The Finns completed a turn in the Nordic derby in the last minute and the USA is waiting for them, Russia defeated the Germans – ČT sport – Czech Television

The Swedes, after defeats with Russia (3: 4 in overtime) and the USA (0: 4), did not want to admit another failure and owned the first third. In the 15th minute, Lucas Raymond opened the score with a shot from the left circle and in 97 seconds he increased Elmer Söderblom in a power play, who matured to goalkeeper Kari Piiroinen with a trick ending with a hockey stick between his legs and prevailed in the same way as in a duel with the Czech Republic.

The Finns overcame Hugo Alnefelt for the first time in the 26th minute, when after a quick counterattack, Eemil Viro offered a puck to Henri Nikkanen, who hit the exposed part of the goal. In 59 seconds, coach Antti Pennanen’s team rejoiced at the equalization as he finished another Aku Räta combination. After the coaching challenge of the Swedes, however, the goal did not apply to the offside.

Immediately, the Swedes helped the upper pole after the end of Anton Lundell. The Swedes also had a chance, but before the second break, Mikko Petman was able to equalize in weakness. Alnefelt discarded his backhand bluff.

Another great opportunity was not transformed by Petman in the 43rd minute. On the other hand, Söderblom and Raymond could increase their lead. At 51:04, the Finns survived thanks to a shot by Captain Anton Lundell from the right circle.

Pennanen’s choice completed the turnaround. First Mikko Kokkonen hit the goal construction with a hidden shot, Petman did not turn another opportunity, but then he pushed the puck from behind the goal behind the Swedish goalkeeper at the right post Hirvonen, who was happy with his first goal in the tournament.

The Russians kept the unpleasant Germans in check

At the beginning, Germany defended itself in weakening and could take the lead in the sixth minute, but Jaroslav Askarov was helped by the right post after the shot of the trio of this year’s draft Tim Stützle, which Ottawa chose. At 9:06, Vasily Ponomarovov weakened and overcame Florian Burgl with a bluff into the forehand.

At the beginning of the second period, Askarov fired Stützle’s shot and Florian Elias missed the exposed goal. In the 29th minute, Danil Baškirov insured the lead with a shot from the left circle, but the Germans did not give up and dramatized the match.

In the 44th minute, Florian Elias, the son of the Czech mother, scored and with the fourth goal and the ninth point in the tournament, the team of coach Tobias Abstreiter got into the game. In less than three minutes, John-Jason Peterka could counter-attack from the counterattack and Luca Münzenberger missed the finish.

In the 52nd minute, Peterek’s passes flowed through the upper bar Elias, who had another option at the end, but the team defended the close lead.

“We can be really proud of this tournament. We are disappointed that we lost. We had a chance, but Russia also played well. We are the first German twenty to advance to the quarterfinals and I am happy to have been the captain of this team,” he said. Stützle.

The Germans played the first three duels in the group with only five defenders and nine attackers due to the coronavirus infection.

“The Germans played similarly to the Czechs – defensive hockey with a close defense and waited for counterattacks,” said Russian coach Igor Larionov after the match, recalling the defeat with the Czech team in a 0-2 group.

“They didn’t give us many opportunities. If they did, we didn’t hit the goal. The opponent showed a lot of energy. It was a difficult quarterfinal, but it always is,” Larionov added. The Russians will fight for the tenth medal in the last 11 years. Since 2011, they have won gold once, four times silver and four times bronze. They were not on the podium just in 2018 in Buffalo.

The last semifinalist is the United States

The hockey players of the United States of America won 5: 2 over Slovakia and Finland awaits them in Monday’s fight for the final. Slovakia managed to dramatize the match by reducing from 0: 3 to 2: 3, but the favorite secured the progress in the end.

“The quarterfinals are always hard. You have to play well to knock out your opponents. Russia has gone through it, Canada here and the Finns have found a way to turn the game around. Now we have to switch and prepare for Finland. It will be a big battle, it’s a team that eliminated last year (in the quarterfinals), “said US coach Nate Leaman.

The Slovaks did not use the power play in the beginning with the exclusion of Matthew Boldy and in the 11th minute they weakened in the weakening during the punishment of Dávid Mudrák. After Boldy’s pass, Arthur Kaliyev headed to the open goal.

After untapped numerical advantages on both sides, John Farinacci raised in the 32nd minute, overcoming Šimon Latkóczy through the screen from the blue line. After fouls by Roman Faith and Oliver Turan, he adjusted Colefield to 3-0 in a power play of five against three.

However, the Slovaks did not give up and in the time of 38:32 Matej Kašlík overtook Spencer Knight from the right circle. In the middle of the final act, during Drew Helleson’s stay on the penalty bench, Dominik Sojka adjusted the difference between Samuel Kňažek’s shots.

In the 56th minute, however, Farinacci came out from behind the goal and cleverly increased the backhand to 4: 2. The result was completed 84 seconds before the end in a power-play to an empty goal by Matthew Beniers.

“We had a lot of young talents in the team and showed great potential. We were not afraid to give them a chance. When they work on themselves, they will improve every day. We have to continue working with them to mature even more,” said Slovak coach Róbert Petrovický.