The Hungarian U20 national team has been promoted back up to Division 1/B one year after being relegated, after their defeat of home team Lithuania.
Hungary was one win away from the gold as they faced also undefeated and host team Lithuania in the title match. Rich Chernomaz did not touch the line combinations and Gergely Arany was the starting goalie. Hungary dominated during the early minutes of the game but were not able to score. Thirteen minutes into the game Vilmos Galló fed the puck to the on rushing Erik Keresztury who banged the puck home for the opening goal of the game. Minutes later Lithuania tied the game up on a goal by Krakauskas. In the second period Hungary put the foot on the gas as 30 seconds into the period Csanád Erdély picked up a loose puck behind the Lithuanian cage and nicely wrapped it around for the second goal. Later in the period Galló skated in from the left side, weaved through the zone, made a drop pass to Erdély who banged it home for the goal. At the midway point of the game Lithuania had two men in the penalty box when Hungary called time out, they were not able to score on the two man advantage but István Terbócs did score a power play goal. Minutes later a second Tebócs goal put the game out of reach 5-1 with still one period to go. In the third period Cetvertak scored a second Lithuania goal one he stuffed home a rebound for the power play goal. The goal was reviewed and awarded, but less than a minute later Galló scored from close range, Zsombor Kiss scored the 7th goal of the game, with Martin Sági scoring in the last minute of play.
Roland Vokla was named the best player of the game
Vilmos Galló tied for the leading scoring title
Csanád Erdély had the most goals
Dávid Jászai had the most assist
Vilmos Galló was best forward
Csanád Erdély was the best Hungarian player
Coaches' Corner:
Rich Chernomaz: We played really well today, I didn’t think we could play this well. We were tied after the first period but we managed to score the first goal and we dominated from there. We stuck to the game plan and played disciplined, I am very proud of the team and i think we closed out the tournament the way we wanted to.
View from the Ice
András Herszényi: This was a great experience for me, especially the final game that clinched it for us since this was my first world championships. The Lithuania was a tough opponent during the first period, but we were able to step it up in the second and third periods.
Gergely Arany: Today we played like how we were supposed to, we dominated Lithuania from start to finish even though they were playing in front of a full house. Everyone knew what they had to do and they stuck to the game plan and in the send it was an easy win.
Stats, schedule and all other information about the world championships can be found here.
Roster
Goalies(2): ARANY Gergely, (MAC Budapest), KISS Bence (DVTK)
Defensemen(8): SZALLER Márk, VOKLA Roland (Fehérvár AV19) HERNER Olivér, HERSZÉNYI András, JÁSZAI Dávid, KOVÁCS Attila, STIPSICZ Bence (MAC Budapest), GARÁT Zsombor (Seacoast Prep, USA)
Forwards(12): BÖDÖK Bence, TERBÓCS István (MAC Budapest) GÁSPÁR Máté, SÁGI Martin, (Black Wings Linz, Austria), MAZZAG Dániel, SZITA Donát, VÍZI Dániel (Fehérvár AV19), GALLÓ Vilmos (Linköping, SHL), KISS Zsombor (HC Davos, Switzerland), ANTAL Norbert (Borlänge HF, Sweden), KERESZTURY Erik (Düsseldorf EG, Germany), ERDÉLY Csanád (Sioux Falls, USHL)
Coaching Staff:
Head Coach:Rich Chernomaz
Assistants: Bence Svasznek, Dávid Kiss Gary Clark
Schedule
Hungary vs Korea 8-1
Hungary vs Netherlands 7-5
Hungary vs Estonia: 6-0
Hungary vs Croatia: 7-0
Hungary vs Lithuania 8-2