Patzold, who was born in the former Soviet republic Kazakhstan, was the main face in his team in the second period, in which he managed to keep a clean sheet.

But Vyacheslav Bykov’s men scored again at three minutes into the third period. Anton Kuryanov put the puck in the net after a sudden counterattack which looked much like a copy of Kovalchuk’s goal.

The Germans struggled in defense earning sixteen penalty minutes during the game against Russia’s four.

Danis Zaripov settled the final score, using yet another power play, 5-0, and was later named Russia’s man of the match.

Canada 5-1 Belarus

Canada wasted no time with Belarus in the first period, scoring the first goal of the tournament after just 1 minute and 5 seconds. Stephen Stamkos put his name on the score board and the Tampa Bay attacker did it again in the middle of the period, making the score 2-0.

The rest of the goals came in the third period. The Maple Leafs scored three times when Jason Spezza, Mike Fisher, Danny Heatley made the score 5-0. And then Mikhail Grabovsky came up with a cancellation goal for Belarus, 5-1.