Fourth in a row for Kazakhstan

21 Apr 2011 | Henrik Lundqvist

Kazakhstan beat Poland 4-2 on day 4 of the World Championship Div.I in Kyiv, Ukraine. Ukraine beat Estonia 5-2 and Great Britain also won 5-2 against Lithuania.

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

Great Britain

5:2

Lithuania

Periods:
Shots:

4:0
(15:7)

1:1
(7:8)

0:1
(8:9)

Referees: Richard Schuetz (GER) | Spectators: 714

Great Britain had a strong first period with 4 goals scored. At 30 minutes Corey Neilson made it 5-0 and the game was won even if Lithuania also got a couple of goals. "We had a good first period," said British coach Paul Thompson to iihf.com. "We scored a lot of goals and then we relaxed."

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

Poland

2:4

Kazakhstan

Periods:
Shots:

0:2
(5:11)

0:1
(12:9)

2:1
(8:7)

Referees: David Lewis (CAN) | Spectators: 1538

Kazakhstan leads the Championship 3 points ahead of Great Britain and Ukraine with one day remaining. Today against Poland they had a 3-0 lead after 2 periods but Poland scored twice in the third to make it nervous till the end but Maksim Semenov scored 4-2 at 59:08 when Poland had pulled the goalie.

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

Ukraine

5:2

Estonia

Periods:
Shots:

1:0
(16:3)

4:2
(12:7)

0:0
(19:4)

Referees: Ruud van Baast (NED) | Spectators: 5238

The host Ukraine still hopes for the gold medals and beat Estonia 5-2 tonight. Aleksandr Materukhin scored twice for Ukraine and Andrei Makrov scored both the Estonian goals. "It's a tradition for me to score against Ukraine," said Makrov.