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Portugal – India	4:3 (end)	\|	Lebanon – Bermuda	3:2 (end)	\|	USA – Switzerland	6:3 (end)
Cayman Islands – Armenia	3:6 (end)	\|	Canada – Greece	5:0 (end)	\|	Hong Kong – Great Britain	3:0 (end)
France – Haiti	4:1 (end)	\|	Slovakia – Czech Republic	1:0 (3:2 after SO)

after shootout (3:2)

Slovakia

1:0 (0:0, 0:0, 0:0 - 0:0)

Czech Republic

Friday 09.06.2017, 21:15 • Tipsport arena, Pardubice • World Cup (men) • Semi-Final

		Welcome. Game starts at 21:15.
		Slovakia Slovakia got to this stage of the tournament pretty easily. They won their first three games 3:1, the last group game against Canada ended in a 3:0 win for the Slovaks. Portugal stood in their way in the quarter-finals, Slovakia beat them 4:0 and advanced to the semis, where they will meet the Czech Republic, they are the favourites for this one, they want to defend their gold medals from the past two years. Most productive players: 1. Jaroslav Martinusik 5p. (4+1) 2. Lukas Pijak 4p. (2+2) 3. MIlan Rampacek 4p (1+3)
		Czech Republic Czechs beat Switzerland and Italy in their first two games in the tournament, 6:0 and 12:0 respectively. But then USA got in their way and gave them the first and only loss in the tournament so far, the US won 3:2SO. India gave the Czech Republic a tough fight in the quarter-finals, but the home side turned around the game from being 0:1 down to winning it 3:1. Most productive players: 1. Radim Stepanik 7p. (6+1) 2. Jan Bily 6p (2+4) 3. Tomas Fejfar 4p. (4+0)
		Starting lineups: Slovakia: Petrik (Misovec) – Minarik, Kacer, Titka, Blahut, Budjak, Zelenka, Tupy, Dejneka – Rampacek, Martinusik, KOllar, Hrivnak, Beniac, Madera, Oravec, Teplicky, Slovak, Skultety, Liptak, Svitana, Bozik, Pijak Czech Republic: Heczko (Simara) – Benedikt, Dedic, Kudela, Pospisil, Rejthar, Slanec, Svanda, Vlasak – Barnosak, Bily, Brezina, Fejfar, Hnizdil, Bacovsky, Krucek, Kubes, Lux, Peschout, Soukup, Spacek, Stepanik, Wrobel Referees: Berezitzky, Friedli.
	00:01	Game started.
	00:25	Czech Republic started with an attack, ball then went out of play in the center of the rink, faceoff in the middle third.
	00:41	Martinusik got into a breakaway at the right side, his hard backhand shot saved by Heczko.
	01:42	Slovakia got to the attack, only for a little period of time, the home side attacking again.
	02:18	Slovaks setting up their attack behind Petrik´s goal.
	02:40	Combination by Peschout and Spacek ended after Spacek´s shot, Petrik got to the post quick enough to stop the ball.
	03:18	Czech Republic is putting pressure on the Slovaks, Martin Krucek got to a shot from the left, only hit the side netting!
	04:03	Bad passing by Slovakia in their own third might have cost them big time, but the defenders recovered quickly.
	04:50	Soukup got a shot away from the left side, the ball got deflected into the air, hit Petrik´s glove and went over the bar.
	05:20	Soukup almost found Peschout infront of the goal crease, but the Czech forward didn´t manage to control the ball.
	06:03	Icing Slovakia.
	06:10	Michal Dedic got the ball off the defender, Czech Republic in the attack.
	06:46	Slovakia didn´t manage to keep the ball forward for atleast half a minute for the whole half of the first period.
	08:01	Ball went out of play in the third of Slovakia, faceoff on Petrik´s right side.
	08:26	Penalty for Slovakia (Marek Slovak – 2 min., Holding an Opponent).
	08:26	First powerplay for the Czech Republic, will they convert it? We´ll see in the next two minutes of play.
	09:13	Hard shot from the left side caught by Petrik.
	09:38	Another shot from the Czechs, Kubes fired just wide of the post.
	10:58	Slovakia´s attack didn´t end up well, the home side takes the ball forward.
	12:16	After another Slovakian attack without a shot, Jan Bacovský leads the way for the Czechs.
	12:51	Slovakia now got two shots away, both saved by Heczko.
	13:03	Penalty for Czech Republic (Ondrej Benedikt – 2 min., Slashing).
	13:29	Hard shot from the blue line, Heczko saw the ball for the whole time and saved it comofrtably in his glove.
	14:05	Great chance for the Czech Republic! Radim Stepanik got the ball on the right side, got between the two circles and got a shot away, only hit the right post!
	15:00	1st period finished.
		First period has come to a close. Both team had their chances, but none of them managed to convert them, the score is 0:0. Second period will behind at 21:50.
		Shots after the first period: 6-9
	15:01	Start of 2nd period.
	15:26	Shot from a hard angle by Martin Krucek easily saved by Petrik.
	15:48	Penalty for Slovakia (Lukas Madera – 2 min., Holding an Opponent).
	16:40	Shot from the blue by Czech Republic goes wide.
	16:54	Pavel Kubes got to the deflected ball infront of the goal crease, he got the shot off, Petrik saves again.
	17:14	Another effort from the blue line by Czech Republic, the ball didn´t hit the target this time.
	17:48	Slovakia clear the ball and kill off the Czech powerplay.
	18:30	Lukas Soukup lost the ball in his own third, Slovakia is attacking.
	18:50	One of the Czech players got the ball in his own period and cleared it heind Petrik´s net, icing called.
	19:23	Penalty for Czech Republic (Tomas Rejthar – 2 min., Charging).
	19:48	Titka´s shot from the right blocked by the defensive player.
	20:03	Another Slovakian shot blocked by the defence, the away side is still attacking.
	20:39	First time shot by Jaroslav Martinusik from the left side saved by Heczko.
	20:44	Czech players clear the ball right after the draw in their third.
	21:02	Penalty for Czech Republic (Ondrej Benedikt – 2 min. + 2 min., Tripping). Penalty for Slovakia (Ivan Kacer – 2 min., Abuse of Official by Players / Team Officials).
	21:30	Penalty for Slovakia (Filip Titka – 2 min., Interference).
	21:30	Czech Republic get a powerplay! The fans are amazing today, will they see a goal from the Czechs?
	22:00	The pass from the left side Tomas Wrobel, he missed the ball while trying to shoot it.
	22:18	Stanislav Petrik saves a shot from among the two circles.
	22:29	Another shot, another save, Stanislav Petrik saves a shot from the left.
	22:58	Dedic´s shot from the blue blocked by the defender.
	23:30	Slovakia clear the ball and are now back in five men in the rink.
	24:13	Kubes somehow managed to get a shot of while facing the goal with his back but he didn´t hit the goal.
	25:08	Teplicky´s pass from behind the goal only found the stick of the defending Czech player.
	26:18	Slovaks won the facoff in the middle of the field and are now attacking.
	26:42	Czech Republic clear the ball only as far as Jozef Minarik.
	27:12	Long pass from the Czech half of the rink only found the glove of Petrik.
	27:30	Stepanik got to the middle from the left side and pulled of a shot, only hit Petrik´s blocker.
	27:42	Krucek got the ball in a great position, shot first time, didn´t hit the target.
	28:18	Shot from the blue line by Pospisil was deflected by Tomas Wrobel infront of Petrik, the ball went just wide of the left post.
	29:00	What a save by Heczko! Miroslav Bozik got into a counter with his teammate Marek Slovak, Bozik squared the ball to the middle where Slovak was waiting, his first time shot has been saved by the Czech goalie!
	29:53	Highsticking by Rampacek on the attacking blue line.
	30:00	2nd period finished.
		End of the second period. We haven´t seen a goal yet, even tho there were a few chances, but both goalkeepers are perfect for now. Last period will start at 22:30.
	30:01	Start of 3rd period.
	30:52	Hosts are setting up an attack from their own half.
	31:33	Svitana´s shot from close range ended up under Heczko´s glove.
	31:59	Slovakia started the period active, another shot, this time by Milan Beniac saved by Lukas Heczko, who is having a great game so far.
	32:38	Tomas Kudela cleared the ball that went over the barrier.
	32:53	Czech Republic is only defending so far in the last period.
	33:30	First chance for the Czech Republic in this period and what a chance it was! Ondrej Brezina recieved a great pass amongst the two circles, shot first time, Petrik saves!
	33:31	Penalty for Czech Republic (Ondrej Brezina – 2 min., Roughing). Penalty for Slovakia (Martin Kollar – 2 min., Roughing).
	33:49	Jan Bily got into a breakaway against the keeper, Petrik saves again.
	34:34	Rejthar shot from the blue, only hit the defender infront of him.
34:34
	35:12	Oravec pulled off a shot while falling, ball went over the bar.
	35:43	Today's attendance is 7,592.
	35:49	Icing called against Slovakia.
	36:11	Lukas Soukup got the ball after the chaos in the goal crease, Petrik lied on the ball and nobody knew where it was.
	37:21	Slovak´s shot from the left side went above the bar.
	38:04	Icing call against the Czech Republic.
	38:18	Tomas Wrobel was one on one with the keeper, the ball slipped off his stick and he just about got a shot away, Petrik saves.
	38:41	Shot by Pavel Kubes hit Petrik´s blocker.
	38:41	Penalty for Czech Republic (Ondrej Brezina – 2 min., Roughing). Penalty for Slovakia (Ivan Kacer – 2 min., Roughing).
	39:15	Martinusik lost the ball in the corner behind Heczko´s net, then won it back.
	40:32	Radim Stepanik intercepted the Slovakian pass in the middle third, got onto the right circle, his backhand shot caught by Petrik.
40:32
	41:01	Shot from the left circle by Fejfar blocked by the defender.
	41:35	Slovakia is getting uder pressure, shot by Martin Krucek blocked and the ball went out of the rink.
	42:01	Ball went out of play once again in the Slovakian period.
	42:32	Penalty for Slovakia (Pavol Blahut – 2 min., High Sticking + 2 min., High Sticking).
	42:32	Slovakia will be shorthanded for the rest of the regular time!
	42:51	Lukas Madera clears right after the faceoff.
	43:14	Kurcek wanted to pass to the far post to his teammate, didn´t succed.
	43:49	Czechs attacking, Bily´s shot from the blue goes wide.
	44:31	Slovakia clears the ball, 29 seconds left.
44:31
	44:42	Penalty for Czech Republic (Richard Peschout – Bench minor penalty, Too Many Players on the Rink).
	45:00	3rd period finished.
		Third period has ended without goals. 10 minute overtime with the golden rule will follow.
	45:01	Overtime began.
	45:35	One of the Czech players got into a great position to score, but he didn´t do so.
	46:13	Minarik´s shot from the left side deflected, then it went over the barrier and out of the rink.
	46:48	Another great stop by Heczko, this time after Kollar´s shot between the circles.
	47:30	Martin Krucek turned around with the ball infront of the goal, got a shot away, only hit the defender.
	48:06	Icing Slovakia.
	48:48	Penalty for Czech Republic (Radim Stepanik – 2 min., High Sticking).
	48:57	Czech Republic clear the ball all the way to Petrik´s goal.
	49:35	Pavol Blahut recieved a pass from the left by Rampacek, hit the ball first time, fired over the barrier behind the net.
49:35
	50:12	Slovakia in the attacking half of the rink.
	50:32	Attacking player in the goal crease called against the Slovaks.
	50:48	Tomas Wrobel gets a shot of in the last second of the short handed time, hits Petrik´s helmet.
	51:30	Another chance for Wrobel, this time he didn´t manage to shoot the ball.
	52:35	Heczko comfortably saves the shot from the right by Bors Oravec.
	53:00	Two minutes left in overtime.
	53:20	Czech goalkeeper just about gets to the deflected shot from the blue line.
	54:03	Martin Krucek got to the ball after a scramble in the goal crease, he shoots abouve the barrier.
	54:44	Penalty for Slovakia (Radovan Zelenka – 2 min., Hooking).
	54:44	Timeout for team Czech Republic.
	54:52	Jan Bacovsky hit the post after a great shot from the left side!
	55:00	Overtime finished.
55:00
		55 minutes behind us, we didn´t see any goals, shootout will take place to determinate the outcome of this match.
		Start of shootout.
	1. series 0:1	Tomas WROBEL scores.
	1. series 0:1	Milan RAMPACEK fails.
	2. series 0:1	Jan BILY fails.
	2. series 0:1	Jaroslav MARTINUSIK fails.
	3. series 0:1	Martin KRUCEK fails.
	3. series 1:1	Boris ORAVEC scores.
	4. series 1:1	Daniel HNIZDIL fails.
	4. series 2:1	Patrik SVITANA scores.
	5. series 2:2	Pavel KUBES scores.
	5. series 2:2	Marek SLOVAK fails.
	6. series 2:2	Boris ORAVEC fails.
	6. series 2:2	Tomas FEJFAR fails.
	7. series 3:2	Patrik SVITANA scores.
	7. series 3:2	Radim STEPANIK fails.
		Slovakia has won after the penalty shoot-out. The winning goal scored by PATRIK SVITANA.
		Game over.
		Slovakia is still alive in the battle for the golden hattrick after beating Czech Republic 1:0 after the shootout.
		Best players of the game: Daniel Hnizdil (CZE) MIlan Rampacek (SVK) (23:45:33)

Commentary by

David Klier

Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: dec. goal Svitana

Shootout:

1. series:

0:1 Tomas Wrobel (CZE)

0:1 Milan Rampacek (SVK)

2. series:

0:1 Jan Bily (CZE)

0:1 Jaroslav Martinusik (SVK)

3. series:

0:1 Martin Krucek (CZE)

1:1 Boris Oravec (SVK)

4. series:

1:1 Daniel Hnizdil (CZE)

2:1 Patrik Svitana (SVK)

5. series:

2:2 Pavel Kubes (CZE)

2:2 Marek Slovak (SVK)

6. series:

2:2 Boris Oravec (SVK)

2:2 Tomas Fejfar (CZE)

7. series:

3:2 Patrik Svitana (SVK)

3:2 Radim Stepanik (CZE)

Slovakia: Petrik (Misovec) – Minarik, Kacer, Titka, Blahut, Budjak, Zelenka, Tupy, Dejneka – Rampacek, Martinusik, Kollar, Hrivnak, Beniac, Madera, Oravec, Teplicky, Slovak, Skultety, Liptak, Svitana, Bozik, Pijak

Czech Republic: Heczko (Simara) – Benedikt, Dedic, Kudela, Pospisil, Rejthar, Slanec, Svanda, Vlasak – Barnosak, Bily, Brezina, Fejfar, Hnizdil, Bacovsky, Krucek, Kubes, Lux, Peschout, Soukup, Spacek, Stepanik, Wrobel

Referees: Berezitzky, Friedli

Attendance: 7,592

1st period
	08:26	SVK	2	Slovak, Holding an Opponent
	13:03	CZE	2	Benedikt, Slashing
1st intermission
2nd period
	15:48	SVK	2	Madera, Holding an Opponent
	19:23	CZE	2	Rejthar, Charging
	21:02	CZE	2+2	Benedikt, Tripping
	21:02	SVK	2	Kacer, Abuse of Official by Players / Team Officials
	21:30	SVK	2	Titka, Interference
2nd intermission
3rd period
	33:31	CZE	2	Brezina, Roughing
	33:31	SVK	2	Kollar, Roughing
	38:41	CZE	2	Brezina, Roughing
	38:41	SVK	2	Kacer, Roughing
	42:32	SVK	2+2	Blahut, High Sticking+High Sticking
	44:42	CZE	2 BP	Peschout, Too Many Players on the Rink
After 3rd period
Overtime
	48:48	CZE	2	Stepanik, High Sticking
	54:44	SVK	2	Zelenka, Hooking
before shootout
Shootout
		SVK	1:0	Svitana (dec. goal)
after shootout