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Swedes Knocked out of Medal Contention by the Czech Republic
Written by: Chris McCluskey on 01/01/2003 
After a snoozer of a first period which saw both teams testing one another, Sweden opened the scoring in the second with antagonizer Yared Hagos spinning and firing a backhand past the Czech netminder while there was a scramble in front of the net. Team Czech Republic had a four minute power play opportunity caused by an Andreas Jamtin high stick cut short when David Turon took a tripping call to cut the time on the man advantage in half. However, the Czechs would reply before the end of the period with Detroit Red Wings 2nd round pick Tomas Fleischman beating Michal Zajkowski to tie the game up at one aside.
In the third the Czechs becamse the first team to finally reach the 20 shot mark and both teams continued to take long shots, however, they were too weak to pose legitimate threats to the goalkeepers. The Swedes received a scare early in the period as Zajkowski was caught playing out of his crease with Jakub Koreis controlling the puck. But his centering pass went off the back of the net and the score remained tied. This was until Lukas Krajicek, one of five players in the tournament who have seen NHL action, scored his first of the tournament on the breakaway taking advantage of a Swedish defencive lapse. This would stand as the winner as Petr Taticek would add an empty netter, effectively ending Swedens medal hopes while putting the Czech up by a final score of 3-1.
The Czechs now face the Americans at 4pm on Thursday at the Metro Centre while the Swedes will wait until Friday to try to enact revenge on Belarus after a major upset which saw Sweden lose to the Belarussians in the Olympics in Salt Lake City.
PERIOD 1
Scoring:
none
Penalties:
0:34 CZE Puncochar 2 (Interference)
14:01 SWE Enstrom 2 (Hooking)
PERIOD 2
Scoring:
4:27 SWE Hagos 1 (Eriksson, Jamtin)
15:52 CZE Fleischmann 2 (Taticek)
Penalties:
4:59 SWE Steen 2 (Cross Checking)
6:28 SWE Jamtin 4 (High Sticking)
8:45 CZE Turon 2 (Tripping)
10:03 SWE Team Penalty 2 (Too Many Men)
10:53 CZE Hudler 2 (Interference)
PERIOD 3
Scoring:
18:53 CZE Krajicek 1 (Chmelir, Hudler)
19:23 CZE Taticek 1 (Unassisted)
Penalties:
9:46 SWE Paulsson 2 (Hooking)
PLAYERS OF THE GAME
Sweden: Yared Hagos, 1 goal
Czech Republic: Jiri Hudler, 1 assist & +1
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GOALTENDERS
Sweden: Michal Zajkowski (1-2)
Czech Republic: Martin Falter (2-1-1)
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LINE COMBINATIONS
Sweden:
Eriksson-Hagos-Jamtin
Lindstrom-Steen-Beck
Sjostrom-Valdix-Almtorp
Paulsson-Falk-Nilsson
Hansson-Andersson
Skoog-Leetma
Enstrom-Agu
Baarnhielm
Czech Republic:
Michalek-Hudler-Klepis
Domin-Vondracek-Novak
Novotny-Taticek-Fleischmann
Koreis-Dvorak-Micka
Karajicek-Puncochar
Chmelir-Holub
Toms-Turon
Svoboda-Kolda
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SHOTS ON GOAL 1 2 3 F SWEDEN 11 3 6 20 CZECH REPUBLIC 7 7 13 27------------------------------------------------------- OFFICIALS
Referee: Rick Looker
Linesmen: John Costello, Miroslav Halecky
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