USA – Italy 7:4 (end) | Hong Kong – Lebanon 5:0 (end) | Cayman Islands – Great Britain 4:2 (end)
Switzerland – USA 1:2 (end) | India – Finland 4:1 (end) | Armenia – Bermuda 3:2 (end)
Italy – Portugal 1:6 (end) | Haiti – France 0:1 (end) | Canada – Slovakia 0:3 (end)
final
Italy
1:6 (0:2, 0:2, 1:2)
Portugal
Tuesday 06.06.2017, 19:00World Cup (men) • Group A2
     
    Players of the Game:

    ITA – Colin DiGiacomo
    POR – Matthew David (20:37:53)
     
    Italy had its moments, but Portugal was definitely in control of this game for the most part and they win easily. They get their first 3 points and finish 4th in Group A2.
     
    Game over.
     
    43:49
    Penalty for Italy (Peragine – 2 min., Interference).
     
    43:06
    Penalty for Italy (Bernardo – 2 min., Interference).
    40:25 C. Creador (POR) - 1:6
     
    40:25
    Goal for Team Portugal!
    And another one just 49 seconds after the last one. Fantastic individual effort from captain CHRIS CREADOR, who fought off a check in the corner, cut to the front of the net and tucked the ball between the pads of Campusano.
    Unassisted.
     
    39:36
    Goal for Team Portugal!
    They restore their 4-goal lead just 43 seconds later, as RICARDO PIRES gets his third point of the game.
    Assist: Matthew David.
    38:53 Fiore (ITA) - 1:4
     
    38:53
    Goal for Team Italy!
    On their third straight power play chance they finally score. Cruz stops the initial shot but it bounces off the foot of ALBERTO FIORE, who was stationed in front.
    Assists: Michael Verrelli, Tanner Pagendam.
     
    38:45
    Bench minor penalty to Portugal (2 min., Too many players on the rink).

    Third straight penalty to Portugal this period.
     
    37:33
    Italians pressing hard on the power play, Verrelli's shot is deflected out by an Italian stick so the faceoff is outside with :47 left in the power play.
     
    36:20
    Penalty for Portugal (Cabral – 2 min., Slashing).
     
    35:10
    Portugal back at full strength and they go to the attack.
     
    34:03
    The Italians put the ball in the net but the goalpost had moved first, so the referee called no goal. However, the Italians are arguing that it should count because the goalie moved it himself. Nonetheless, it's no goal.
     
    33:06
    Penalty for Portugal (MacBeth – 2 min., Hooking).
     
    30:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    Trailing 2-0, Italy put on good pressure the first half of that second period and if they'd managed to score, they would have been right back in the game. Justin Cruz was solid in the Portuguese goal, however. Two late Portuguese goals have essentially put this one away.

    3rd period begins at 20:14 CEST.
     
    30:00
    2nd period finished.
    29:25 David (POR) - 0:4
     
    29:25
    Goal for Team Portugal!
    A very nice move by MATTHEW DAVID to fake out the Italian defenceman, then beat Campisano with a high wrister.
    Assist: Ricardo Pires.
     
    28:37
    Shot from the boards by Verrelli, pad save Cruz.
     
    27:12
    Puck deflected out of play in the Italian zone, faceoff inside.
    25:58 Monteiro (POR) - 0:3
     
    25:58
    Goal for Team Portugal!
    DiGiacomo had just left the penalty box but was not back into the play, so it was still essentially a power-play goal, though not officially. TONY MONTEIRO sent a high slapper through a crowd and past a screened Campisano.
    Assists: Paul Duarte, Chris Cerqueira.
     
    25:07
    Play whistled down for a Portuguese player in the Italian goal crease with :48 left in the penalty.
     
    23:55
    Penalty for Italy (Di Giacomo – 2 min., Hooking).
     
    23:08
    Now Portugal go back on the attack after being back on their heels for a while.
     
    22:23
    Pagendam with a backhander from the slot but Justin Cruz flashes the leather and makes a fine glove save, which gets some applause from the fans in attendance.
     
    21:01
    Italy back at full strength, Cruz makes a save and holds on.
     
    20:28
    Coincidental penalty:
    Penalty for Italy (Verrelli – 2 min., Holding an Opponent).
     
    20:28
    Coincidental penalty:
    Penalty for Portugal (Camara – 2 min., Holding the stick).
     
    19:41
    Portugal pressing on the PP but a shot goes high and out of play, so the faceoff is outside with :59 left in the penalty.
     
    18:40
    Penalty for Italy (Cerone – 2 min., Body-checking).
     
    17:49
    Portugal back at full strength, Italy continues to press but play is stopped for an attacking player in the goal crease. Faceoff outside.
     
    17:24
    Slapper from the point by Pulicicchio, Cruz loses his blocker, play continues for a while but finally the whistle goes.
     
    16:10
    Scramble in front of an empty Portuguese net with Cruz down and out, but nobody can force the bouncing ball in.
     
    15:37
    Penalty for Portugal (Cerqueira – 2 min., Holding an Opponent).
     
    15:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    Thanks in part to two power plays, Portugal enjoyed a wide edge in play that first period. They got one early goal with the man advantage and one late at even strength and lead 2-0.

    2nd period begins at 19:35 CEST.
     
    15:00
    1st period finished.
    13:45 MacBeth (POR) - 0:2
     
    13:45
    Goal for Team Portugal!
    DUSTIN MacBETH is able to go directly to the front of the net unmolested, where he takes a pass with nobody around him and fires it past Campisano, who really had no chance from point blank.
    Assists: Nicholas Senra, Eric Camara.
     
    13:03
    Icing Italy.
     
    12:01
    Now the ball rolls to Cruz and he covers.
     
    11:30
    The other way, a long range shot by Italian captain Verrelli is kicked out by Cruz.
     
    10:53
    Cerqueira fired an absolute rocket that goes off the inside of the post and out. Play continues.
     
    09:03
    Shoot-in by MacBeth, stopped and covered by Campisano.
     
    06:56
    Portugal continues to press on the power play, Campisano covers with :10 left in the penalty.
     
    06:25
    Long slapper from Cerqueira, kicked out by Campisano.
     
    05:07
    Penalty for Italy (Divizio – 2 min., Slashing).
     
    03:18
    First decent chance for Italy, Velenosi's shot from the right wing is caught and held by Cruz.
    02:25 J. Cabral (POR) - 0:1
     
    02:25
    Goal for Team Portugal!
    They cash in on the power play, as the ball gets moved to JUSTIN CABRAL, and he snaps it upstairs from the faceoff dot.
    Assist: Eric Camara, Ricardo Pires
     
    01:56
    Penalty for Italy (Di Giacomo – 2 min., Body-Checking).
     
    01:40
    Hand pass, faceoff in the Italian zone.
     
    00:56
    Good chance for Portugal's Pires in the first minute, shoots just wide from the left wing.
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    Starting lineups:

    Italy: Campisano (Cusimano) – Verrelli, Divizio, Ferilisi, Fiacconi, Musto, Antoniali, Cerone, Colin Di Giacomo – Pulicicchio, Fiore, Phil Di Giacomo, Bernardo, Bowers, Velenosi, Peragine, Bonanno, Carroccia, Pagendam, Dentamaro, D´Ettore, Novielli, D´Elia

    Portugal: Cruz (Medeiros) – Aragao, Carreira, Cerqueira, B. Creador, C. Creador, R. Leal, Queiroga, Rocha – J. Cabral, P. Cabral, Camara, Carvalho, David, Duarte, Gallant, Goncalves, M. Leal, MacBeth, Monteiro, Pires, Pontes, Senra.
     
    The teams are on the floor for pre-game warmups.

    Italy is designated as the home team for this game and is wearing their "double blue" jerseys and shorts, with dark blue socks and white helmets. Portugal is warming up in white shirts, but they will probably wear their turquoise jerseys and shorts, with dark coloured socks and white helmets.
     
    This is the third game of both of these teams in Group A2. Neither has a point yet, so at least one of these teams will get off the schneid this game.

    In their first two games, Italy lost 12-0 to the Czech Republic and 6-3 to Switzerland -- a game they led 3-0. In their first two games, Portugal lost 3-1 to the USA and 5-3 to Switzerland -- a game they also led 3-0.
     
    Welcome. Game starts at 19:00 CEST, 18:00 WEST.

    Derek OBrien

    Goals and assists: 39. Fiore (Verrelli, Pagendam) – 3. Cabral (Camara, Pires), 14. MacBeth (Senra, Camara), 26. Monteiro (Duarte, Cerqueira), 30. David (Pires), 40. Pires (David), 41. Creador


    Italy: Campisano (Cusimano) – Verrelli, Divizio, Ferilisi, Fiacconi, Musto, Antoniali, Cerone, Colin Di Giacomo – Pulicicchio, Fiore, Phil Di Giacomo, Bernardo, Bowers, Velenosi, Peragine, Bonanno, Carroccia, Pagendam, Dentamaro, D´Ettore, Novielli, D´Elia
    Portugal: Cruz (Medeiros) – Aragao, Carreira, Cerqueira, B. Creador, C. Creador, R. Leal, Queiroga, Rocha – J. Cabral, P. Cabral, Camara, Carvalho, David, Duarte, Gallant, Goncalves, M. Leal, MacBeth, Monteiro, Pires, Pontes, Senra