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Stewart Roberts
Apr 14, 04 - 6:52 PM |
World Champ'ships - GB v Hungary & Norway details
Full details from your Chairman on the spot. 12 April BRITAIN-HUNGARY 3-5 (1-1,0-1,2-3) Scoring: 1-0 GB Ward (Dixon) 3.28 1-1 HUN Ladanyi (Vas, Peterdi) 11.49 1-2 HUN Ladanyi 21.41 2-2 GB Thornton (Clarke, Longstaff) pp 41.51 2-3 HUN Kovacs (Szelig) 52.47 3-3 GB Clarke pp 58.46 3-4 HUN Palkovics (Groschl) 59.06 3-5 HUN Peterdi (Horvath) eng 59.35 Netminding: Watkins GB shots: 11-14-11 36 Budai HUN shots: 11- 8 -11 30 Penalty minutes: GB 6, Hungary 20. Goals/powerplays: GB 2/8, Hungary 0/2. GB Man of Match: Shields. Referee: Rudolf Lauff Attendance: 624. Britain's first game blues continued with this heart-breaking last minute loss. GB have won only two opening games since their classic win over Poland in 1993. Adding to their woes, David Longstaff, the inspirational Geordie forward and dressing room leader, twisted his thumb against the boards and was ruled out of the rest of the tournament. Coach Chris McSorley said: “We had chances but the other teams here are better oiled. But our newcomers gave us energy and depth and we will improve the more we play.” There was little to choose between the teams in a scrappy game with passes going astray on both sides. Unusually, Britain enjoyed the man advantage four times in the second period but as this was their first full game together as a team, they were unable to capitalise. They compensated with two powerplay goals in the last session which brought them level at 3-3. Unwisely, your reporter gathered up his papers at this point, smugly feeling this was a fair result. So imagine my surprise when with 54 seconds left Britain gave the puck away and Palkowics, one of Hungary's most dangerous forwards, beat Watkins from close range. Naturally, McSorley substituted his keeper with an extra attacker as the clock counted down, but the pressure move backfired and Peterdi slid the puck into the unguarded net. Gloom descended on the bench and among the 100-odd GB fans as Hungary chalked up their second win in two championships. Britain won in 1992 and 1999 and the teams drew 3-3 in 1991. Glasgow-born forward Colin Shields was the man of the match despite having flown the Atlantic the day before after playing for the University of Maine in the NCAA Frozen Four final in Boston. 13 April NORWAY-BRITAIN 4-4 (1-2,0-1,3-1) Scoring: 0-1 GB Tait (Clarke, Hoad) 1.10 1-1 NOR Thoresen (Ygranes) 5.00 1-2 GB Ward (Wilson) pp2 19.59 1-3 GB Dixon (Thornton) pp 32.12 2-3 NOR Jakobsen (Thoresen, Vikingstad) 41.13 3-3 NOR Trygg (Olsen) 41.32 4-3 NOR Vikingstad (Nilsen) pp 46.15 4-4 GB Clarke (Wilson, Thornton) pp 56.02 Netminding: Wiberg NOR shots: 9- 4- 2 15 Cavallin GB shots: 11-13-20 44 Penalty minutes: Norway 16, GB 18. Goals/powerplays: Norway 1/8, GB 3/6. GB Man of Match: Thornton. Referee: Viacheslav Bulanov. Attendance: 2,815 Oh no, not again! Like the Hungary game, this one looked to be in the bag when Britain shocked the half-full arena by winning the first two periods. Mark Cavallin, replacing Joe Watkins in goal, faced a barrage of shots from the Norwegians who had possession for much of the contest but couldn't convert their chances. The game took a dramatic turn early in the last period as Norway scored twice in 19 seconds to tie the score and Vikingstad gave them the lead on the powerplay while Colin Shields was off for tripping. David Clarke tipped in Rob Wilson's blueline equaliser with four minutes left, a goal that McSorley mistakenly described as "the winning goal". He swiftly corrected himself but against this calibre of opponent, that must have been how it felt. He singled out defenders Dixon and Wilson for praise and said he was "gratified" by the team's continuing improvement, especially the home-grown players who scored three of GB's goals. The powerplay shone, scoring on 50 per cent of their chances. This is the first point Britain have taken off Norway in three straight championships. They also beat GB in Pool A in 1994. Forward Jeff Hoad joined the team after missing the Hungary game due to commitments to his German club. Table after each team played 2 games: Belarus 4pts, Hungary 4pts, Norway 3pts, GB 1pt, Belgium 0 pts, Netherlands 0pts Games on Thursday 15 Apr: Belarus-Britain 11.30 BST, Belgium-Netherlands 15.00, Norway-Hungary 18.30 |
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