2017 IIHF Worlds: Day 4
The summary of the fourth game day of the 2017 IIHF World Championship.A total of four games were played on game day No. 4 of the 2017 IIHF World Championship, with each game involving at least one player from the Colorado Avalanche. Forward Nathan MacKinnon was looking to build on last game’s superb performance, while forward Matt Duchene was looking to finally break out of his scoring slump.
Belarus – Canada 0:6 (0:1, 0:2, 0:3)
6. Point (Marner, Konecny), 25. MacKinnon (Marner, Barrie), 36. MacKinnon (Skinner, Giroux), 48. Skinner (MacKinnon, Matheson), 51. Giroux (Skinner, Morrissey), 55. Point (Konecny, Vlasic)
Nathan MacKinnon continued his great run of late with a solid performance against Belarus, scoring twice while adding an assist in the third period. Tyson Barrie also continued his point streak with an assist on MacKinnon’s first tally. Matt Duchene’s dry spell continues, as he’s still looking for his first point at this year’s tournament. Calvin Pickard recorded a shutout, stopping all 13 shots he faced.
Germany – Russia 3:6 (0:3, 0:2, 3:1)
46. Macek (Muller, D. Seidenberg), 49. Gogulla (Ehrhoff, Kahun), 60. Tiffels (Kink, D. Seidenberg) – 2. Shipachyov (Dadonov, Panarin), 18. Schipachyov (Panarin, Gusev), 19. Plotnikov (Provorov, Antipin), 32. Gusev (Panarin, Belov), 36. Kucherov, 52. Kucherov (Panarin)
Defensive prospect Andrei Mironov was once again rewarded with higher ice-time from Russian coach Znarok, but make an overly good impression, as he was on the ice during two of the German co-hosts three tallies during the final period. He also took a minor penalty, which helped Germany put more pressure on the Russians.
Finland – Czech Republic 3:4 after SO (3:0, 0:0, 0:3, 0:0, 0:1)
1. Filppula (Aho, Rantanen), 3. Jaakola (Rantanen, Filppula), 14. Lajunen (Pihlstrom, J. Aaltonen) – 48. Horak (Pastrnak, Cervenka), 58. Gudas (Krejcik, Repik), 59. Kovar (Pastrnak), shootout-winning goal – Hanzl
Last year’s runner-ups wanted to get back on track following a stunning loss against France and went blazing from the get-go, scoring two goals in the game’s first three minutes, while also adding a goal after the halfway mark of the period to gain a commanding 3-0 lead. The Czech looked poised for a resounding defeat, but rallied in the final period to score two goals in the final two minutes of regulation to force overtime. Ultimately, the Czech went on to win the game in the shootout. Despite the disappointing loss, Mikko Rantanen played a solid game, recording assists on Finland’s first two markers. Rantanen also had a shootout attempt, but came up short.
USA – Sweden 4:3 (2:3, 1:0, 1:0)
4. Keller (Eichel, Trouba), 19. Gaudreau (Larkin), 23. Gaudreau (Eichel, Lee), 52. Compher (Murphy, Larkin) – 3. Lindholm (Stralman), 14. Lindholm (Ekman-Larsson), 19. Hedman (Nordstrom, Klingberg)
The only game to feature Avalanche players on both sides of the ice looked to be a thrilling one right from the start. Both teams traded early goals, with Sweden gaining the lead three times during the opening period. Ultimately, the Swedes fell victim to lacking discipline and were beaten thanks to JT Compher’s game-winner with eight minutes left in the third period. Both Gabriel Landeskog and Carl Soderberg finished the game without a point.
Stats of Avalanche players after the fourth game day (GP, G, A, P):
1. Nathan MacKinnon 3 5 2 7
2. Tyson Barrie 3 2 5 7
3. Mikko Rantanen 3 0 4 4
4. Gabriel Landeskog 3 1 2 3
5. JT Compher 3 1 0 1
6. Carl Soderberg 3 0 1 1
7. Matt Duchene 3 0 0 0
7. Andrei Mironov 3 0 0 0
Calvin Pickard – 0.976 SVS%, 0.5 GAA
Michal Hezely, Slovakia, hezely@eurolanche.com
08/05/2017 - 23:30
