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Helsinki , Jan. 6 – R-Sport, Simon Galkevich. Russian national hockey team won silver medals in the World Youth Championship in 2016, losing to the hosts in the finals of the tournament, the team of Finland in overtime with a score of 3: 4. Bronze medals of the tournament won the US team in the match for third place crushed a Swedes with the score 8: 3.
The Russians won medals World Youth Championship for the sixth time in a row (gold in 2011, silver in 2012 and 2015, th years, bronze, 2013 and 2014). Team Finland for the fourth time in history, won the gold of the tournament (for the second time – in the past three years). The Americans took the first medal at the tournament since 2013.
The fifth final Bragin
For the head coach of the Russian Valery Bragin final of the World Youth Championship is the fifth of his career (the fourth – as head coach) . Bragin out with the Russian team in the final of each of the five tournaments in which he participated. To win the gold medal Bragin managed only once – five years ago in Buffalo, when the team played in the game with the Canadians with the score 0: 3.
“The team always depends entirely on the head coach of his staff. The youth team was assembled a very strong coaching staff, they all worked together. We hope that the coaching staff will continue to work for the benefit of Russian hockey. When professionals such as Valery Bragin, will work in FHR, our hockey has a great future “, – he said the first vice- President FHR Roman Rotenberg.
Getting path
The national team of Russia at the beginning of the tournament the way with inexpressive victory over the Czech team (2: 1 in shootouts), the Russian team was able to recoup and move the meeting into overtime only in the middle of the third period. “In principle, a victory is a victory, preparing the boys on. Heavy game, nervousness, not in their game played, the potential of this team a lot more,” – said attended the game, head coach of the first team of Russian Oleg Znarok.
The second match against the Finns admittedly it was one of the best in the tournament. The Russian team to the middle of the second period gave way to a 1: 3, but for some seven and a few minutes and scored four goals before the third period led 5: 3. Bragin team won a spectacular victory with a score of 6: 4.“Everyone knew that the match was in the first place, so this tension – said Bragin after the game. – At the beginning of the wrong play, after a 1: 3 well began to operate in the zone, and immediately came to the result. The majority worked well, all the links worked well, glad that not only one link, and the whole team worked well and suffered “.
The third and fourth matches in the group against the Belarusians (4: 1) and Slovakia (2: 1) gave quite fresh, though the result was achieved – the team picked up six points and advanced to the playoffs with the first place in the group.
validolnaya quarterfinals
The first opponent of the Russian national team in games right through became Denmark team, which was defeated by a score of 5: 0 in the test match two days before the tournament starts. “Worried that control the game turned on our part with little or no stress, so the most important thing – to prepare children in terms of psychology, to come charged to fight 100%,” – said Bragin on the eve of the match.
It all began good for the Russians: at 3 minutes played Egor Korshkov sent the puck into the net. At the beginning of the second period, the Danes equalized effort Marcus Jensen, and soon took the lead after another error Russians – 1: 2. Since the beginning of the third period Bragin team seized the initiative and created the dangerous moments, but for a long time by not changed. Through the efforts of Arthur Louth Russians equalized in the 53rd minute, but two minutes later the Danes again took the lead. The Russian national team has saved the game for 44 seconds before the end of the third period thanks puck Vladislav Kamenev, accurate throw that in overtime gave the Russians in the semi-finals.
“I have no words and explanations that it was. It’s the craziest match my career. The Danes should not even be a chance, but they went out to fight, and we thought it calmly beat them. If the entire game is played as in the third period, the problem would not have happened. Repetition of such a situation in the semi happen can not “- said Korshkov after the game.
Now the Americans have learned
” It is unpleasant that so many nerves spent the Danes, but has already gained emotions. Such a victory affect the unity of the team, more emotion, the Americans will fight, “die” for the country, for Russia, for their parents, “- said the striker Eugene Svechnikov before the semifinal against the United States.
The main newsmaker in the run-up to the match was the head coach of the USA Ron Wilson, who celebrated a number of outstanding statements. According to Wilson, the Americans’ play perfect hockey, “he did not know the name of any one of the players of the Russian team and the semifinal game can be compared to the Cold War.
Goalkeeper Ilya Samsonov semi-finals played in only one match – against the national team of Belarus. In the semi-finals of the coaching staff decided to entrust the place of the first issue Samsonov, not Alexander Georgiev. And the solution worked – Samsonov conceded just one goal in the match – in the tenth minute of the Christian Dvorak.
The Russians struck 14 shots on goal in the first period, played “five three” two minutes, but the result is not allowed. Goalkeeper Americans Alex Nedeljkovic went to work miracles in the second period, but it was over in five minutes before the end of this segment of the game: first Kraskovsky pushed the puck into the fight on the “penny”, and then Korshkov in spectacular style, beat a defender and pushed the puck under the shield goalkeeper – 2 1.
“Korshkov – a big, handsome, a masterpiece painted, is brilliant! The main thing – how important it was naked, you saw how to react to our bench. Sweep in the long run, tried to play on the simplicity, to make washer without icing, and that we have got, “- he said after winning striker Radel Fazleyev.
” I am very upset, we were a step away from the final, but we lost one goal. I’m upset, but it hockey, we have done everything. Now we need to get together and win tomorrow Swedes in the match for the bronze. I learned I now more about the Russian team? They – a good, strong team, but I can not say more, I have to see the replay to see how they are good, “- said after the game Wilson.
The story made a circle for 18 years
Rival Russian national team in the finals began Finns team previously met in the final of the World Youth Championship, which in 1998 He was held on the same “Hartwall Arena” in Helsinki. Then the Finns won in overtime with a score of 2: 1, and the winning goal scored acting now for the club KHL “Jokerit” Niklas Hagman.
From the first minutes of the final 2016 Russian team played a very active and quickly earned the right to most of the game. Finns made a mistake goalkeeper, sent the puck off the ice surface. The Russians were able to open an account: captain Vladislav Kamenev brought to the cast, and – 1: 0. Immediately Andrey Kuzmenko thrown from a lethal position, and Andrew Svetlakov fled in the minority and threw the bar.
Then he began “to drag” Russian goalkeeper Georgiev, who was trusted to place the first number in the final. The second period was completely under the dictation of the Finnish national team, which is sometimes a miracle could not equalize. Russians rarely responds, but nevertheless dangerous counterattacks. At the beginning of the third period, Team Finland equalized great Patrick Laine clicks. A few minutes later Svetlakov robbed an opponent in the opponent’s line and struck a compelling shot – 2: 1.
The Finns continued to press, and Sebastian Aho scored the equalizer after 51 minutes. Team Bragin became much removed, as it seemed, where’s the fault of their own, and somewhere and excessive bias North match referee. Two minutes before the end of a powerful minority of the Russian team broke, Mikko Rantanen put the Finns ahead for the first time in this match – 2: 3. There has not lost his nerve at the captain of Russians Kamenev, who for arguing with the judges has been removed before the end of the match.
It seemed that the Russian bench suffered panic even Bragin could not contain their emotions and anger, but when the whole of Finland counted the last seconds, Ivan Provorov dropped from the blue line, and Svetlakov stick framed – 3: 3! The scoreboard lit figures were 6.9 seconds. Doge Finns in overtime the Russian team was not able to – in the second minute Kasperi Kapanen beat Sergei Boikova “as is” and brought the Finns another title.
The Russian national team for the second year in a row won the silver at the World Youth Championship. A year earlier, the tournament has played quarterback nimble forwards Alexander Dergachov and Kamenev.
“It’s a shame to lose the second consecutive year, again against the hosts, somewhere helped them somewhere out of luck. We were a team, fought to the end, a little bit of luck. I think I played well, fought, gave all that I had. It happened, that’s life, it’s hockey, “- said Provorov.
” There are talent and character all – ahead of “
” In general, the guys are great. Yeah, sorry to lose in the final of the World Cup to snatch a draw for seven seconds before the siren. But in general, they are cool looking. Silver – a great success, they held, fighting! Many thanks to them and the coaches, but what can you do … Sport is sport. No lesions are no victories, but again, this silver medal. The guys have a great future, I want to wish them good luck and success, we can see them in the main national team, clubs “- said the Minister of Sport Vitaly Mutko, commenting on the results of the tournament.
” I told the guys that they are not ashamed to go home: they showed character, fought to the last, caught the puck teeth. I told them that everything is still to come, they have talent and character, “- said the president of the Russian Hockey Federation Vladislav Tretiak.
Canada without the semi-finals – the first time since 1998
One of the main surprises the tournament was the defeat against Canada in the quarterfinals. The ancestors of hockey since 1998 (championships in Helsinki) every tournament for 18 years, the semi-finals, outplayed by the Finns in sverhzrelischnom match – 5: 6.
In the consolation round met the team of Switzerland (second consecutive year, did not get in the playoffs) and Belarus. The Swiss won two confident victories, and one year in the top flight, instead of the Belarusians will play Latvian national team.
For the second time in history and the second consecutive year in the playoffs made it to the national team of Denmark, narrowly missed the semi-finals.
New Finnish Flash
The main opening of the tournament was the first link of the Finnish team, which are the two 17-year-old masochnika Jesse Pulyuyarvi and Laine and 18-year-old Ajo. The Finns took the first three places in the list of top scorers, online and Pulyuyarvi entered the symbolic five of the tournament, and the last was named the most valuable player of the tournament.
Pulyuyarvi was the best scorer of the tournament with 17 points (5 goals and 12 assists), but failed to break the record of Jaromir Jagr (1990) on the impact of World Youth Championship for players under 18 years – 18 points.
European record
Youth Ice Hockey World Championship 2016 in Helsinki, broke the European record attendance of the tournament, the game of the tournament was visited by 215 thousand 226 people. Earlier attendance record belonged to the Swedish Malmo on tournament play in the season 2013/14 reached 144 000 268 spectators. The absolute record belongs to the Canadian capital of Ottawa – 453 000 282 viewers.
The following series
The next World Youth Championship will be held from December 26 to January 5 in the Canadian Toronto and Montreal. In group A, the matches which will be held in Montreal, teams will play Finland, Sweden, Czech Republic, Denmark and Switzerland. In another quintet, who will play in Toronto, will serve the national teams of Russia, the US, Canada, Slovakia and Latvia. The final part of the tournament will be held in Montreal.
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