GDT: May 11 • Belarus 4, Kazakhstan 1

[Systemfel]

2014 IIHF World Championship
Preliminary Round
Group B

May 11
10:30 AM ET • 16:30 CET • 17:30 EET

Belarus
Official lineup.

Left Wing​

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Center​

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Right Wing​

17 Alexei Kalyuzhniy

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84 Mikhail Grabovskiy

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61 Andrei Stepanov​

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16 Geoff Platt​

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23 Andrei Stas​

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74 Sergei Kostitsyn​

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28 Konstantin Koltsov​

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77 Alexander Kitarov​

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88 Yevgeniy Kovyrshin​

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27 Alexei Yefimenko​

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73 Artyom Volkov​

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18 Alexei Ugarov​

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37 Nikita Osipov​

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​

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-​

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Left Defense​

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Right Defense​

89 Dmitriy Korobov​

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92 Raman Hrabarenka​

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7 Vladimir Denisov

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25 Oleg Yevenko​

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5 Nikolai Stasenko​

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91 Kirill Gotovets​

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-​

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57 Igor Usenko​

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Starter​

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Backup​

1 Vitaliy Koval​

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31 Andrei Mezin​

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Scratched​

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Reason​

G 35 Kevin Lalande​

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Healthy​

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D 11 Andrei Karev​

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-​

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L 46 Andrei Kostitsyn​

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Suspended​

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Kazakhstan
Official 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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Officials​

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Referee​

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Lars Brüggemann | -

Referee​

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Keith Kaval | -

Linesman​

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Jimmy Dahmén | -

Linesman​

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Joep Leermakers | -

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[airbus1094]

Very important game for both teams, could decide who gets relegated.

 

[swissexpert]

big game for Kazhachstan, hope they win but I can't really see it to be honest.

 

[Systemfel]

Koval starting for Belarus. Also, Andrei Kostitsyn is suspended for this game.

 

[airbus1094]

1-0 kaz!!!

 

[Systemfel]

04:12 0 - 1 EQ KAZ 33. GAVRILIN Andrei
29. VASILCHENKO Alexei

 

[Exarz]

Belarus could've wished for a better start in this tournament..

 

[Dima_BLR]

Belarus could've wished for a better start in this tournament..

they get what they deserve, imho. instead of granting belarusian citizenship to platt's and lalandes they should have raised their own hockey players.

 

[Exarz]

they get what they deserve, imho. instead of granting belarusian citizenship to platt's and lalandes they should have raised their own hockey players.

I can understand having Platt on the team, but Lalandes?

Wasn't it Belarus who banned foreign goaltenders from their league, just to prepare for this year's World Championship?

Double standards

 

[JJTT]

Stas misses an empty net

 

[Exarz]

Stas misses an empty net

Can you get closer than that?

 

[Exarz]

Oh **** did that breakaway shot hit the post?

 

[Exarz]

Andrei Stepanov ties the game!

 

[Dima_BLR]

damn, both teams are soooo slooooow. even italy plays faster hockey nowadays.

 

[Exarz]

Stasenko! 2-1 Belarus

 

[Dima_BLR]

couldn't believe my eyes when i saw stasenko scoring on that breakaway.

 

[airbus1094]

If kaz continues to play like this, they don't deserve to play in the elite.

 

[Dima_BLR]

If kaz continuous to play like this, they don't deserve to play in the elite.

both teams play like crap. some ahl-level quality hockey - that's what i see watching this game.

 

[airbus1094]

both teams play like crap. some ahl-level quality hockey - that's what i see watching this game.

The Belarussian first line has been solid and overall Belarus is playing with some passion. Kazakhstan just looks slow and uninterested. But, yeah the level at which they're playing is less than I had hoped to see.

 

[airbus1094]

Well, that's game over.

 

[Dima_BLR]

now that is a nice shorthanded goal!

 

[Domenica]

Kostitsyn's goal was awesome. Also great crowd from what I can see on the screen.

 

[punchonico99]

Kazakhstan's jersey is gorgeous.

 

[Dima_BLR]

today team belarus scored playing 5x5, 5x4, 4x5 and EN!

 

[airbus1094]

And with that Kazakhstan can say goodbye to staying in the elite division. Congrats to Belarus for coming out and playing, they more than deserved the win today. The Kazakhstani players should be ashamed at yet another pitiful performance.