Received from NTB at 00:23.
Lillehammer (NTB): Ice Hockey Thursday, match for position 5-8:
Germany - Slovakia 5-6 after sudden death (3-0, 0-3, 2-2)
Håkons Hall
7437 spectators
Goals:
1. period: 1-0 (10.51) Bernhard Truntschka,
2-0 (18.28) Michael Rumrich (Joerg Handrick, Alexander Serikov),
3-0 (19.32) Raimund Hilger (Stefan Ustorf).
2. period: 3-1 (25.46) Zigmund Palffy,
3-2 (33.33) Lubomir Kolnik (Oto Hascak, Robert Svehla),
3-3 (37.13) Kolnik.
3. period: 3-4 (45.21) Roman Kontsek,
4-4 (45.29) Benoit Doucet (Georg Franz),
4-5 (51.09) Kolnik (Hascak, Svehla),
5-5 (51.45) Handrick,
5-6 (61.38) Hascak.
Referee: Börje Johansson, Sweden.
Penalties: Slovakia 12 x 2 min., Germany 12 x 2 min.
Slovakia - Czech Republic in match for position 5 on Saturday.
Germany - USA in match for position 7 on Saturday.
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