EHT: Irgl and Vrana score twice

The first minutes of the game came without any stoppages of the time, but the teams didn't any scoring chances. The Czech Republic grabbed a 1-0 lead at 7:44 of the first period when Petr Vrana fed a pass to Jakub Krejcik, who scored with a high shot from the blue line. Fourteen seconds after Ville Uusitalo left the penalty box, Petr Hubacek got a pass from Ondrej Nemec, came into the offensive zone, shot and Zbynek Irgl was first on the rebound and made it 2-0 for the Czech team in the first period. Later in the first, the Czechs gave the Finnish team a power-play opportunity. Suomi needed only 17 seconds to score; Ondrej Nemec behind the net lifted the puck past Tomas Popperle. It was the first goal for Pesonen in his second game for the national team.

With only 8 seconds to play in non-equal squads Michal Vondrka ran into a counter-attack and gave a pass to Irgl, who didn't misfire from this promising position at 22:15. It was Irgl's goal of the night. In the middle of the second, on another counter-attack, Lukas Pech fed a pass to Irgl, who scored again, but this goal was waved off because Irgl scored it with his hand. It wasn't Finland's day at Megasport Arena, as twice they had players called for interference while on the power play in the attacking zone. They also gained a five-on-three chance but two shots were blocked by Hubacek, one by Lukas Krajicek and one more was stopped by the goalie.

 

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