- 16 May 2015
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Russian national hockey team beat the US team in the semifinals of the world championship in the Czech Republic with a score of 4: 0 and advanced to the final of the tournament. The Russians will defend the title of champion in a match with the Canadian national team, which prevailed over the hosts of the tournament – the Czechs.
Within the framework of the group round of the Americans beat the Russians with a score of 4: 2 and finally won the first place in Group B. This defeat was doubly disappointing for the “star” part of the Russian team as the US team played a much less experienced staff.
Before the semi-final match with the Americans striker Artemy Panarin Russia promised to “punish” the Americans for this loss: “Before the game with the United States we have a martial mood, want to punish” students “from the US. Forces we have a lot, a lot of emotion, because it is the World Cup. We will play seriously and strictly. We will try to take revenge”.
Special hopes are pinned on the United States arrived from Alexander Ovechkin, the club which could not get through to the next round of struggle for the main trophy of the North American NHL – Cup Stanley.
The arrival of eminent striker, has already become the world champion, was perceived by many hockey fans is ambiguous, because the composition of the Russian national team has played in previous matches, and the Ovechkin could become tired after a tough season in the NHL. After losing a match in New York, the leader of the “Washington”, said that he is now “very difficult”.
Before the game with the Americans, raising fears the state top scorer of the Russian team – Eugene Dadonova, injured. But in the end he still appeared on the ice.
blunders in defense
The match began with acute attacks of the Russian team, hockey players, to realize that it was not possible. By the end of the first period of Russian fervor subsided, and besiege the goalkeeper Sergei Bobrov, who this evening was beyond praise, started the American team.
In the first period the Russians earned two removal, which were sent to serve Alexander Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin . The American team to implement a numerical advantage was not able to.
In the second period wards coach Todd Richards seized the initiative and not only took the lead thanks to the skill Bobrowski, which reflected throws all Americans. Russian hockey players to commit grave mistakes in the defense, basically giving inaccurate passes. Major luminaries teams were practically invisible.
According to the statistics of the second period, the US team has surpassed Russia in the number of shots on target 13:10. At that time, the chances of reaching the final of Americans seemed preferable.
Caught courage
The third period began with the pressure also the Americans who just miraculously did not open the score.
The situation has changed thanks to a goal by Sergei Mozyakina, abandoned for 48 minutes. Forward entered the zone of the enemy, skillfully beat two defenders and threw the puck under the crossbar. American goalkeeper Connor Hellibak reflect the roll could not. The author became effective pass protagonist match Bobrowski.
After that, the game American team to pieces, and the Russian hockey players caught courage and went on the offensive, which eventually ended with a 51-minute goal in the authorship of Ovechkin.
Five minutes later, the puck was again at the gates of Americans. At this time I scored Shipachev Vadim, who scored his fourth goal in the championship.
Shortly thereafter, the goalkeeper Americans went to the bench and on the ice appeared six players. But turn the game the team failed. As to the end of the meeting it was little more than a minute to the empty goal broke Ovechkin and Malkin. After an exchange of courtesy pasami final point in the match put forward, “Pittsburgh” Malkin.
We can not say that the Russian team “defeated” the American team, which is quick to say some Russian media. Until the last 10 minutes, the outcome was unpredictable, but in the second period the Russians did not see the pulsing lights of their gates only thanks to the workshop Bobrowski game.
On Sunday wards Richards compete with the Czechs for the bronze medal of the championship, and the Russians will meet with their main rivals – the Canadians, who have not yet lost the championship a single match. We were again waiting standoff Alexander Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby, the rivalry which has always attracted a lot of attention hockey fans around the world.
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