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Showing posts with label IIHF 2009. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IIHF 2009. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Bykov’s 50 Olympic hopefuls
Russia’s 50-man candidate list
Goalkeepers: Ilya Bryzgalov (Phoenix, NHL), Simeon Varlamov (Washington, NHL), Alexander Eremenko (Salavat, RUS), Evgeni Nabokov (San Jose, NHL), Vasili Koshechkin (Togliatti, RUS), Nikolai Khabibulin (Edmonton, NHL).
Defencemen: Vitali Atyushov (Magnitogorsk, RUS), Vitali Vishnevsky (Yaroslavl, RUS), Anton Volchenkov (Ottawa, NHL), Sergei Gonchar (Pittsburgh, NHL), Denis Grebeshkov (Edmonton, NHL), Alexander Guskov (Yaroslavl, RUS), Sergei Zubov (St. Petersburg, RUS), Dmitri Kalinin (Salavat, RUS), Maxim Kondratiev (Salavat, RUS), Konstantin Korneyev (CSKA Moscow, RUS), Denis Kulyash (CSKA Moscow, RUS), Andrei Markov (Montreal, NHL), Ilya Nikulin (Kazan, RUS), Vitali Proshkin (Salavat, RUS), Oleg Tverdovsky (Salavat, RUS), Fedor Tyutin (Columbus, NHL).
Forwards: Evgeni Artyukhin (Anaheim, NHL), Maxim Afinogenov (Atlanta, NHL), Konstantin Gorovikov (St. Petersburg, RUS), Pavel Datsyuk (Detroit, NHL), Danis Zaripov (Kazan, RUS), Sergei Zinoviev (Salavat, RUS), Alexei Kovalev (Ottawa, NHL), Ilya Kovalchuk (Atlanta, NHL), Viktor Kozlov (Salavat, RUS), Nikolai Kulemin (Toronto, NHL), Anton Kuryanov (Omsk, RUS), Evgeni Malkin (Pittsburgh, NHL), Alexei Mikhnov (Yaroslavl, RUS), Sergei Mozyakin (Mytishchi, RUS), Alexei Morozov (Kazan, RUS), Ivan Nepryayev (Dynamo Moscow, RUS), Alexander Ovechkin (Washington, NHL), Alexander Perezhogin (Salavat, RUS), Alexander Radulov (Salavat, RUS), Maxim Rybin (St. Petersburg, RUS), Oleg Saprykin (Dynamo Moscow, RUS), Alexander Semin (Washington, NHL), Maxim Sushinsky (St. Petersburg, RUS), Petr Schastlivy (CSKA Moscow, RUS), Andrei Taratukhin (Salavat, RUS), Alexei Tereschenko (Kazan, RUS), Sergei Fedorov (Magnitogorsk, RUS), Alexander Frolov (Los Angeles, NHL).
Monday, May 18, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
2009 IIHF Finals Russia Vs Canada 2-1 GOALS
Canadians never stopped exerting pressure on a very disciplined Red Armada and obtained a quick jump in score at the 6th minute thanks to Spezza, assisted by Doan and Weber. Stress was at the max in the arena, all the Russian Fans were holding their breath in front of such a determination to win from the opponent. When Saprikin released the pressure by achieving a splendid shot from far into the net, game exitement reached a peak, which remained up to second period. Then Radulov suprised everyone at the 35th minute, accomplishing perfect solo moves, faking a goal shot, then getting the puck in the cage with great finesse, assuring a crucial 1 point advance to the current Champions. Until the very last second, Maple Leaf players never gave up, had great team play but were unlucky with equalizing opportunities. They finally had to let their rival add another World title, and accept their IIHF #2 international ranking downgrade. What a Big challenge for next Olympics Organizer !
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Friday, May 8, 2009
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Monday, May 4, 2009
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Russian power play
The Red Machine downs USA 4-1, wins Group E.BERNE – Russia scored three power play goals en route to an impressive 4-1 win over Team USA, and remains undefeated in the tournament. Alexander Radulov and Oleg Saprykin led the charge with a goal and an assist each.
The win also means that regardless of what happens in Russia's last game against Latvia, Russia goes into the quarterfinals as the top-seeded team in Group E.
"We played a fast and aggressive game and I think we controlled the game," said Russian coach Vyacheslav Bykov.
USA got the start it had wished for, when Lee Stempniak’s shot from the let faceoff circle beat Ilya Bryzgalov, and the puck slid through his five-hole to give the Americans a 1-0 lead. Nick Foligno, who carried the puck into the zone and dropped it to Stempniak, picked the assist, as did defenceman John Michael Liles.
Then the Americans, who had played with great discipline in the tournament, got into trouble with penalties. First Colin Wilson took a minor penalty for hooking. It took the Russians just 44 seconds to beat Robert Esche for the first time. Alexander Radulov held the puck on the faceoff circle, to Esche’s left, and sent a hard pass to the far post where Matt Niskanen had missed Oleg Saprykin who had an easy job to send the puck into the net to tie the game.
"They got three power play goals, and it's a great team," said US goaltender Robert Esche, who was also the team's Player of the Game.
"You always get into penalty problems with teams that are fast, and I think we did a lot of standing around early, but they were flying in the first period," he said.
Three minutes later, Jack Johnson was sent to the penalty box for hooking. Again, Russia capitalized on their power play. Sergei Mozyakin got the puck to Anton Kuryanov, behind the US net. He sent a pass to the front of the net, and Alexander Perezhogin slammed it in for 2-1.
"You got to play the shot all the time, and it looks like they’re shooting all the time and they’re going for the back door. When people don’t pick up the guy at the back door it’s hard. It’s one thing if it’s a pass, but the Russians took full shots to the back door and I thought they really played a great game,” Esche said.
The Americans battled their way back into the game, but at 17:06, Mozyakin took Kuryanov’s drop pass and sent a blistering slapshot which sneaked in under Esche’s arm to give Russia a two-goal lead.
The US penalty troubles continued in the second period when Kyle Okposo got a two-minute penalty for roughing.
He only had to spend 53 seconds in the sin bin. Konstantin Gorovikov got the puck to Saprykin in the slot, he turned around and sent a backhand pass to the left post where Radulov was waiting to one time the puck in for 4-1. It was Russia’s third power play goal of the night, at 21:36.
The US got its chance to rally back when Vitaly Vishnevsky got a game misconduct when he checked Dustin Brown into the boards head first. However, it was Russia that created the best scoring chances during the five minute penalty.
"Our best player was easily and clearly our goaltender Robert Esche," Team USA head coach Ron Wilson said.
"We got off to a good start, but unfortunately we took a few penalties because we weren’t skating. our special teams let us down. The five minute power play opportunity could have been the way for us to get back in it, but unfortunately, we didn’t take advantage of it," he added.
In the third period, Russia made sure that the Americans were kept off the board, and any hopes that USA had of a comeback vanished with two late penalties.
For the US, the next game is on Monday when the team faces Switzerland. Russia takes on Latvia tomorrow.
RISTO PAKARINEN
