Login

Mack · 04-17-2019, 04:36 PM

Bronze Medal Game

Latvia hosts Austria

[Image: rOdA9WA.jpg]

9-3-0 Round Robin Record

@

[Image: 9GuSKRg.jpg]

11-1-0 Round Robin Record

INDEX HERE FOR PEOPLE WHO JUST WANT RESULTS

Here are the starting lineups for these two great teams:

Austria:

[Image: Ae0bQ1h.png]

Latvia:

The two tops team in Round Robin action meet up here in the Bronze Medal game. They fell short of their ultimate goal losing out to Ireland and the UK but these are two very good and evenly matched up teams.
There is no PbP for this game but it is a great one so here is a look at what happened!

1st Period:

The first period saw Austria come out swinging and they looked to have more jump in their step from the second the puck dropped. Latvian defender Maui took a penalty for interference just 1:15 into the first and Austria looked ready to strike. Latvian goalie Artom Zhumbayev was on his A game though and stopped everything they threw at him. Austria managed 18 total shots in the first period alone but he stopped all of them.

After the penalty was killed Latvia did get a bit of momentum themselves and it was their top line who opened the scoring at 5:14 with a beauty tic-tac-toe play that Geoff Higgins finished off to go up 1-0. Assists to his linemates Marius and Andani.

[Image: nTdIk40.png]

2nd Period:

Starting period number 2 it was 1-0 Latvia and Austria was not ready to pack up their bags just yet. They really played well in the first but just couldn't finish. Austria's top line was really dangerous and just buzzing all night long. The pressure finally got to Latvia and Mike Izzy set up a great shot by Flacko Lagerfield to make it a tie game 1-1. The Latvians were a bit stunned and were clearly off their game for a few moments. Just 21 seconds later Izzy spots Lagerfield streaking up the wing and hits him with a breakaway pass. Lagerfield isn't going to miss from here and bam it's now 2-1 Austria!

[Image: EoWDz0N.png]

3rd Period:

We entered period 3 with a 2-1 Austria lead in a close fought game. Both goalies were really playing well and it looked like this game would come down to the final buzzer. Less than one minute into the period Austrian superstar Alex Light scores on a great setup from Matthew Auston and Gabriel Wong. It's 3-1 Austria and the Latvian fans in the crowd got really quiet. There is 19 minutes left but Austria is a top team and this will be some battle to come back against them. Well something woke up inside the Latvian squad after that goal, it's as if someone turned a switch to dominate on their bench. The Latvians end up scoring 3 straight goals in 12 minutes and just like that the Austrian lead is demolished. It's now 4-3 Latvia! What a game!! First it was Kalvins Zvejnieks at 1:20 and then Eriks Skalbergs and Herb Robert added two more just 1:18 apart.

Now the pressure was all on Austria again. Latvia had their 1 goal lead back that they had in the first period and looked to close the door and win this Bronze medal. Austria's own Alex Light who already had a goal in the game took a sweet feed from the great hands of Matthew Auston and went bar down with a slapper to tie this bad boy back up at 14:09 of the 3rd period, only 41 seconds after Latvia took the lead. Both teams did what they could to win it in regulation but we are headed for overtime!

[Image: ZFE4BAl.png]

Overtime:

Here it folks, winner takes all, one goal to win the medal - who will be the hero? Well it didn't take long to end this one as Latvia came out guns a blazing looking to put the pressure on Austria early and end it. It worked ladies and gentleman as second line winger Brock Nuck was the hero of the day scoring a great snap shot in close between the legs of Leitner. His teammates all came flying onto the ice and a huge celebration was had. These guys really play for each other you can tell both these teams really cared to win Bronze here but only one can at the end of the day.

[Image: 4BJU7mY.png]

Congratulations on an amazing game by both teams and great tournament. These two were as good as it gets this year but the hockey gods had other ideas.

DeletedAtUserRequest · 04-17-2019, 05:54 PM

Damn, SIM gods abandoned us in the medal rounds... Sad

Great game Latvia! Your bronze was well deserved.

|

|

|

|

Navigation

Extra Menu

About us