GDT: May 10 • Kazakhstan 1, Germany 2 (SO)

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2014 IIHF World Championship
Preliminary Round
Group B

May 10
5:45 AM ET • 11:45 CET • 12:45 EET

Kazakhstan
Projected lineup.

Left Wing​

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Center​

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Right Wing​

62 Vadim Krasnoslobodtsev​

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80 Nikolai Antropov

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48 Roman Starchenko​

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81 Konstantin Pushkaryov​

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36 Dmitriy Upper

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85 Konstantin Romanov​

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8 Talgat Zhailauov​

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18 Fyodor Polischuk​

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33 Andrei Gavrilin​

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57 Mikhail Panshin​

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82 Andrei Spiridonov​

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92 Mikhail Rakhmanov​

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Left Defense​

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Right Defense​

5 Alexei Litvinenko

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38 Kevin Dallman​

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2 Roman Savchenko​

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87 Artemiy Lakiza​

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29 Alexei Vasilchenko​

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52 Anton Kazantsev​

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55 Yevgeniy Blokhin​

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7 Maxim Semyonov​

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Starter​

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Backup​

31 Vitaliy Yeremeyev​

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28 Alexei Ivanov​

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Scratched​

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Reason​

G 1 Pavel Poluektov​

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Healthy​

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Germany
Projected lineup.

Left Wing​

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Center​

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Right Wing​

55 Felix Schütz​

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29 Alexander Barta

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28 Frank Mauer​

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92 Marcel Noebels​

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18 Kai Hospelt​

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19 Thomas Oppenheimer​

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86 Daniel Petta​

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17 Marcus Kink

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36 Yannic Seidenberg​

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22 Matthias Plachta​

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71 Leon Draisaitl​

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9 Tobias Rieder​

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-​

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63 Alexander Weiß​

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-​

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Left Defense​

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Right Defense​

90 Constantin Braun​

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81 Torsten Ankert​

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48 Frank Hördler

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34 Benedikt Kohl​

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82 Sinan Akdag​

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3 Justin Krueger​

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91 Moritz Müller​

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Starter​

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Backup​

72 Rob Zepp​

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30 Philipp Grubauer​

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Scratched​

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Reason​

33 Danny aus den Birken​

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Healthy​

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Officials​

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Referee​

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Aleksi Rantala | -

Referee​

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Vladimír Šindler | -

Linesman​

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Jimmy Dahmén | -

Linesman​

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Miroslav Valach | -

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[Eye of Ra]

I cheer for Germany.

Will be a close game, Kazak is KHL.

 

[airbus1094]

Should be a good game. Solid goalkeeping for Kazakhstan will be key.

 

[Lauro]

Excited to watch Draisaitl and Rieder.

 

[Salzig]

Hopefully the young players will be ready to play such an important game.

 

[GermanNuck]

I can't really make a guess..
Obviously rooting for Germany, but they have a habit of not beating the teams that are on the same level.. But i'll be optimistic and say 3-2 germany.

Rieder, Schütz and Pietta with the goals, and Draisaitl with some nice plays.

 

[Namejs]

The Kazakh team is a bit of a mystery to me. On paper their roster is really solid and there's not that big of a difference between Germany (with almost their B line-up) and Kazakhstan (A line-up, 7 naturalized players).

But when it comes down to it, they just look uninspired, lose all or most of their games and always drop down to DivisionIA.

I saw a couple of their exhibition games and they just looked like a bunch of U-18 junior players even though most of them played in the KHL this season and played good.

If the games were played on paper, on a good day they could defeat anyone outside of the top3 in the group.

So I'm eager to see at what state their team is this year.

 

[JJTT]

Draisaitl on the fourth line and Rieder as 13th forward..

 

[JJTT]

1-1 with minute remaining in the first.

 

[Salzig]

Boy, it seems like Germany needs again quite a number of shots to score a goal... The same procedure as every year...

 

[Sanderson]

Draisaitl on the fourth line and Rieder as 13th forward..

I think they just screwed up the lineup. Weiß is the 13th forward, Rieder is on the RW next to Draisaitl. Wasn't the only mistake, Oppenheimer was listed as C on his line, even though he is the RW.

Germany looks pretty much in control of the game. Not a whole lot of big chances, but definately more on offense than Kazakhstan. The 0-1 came out of nowhere really. Kazakhstan has the edge when it comes to physical play though.

 

[JJTT]

I think they just screwed up the lineup. Weiß is the 13th forward, Rieder is on the RW next to Draisaitl. Wasn't the only mistake, Oppenheimer was listed as C on his line, even though he is the RW.

Germany looks pretty much in control of the game. Not a whole lot of big chances, but definately more on offense than Kazakhstan. The 0-1 came out of nowhere really. Kazakhstan has the edge when it comes to physical play though.

Yeah, Rieder got regular icetime and even played on pp. Draisaitl with assist and drawn penalty with limited icetime

 

[Domenica]

I just started watching. First of all, I'm really happy to see Talgat Zhailauov back. After the news he had a concussion (being dropped on his head by his own fans) I didn't hear anything but his missed Barys' whole play-off run.

Making a prediction: Schütz with the 2:1. Go Germany!

 

[Domenica]

The guy who just jumped across the fence to get to the puck moved faster than most of the players on the German team.

 

[Domenica]

Two shots on goal in a row. Germany finally waking up.

 

[Sanderson]

Germany looked worse than in the first, apart from that short stretch near the end. Not nearly physical enough, not quick enough, lack of puck-control and rarely attacking the net. They need to do a whole lot better than that in the third. This game is a must win game, in regulation, not just to have a chance at the quarterfinals, but also not to end up with an ugly surprise in the end if things shouldn't go well.

 

[Salzig]

The guy who just jumped across the fence to get to the puck moved faster than most of the players on the German team.

Haha that was a great effort.

 

[Exarz]

Wow, I just saw that only 3 out of 23 Kazakh players do not play in the KHL!

Kind of impressing that they are an elevator team (even though they're not top KHL-players)

 

[Domenica]

Great, now it's penalty shooting.

 

[Exarz]

Yeremeyev should've had the last shot..

 

[Domenica]

Oppenheimer with the GWG.

Let's be positive. Germany has more points than Canada right now.

 

[Sanderson]

At least they won the shootout, still a setback, this should have been three points. You cannot afford to leave any points behind when you face so much direct competition.

 

[Joey Banana]

I was pleasantly surprised by Oppenheimer, Plachta and Akdag. Can't say Germany deserve three points today, especially with Kazakhstan's solid goaltending and defense. Not to mention our horrid efficiency on converting chances. Not like that's unfamiliar, though.

 

[Woodhouse]

The goals:



The shootout winner:

 

[Dfire]

Good result for Germanys development team against Barys Astana.

Germany needs to start playing a more physical game in order to beat Dinamo Riga tomorrow.