2012 IIHF World Championship final

Final of national man competition 2012 IIHF World Championship final IHWC 2012 Awarding Russia, 20.05.2012, Helsinki, Finland.JPG RUS SVK 6 2 1 3 2 1 0 1 2012 5 20 y Hartwall Areena Helsinki 13,242https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/272/IHM272164_74_3_0.pdf Game Summary - Gold Medal Game 20 May 2012 20 May 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20161231165521/http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/272/IHM272164_74_3_0.pdf 31 December 2016 live IIHF dmy-all 2011 2013 The 2012 IIHF World Championship final was played at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland, on 20 May 2012 between Russia and Slovakia. Russia won the gold medal by defeating Slovakia 6–2. Background Slovakia and Russia faced each other in the 2002 Championship final; that game ended 4–3 in favour of the Slovaks, who captured the team's only gold medal in World Championship history. The 2012 final was Slovakia's third final in history, and their first since 2002. Russia made their fourth final appearance in five years. Russia had won twenty-five gold medals (three as Russia) previously.http://www.iihf.com/competition/272/news/news-singleview-2012/recap/6985.html https://archive.today/20130103093715/http://www.iihf.com/competition/272/news/news-singleview-2012/recap/6985.html dead January 3, 2013 IIHF Can David slay Goliath? 2012-05-20 Road to the final 2012 IIHF World Championship RussiaRoundSlovakiaTeamGP Games playedW Wins (3p)OTW Overtime/Shootout wins (2p)OTL Overtime/Shootout losses (1p)L Losses (0p)GF Goals forGA Goals againstDIF Goal differencePTS Points RUS 7 7 0 0 0 27 8 +19 21 SWE 7 6 0 0 1 29 15 +14 18 CZE 7 4 1 0 2 24 11 +13 14 NOR 7 4 0 1 2 33 19 +14 13 LAT 7 2 0 0 5 11 19 −8 6 GER 7 2 0 0 5 14 31 −17 6 DEN 7 1 0 1 5 13 23 −10 4 ITA 7 0 1 0 6 6 31 −25 2PreliminaryTeamGP Games playedW Wins (3p)OTW Overtime/Shootout wins (2p)OTL Overtime/Shootout losses (1p)L Losses (0p)GF Goals forGA Goals againstDIF Goal differencePTS Points CAN 7 6 0 1 0 35 15 +20 19 USA 7 4 2 0 1 32 17 +15 16 FIN 7 5 0 0 2 21 14 +7 15 SVK 7 5 0 0 2 21 13 +8 15 FRA 7 3 0 0 4 21 32 −11 9 SUI 7 2 0 0 5 16 21 −5 6 BLR 7 1 0 0 6 11 23 −12 3 KAZ 7 0 0 1 6 11 33 −22 1OpponentResultPlayoffOpponentResultNOR5–2QuarterfinalsCAN4–3FIN6–2SemifinalsCZE3–1Source:http://www.iihf.com/en/competition/272/standings.html IIHF 2012 tournament standings, reports and game results 20 May 2012 Match Summary The first period had only lasted one minute before Slovakia captain Zdeno Chára fired a hard shot from the blue line to open up the score. Russia would then dominate the rest of the period, and at 09:57 Alexander Semin received a pass from Washington Capitals teammate Alexander Ovechkin on a breakaway and tied the game 1–1. Russia continued to pressure the Slovaks' net, but a solid-playing Ján Laco and good defensive play by the Slovaks kept the game even. No penalties were called during the game's first 20 minutes.http://www.iihf.com/competition/272/news/news-singleview-2012/recap/6797.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120523182255/http://www.iihf.com/competition/272/news/news-singleview-2012/recap/6797.html dead May 23, 2012 Golden glory for Russia! Aykroyd Lucas 20 May 2012 IIHF 20 May 2012 In the second period, Russia grabbed a three-goal lead. In a tangled situation in front of Slovakia's goaltender, Alexander Perezhogin put the puck in the net and gave Russia their first lead of the game at 26:10. Then at 33:31 Sergei Shirokov passed to assistant captain Alexei Tereshchenko on a two-on-one situation and Tereshchenko scored to give the Russians a 3–1 lead. Less than two minutes later, Pavel Datsyuk stole the puck in the Slovak zone and passed to Alexander Semin who netted his second goal of the game, giving Russia a three-goal lead. Shortly thereafter, at 35:43, Zdeno Chára was given the first penalty of the game, a tripping penalty. The Russians were unsuccessful in converting on the power play. Russia outshot Slovakia 16–8 in the second period.https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/russia-dominates-slovakia-win-2012-iihf-gold-2014-205052024.html Russia dominates Slovakia to win 2012 IIHF gold; 2014 Sochi groups announced 2012-05-20 sports.yahoo.com At 43:55 in the third period, Pavel Datsyuk sealed the game for Russia with his first goal of the game. Shortly after this, Slovakia's goaltender Ján Laco was pulled and replaced by Peter Hamerlík. Slovakia was given an opportunity on the power play following a slashing penalty on Alexander Ovechkin at 48:47, Russia's first penalty of the game. It took 50 seconds on the power play before Zdeno Chára scored his second goal of the game on a one-timer in front of the net to cut the deficit to three goals. Evgeni Malkin finished the game off at 58:02 by scoring his eleventh goal of the tournament to make the score 6–2.http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/blog/eye-on-hockey/19105189/russia-beats-slovakia-to-win-gold-at-worlds-2014-olympics-groups-set Russia beats Slovakia to win gold at Worlds; 2014 Olympics groups set 2012-05-20 cbssports.com The game ended 6–2 for Russia, who captured the team's twenty-sixth World Championship gold medal in history (fourth as Russia). Slovakia earned their second World Championship silver medal. After the game had ended, several Slovak players donned Pavol Demitra jerseys backwards to honor his memory. Demitra had died on September 7, 2011.https://sports.yahoo.com/photos/russia-wins-world-championship-gold-slideshow/slovakias-team-players-wear-jerseys-number-former-slovak-photo-200143798.html Russia wins world championship gold 2012-05-21 Evgeni Malkin was named the MVP of the tournament.http://www.iihf.com/competition/272/news/news-singleview-2012/recap/6990.html Malkin wins MVP honours 2012-05-20 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120523043828/http://www.iihf.com/competition/272/news/news-singleview-2012/recap/6990.html IIHF 2012-05-23 Details #eeeeee 20 May 2012 20:30 RUS SVK 6–2 0–11–12–13–14–15–15–26–2 (1–1, 3–0, 2–1) Semyon Varlamov Ján LacoPeter Hamerlík A. Semin (A. Ovechkin, P. Datsyuk) – 09:57A. Perezhogin (A. Popov) – 26:10A. Tereshchenko (S. Shirokov, N. Zherdev) – 33:31A. Semin (P. Datsyuk) – 35:22P. Datsyuk (A. Semin, A. Ovechkin) – 43:55E. Malkin (I. Nikulin, N. Nikitin) – 58:02 01:06 – Z. Chára (T. Surový)49:37 – Z. Chára (T. Surový, M. Šatan) (PP) Hartwall Areena, Helsinki 13,242 CZE Antonín Jeřábek SUI Brent Reiber SUI Roger Arm CZE Petr Blumel http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/272/IHM272164_74_3_0.pdf 2 4 42 31 References External links Official website Final Category:Russia men's national ice hockey team games Category:Slovakia men's national ice hockey team games W Category:IIHF World Championship finals Category:International sports competitions in Helsinki Category:2010s in Helsinki Category:Russia–Slovakia sports relations