Round-Up 2009 WU Ice Hockey Tournament - Day 5

Packed to the roof: CAN vs. CHN Women’s Ice Hockey

Women

JPN – SVK 1-4 (1-2, 0-1, 0-1)
Hardly two minutes into the game, Slovakia opened the score via Velickova. Halfway the period, Japan took advantage of a powerplay and Shimozawa put the equalizer in the nets. A few minutes later, Slovakia retaliated and also scored a powerplay goal. The second period the Slovaks took Team Nippon by surprise, drilling the black biscuit past goalie Eri Kiribuchi hardly 30 seconds after the drop of the puck. The third period the Japanese missed a lot of powerplay opportunities, whereas the Slovaks scored their fourth goal via Karafiatova in the last 20 seconds of the game.

GBR – FIN 0-16 (0-5, 0-6, 0-5)
Few words to say. Shots on the British goal: 101, shots on the Finish goal: 0. Great Britain was simply outclassed in this game, which merely took place in their defensive zone.

CAN – CHN 7-1 (2-1, 1-0, 4-0)
The game between top contender Canada and host China was very much anticipated. With the Harbin Ice Hockey Gym packed to the roof the Chinese fans kept boosting for their team chanting ‘Zhong Guo! Zhong Guo!’ – China! China! … but the Canadians were no match for the Chinese. Five minutes into the game Canada opens the score via Unruh. Halfway through the period China can collect on a powerplay and Jiang scores the equalizer. The teams leave the ice for the first time after Copeland from Canada has put a two on the scoreboard. In the second there is a lot of two-way hockey where China misses some opportunities. Canada doesn’t and Provost scores number three for the Leaf. In the third period Team China gives a tired impression, but not the Canadians. They keep on going strong and drill four more goals past Chinese goalie Shi Yao.

KOR vs. RUS

Men
RUS – KOR 14-1 (5-1, 5-0, 4-0)
Powerhouse Russia dominated its game against Korea. It was Jung who scored the sole goal for Korea.

SVK – USA 4-5 (3-1, 0-1, 1-2, 0-0, 0-1)
A tight game, Slovakia and USA battled to the final whistle to take this game home. In the first period Slovakia managed to take a 3-1 lead, scoring their first goal on a powerplay. Team USA also scored its first goal in a powerplay situation. In the second period, The Americans scored their second powerplay goal. In the third, Team USA outclassed the Slovakians scoring 2 to 1 which brought the game into overtime. In the extra period no goals were scored. In the end it took 26 (!) penalty shots to appoint a winner… Team USA.