Bermuda – Lebanon 1:6 (end) | Finland – France 3:1 (end) | Italy – Haiti 2:0 (end)
USA – Greece 3:4 (after OT) | Cayman Islands – Hong Kong 2:3 (end) | Slovakia – Portugal 4:0 (end)
Czech Republic – India 3:1 (end) | Great Britain – Armenia 4:2 (end) | Canada – Switzerland 5:1 (end)
final
Italy
2:0 (0:0, 1:0, 1:0)
Haiti
Thursday 08.06.2017, 13:00 • Small arena, Pardubice • World Cup (men) • For 9.-12. place
     
    Welcome. Game starts at 13:00.
     
    Italy finished dead last in the A2 group and will fight today for the Elite status against Haiti, who topped their B2 pool.
     
    Italy finished last in their group with the score 8:31. They lost their last game 1:6 against Portugal

    Most productive players:
    1. Alberto Fiore 5p (2+3)
    2. Jonathan Pulcicchio 2p (2+0)
    3. Vincenzo D´Elia 2p (2+0
     
    Haiti topped the B2 pool without losing a point and after the lost match against Greece 1:3 will play for the elite status against Italy.

    Most productive players:
    1. Paul-Arthur Plaisir 6p (2+4)
    2. Patrick Chéry 4p (3+1)
    3. Alex Paul 4p (3+1)
     
    Starting lineups:

    Italy: Campisano (Cusimano) – Ferlisi, Fiacconi, Verrelli, Antoniali, Cerone, Divizio, C. Di Giacomo, Bernardo, Bowers, Velenosi, Peragine, Pulicicchio, Bonanno, Fiore, Carroccia, Pagendam, Dentamaro, D´Ettore, P. Di Giacomo, D´Elia

    Haiti: L. Régiste-Augustin (Province) – Achille, Aimé, Décosse, Fils-Aimé, Gabriel, Kender Charron, Nadeau, Siméon, Benel, Dorneval, Cherubin, Chéry, Jean-Denis, Lamy, Meroné, Morne, Paul, C. A. Plaisir, P-A Plaisir, Raphael, Véricain.
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    00:18
    Billy Cherubin got the ball on the right side and wanted to get around the defender, didn´t manage that.
     
    00:34
    Italy then got to the counter attack, Régiste-Augustin saves for the first time in the match.
     
    01:23
    Jordan Velenosi lost the ball in the middle third, Haiti has it in it´s defensive period.
     
    02:00
    Italy started the match active in the offence, but didn´t have that many shots as of yet.
     
    02:55
    Fabrice Décosse fired a shot on target from the blue line, Campisano managed to save with his pad.
     
    03:42
    Rubens Morne was pressured by three defenders and couldn´t do much against them.
     
    04:25
    Another shot for Haiti, Nadeau got the ball behind the blue line, his slapshot saved by the Italian goalie.
     
    05:09
    Colin Di Giacomo saved the ball in the attacking half, Alex Paul then poked it from his stick.
     
    05:20
    Dangerous shot from a good position from Rapgael Patric, he only hit the middle of the net that was covered by Campisano.
     
    06:43
    Massimo D´Ettore won the ball in the middle period for the Italians, got away from his defender, who then caught up to him.
     
    07:12
    Penalty for Italy (Massimo D´Ettore – 2 min., Tripping).
     
    07:44
    Paul – Arthur Plaisir´s shot from the right side went wide of the post, Haiti still attacking.
     
    08:11
    One of the Italian defenders cleared the ball behind Augustin´s goal.
     
    08:56
    This powerplay isn´t good for Haiti, Italy clear the ball once again-
     
    09:29
    Fils-Aimé got off a hard shot from the blue line, blocked by the defence.
     
    09:58
    Phil Di Giacomo led the ball from his own half behind the goal of Haiti, where he unfortunetly lost it.
     
    10:50
    Italy playing without a goalkeeper, Italians have a advantage.
     
    11:01
    Penalty for Haiti (Alex Paul – 2 min., Tripping).
     
    11:16
    Dorneval got the ball in the middle third and cleared it, Italy on the attack once again.
     
    12:42
    Italy is still looking for a good place to shoot, but they can´t seem the find it, Haiti is defending well.
     
    13:23
    Icing Haiti.
     
    13:52
    Daniel Véricain got the ball in the middle third and has it on his stick, Haiti in the attack.
     
    14:26
    D´Ettore got the shot away between the circles, saved easily by Régist-Augustin.
     
    15:00
    1st period finished.
     
    First period has finished, there weren´t that many chances, only two penalties, the score is 0:0.
     
    15:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    15:19
    Charles Alex Plaisir got the first shot of the game, saved by Campisano.
     
    16:28
    Another shot for Haiti, Daniel Véricain shot´s from the blue went off Campisano´s pad into his glove.
     
    17:04
    Penalty for Haiti (Patrick Chéry – 2 min., High Sticking).
     
    17:07
    Jonathan Pulcicchio got the shot after the facoff, didn´t hit the target.
     
    17:33
    After that defence of Haiti cleared the ball, Italy starting another attack.
     
    18:26
    Anotniali´s first time shot from the blue line saved by Régiste-Augustin.
     
    18:51
    And Haiti clear the ball once again, Italians with the ball in their own period.
     
    19:12
    Penalty for Haiti (Olivier Gibson Aimé – 2 min., Charging).
     
    19:52
    Goal for Team Italy!
    Italians convert the powerplay and take the lead! Verrelli just about kept the ball in the attacking half, passed it to the middle to TANNER PAGENDAM, his shot got through the goalkeepers gear. Assisted by Michael Verrelli
     
    20:40
    Italy is in the attack once again, Colin Di Giacomo´s shot from the left barrier gave the goalkeeper alot of problems, but he saved it at the end.
     
    21:04
    Another shot for the Italians, Mike Antonialli tried to beat Augustin, he saved.
     
    21:19
    Chéry´s shot from the counterattack went wide, Italy on the ball now once again.
     
    21:43
    Justin Bowers got the ball in an interesting position, his hard shot went above the goal.
     
    22:38
    Rubens Morne got the ball on the blue line, got off a great shot, but only hit the right post of the goal!
     
    24:01
    Fiaccioni´s shot from the blue line was deflected and went out of the rink.
     
    24:18
    Colin Di Giacomo was faster than the defender and won the ball for Italy.
     
    25:30
    Haiti got the ball after one of the Italian players cleared.
     
    26:07
    Campisano is forced to keep the ball under his glove after the attacking players was putting pressure on him.
     
    26:23
    Régiste-Augustin saves on the other end of the field after a shot from the right side.
     
    27:15
    Ball went out of play in the middle third, draw in the middle will follow.
     
    28:11
    D´Ettore got the ball behind the goal and got around it nicely, than found his teammate on the blue line, whose shot was blocked.
     
    29:34
    Italy got into a counterattack two on one, Bowers passed the ball to the right, where D´Elia was completly free, his shot hit Augustin´s elbow!
     
    30:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    Second period has come to a close, Italy finally managed to break the Haitian defence thanks to Pagendam´s strike from the blue line.
     
    30:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    30:15
    First attack of the period for Italy, Fiore´s shot from between the circles hit the goalie´s pad.
     
    31:02
    Save from the Italian keeper aswell, Campisano had to save the shot from the right side.
     
    31:34
    Perre-Jerry´s shot from the blue line saved by Campisano easily.
     
    31:50
    Penalty for Haiti (Alex Paul – 2 min., High Sticking).
     
    31:59
    Décosse clears the ball from his third.
     
    32:17
    Great defensive stop by Mike Antoniali, he lied down on the floor to intercept the pass to the middle, where one of the Haitians was waiting.
     
    33:11
    Goal for Team Italy!
    Another powerplay goal for the Italians! ALBERTO FIORE got the ball behind the net, waited if someone will push him, that didn´t happen. So he decided to get around it and beat the keeper. Assisted by Phil Di Giacomo
     
    33:37
    Penalty for Italy (Marco Cerone – 2 min., Slashing).
     
    34:18
    Haiti in the attack, waiting for a good opportunity for a shot.
     
    35:12
    Italy got to the attack despite being one man down and kept the ball there for a while.
     
    35:56
    Jordan Velenosi got into a breakaway one on one with the goalie, got the ball onto his backhand, but then shot wide.
     
    36:49
    Another chance for Italy, Alberto Fiore recieved a pass to the middle from the right side but didn´t hit the ball well.
     
    37:39
    Penalty for Haiti (Thierry Dorneval – 2 min., Tripping).
     
    37:50
    Régist-Augustin saves a shot from the right side.
     
    38:41
    Italy is still attacking, Haiti is defending well.
     
    38:53
    Haitians cleared the ball to the attacking half and can finally make substitutes.
     
    40:17
    Aimé got the ball on the left, got to the goalline and tried finding his teammates infront of the goal, only found Campisano´s glove.
     
    40:35
    Italy got into a quick counter, but didn´t finish it well.
     
    41:14
    Tanner Pagendam got a shot off among the circles, blocked by the defender.
     
    41:35
    Odnell Achille didn´t catch the pass on the attacking blue line from his own half, the ball then went all the way for icing.
     
    42:07
    Timeout for Haiti.
     
    42:12
    Ball went out of play in the middle period, faceoff in the center circle.
     
    42:38
    Italy clear the ball to the Haitian half, Haitians then went on to attack, Campisano had to save the shot from the blue line.
     
    43:14
    After two saves by Campisano the Italians clear the ball for Icing.
     
    43:36
    Ball out of play again.
     
    43:51
    Haiti are trying it without a goalkeeper.
     
    44:29
    Haiti put on the pressure C-A Plaisir´s shot saved by Campisano.
     
    44:47
    Icing Italy.
     
    Timeout for Italy.
     
    Game over.
     
    Game over! Italy keep their elite status even for the next Championships that will be held in Slovakia. Goals by Pagendam and Fiore were enough to secure Italy the win. Haiti on the other hand doesn´t have to be dissapointed, they did a very good job in this tournament.
     
    Best players of the game:
    Billy Cherubin (HAI)
    Aaron Campisano (ITA) (14:32:34)
    Commentary by

    David Klier

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 20. Pagendam (Verrelli), 34. Fiore (P.Giacomo)

    Italy: Campisano (Cusimano) – Ferlisi, Fiacconi, Verrelli, Antoniali, Cerone, Divizio, C. Di Giacomo, Bernardo, Bowers, Velenosi, Peragine, Pulicicchio, Bonanno, Fiore, Carroccia, Pagendam, Dentamaro, D´Ettore, P. Di Giacomo, D´Elia
    Haiti: L. Régiste-Augustin (Province) – Achille, Aimé, Décosse, Fils-Aimé, Gabriel, Kender Charron, Nadeau, Siméon, Benel, Dorneval, Cherubin, Chéry, Jean-Denis, Lamy, Meroné, Morne, Paul, C. A. Plaisir, P-A Plaisir, Raphael, Véricain
    Referees: Friedli, Horsky