Poland and Kazakhstan win again

18 Apr 2011 | Henrik Lundqvist

On the second day of the World Championship Div. IB in Kyiv Poland and Kazakhstan collected their second win.

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

Poland

8:3

Estonia

Periods:
Shots:

1:0
(16:10)

2:1
(13:3)

5:2
(10:9)

Referees: Richard Schuetz (GER) | Spectators: 729

Estonia managed to keep the score against Poland close for almost periods. Maciej Urbanowicz scored 3-1 for Poland with three minutes remaining of the second period and Mikolaj Lopuski and Marcin Kolusz scored early in the third. With five minutes remaining of the game Poland had a 8-1 lead but Estonia added a couple of goals in the final minutes.
“It’s good for our guys to score so much,” said the Polish forward Krystian Dziubinski about the many goals to iihf.com. “Maybe we’ll get more creative and feel like we can compete at a level up, too.”

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

Kazakhstan

2:1

Great Britain

Periods:
Shots:

0:1
(7:5)

1:0
(11:4)

1:0
(14:5)

Referees: Jan Hribik (CZE) | Spectators: 2119

Great Britain beat Ukraine yesterday and was close to another upset today but Kazakhstan's Dmitri Dudarev scored the game-winning 2-1 goal at 54:34.
"This result shows how far our program has come," said Britain’s Danny Meyers to iihf.com. “We’re very upset about losing this game. We’re still hoping for a gold medal.”

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

Ukraine

5:1

Lithuania

Periods:
Shots:

2:0
(14:10)

1:1
(10:5)

2:0
(10:9)

Referees: David Lewis (CAN) | Spectators: 3675

Ukraine recovered from yesterday's loss to Great Britain and defeated Lithuania 5-1.