Press Release
YARMOUTH, N.S. – Artyom Prokhorov opened and closed the scoring as
Russia topped the Czech Republic 4-1 to earn fifth place at the 2012
World Junior A Challenge on Saturday afternoon.
It is the third
year in a row the Russians have appeared in the fifth-place game, and
the second they have finished fifth – they lost to Sweden in 2010 before
beating the Czechs last year in Langley, B.C.
Arkhip Nekolenko
and Ruslan Trubkin had the other goals for Russia, which earned two wins
at this year’s tournament, both over the Czechs; they scored a 6-1
victory in the tournament’s opening game on Monday night.
Ivan Bocharov got his first start in the Russian goal and turned in a spectacular performance, finishing with 40 saves.
Lubos
Rob scored the lone goal for the Czechs, who finished with the
lowest-scoring offence in tournament history; Rob’s goal ended a scoring
drought of 203:01 and was just the second scored by the team in four
games.
Rene Svoboda took the loss in goal for the Czechs, stopping 29 of 32 shots.
(Nathan can be reached at nathanfournier@mainehockeyjournal.com)
Sunday, November 11, 2012
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