Exhibition game Dec. 23: Belarus vs. Slovakia

Final score:

Slovakia 5:3 Belarus (1:1, 1:0, 3:2)

Attendance: 523 at Klosterhallen

1. Period:

0 - 1, 05.27 BLR PP1 Mikhail Stefanovich (Yuri Ilin, Pavel Musienko)

1 - 1, 08.56 SVK EQ Tomas Zaborsky (Julius Sinkovic, Juraj Valach)

2. Period:

2 - 1, 36.28 SVK PP1 Tomas Magusin (Jakub Drabek)

3. Period:

3 - 1, 42.45 SVK EQ Mario Bliznak (Jakub Drabek, Juraj Mikus)

3 - 2, 49.21 BLR EQ Mikhail Stefanovich (Pavel Musienko, Egor Karotkin)

4 - 2, 49.45 SVK EQ David Buc (unassisted)

4 - 3, 56.34 BLR EQ Pavel Musienko (Dmitry Korobov, Mikhail Stefanovich)

5 - 3, 58.58 SVK EQ Juraj Mikus (Tomas Marcinko)


Goaltenders:

BLR: 25 Dmitry Zhuravskyi -- 60:00, 41 shots-36 saves (87.80 svs%), 5 GA
SVK: 25 Branislav Konrad -- 60:00, 20 shots-17 saves (85.00 svs%), 3 GA

Shots on goal:

BLR: 20 (10:4:6), 3 goals (15.0%)
SVK: 41 (9:18:14), 5 goals (12.2%)

Goalie saves:

BLR: 36 (8:17:11) 87.8%
SVK: 17 (9:4:4) 85.0%

Penalty minutes:

BLR: 30 (6:14:10)
SVK: 32 (8:14:10)

Power-plays:

BLR: 1 PPGF - 4 opportunities, 8:19 TPP (25.00%)
SVK: 1 PPGF - 7 opportunities, 13:28 TPP (14.29%)

Mikus :yo:

Does Belarus have any more whiz-kids to look out for at the WJCs?

Is Valach playing a prominent role on the Slovakian team? Does he get many powerplay minutes or is he more of a depth defender?

whos this mikhail stefanovich??

another grabovsky??? lets hope so

What was Sergei Kostitsyn doing? He should've been dominating.

whos this mikhail stefanovich??

another grabovsky??? lets hope so

http://www.eurohockey.net/players/show_player.cgi?serial=104734

Here are his stats, he also had decent u-18's last year. He's a late 89', I think his draft year is 09' if he keeps it up, he could be drafted in the first 5 rounds (or be drafted by an ohl team in the import draft). He also has decent size.

http://www.eurohockey.net/players/show_player.cgi?serial=104734

Here are his stats, he also had decent u-18's last year. He's a late 89', I think his draft year is 09' if he keeps it up, he could be drafted in the first 5 rounds (or be drafted by an ohl team in the import draft). He also has decent size.

maybe the habs could steal another dominant belarussian to add to the already impressive list of grabovsky and the kostitsyns

so stefanovich isnt eligible until next year?

maybe the habs could steal another dominant belarussian to add to the already impressive list of grabovsky and the kostitsyns

so stefanovich isnt eligible until next year?

He's eligible in '08. And I don't think the Habs will have the opportunity to stole him in a late round because he is considered to be a top prospect in 2008 and a potential first rounder (like Andrei Kostitsyn was in 2003).

What was Sergei Kostitsyn doing? He should've been dominating.

He played with his stick upside down to allow the Slovaks some confidence. It was more practice than game today.