Russia destroyed the Swedes at the World Cup in three minutes. And with Kazakhstan everyone can!
Three years later, the Danes surpassed the unique achievement of our team. But they also had an easier opponent!
Russia destroyed the Swedes at the World Cup in three minutes. And with Kazakhstan everyone can!
Rikard Grönborg brought the elite team to the World Cup. With 19 NHL players on the roster and being the world’s superior champion, what more do you need to dominate every game?
Despite this, the Scandinavians managed to make history by conceding three goals in just three minutes. And how great it was that the Russian team sent them in a knockout.
True, our historical achievement has already been surpassed for the future world championship. No one expected such agility from the Danes!
Russia forgot to go on the ice
The Russian national team approached the final match of the group stage of the 2019 World Cup as a favorite. Six victories in six games instilled confidence in the invincibility of our team. Yes, and the composition of Ilya Vorobyov was almost the most elite in the second decade of the 21st century: Ovechkin, Malkin, Kucherov, Kaprizov, Kuznetsov in attack, Orlov and Sergachev in defense, Vasilevsky at the last frontier. Just a fairy tale for the World Cup, where we are used to seeing the backbone of the KHL.
The Swedes, however, look menacing by name, too menacing, but a misfire is needed at the start, losing to the Czech Republic 2:5. The opening stretch convinced the game to be hard-fought, with Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landesaug opening the scoring eight minutes into the game. Russia could not decide on anything reasonable and in general, it seemed that our group of hockey players simply did not get into the game! The team was in this state throughout the entire twenty-minute period.
What happened in the locker room?
However, Ilya Vorobyov found words during the break, and in the second period our team changed. In the first minute, Artem Anisimov equalized the score, and four minutes later Dadonov put Russia ahead. Later, Ovechkin and Malkin scored the first joint goal since the game in Sochi, increasing the lead to three goals.
Swedish goalkeeper Markström may have wanted to escape from this hell, but Grönborg was in no hurry to release the legendary Lundqvist. As if he discovered that the humiliation of his team had just begun, and therefore wanted to save his veteran.
Our youngest player, Kirill Kaprizov, once again increased the team’s advantage by scoring his debut goal at the adult world championships. After just a couple of moments, Grigorenko and Malkin scored their goals at the Swedes’ goal. In most cases, the Russians brought the score to different – from 3:1 to 6:1 – in just three minutes and eight seconds!
As a result, the match was won with a score of 7:4, our guys, scoring six goals in 20 minutes, or their own achievement in 1994. True, back then we scored modest Englishmen, and in Bratislava we humiliated the top team of Sweden.
Record drop
On the probability of the tournament in Finland, however, the achievements of the Russians have already outdone the Danish team, scoring three-washers to Kazakhstan in less than three minutes. Moreover, the team of Heinz Ellers scored at the very beginning of the meeting!
Aalborg striker Patrick Björkstrand scored the first goal for the next few minutes, and almost two minutes later Felix Schel doubled the Danes’ lead. Kazakhstan got a chance to win back one puck in the calculated majority, but made a mistake and conceded for the third time. Distinguished Joachim Blichfeld from the AHL (San Jose Barracuda). An interesting fact: all three goals were scored in 2 minutes 48 seconds – this is 20 seconds less than the Russian record three years ago.
To the delight of the Danish fans, the Scandinavian team did not stop there and during the match shipped six more goals to the opponent. The game ended with a score of 9:1 – and already claims the title of the main defeat of the World Cup. The national team of Kazakhstan, alas, did not find any opponents with almost no resistance – and the naked profit in the penultimate minute hardly changed the overall impression of the team’s game. With such a defense, our geographical neighbors will definitely not go far!
Kazakhstanis started the tournaments with disasters, and their rivals with record achievements. It is a pity that our hockey players will not respond to this world championship with reason.