Kazakhstan managed to enter the match. In the 3rd minute, Petuchov fired behind the right circle from the guardrail and the dotted puck fell behind Thompson. The Canadians responded in 80 seconds. After Graves’ shot, the puck knocked on the right post of Šutov’s Cozens goal. Then coach Claude Julien’s charges were expelled three times in a row. During the punishments of Chabot and Roy, they resisted, but during Barzal’s stay on the penalty bench, the Kazakhs already scored. After Akolzin’s backhand pass, the puck passed through the Sixesons of Thompson’s concretes.
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The management lasted the team of coach Yuri Michajlis only 122 seconds. Šutov dealt with Graves’ penetration, he also started Johnson’s hit, but Bartheson then sent a puck into the goal from behind the goal on his right foot. The favorite took the lead for the first time in the 18th minute with Gurkov’s exclusion. Johnson’s shot went low before Šutov’s Lowry. Johnson had another chance in half a minute, but the Kazakh goalkeeper struck.
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Kazakhstan’s goalkeeper Andrei Shutov bothered other opponents.Video: CT sport, SPORT.CZ
In the opening minute of the second act, in a four-on-four game, Cozens hit the left post from a position between the rings. On the other hand, after Sixakov’s attempt, Starchenko arrived, but missed. In the 26th minute, Thompson covered Sagadeyev’s chance. During Svedberg’s disqualification, Šutov prevented Canada’s lead from increasing, and he moved and caught Johnson’s shot from the right circle in the trap.
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Max Comtois from Canada (left) in a duel with Jesse Blacker from Kazakhstan.Photo: Martin Meissner, CTK / AP
Then he shortened the power play with the exclusion of Nikita Michajlis with a foul Severson, who, immediately after his return from the penalty bench after Gregor’s pass, ran into a solo raid and overtook Šutov among concretes. In the 39th minute, Lowry circled the goal in the weakening, but failed in the end.
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Kazakhstan did not give up. He did not use a power play, but then Panjukov and Valk had a chance. Dubois, on the other hand, had a chance. At 47:55, while Graves was injured on the ice, he converted Nikita Mikhailovis Savicki’s pass and reduced the difference to a goal. But the drama did not take place. Dubois didn’t change the penetration yet, but when Orechov was eliminated, he hit Cozens in the 52nd minute after Batheson’s pass. Hattrick completed 49 seconds before the end in another numerical advantage after the combination with Dubois.
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| Hockey World Championship: |
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| Group A (Helsinki): |
| Canada – Kazakhstan 6: 3 (3: 2, 1: 0, 2: 1) |
| Goals and records: 4. Cozens (Graves, N. Roy), 15. Batherson (K. Johnson, Graves), 18. Lowry (K. Johnson, J. Anderson), 33. Severson (Gregor), 52. Cozens ( Batherson, Severson), 60. Cozens (Dubois, Severson) – 3. Petuchov (Gurkov, Asetov), 13. Šestakov (Akolzin, Panjukov), 48. Savickij (Michajlis, Orechov). Judges: Judges: Rukucki (USA), Rohatsch (DEU) – Constantineau (Fr.), Nittylä (FIN). Exclusion: 7: 7. Utilization: 3: 1. Attendance: 2299. |
| Kanada: Thompson – Whitecloud, Chabot, Severson, Sanheim, Holden, Graves, Mayo – N. Roy, Dubois, Cozens – J. Anderson, Lowry, Sillinger – Batherson, Barzal, K. Johnson – Comtois, Mercer, Geekie – Gregor. Trenér: Claude Julien. |
| Kazakhstan: Shutov – Svedberg, Shalapov, Blacker, Orekhov, Beketaev, Metalnikov, Samat Danijar – Akolzin, Sagadyev, Shevchenko – N. Mikhailovis, Valk, Savicki – Panjukov, Starchenko, Shestakov – Petuchov, Gurkov, Rachmanov – Asetov. Coach: Yuri Michajlis. |
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