2014 World Championship. Czech Republic, Finland advance, face each other in semis

Petri Kontiola tallied one assist while Martin Ruzicka finally made an appearance as he played a little more than three minutes but did not manage to put his name of the scoreboard.

Game details

USA vs. CZECH REPUBLIC – 3:4 (1:1, 0:3, 2:0)

Goals: Nelson (Mueller, Jones), 6 (1:0 – PP goal); Rolinek, 10 (1:1); Hertl (Novotny), 27 (1:2); Cervenka (Zamorsky, Kolar), 29 (1:3); Nemec (Novotny, Jagr), 37 (1:4); Johnson (Mueller, Jones), 59 (2:4 – 6x5); Johnson (Mueller, Smith) 60 (3:4 – 6x5).
Goalies: Thomas – Salak.
PIM: 34 (11+6+17) - 33 (8+19+6).
Shots: 41 (2+37+2) - 14 (2+6+6).

CANADA vs. FINLAND – 2:3 (0:1, 2:0, 0:2)

Goals: Palola (Hietanen, Lehterä), 7(0:1 – PP goal); Turris (Read), 27 (1:1); Scheifele, 33 (2:1); Hietanen (Lehterä, Kontiola), 41 (2:2); Pakarinen (Lehterä), 57 (2:3).
Goalies: Scrivens – Rinne.
PIM: 6 (2+4+0) - 12 (8+4+0).
Shots: 38 (12+14+12) - 26 (9+7+10).

2014 Ice Hockey World Championships
May 9-25, Minsk, Belarus
Minsk Arena, Chizhovka Arena

Round robin standings

Group А
Canada – 18 pts
Sweden – 18
Czech Republic – 12
France – 11
Slovakia – 10
Norway – 7
Denmark – 5
Italy – 3

Group В
Russia – 21 pts
USA – 14
Belarus – 12
Finland – 11
Switzerland – 10
Latvia – 9
Germany – 5
Kazakhstan – 2

Tournament schedule and results*

May 9
Switzerland vs. Russia – 0:5
France vs. Canada – 3:2 SO
Belarus vs. USA – 1:6
Slovakia vs. Czech Republic – 2:3 ОТ

May 10
Kazakhstan vs. Germany – 1:2 SO
Italy vs. Norway – 0:3
Finland vs. Latvia – 2:3
Sweden vs. Denmark – 3:0
USA vs. Switzerland – 3:2
Canada vs. Slovakia – 4:1

May 11
France vs. Italy – 1:2
Germany vs. Latvia – 3:2
Norway vs. Denmark – 4:3
Belarus vs. Kazakhstan – 4:1
Sweden vs. Czech Republic – 4:3 SO

May 12
Finland vs. Russia – 2:4
Switzerland vs. Belarus – 3:4
Slovakia vs. France – 3:5
Russia vs. USA – 6:1
Czech Republic vs. Canada – 3:4

May 13
Germany vs. Finland – 0:4
Italy vs. Denmark – 1:4
Kazakhstan vs. Latvia – 4:5
Norway vs. Sweden – 1:2

May 14
Switzerland vs. Germany – 3:2
Czech Republic vs. Italy – 2:0
Russia vs. Kazakhstan – 7:2
Slovakia vs. Norway – 5:2

May 15
USA vs. Latvia – 5:6
Canada vs. Denmark – 6:1
Finland vs. Belarus – 2:0
Sweden vs. France – 2:1

May 16
USA vs. Kazakhstan – 4:3 ОТ
Canada vs. Italy – 6:1
Finland vs. Switzerland – 3:2 SO
Sweden vs. Slovakia – 3:1

May 17
Latvia vs. Russia – 1:4
France vs. Norway – 5:4
Belarus vs. Germany – 5:2
Denmark vs. Czech Republic – 4:3 SO
Switzerland vs. Kazakhstan – 6:2
Slovakia vs. Italy – 4:1

May 18
USA vs. Finland – 3:1
Canada vs. Sweden – 3:2 ОТ
Russia vs. Germany – 3:0
Czech Republic vs. Norway – 1:0

May 19
Kazakhstan vs. Finland – 3:4
Denmark vs. France – 2:6
Latvia vs. Belarus – 1:3
Italy vs. Sweden – 1:5

May 20
Germany vs. USA – 4:5
Norway vs. Canada – 2:3
Latvia vs. Switzerland – 2:3
Denmark vs. Slovakia – 3:4
Russia vs. Belarus – 2:1
Czech Republic vs. France – 5:4 ОТ

May 22. Quarterfinals
USA vs. Czech Republic – 3:4
Russia vs. France – 3:0
Canada vs. Finland – 2:3

May 23. Quarterfinal
Sweden vs. Belarus – 3:2

May 24. Semifinals
17.45. Russia vs. Sweden
21.45. Czech Republic vs. Finland

May 25
19.30. Bronze medal game

May 26
00.00. Gold medal game

* - Chelyabinsk time