GDT: Group H • May 14 • Belarus 1, France 2

[Systemfel]

2012 IIHF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP | ROUND ROBIN GAME
MAY 14, 2012
9:15 AM ET • 15:15 CET • 16:15 EET

HARTWALL ARENA, HELSINKI, FINLAND
(CAPACITY: 13,464)

Belarus

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing

18 Alexei Ugarov​

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71 Alexei Kalyuzhny (A)​

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84 Mikhail Grabovski (A)​

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23 Andrei Kostitsyn​

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88 Yevgeni Kovyrshin​

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74 Sergei Kostitsyn​

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28 Konstantin Koltsov​

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26 Andrei Stas​

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19 Dmitri Meleshko​

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13 Sergei Drozd​

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77 Alexander Kitarov​

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8 Andrei Kolosov​

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-​

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10 Andrei Mikhalyov​

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-​

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Left Defense | Right Defense

7 Vladimir Denisov (C)​

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89 Dmitri Korobov​

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43 Viktor Kostyuchyonok​

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22 Oleg Goroshko​

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5 Nikolai Stasenko​

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82 Pavel Chernaok​

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-​

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92 Roman Graborenko​

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Starting Goalie | Backup Goalie

1 Vitali Koval​

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40 Dmitri Milchakov​

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Scratches | Reason
G 31 Andrei Mezin |

Skipped town​

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F 11 Alexander Kulakov|

Healthy​

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F 16 Andrei Stepanov|

Healthy​

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France

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing

24 Julien Desrosiers​

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10 Laurent Meunier (C)​

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7 Yorick Treille​

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19 Loïc Lampérier​

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41 Pierre-Édouard Bellemare (A)​

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14 Stéphane Da Costa​

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54 Antoine Roussel​

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22 Brian Henderson​

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26 Charles Bertrand​

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82 Damien Raux​

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80 Teddy Da Costa​

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9 Damien Fleury​

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Left Defense | Right Defense

3 Vincent Bachet (A)​

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84 Kevin Hecquefeuille​

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32 Alexandre Rouleau​

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27 Baptiste Amar​

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18 Yohann Auvitu​

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74 Nicolas Besch​

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20 Maxime Moisand​

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4 Antonin Manavian​

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Starting Goalie | Backup Goalie

39 Cristobal Huet​

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42 Fabrice Lhenry​

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Scratches | Reason
G 49 Florian Hardy|

Healthy​

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F 71 Anthony Guttig |

Concussion​

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F 77 Sacha Treille|

Suspended​

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Officials

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| Martin Fraňo

| Jari Levonen

| Jon Kilian

| Stefan Schulz

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[Systemfel]

Come on, let's get this GDT rockin'! I'll be watching! For an hour...

 

[zorz]

France needs 3 pts from this to keep their QF hopes alive.

 

[Moen is Gone]

2nd best PP of this tourney vs #1 PK (impressive 100%).

Not overly confident, but France can do it if they play a serious game and keep things simple. As a habs fan, I hope they can contain guys like Grabovsky and the Kostitsyns (if they feel like showing up).

Allez les Bleus!

 

[McGlassbangers]

I believe in Team France. Belarus has big problems with their goalies (Mezin went home and Koval has some kind of injury on his back) and they can't reach to the QF any more. I certainly hope that Team France's 4:2 win of Team Switzerland gave them a big extra boost.

 

[begbeee]

Hope Belarus win this for glory...uhm...Slovakia
Seriously, I often cheer for underdog, so come on France!

 

[NicolasH]

We beat Belarus last year, so let's go France, time to do it again !

 

[NicolasH]

1 - 0 Belarus on a really good play.

 

[NicolasH]

Puck crossed the line, should have been 2 - 0 for Belarus.

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

^ Indeed, it seemed that way when the play was on and the replay confirmed it.

 

[NicolasH]

Great save Huet.

PP for Belarus.

 

[NicolasH]

Urgl, another great chance for France.

Koval is really good.

 

[NicolasH]

I feel there is the same amount of people in this GDT than in the stands looking for the game.

 

[Moen is Gone]

You're not alone! This game is making me nervous

 

[NicolasH]

France scoreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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1 - 1

 

[KaylaJ]

I was about to say seems like a lot of the action happens in the final 3 minutes of the period

 

[NicolasH]

Oh, Koval is hurt.

 

[Moen is Gone]

I start breathing again! Nice shot by Hecquefeuille.

Koval is out, hopefully nothing serious. (groin?)

Milchakov in

 

[NicolasH]

Koval is out, hopefully nothing serious. (groin?)

Groin written all over it.

 

[NicolasH]

lol at Laurent Meunier.

The guy throw the Belarussian on Huet and ask the referee for a goaltender interference.

Come on dude.

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

Interesting to see if France pulls Huet because only 3 pts is enough for a chance at QF.

 

[KaylaJ]

lol, these announcers

 

[NicolasH]

2 - 1 France !!!!!!

 

[NicolasH]

We're going in sudden death against Slovakia !
We're going in sudden death against Slovakia !
We're going in sudden death against Slovakia !

 

[KaylaJ]

Bummer of a way to lose like that for Belarus, but congrats to France. Those announcers were probably jumping up and down after the 2nd goal.