World Cup hockey-2017: Russia and Finland stepped into the semi-finals

In Cologne and Paris started the matches in the playoffs of the ice hockey world championship in the top division.

The Czechs did not manage to dissect the protective mechanism of the Russian national team – Andrey Vasilevskiy parried each of the 27 shots on their goal, and Dmitry Orlov, Nikita Kucherov and Artem Panarin gave the team of Oleg Znarka a comfortable victory and a berth in the semifinals.

Russia for the fourth time in the tournament left his goal intact, and Kucherov scored the sixth goal in the world Cup and climbed to the first line in the ranking of top scorers. Artemiy Panarin most points – 4 goals and 10 assists.

Russia — Czech Republic 3:0 (2:0, 0:0, 1:0)
Washer: 08:45 eagles – 1:0; 13:36 Kucherov (most) – 2:0; 53:55. – 3:0

Team USA after excellent performances in the group stage ran into persistent Finns, who gave a perfect defense, but in front of goal implemented a few scoring opportunities.

Wards Lauri Marjamaki in the opening stages of the second period efforts of Mikko Rantanen sold the most, and the decisive shot at the end of the 47th minute of the game made Joonas Kemppainen.

USA — Finland 0:2 (0:0, 0:1, 0:1)
Goals: 21:01 Rantanen (most) – 0:1; 46:49 Kemppainen – 0:2

In the semifinals, the Russian team will play against the winner of the evening match between Canada and Germany, and the Finns will meet with Sweden or Switzerland.

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