WJC: Division I-III

[IceBlacks]

Division III started today in Izmit, Turkey. In the tournament opener last year from Div IIB relegated Belgium faced Mexico. Belgium was clear favourite to win the game but despite outshooting the Mexicans 54-17 and 13 power play chances, the final score was 4-0 for Belgium.

Meanwhile in Division IIB, Iceland is humiliating China. Score is 6-0 after 2nd period the shots are for Iceland 42-6.

 

[IIHFjerseycollector]

Division III started today in Izmit, Turkey. In the tournament opener last year from Div IIB relegated Belgium faced Mexico. Belgium was clear favourite to win the game but despite outshooting the Mexicans 54-17 and 13 power play chances, the final score was 4-0 for Belgium.

Meanwhile in Division IIB, Iceland is humiliating China. Score is 6-0 after 2nd period the shots are for Iceland 42-6.

HOLY PIM'S in that game too.

 

[IceBlacks]

Clear 8-1 win for Iceland. Total shots 55-19 and PIMs 26-36 and each of them were minor penalties.

06:30 1 - 0 EQ ISL 10. BERGMANN Brynjar

13:00 2 - 0 EQ ISL 5. MAGNUSSON Daniel H
(11. GUDLAUGSSON Kari)

17:00 3 - 0 EQ ISL 18. GUDNASON Falur
(21. SIGURDARSON Bjorn)
(19. JOHANNESSON Bjarki)


21:00 4 - 0 PP1 ISL 6. HELGASON Andri
(10. BERGMANN Brynjar)
(21. SIGURDARSON Bjorn)

25:22 6 - 0 EQ ISL 21. SIGURDARSON Bjorn
(7. ARNASON Ingthor)

44:21 6 - 1 EQ CHN 12. WU Jiasiteng
(13. LU Hengnan)
(8. ZHANG Zhen)

48:01 7 - 1 PP1 ISL 7. ARNASON Ingthor
(21. SIGURDARSON Bjorn)
(15. SIGRUNARSON Hafthor)

56:02 8 - 1 EQ ISL 6. HELGASON Andri

Next game in Division III is South Africa-New Zealand. Those teams faced two years ago in U18 WC and then New Zealand stormed over the South Africans 18-0. South Africa is making their first appeareance in U20 age group since 2008 and back then the results were pretty one sided.

New Zealand U20 league has been running since this season from September to December in order to prepare the players better for the World Championships. That should be a great advantage so I assume it's gonna be a blowout.

 

[IceBlacks]

Pretty easy and convincing victory for New Zealand over South Africa with the final score 6-0. SOG 37-12 and PIM 16-10.

30:19 0 - 1 EQ NZL 15. ROTH Benedict
(18. HARRISON Shaun)

30:36 0 - 2 EQ NZL 17. DARLING Tristan
(18. HARRISON Shaun)
(4. HENDERSON Aaron)

34:03 0 - 3 EQ NZL 24. FREAR Lachlan
(8. KENNEDY Tayler)

50:43 0 - 4 EQ NZL 4. HENDERSON Aaron
(18. HARRISON Shaun)

54:54 0 - 5 EQ NZL 18. HARRISON Shaun
(4. HENDERSON Aaron)

55:42 0 - 6 SH1 NZL 7. JAGAU Kevin


Notable player from New Zealand is Shaun Harrison who scored 1+3 today. He should be one their most dominant forwards of the tournament just like he has been in New Zealand U20 league.

 

[IceBlacks]

In Div IIB Korea was having some trouble against Serbia when Serbia tied the game 2-2 in early 2rd period. Serbian penalties later in the period helped Korea to skate away with two goals on 5-3 and 5-4 power play. That wasn't enough and Korea scored 4 goals in 2 minutes to take away this game 6-2. Korea scored 4 goals on PP.

SOG 36-19, PIM 32-20, KOR 2+10 for checking to the head

16:04 1 - 0 PP1 KOR 3. SEO Yeongjun
(18. LEE Seunghyuk)
(21. LEE Dounggun)

23:45 1 - 1 PP1 SRB 22. LESTARIC Lazar
(9. NOVAKOVIC Ugljesa)

28:26 2 - 1 PP1 KOR 3. SEO Yeongjun
(18. LEE Seunghyuk)

44:52 2 - 2 EQ SRB 4. TERZIC Djordjije
(19. PLAVSIC Dominik)
(21. IGNJATOVIC Bozidar)

52:52 3 - 2 PP2 KOR 21. LEE Dounggun
(8. LEE Kangsoo)
(22. KIM Geonwoo)

53:26 4 - 2 PP1 KOR 17. KIM Hyungkyeum
(2. CHUN Sukyoung)
(14. HWANG Doo Hyun)

54:12 5 - 2 EQ KOR 13. HWANG Yaehun
(17. KIM Hyungkyeum)

54:54 6 - 2 EQ KOR 9. LEE Chongjae
(3. SEO Yeongjun)

 

[swissexpert]

lol is Bulgaria really losing to the Turkeys

not only the game but also their heads, 120 - 89 PIM half way into the third

 

[IceBlacks]

The drunk Bulgarian head coach Martin Milanov isn't convincing me at all. Add that to home advantage, I was assuming we might see an upset here despite Bulgaria should be a bit more talented team. Very nice job to be a score sheet keeper. Thanks dudes

48:41 20 min BUL 3. IVANOV Bogdan Game Misconduct Penalty
48:41 5 min BUL 3. IVANOV Bogdan Roughing

47:21 20 min TUR 18. SOLAK Gokalp Game Misconduct Penalty
47:21 5 min TUR 18. SOLAK Gokalp Roughing

47:21 20 min TUR 22. KAMIS Doruk Game Misconduct Penalty
47:21 5 min TUR 22. KAMIS Doruk Roughing

47:21 20 min TUR 8. DEMIRER Alihan Game Misconduct Penalty
47:21 5 min TUR 8. DEMIRER Alihan Roughing

47:21 20 min BUL 14. BOTSEV Valentin Game Misconduct Penalty
47:21 5 min BUL 14. BOTSEV Valentin Roughing

47:21 20 min BUL 9. VASILEV Aleksandar Game Misconduct Penalty
47:21 5 min BUL 9. VASILEV Aleksandar Roughing

47:21 2 min TUR 18. SOLAK Gokalp Roughing

47:21 2 min BUL 9. VASILEV Aleksandar Slashing

47:21 20 min BUL 11. GEORGIEV Tomislav Game Misconduct Penalty
47:21 5 min BUL 11. GEORGIEV Tomislav Roughing

47:21 10 min BUL 13. TALEV Martin Misconduct

 

[IceBlacks]

Some fiercy rival between Bulgaria and Turkey as one might have expected but the penalty summary took a bit out of hands. 120 minutes for Bulgaria and 90 for Turkey. SOG 23-23

15:04 1 - 0 EQ BUL 8. EFTIMOV Maksim
(11. GEORGIEV Tomislav)
(17. DIKOV Veselin)

26:27 1 - 1 PP1 TUR 23. UZUNALI Ogun
(18. SOLAK Gokalp)
(4. FANER Emre)

35:39 1 - 2 EQ TUR 8. DEMIRER Alihan
(4. FANER Emre)
(18. SOLAK Gokalp)

40:37 1 - 3 PP1 TUR 9. AKAY Batuhan
(18. SOLAK Gokalp)

55:21 2 - 3 PP1 BUL 4. GENKOV Atanas

In Div-IIB Spain is up to 3-0 early 3rd period against Australia so that should be enough to beat Aussies.

 

[IceBlacks]

Last game of today has ended and Spain took a deserved 4-1 win over Australia. SOG 33-19, PIM 14-14.

11:37 1 - 0 EQ ESP 16. GARCIA Alfonso
(18. FERNANDEZ-POLA Angel)

23:39 2 - 0 EQ ESP 13. CARBONELL Alejandro
(9. SOLORZANO Ignacio)

40:31 3 - 0 PP1 ESP 23. GARCIA Marcus
(22. FUENTES Patricio)

55:14 4 - 0 EQ ESP 9. SOLORZANO Ignacio
(22. FUENTES Patricio)

59:22 4 - 1 EQ AUS 12. TODD Cameron
(15. KUBARA Casey)
(6. FEDOR Kayne)

This group will have a day-off and Division III will continue with 3 interesting match-ups.

Belgium - New Zealand 13.00
Bulgaria - Mexico 16.30
Turkey - South Africa 20.00

Times are GMT+2

Belgium-New Zealand will be very tough one. I really hope New Zealand could pull the upset here. If there will be some penalties for Bulgarian players, Mexico could take a win of this.

Turkey had a strong effort today and they should beat South Africa.

 

[boris4c]

Tough loss for Serbia against South Korea. The game was tied at 2-2 with 7:08 left on the clock.

Btw, it's really sad that a lot of teams in the Division III are missing their best players. I don't know the reason behind this, possibly that their clubs aren't letting them go or that the players themselves are not interested, but a star like Bryan Henry is missing for Belgium, or someone like Ivan Hodulov for Bulgaria, among many others.

 

[kaiser matias]

Tough loss for Serbia against South Korea. The game was tied at 2-2 with 7:08 left on the clock.

Btw, it's really sad that a lot of teams in the Division III are missing their best players. I don't know the reason behind this, possibly that their clubs aren't letting them go or that the players themselves are not interested, but a star like Bryan Henry is missing for Belgium, or someone like Ivan Hodulov for Bulgaria, among many others.

If the club is in an IIHF-affiliated league (which is nearly every one but the NHL), they are required to make players available for national teams. Now if the player wants to play or not is a totally different question.

 

[boris4c]

If the club is in an IIHF-affiliated league (which is nearly every one but the NHL), they are required to make players available for national teams. Now if the player wants to play or not is a totally different question.

It appears Bryan Henry turned down the invitation, and I imagine the reason is the same for the other absentees.

 

[swissexpert]

Bulgaria with 4 game misconducts, does that mean that they're all automatically suspended for today's game against mexico?
Could be another tough game for them as it seems..

 

[IceBlacks]

Bulgaria with 4 game misconducts, does that mean that they're all automatically suspended for today's game against mexico?
Could be another tough game for them as it seems..

As they were game misconduct penalties, not match penalties, there won't be automatic suspensions but the directorate will investigate the incidents and if they give any penalties, I assume it's max 1 game and not necessarily to all of them who were involved.

In the first game today Belgium won New Zealand 4-1. New Zealand took the lead in 1st period but two goals in late period turned the game. Especially the 2-1 goal at 19.59 must have hurt.

New Zealand was down to 5-3 situation at 19.56 and the Belgians managed to score during the same period and also in early 2nd period.

Belgium were struggling with their PP against Mexico but today their power play units managed to score 3 goals with the man advantage.

Yet again Aaron Henderson and Shaun Harrison were responsible for the goal of New Zealand.

SOG 31-17, PIM 16-30, NZ 2+10 for Checking to the head

08:32 0 - 1 EQ NZL 4. HENDERSON Aaron
(18. HARRISON Shaun)

16:50 1 - 1 EQ BEL 10. GORIS Emiel
(6. van NOTEN Patrick)

19:59 2 - 1 PP2 BEL 16. de SMET Yoren
(4. BUELENS Jentl)
(8. CORNELIS Paul)

20:50 3 - 1 PP1 BEL 21. NEVEN Frank
(2. van EGDOM Michael)
(8. CORNELIS Paul)

46:27 4 - 1 PP1 BEL 21. NEVEN Frank
(16. de SMET Yoren)
(2. van EGDOM Michael)

 

[IceBlacks]

After tight two periods Mexico was ahead of Bulgaria only 2-0 but in the 3rd the Mexicans could take advantage of tired Bulgaria which played with only 3 full lines due to suspensions.

Final score 6-0. SOG 50-17, PIM 14-16.

Last game of today is the just begun Turkey-South Africa.

 

[IceBlacks]

Expected win for the host Turkey over South Africa 4-1. Nothing to be ashamed by South Africans. SOG 22-21, PIM 12-18.

Turkey did the same trick as Belgium and succeeded to score a goal at the last second of 1st period.

06:27 1 - 0 SH1 TUR 18. SOLAK Gokalp

13:26 1 - 1 PP1 RSA 6. du PREEZ Spencer
(4. THORNTON Keegan)
(24. BREMNER Callum)

15:27 2 - 1 EQ TUR 18. SOLAK Gokalp
(23. UZUNALI Ogun)

19:59 3 - 1 EQ TUR 18. SOLAK Gokalp
(11. FANER Fatih)

30:33 4 - 1 PP1 TUR 23. UZUNALI Ogun
(11. FANER Fatih)
(18. SOLAK Gokalp)



Division III will have a day-off on Tuesday and Division IIB will be running at full throttle. The games tomorrow are:

Serbia - Australia 13.00 GMT+1

Korea - China 16.30 GMT +1

Spain - Iceland 20.00 GMT +1

Korea-China will be a blowout but Serbia-Australia and Spain-Iceland will both be very tight. The bookies have Serbia and Spain as favourites but anything can happen. Odd for Australia is already 3.20 which sounds a bit too high so I might take a shot on that one. 2.06 for Spain is on a boarderline so I would wait for better lines at live betting. Spain should win it but Iceland hasn't played bad at all.

 

[IceBlacks]

Serbia took 3 points from Australia with a tight 3-2 win. SOG 41-25, PIM 10-10

00:39 1 - 0 EQ SRB 14. KEREZOVIC Nikola

04:29 1 - 1 PP1 AUS 11. TOBIN Shaun
(6. FEDOR Kayne)
(5. WOODMAN Jamie)

25:07 2 - 1 PP1 SRB 12. ZWICK Andrej
(17. PAJIC Sinisa)

32:27 3 - 1 EQ SRB 12. ZWICK Andrej
(17. PAJIC Sinisa)

39:59 3 - 2 PP1 AUS 10. KUBARA Tyler
(11. TOBIN Shaun)
(6. FEDOR Kayne)

Yet another last second goal

We should see tons of goals when Korea kills China in the next game.

 

[boris4c]

South Korea 17-2 China

The Chinese goalie allowed 17 goals on 51 shots and did not get pulled. How does that happen?

 

[Siamese Dream]

South Korea 17-2 China

The Chinese goalie allowed 17 goals on 51 shots and did not get pulled. How does that happen?

Probably because if they put the backup in the score would have reached 25+

 

[Purple hippo]

Probably because if they put the backup in the score would have reached 25+

The back-up for the game was their main goalkeeper.

The Chinese goalie allowed 17 goals on 51 shots and did not get pulled. How does that happen?

Treat it as a throw away game, rest Xia for tomorrow. Even though its very unlikely they win tomorrow, he gives them the best chance and even if he cant, he gets rest from the day off anyway before they need points against Serbia.

 

[IceBlacks]

Spain seemed to take an easy win when they were ahead of Iceland already 4-0 in the 1st period and dominated the shots 20-11. In next period the roles were the opposite and the score was 5-4 and Iceland took the shots 21-7.

Spain managed to survive the attacks of Icelanders and scored reliefing 6-4 goal with less than minute to go in the 3rd.

SOG 35-44, PIM 18-18

02:23 1 - 0 PP1 ESP 17. BURGOS Jorge
(15. GAINZA Inigo)
(22. FUENTES Patricio)

08:19 2 - 0 EQ ESP 9. SOLORZANO Ignacio
(19. PALACIOS Andres)
(22. FUENTES Patricio)

12:12 3 - 0 PP2 ESP 19. PALACIOS Andres
(3. RIVERO Carlos)

14:17 4 - 0 PP1 ESP 3. RIVERO Carlos
(13. CARBONELL Alejandro)

18:27 4 - 1 EQ ISL 6. HELGASON Andri
(18. GUDNASON Falur)

23:42 4 - 2 PS ISL 18. GUDNASON Falur

32:19 5 - 2 PP1 ESP 13. CARBONELL Alejandro
(22. FUENTES Patricio)
(3. RIVERO Carlos)

38:09 5 - 3 PP1 ISL 7. ARNASON Ingthor
(10. BERGMANN Brynjar)
(18. GUDNASON Falur)

39:35 5 - 4 EQ ISL 18. GUDNASON Falur
(6. HELGASON Andri)
(10. BERGMANN Brynjar)

58:24 6 - 4 EQ ESP 13. CARBONELL Alejandro
(15. GAINZA Inigo)

Tomorrow both groups will play. In Div IIB the schedule is:

Australia - Korea 13.00 GMT +1

Iceland - Serbia 16.30 GMT +1

China - Spain 20.00 GMT +1

Division III looks like this:

Bulgaria - South Africa 12.00 GMT +1

Mexico - New Zealand 15.30 GMT +1

Belgium - Turkey 19.00 GMT +1


Korea should beat Australia as Iceland should win Serbia. Spain should also kill China despite they will play their number 1 goalie unlike today against Korea.

In Division III Bulgaria, New Zealand and Belgium are the winner's choises on the bet slip

 

[Jesus Vitale]

it's crazy how bad China is at hockey, even in comparison to Korea and Japan. lose 17-2 to Korea and 8-1 to Iceland?

you'd think in a country of 1 billion people they'd be able to find a couple kids pretty good at hockey like in basketball.

 

[croAVSfan*]

I see that every Spain games draws 2500 fans. Nice to see it, even in higher divisions (like D1A in Poland) there were not that many fans on host games.

 

[IceBlacks]

I see that every Spain games draws 2500 fans. Nice to see it, even in higher divisions (like D1A in Poland) there were not that many fans on host games.

The tournament is in Jaca which is one the most hockey fanatic towns in Spain. It's one of the few where ice hockey is more popular than football.

South Africa took a slightly suprising win over Bulgaria 3-2 in OT. In 2rd period South Africa tied the game and won the shots 11-1 but couldn't decide it in the regulation. If China is not doing great in Div IIB, you can say the same about Bulgaria in Division III.

 

[connor macdavid]

As a Spaniard, I'm nervous for the game with Korea, who have been dominating the tournament so far.

I think it's safe to say the winner of Spain-Korea will get promotion.

Spain's been a little disappointing tbh.