power play. Shots on goal in the 2nd period (and game): USA 11 (19), RUS 11 (21). 3rd period begins 19:01 CET, 13:01 ET, 20:01 MSK.
		The teams are back on the ice and the 3rd period will begin shortly. Russia remains on the power play for 1:01.
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
	40:50	Shots attempt by Lipanov blocked, USA back at full strength.
	41:44	Goal for Team Russia! Primeau stopped Alexeyev's initial shot but the rebound wasn't cleared and MIKHAIL BITSADZE – who had a couple of glorious chances in the first period – got 3 or 4 whacks at it before finally putting it in. Assist: Yaroslav Alexeyev.
41:44 Michail Bicadze (RUS) - 2:3
	43:23	Icing Russia.
	43:50	Seitz rips a slapper wide from the left wing.
	45:45	Long wrister by Mirageas, stick save Raiko.
	46:56	Offside Russia.
	47:10	Puck into the Russian bench, faceoff in their zone.
	47:15	One-time slapper from the slot by Dougherty rings off the crossbar.
	48:10	Russians putting on traffic, Galeniuk's high wrister from the point through traffic is caught by Primeau.
	48:44	Great move by Svechnikov to beat a defender and come right in on Primeau, tried to go upstairs and put it over the crossbar.
	49:12	Offside USA on the shoot-in, faceoff at centre ice.
	49:48	Samorukov with a high wrister through traffic, deflects wide.
	50:19	Intentional offside USA. Another case of not knowing the play was offside.
	50:30	Icing USA.
	50:42	Marushev from the corner finds Lobanov right in front, Primeau denies him from point blank.
	51:19	Penalty for Russia (Liakhov – 2 min., tripping).
	51:30	Goal for Team USA! That didn't take long. IVAN CHMELEVSKI from just above the faceoff circle sent a high wrister that Raiko got a piece of but not enough. Power-play goal. Assists: Clayton Phillips.
51:30 Sasha Chmelevski (USA) - 3:3
	52:24	Kastelic from a sharp angle, pad save Raiko and he covers.
	52:45	USA keep the pressure up, Raiko stops Dovorany's backhander.
	54:15	High shot from Samorukov, Primeau gets a glove on it to tip it just wide.
	54:57	USA back the other way, save Raiko and he covers.
	56:04	Puck into the Russian bench, faceoff outside the zone.
	56:30	Chmelevski tries to find Keane going to the net, he shoots wide.
	57:10	Now Pastujov from the slot, Raiko gets a piece of it and it just trickles wide.
	57:36	Icing Russia.
	58:10	Svachnikov a backhander from a sharp angle hits the side of the net.
	58:40	Chekhovich from the other side, blocker save Primeau.
	59:10	Pastujov to McManus right in front, he just fires wide.
	60:00	3rd period finished.
		Pastujov with a bid for a buzzer-beater but Raiko made a big save to send this game to overtime.
		This will be a 10-minute sudden-death overtime period, and the teams will skate 4 on 4. If nobody scores, a shootout will decide it.
	60:01	Overtime began.
	61:00	USA with the early pressure but not getting shots through.
	61:15	But Chmelevski cuts to the front with the puck, gets a shot, save Raiko and it was loose for a while before cleared.
	61:28	Icing Russia.
	61:28	Timeout Russia.
	62:03	US rush into the zone, Mirageas's weak-angle shot is held by Raiko.
	62:50	The puck came out front to Phillips all alone, he had all sorts of time and tried to place his shot but couldn't beat Raiko.
	63:28	Now a scramble in front of the US goal, Russian arms went in the air but the referee signals no goal and play continues.
63:28
	63:55	Back down to the Russian zone, Raiko covers.
	63:55	They're now going to look at the play on video review, to see whether that puck went into the US net. From my position, I couldn't see what happened.
	63:55	No goal! The game continues and the faceoff is in the Russian zone.
	64:27	Wrister from Inamoto, caught and held by Raiko.
	64:45	Miller shoots wide as the US put the pressure on again.
	65:15	Goal for Team USA! They had the pressure on, MICHAEL PASTUJOV had one shot that Raiko stopped but they couldn't clear the zone, the puck came back to him in close and he put it out of the goalie's reach to end the game and put his team into the tournament final.
65:15 Michael Pastujov (USA) - 4:3
		Game over.
		Players of the Game: RUS – Dmitri Raiko USA – Kevin Primeau.
		Wow, what a game this was! The best game of the tournament so far. Team USA win in overtime and they're off to the final against the winner of Sweden-Czech Republic, which is going on in Breclav right now. Russia will play for the bronze. The outcome of the Breclav game will determine where each game will be played. (19:46:57)

Commentary by

Derek OBrien

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Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 23. Messner (Pastujov, Poehling), 39. Lodina (Poehling, Chmelevski), 52. Chmelevski (Phillips), 66. Pastujov – 21. Kostin (Y. Alexeyev), 37. Liakov, 42. Bitsadze (Y. Alexeyev)

USA: Primeau (Petruzzelli) – Inamoto, Miller, Anderson, Walsh, Phillips, Keane, Brickey, Mirageas – Lodnia, Chmelevski, Pratt – Messner, Poehling, Pastujov – Kastelic, Dovorany, McManus – Seitz, Miller, Dougherty.

Russia: Raiko (Melnikov) – Liakhov, Samorukov, Rubinchik (A), Galeniuk, Kalabushkin, A. Alexeyev, Baranov, Anokhovsky – Chekhovich, Lipanov, Svechnikov – Y. Alexeyev (A), Bitsadze, Kostin (C) – Muranov, Demin, Toropchenko – Lobanov, Marushev, Shashkov.

1st period
	05:44	RUS	2	Y. Alexeyev, cross-checking
	14:18	USA	2	Keane, slashing
1st intermission
2nd period
	20:59	RUS	0:1	Kostin (Y. Alexeyev)
	22:37	USA	1:1	Messner (Pastujov, Poehling)
	25:45	USA	2	Keane, hooking
	29:24	USA	2	Pastujov, tripping
	33:18	USA	2	Phillips, hooking
	36:08	RUS	2	Demin
	36:42	RUS	1:2	Liakov
	38:29	RUS	2	Liakov, hooking
	38:47	USA	2:2	Lodina (Poehling, Chmelevski)
	39:01	USA	2+10	Inamato, checking from behind
2nd intermission
3rd period
	41:44	RUS	2:3	Bitsadze (Y. Alexeyev)
	51:19	RUS	2	Liakhov, tripping
	51:30	USA	3:3	Chmelevski (Phillips)
After 3rd period
Overtime
	65:15	USA	4:3	Pastujov
Final/OT