GDT: Group H • May 12 • Slovakia 5, Belarus 1

[Systemfel]

2012 IIHF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP | ROUND ROBIN GAME
MAY 12, 2012
5:15 AM ET • 11:15 CET • 12:15 EET

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

Slovakia

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing

82 Tomáš Kopecký​

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26 Michal Handžuš​

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92 Branko Radivojevič​

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21 Libor Hudáček​

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43 Tomáš Surový​

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18 Miroslav Šatan (A)​

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90 Tomáš Tatar​

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71 Juraj Mikúš​

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91 Michel Miklík​

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81 Marcel Hossa​

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55 Mário Bližňák​

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61 Milan Bartovič​

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-​

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-​

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87 Marcel Haščák​

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Left Defense | Right Defense

33 Zdeno Chára (C)​

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51 Dominik Graňák (A)​

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7 Ivan Baranka​

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44 Andrej Sekera​

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23 René Vydarený​

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19 Tomáš Starosta​

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4 Michal Sersen​

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-​

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Starting Goalie | Backup Goalie

50 Ján Laco​

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2 Peter Hamerlík​

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Scratches | Reason
G 39 Július Hudáček|

Healthy​

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D 78 Kristián Kudroč|

Back injury, sidelined remainder of WC​

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Belarus

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing

18 Alexei Ugarov​

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84 Mikhail Grabovski (A)​

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16 Andrei Stepanov​

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23 Andrei Kostitsyn​

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71 Alexei Kalyuzhny (A)​

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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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88 Yevgeni Kovyrshin​

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11 Alexander Kulakov​

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77 Alexander Kitarov​

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19 Dmitri Meleshko​

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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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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 8 Andrei Kolosov|

Healthy​

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F 13 Sergei Drozd |

Healthy​

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Officials

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| Jari Levonen

| Brent Reiber

|Jon Kilian

|Masi Puolakka

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[Systemfel]

Streams: http://www.lshunter.tv/hockey-live-streaming-video.html

Box score: http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/272/gameaction_3398.html

 

[Harv]

 

[Alicat]

Are we sure Andrei won't be too hung over?

 

[slovakiasnextone]

Gotta win this one no matter what...could be the game that decides our QF fate...we might make it even if we lose to SUI tomorrow, but if we don´t win today...

 

[zorz]

Gotta win this one no matter what...could be the game that decides our QF fate...we might make it even if we lose to SUI tomorrow, but if we don´t win today...

who do you prefer to face in the QF?

 

[slovakiasnextone]

who do you prefer to face in the QF?

Honestly, don´t care too much about that. Or maybe it would be better said that I don´t care yet about that, we´re not in QF yet.

 

[Dima_BLR]

Are we sure Andrei won't be too hung over?

who cares! as we have already learned, stuff like that won't affect his scoring abilities

 

[begbeee]

Mezin left Belarus national team!
I don't know anything about background but this easily hurts Belarus team in the locker-room.

 

[Dima_BLR]

Mezin left Belarus national team!
I don't know anything about background but this easily hurts Belarus team in the locker-room.

hopefully, koval is fit enough to play for that selfish guy whose best times are now in the past. anyways, this whole situation does not alter the fact that mezin is the living legend of the belarusian hockey

 

[begbeee]

Yeah Mezin was/is great goalie, Koval is more than capable. As I've said, this is not the question of the next goalie performance, this is about locker-room.

 

[Dima_BLR]

Yeah Mezin was/is great goalie, Koval is more than capable. As I've said, this is not the question of the next goalie performance, this is about locker-room.

who knows... maybe the kosty bros who joined the team yesterday have brough some good spirits and chased away evil energies.

 

[isuldor]

Gotta win this one no matter what...could be the game that decides our QF fate...we might make it even if we lose to SUI tomorrow, but if we don´t win today...

Not really. We have to beat SUI to be for sure in QF.

Bcs, when SUI will defeat us and we will win against Belarus and France, we will have 12 points.
SUI have 6, +3 points from us and they need just one more win. They will play France and USA, if they will defeat France and lost to USA (thats the worst scenario for us, but it can happen), Slovakia will be on 5th place. (Golf ftw)

We can have still chance, that USA will lost also to SUI, so they will end up on 10 points.

 

[Zamuz]

Belarus much stronger now with Kostitsyns, going to be a really close game.

 

[begbeee]

Any news if Kostitsyns are on a line with Grabovskij? At least on PP?

 

[BalticWarrior]

Close game, 2-1 in OT for one of the sides.

 

[kajoo]

Sekera 1-0

 

[begbeee]

What a lazy effort on BLR side during last few chances... Easy giveaways.

 

[croAVSfan*]

What stupid song when slovaks scores

 

[begbeee]

Do actually Belarussians want to win this game? Their effort in their defensive zone is terrible. Their are constantly outplayed by Radivojevic - Handzus - Kopecky line. I mean three 3rd line grinders by definition. Mikus plays a good game.

 

[slovakiasnextone]

Do actually Belarussians want to win this game? Their effort in their defensive zone is terrible. Their are constantly outplayed by Radivojevic - Handzus - Kopecky line. I mean three 3rd line grinders by definition. Mikus plays a good game.

While Mikúš has not managed to translate his pre-WC scoring into the tourney, I think he has been really great deffensively so far in the tourney.

 

[Dima_BLR]

Do actually Belarussians want to win this game? Their effort in their defensive zone is terrible. Their are constantly outplayed by Radivojevic - Handzus - Kopecky line. I mean three 3rd line grinders by definition. Mikus plays a good game.

well, at this wc the games begin for team belarus starting from 2d period

 

[NewHopeForEveryone]

What stupid song when slovaks scores

that song have big sentimental value for slovak fans because it was created during WCH 2002 when we won gold...so its something like second anthem

 

[begbeee]

well, at this wc the games begin for team belarus starting from 2d period

Better shift the next gear soon. Second part of the game Slovaks played very good in neutral and defensive zone. Slowed down a little in offensive zone.
EDIT: I mean during this game.

 

[kajoo]

2-0