Michael Scarn wins the draw for the opening faceoff for Czechia, and we’re off! Jakub Novak grabs the puck and bursts into the zone with speed. He drops the puck back to Tauras Karazija, who feeds it back to Novak. Novak gives the puck to Petr Mikulak, who shoots…

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The shot goes way wide, but bounces off the boards back to Tauras Karazija. It’s passed to Bernik Vrzala, who finds Jakub Novak open. Novak one-times the puck….

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Easy save by Peter Larson.

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Now it’s Team World aggressively forechecking. Eko van Otter intercepts a pass from Oliver Kovacs, who scrambles to get back into position. Van Otter gives the puck to Parmborg, who winds up…

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Kovacs dives and blocks the shot from Esa Parmborg, but Team World keeps possession. Now it’s van Otter going for a slap shot…

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It’s a scramble in front of the net, but Jakub Hasek keeps it out.

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The Czech burst up the ice and cross into the offensive zone. David Vent tracks down a lose puck, feeds it to Filip Zadina, who slips it to Mason Hudson. Hudson takes a wide shot, but it goes off the boards right to a waiting David Vent…

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It’s a scramble in front of the net, but Jakub Hasek keeps it out.

Never seen a gif more representative of Roman Polak.

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It’s in, and Peter Larson would like to have that one back.

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1. Czechia , David Vent 2 (Mason Hudson 7, Filip Zadina 5) at 2:58

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David Vent takes a two minute minor for hooking exactly 4 minutes into the game. The Czech do an excellent job at containing a power play, but there’s a momentary lapse on a line change, and Donny McMasters is off on a break away….

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McMasters tries to go five hole, but Jakub Hasek reads that perfectly.

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Thomas Bathory takes an interference penalty, and now the Czech Republic gets a power play. Oliver Kovacs takes a shot right from the slot…

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The Czech are up by two as Peter Larson lets in another softie. This is not the start Team World was looking for!

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2. Czechia , Oliver Kovacs 2 (Andrej Doskocil 2) at 10:17 (PP)

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yikes

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Team World needs to get something going, and Przemysław Brzeszczyczkiewicz carries the puck up ice. In his peripheral vision, he vaguely makes out Czech forward Jakub Novak coming in fast...Ouch, Novak clobbered him!

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