Quickest goal at championship

By Igor Leshin

The quickest puck of World Championship-2014 delivered during the meeting between Sweden and the Czech Republic

The match of these national teams was marked with the quickest puck of the Minsk forum. During the 8th second the score was opened by Czech shooter Tomбš Hertl; Swedish goaltender Anders Nilsson was unlikely to expect such a turn of events. The Czechs immediately began to furiously pressure the rival, winning most of throws and fiercely attacking the opponent. However, in the middle of the period the Swedes managed to seize the initiative and quickly improved the situation. Forward Oscar Mцller restored the balance, delivering the puck during the 12th minute.

This helped the national squad wake up and the players seized the initiative from the Czech hockey players. Meanwhile, the latter decided that they wouldn’t surrender easily and took the lead after another attack, with Jiřн Hudler delivering the puck to the Swedish goal during the last minute.

The game was equal and neither regular nor extra-time revealed the winner. Everything decided in a series of penalty shoot-outs — 4:3 in favour of Swedes.