2016 IIHF Worlds Summary: Day 2
The summary of the second game day of the 2016 IIHF World Championship in Russia.Six games were played during the second day of the 2016 IIHF World Championship in Russia. A trio of Avalanche players was in action today – goalie Reto Berra was between the pipes for Switzerland’s game against Kazakhstan, forward Andreas Martinsen and Norway squared off against archrival Denmark and forward JT Compher faced Belarus.
Slovakia – Hungary 4:1 (2:1, 1:0, 1:0)
8. Marcinko, 18. Jurco, 36. Sekera, 58. Lusnak – 14. Banham
Switzerland – Kazakhstan 2:3 after SO (1:0, 0:1, 1:1, 0:0)
15. Walser, 53. Hollenstein – 31. Savchenko, 51. Starchenko, SO-winning goal Dawes
Reto Berra appeared in net for heavily-favored Switzerland, who were supposed to pull off a routine win against newly-promoted Kazakhstan. Berra’s performance was mediocre at best, the Bulach native finishing the game with a save-percentage of .889 and a GAA of 2.77. Berra had one key save to keep the Swiss in the game, but wasn’t otherwise worried, as Switzerland continuously hammered the underdogs with shots on goal. Berra surrendered three goals out of four tries in the shootout, as Kazakhstan pulled of a major upset. Although Berra stopped a penalty shot in the first period, he was beaten by a shot just outside Kazakhstan’s defensive zone.
France – Germany 3:2 after SO (1:0, 1:2, 0:0, 0:0)
4. Raux, 40. Claireaux, SO-winning goal D. Fleury – 21. Rieder, 37. Schutz
Norway – Denmark 0:3 (0:0, 0:2, 0:1)
22. N. Jensen, 35. J. B. Jensen, 60. N. Jensen
The game was highlighted by Norway’s miserable execution. Danish goalie Sebastian Dahm faced 45 shots, but kept the shutout as Denmark rolled to an important victory. Andreas Martinsen had three shots on goal and finished the game -1.
Belarus – USA 3:6 (0:2, 2:3, 1:1)
28. Platt, 39. Stas, 50. Korobov – 10. Wood, 14. Wideman, 23. Larkin, 29. Hanifin, 35. Matthews, 55. Matthews
The US fared considerably better in their second game of the group stage, defeating Belarus by three goals. The victory gave the US their first points of the tournament. JT Compher had one shot on goal, recorded 2 PIMs and finished the game -1.
Latvia – Czech Republic 3:4 after SO (0:2, 1:0, 2:1, 0:0)
36. Bukarts, 49. Girgensons, 58. M. Redlihs – 4. Plekanec, 7. Plekanec, 60. Repik, SO-winning goal Kaspar
Avalanche players’ stats after the second game day (GP, G, A, P):
1. Matt Duchene Canada 1 1 1 2
2. JT Compher USA 2 0 0 0
3. Andreas Martinsen Norway 1 0 0 0
Michal Hezely, Slovakia, hezely@eurolanche.com
07/05/2016 - 22:30
