Russian hockey players have lost Canadians in the World Cup semi-final

Team Canada defeated the Russian team at the World Hockey Cup semi-final. score - 5: 3 in favor of the hosts of the tournament
Russian hockey players have finished performance at the World Hockey Championship. In the semifinals of the tournament Russians lost Canadians with a score of 3: 5. The home team have implemented a competitive advantage in the final period, scoring three goals in ten minutes.

The Russians began to fail the first time. In the eighth minute Kulikov played casually in their zone and lost the puck, and the captain of Canadians Crosby popped one on one with the goalkeeper Bobrovsky and realized his chance. At the World Cup in Canada, the Russians passed in the first period in three of the four matches - against the Swedes, North Americans and Canadians.

The hosts were superior to the Russians in the number of shots, but kept Bobrowski minimum the lead. After the break the game and joined the Russian striker. After 29 minutes, Kucherov accurate throw to the far corner equalized, and in the end the period Kuznetsov sent the puck into the goal, the Russian team took the lead. Before the end of the period was only three minutes, but leave the last break lead in the long run it could not be a Russian hockey players. A minute later, the Canadians rebalance efforts Merchant.

Outcome of the match was decided in the first ten minutes of the third period. Canadians included the speed and three times beat Bobrowski. First Marchand scored twice almost accurate throw from the blue line. After that, the defenders of the Russian team missed Perry, who threw into an empty net with Piglet, fifth washer for 50 minutes, scored Tavares. Striker Canadians allowed to cause wrist shot from a few meters.

The Russians have not been able to return to the game. Two minutes before the end of the meeting, the coaching staff took the goalkeeper Oleg Znarka releasing the sixth field player. The move paid off, but Panarin only managed to reduce the score for a few seconds before the final siren.

The Russian national team at the World Cup hockey played in group B. In the opening match of the Russians lost to the Swedes with the score 1: 2. In the second round of the Russian hockey players beat the team of young stars in North America, made up of the best players from Canada and the US under the age of 23 years, who were not included in the national team. In the final group stage match wards Oleg Znarka Finns inflicted defeat with the score 3: 0. As a result, the Russians out of their group in the semi-finals with a second place, and the first line took the Swedes.