In the first hours of the new 2015 Moscow time in the Canadian city of Toronto, the Russian ice hockey team played the final group stage match of the World Youth Championship. The rivals of the Russians were the hockey players of the Czech national team.
For the youth national hockey team of Russia in hockey from the second place in Group B to the playoffs of the MFM-2015, the Russians had to beat the national team of the Czech Republic. However, the match was far from the best way for the Russians.
The first dangerous attack was carried out by Bragin's wards, but the Russian hockey players failed to realize a two-on-one exit. Young hockey players of the Czech Republic after the opening minutes of the meeting got used to the site, which was reflected in the final statistics on shots on target. The Czechs threw the Russians 4 times (12 shots against 3). The logical result of the first period was Patrick Zdragl's puck in the 12th minute. The first segment of the meeting ended with a minimal advantage of the Czech national team.
In the second period, the Russian team tried to act more actively at the opponent's goal, but nothing positive was observed in the attacking game of our team. There were also problems in the defense of the Russians, which led to the second conceded puck. Pavel Zaha in the 25th minute increased the advantage of the Czechs. After that, the Russians managed to get the right to a free throw. But Ivan Barbashev did not take advantage of the situation. True, the Russian striker still managed to break the score in the second period. On the 36th minute, Barbashev won back one goal. The goal was scored when our team played the majority. The second period ended with a minimum 2: 1 advantage of the Czechs.
In the final dvadtsatiminutke the Russians failed to recoup the gap in the score, on the contrary, in the last period, the Russian team missed twice more. Patrick Zdragal on the 43rd minute increased the lead of the Czech Republic national team. The Russians conceded the last goal of the match into an empty net at the last minute of the meeting. Ondřej Kashe scored against the Czech national team. The final score of the match is 4: 1 in favor of the Czech youth team.
The defeat of the Russian national team from the Czech team allowed the Russians to take only third place in group B. Now the young hockey players of the US national team will become rivals of Bragin's wards at the quarterfinals stage.
