WCH 2016. Europe advances with win over Czechs, Russia beats young North Americans

CZECH REPUBLIC vs. EUROPE – 2:3 OT (0:0, 1:1, 1:1, 0:1)
Goals: Chara (Bellemare, Vanek), 31 (0:1); Voracek (Milan Michalek, Jordan), 34 (1:1); Zuccarello (Halak), 43 (1:2); Hanzal (Hemsky, Sobotka), 49 (2:2 – PP goal); Draisaitl (Zuccarello), 63 (2:3).

In the other game of the third day of the tournament, Russia beat team North America U23 to stay alive in the WCH. The goalscorers in team Russia were Vladislav Namestnikov, Nikita Kucherov, Yevgeny Kuznetsov and Vladimir Tarasenko; Auston Matthews, Morgan Reilly and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins of team North America put their names on the scoreboard.

Tournament schedule and results

September 18
Team Europe vs. USA – 3:0
Canada vs. Czech Republic – 6:0

September 19
Russia vs. Sweden – 1:2
Finland vs. North America U23 – 1:4

September 20
Czech Republic vs. Europe – 2:3 ОТ
North America U23 vs. Russia – 3:4

September 21
00:00*. Sweden vs. Finland
05:00. USA vs. Canada

September 22
00:00. Sweden vs. Team North America U23
05:00. Canada vs. Team Europe

September 23
00:00. Russia vs. Finland
05:00. Czech Republic vs. USA

Semifinals
А1 vs. B2
В1 vs. А2

Finals

Series of 3 games maximum

* Chelyabinsk time