Great Britain surprises Ukraine

17 Apr 2011 | Henrik Lundqvist

Great Britain managed to beat the host Ukraine 5-3 in Kyiv on the first day of the World Championship Div. I. Kazakhstan beat Estonia 5-1 and Poland beat Lithuania, also by 5-1.

17 Apr 2011, 13:30 | Regular season | Palace of Sports Kyiv

Estonia

1:5

Kazakhstan

Periods:
Shots:

0:2
(4:17)

1:1
(9:9)

0:2
(5:11)

Referees: Ruud van Baast (NED) | Spectators: 1602

The championship started with an easy win for Kazakhstan against Estonia. 5-1 was the final score after goals by Polischuk, Krasnoslobodtsev, Dudarev, Zhailauov and Starchenko. Makrov scored the Estonian goal.

17 Apr 2011, 17:00 | Regular season | Palace of Sports Kyiv

Lithuania

1:5

Poland

Periods:
Shots:

1:2
(4:11)

0:2
(8:11)

0:1
(8:9)

Referees: Jan Hribik (CZE) | Spectators: 2813

Poland also won the opening game 5-1 against Lithuania. The Polish team scored 3 goals in 7 power-play opportunities.

17 Apr 2011, 20:30 | Regular season | Palace of Sports Kyiv

Great Britain

5:3

Ukraine

Periods:
Shots:

0:1
(6:10)

3:2
(7:13)

2:0
(8:4)

Referees: Richard Schuetz (GER) | Spectators: 5892

The big surprise of the day was Great Britain's 5-3 win against the host Ukraine in front of 5892 fans. Colin Shields scored 4-3 for the Britons 3 minutes into the last period and Jonathon Phillips added another goal ten minutes later. the Ukrainian team only managed to fire 4 shots on goal in the third period.

"We had a lot of respect for Ukraine," said the 2-goal scorer David Clarke to iihf.com. "That helped us as the game went along. It's a high standard here. Once we found our feet, I thought we made a good account of ourselves."

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