Czechs wins after shootout in Stockholm

It was a quite sleepy game between the Czech Republic and Sweden in Stockholm. Sweden felt like the better team for the first two periods but in the end it was the Czechs that won the game after a shootout.

Petr Nedved scored the game winner in the shootout, being the only player to score on eight shots.


Petr Nedved (Photo: Roman Kucera)

Sweden dominated the first two periods heavily, but wasn't powerful enough in front of the goal to create many scoring chances. Shots on goals were 24-9 in the first two periods and Tomas Pöpperle did a god job only conceding one goal.


Pöpperle did well to save this one (Photo: Ann-Louise Söderberg)

The goal was scored early in the second period when Carl Söderberg found Nicklas Danielsson with a nice pass in front of goal during a delayed penalty call. Danielsson who has been hot in Elitserien lately made no mistake.

"We created enough chances to win the game", head coach Pär Mårts said after the game but also added that his team didn't made the work good enough in front of the Czech goal. "I'm disappointed, we lost concentration in the third period"

The Czechs hade big problems in the first two periods and had very few long attack sequences and played a lot of icing pucks. In the third the Czechs came out stronger and had more of the momentum and also got several power play chances

And when Andreas Jämtin was serving his third minor penalty of the game Jan Kolar tied the game with a hard shot from close range. .

"We should have closed the game in the second period on one of our power plays. Now they got a lot of energy after 1-1", Mattias Weinhandl said after his first international game since WC 2010.

 
The Czechs got Sweden on fall (Photo: Ann-Louise Söderberg)

The Czechs had a great chance to score a game winner in regular time but Johan Gustafsson saved Koukal's breakaway. But int the end the Czechs got the bonus point in a only half filled Globe Arena in Stockholm.

 

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