Germany2 – Russia 1:4 (end)
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Germany2
1:4 (1:0, 0:2, 0:2)
Russia
Saturday 21.04.2012, 14:00 • Kajot Arena, Brno • U18 World Championship
     
    The medal games will be played tomorrow (Sunday). CAN-FIN in the bronze/4th place game at 12:00 CET, 06:00 ET. SWE-USA in the gold/silver game at 16:00 CET, 10:00 ET. (16:06:33)
     
    We know that Russia will host next year's tournament in Sochi and will play in a group that includes the Czech Republic, Latvia, and the 1st and 4th place finishers from this tournament. Germany will play in a group that includes Switzerland, Slovakia, and the 2nd and 3rd place finishers from this tournament.
     
    Russia finishes 5th and Germany finishes 6th.
     
    Best 3 players in the tournament for each team: GER Marcel Kurth, Lennart Palausch, Sven Ziegle. RUS Anton Slepyshev, Alexander Barabanov, Bogdan Yakimov.
     
    Players of the Game: GER Marvin Cupper (32 saves), RUS Arseni Khatsei (2 goals).
     
    Shots on goal in the 3rd period (and game): by GER 3 (23), by RUS 14 (36).

    Germany stayed in the game for 2 periods, but Russia scored twice on a major penalty in the 3rd, which put it away.
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    58:00
    Offside against Germany.
     
    57:37
    Puck out of play in the neutral zone, faceoff at centre ice.
     
    56:52
    Russia is back at full strength and they get called for icing.
     
    56:24
    A shorthanded chance for Filippov is stopped by Cupper, play continues . . .
     
    55:57
    A slaphot by Ziegler is deflected out of play. Faceoff in the Russian zone with :37 left in the penalty.
     
    54:49
    Puck goes out of play. Faceoff at the German blueline.
     
    54:34
    Trying to poke the puck in, Vyacheslav Osnovin is called for slashing at Cupper's pad.
     
    53:50
    Another scramble in front of the German goal and another Cupper save.
     
    53:42
    Save by Cupper and another faceoff in the German zone.
     
    52:56
    Germany has killed off the penalty and immediately got a 2 on 1 chance, but the puck was deflected out of play. Faceoff in the Russian zone.
     
    51:40
    Russia is back to the power play, Germany ices, Russia starts another rush . . .
     
    51:05
    Marvin Cupper with a save and a faceoff in the German zone. :15 more of 4 on 4, then Russia back to the power play.
     
    49:20
    Daniil Zharkov gets a minor for cross-checking in front of the German bench, so the teams are 4-on-4 for the next 2 minutes.
    Commentary by

    Derek OBrien

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    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 16. Tiffels - 25. Khatsei (Kuptsov), 37. Khatsei, 48. Nichushkin (Filippov, Delnov), 49. Mironov (Bereglazov, Slepyshev)

    Germany2: Cupper (Klein) - Bender, Moser, Quinlan, Schmid, D. Tiffels, Stephan, Koberger, Schwarz - Kurth, Palausch, F. Tiffels - Herpich, Ziegler, Kaefer - Kahun, Draisaitl, Eisenschmid - Zientek, Shevyrin, Klopper
    Russia: Nalimov (Ustinski) – Mironov, Bereglazov, Lisov, Zadorov, Maslov, Malenkikh, Gareyev, Galin – Slepyshev, Yakimov, Barabanov – Filippov, Osnovin, Nichushkin – Zharkov, Kamayev, Delnov – Kuptsov, Khatsei, Lebedev
    Referees: Konc (SVK), Sjoqvist (SWE) - Dalgleish (GBR), Yletyinen (SWE)