Russia took a 2-1 lead after a very evenly matched 1st period. In the second period, Sweden took the initiative after Russia (Proshkin) took its first penalty in the match after 27 min. Russia's rookie goaltender, Georgy Gelashvili, who had the honour of wearing Tretiak's famous #20 jersey, resisted the Swedish unslaught and the period remained scoreless. Late in the second period, Sweden took a team penalty (too many players on the ice), giving the Russians the initiative from the start of the 3. period. 13 seconds after the penalty expired, Sergei Zinoviev scored his second goal of the game after a fast counterattack. That goal was the turning point of the match. In the minutes that followed, Sweden got a two-man advantage, but the players looked demoralized. They got a further blow when Sergei Mozyakin scored shorthanded after 44:32. In the rest of the period, the Russians dominated the game without much efforts and peppered Mikael Tellqvist with shots, few of which, however, were very dangerous.
Peter Forsberg played his game #100 for Tre Kronor and was in fact one of his team's best players.
Sweden - Russia 1-4 (1-2, 0-0, 0-2)
0-1 05:04 Sergei Zinoviev (Aleksander Radulov, Aleksander Galimov)
1-1 07:24 Martin Thornberg (Johan Akerman)
1-2 11:37 Danis Zaripov (Aleksei Morozov, Aleksei Tereshchenko)
1-3 41:44 Sergei Zinoviev (Oleg Saprykin, Vitali Proshkin)
1-4 44:32 Sergei Mozyakin (Maksim Sushinsky) SH
SWE 5x2 + 1x10, RUS 5x2, SOG: 24-37, Att.: 6723
SWE (2): Mikael Tellquist (Stefan Liv) - Johan Akerman, Christian Backman, Mattias Weinhandl (2+10), Johan Davidsson, Martin Thornberg; Mattias Timander, Oskar Hedman (2), Daniel Widing, Johan Harju, Linus Omark (2); Magnus Johansson, Markus Ragnarsson, Patrik Zackrisson, Niklas Persson, Peter Forsberg; Niklas Nordgren, Daniel Fernholm, Jimmie Olvestadt, Markus Nilsson, Christian Berglund (2).
RUS: Giorgi Gelashvili (Vasili Koshechkin) - Konstantin Korneev, Ilya Nikulin (2), Danis Zaripov, Aleksei Tereshchenko, Aleksei Morozov; Vitali Vishnevsky, Aleksander Guskov, Sergei Mozyakin, Anton Kuryanov (2), Maksim Sushinsky; Vitali Proshkin (2), Aleksander Galimov, Oleg Saprykin, Sergei Zinoviev (4), Aleksander Radulov; Dmitri Kalinin, Vitali Atyushov, Viktor Kozlov, Petr Schastlivy, Aleksander Perezhogin
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Finland got a narrow 2-1 victory in a completely balanced game that was decided after a controversial goal in the 45. minute. On the TV, it looked like the puck bounced off Czech defenseman's Tomas Mojzis' skate while he was pushed into the net. The incident led to a long video review before the Swedish referees eventually called for a goal.
Russia leads the tournament with 5 points, one more than Finland.
Finland - Czech Republic 2-1 (1-1, 0-0, 1-0)
0-1 00:57 Jaroslav Bednar (Roman Cervenka, Tomas Rolinek)
1-1 08:49 Mikko Maenpaa (Marko Atilla, Leo Komarov)
2-1 44:38 Tony Salemlainen (Jarkko Immonen)
FIN 2x2, CZE 5x2, SOG: 26-25, Att.: 11562
FIN: Iiro Tarkki (Petri Vehanen) - Mikko Maenpaa, Pasi Puistola, Jukka Voutilainen, Niko Kapanen, Ville Peltonen; Lasse Kukkonen, Janne Niskala, Tony Salmelainen, Jarkko Immonen, Kalle Kerman; Jan Latvala, Ossi Vaananen (2), Petri Kontiola, Antti Pihlstrom; Markus Seikola, Janni Tupparainen (2), Marko Antilla, Tomi Santala, Leo Komarov.
CZE: Marek Schwarz (59:00-59:51 out) (Lukas Mensator) - Josef Melichar, Karel Rachunek (2), Jan Bulis (2), Jiri Hudler, Petr Kumstat; Ondrej Nemec, Miroslav Blatak, Tomas Rolinak, Roman Cervenka, Jaroslav Bednar; Tomas Mojzis, Zdenek Kutlak, Petr Hubacek (2), Josef Vasicek, Marek Kvapil; Jakub Cutta, Angel Krstev, Frantisek Lukes, Jiri Novotny (2), Tomas Kurka. |
