SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Results of Saturday's Olympic men's bronze medal hockey game between Russia and Belarus:
Belarus 1 1 0 -- 2
Russia 2 2 3 -- 7
First Period -- 1, Russia, Alexei Kovalev (Igor Larionov), 5:28. 2, Belarus, Dmitry Pankov (Vladimir Tsyplakov), 9:21. 3, Russia, Darius Kasparaitis (Igor Lariono, Alexei Kovalev), 11:20. Penalties -- Oleg Mikulchik, Belarus (holding), 5:55; Sergei Samsonov, Russia (high sticking), 15:46.
Second Period -- 4, Belarus, Dmitry Dudik (Vladimir Kopat), 1:15. 5, Russia, Oleg Tverdovsky (Sergei Fedorov, Alexei Yashin) (power play), 3:11. 6, Russia, Pavel Datsyuk (Igor Kravtchouk), 3:34. Penalties -- Serguei Stas, Belarus (holding the stick), 1:47; Vladimir Malakhov, Russia (interference)9:57; Sergei Fedorov, Russia (charging), 10:40; Andrei Kovalev, Belarus (high sticking), 12:59; Aleksandr Zhurik, Belarus (slashing), 13:35.
Third Period -- 7, Russia, Alexei Kovalev (Pavel Datsyuk, Igor Larionov), 7:47. 8, Russia, Pavel Bure (Pavel Datsyuk), 12:30. 9, Russia, Maxim Afinogenov (Sergei Samsonov, Vladimir Malakhov), 19:11. Penalties -- Maxim Afinogenov, Russia (hooking), 4:20; Dmitry Dudik, Belarus (interference), 10:24; Andrei Kovalev, Belarus (tripping), 14:47.
Shots on goal:
Belarus 10 9 4 -- 23
Russia 15 12 18 -- 45
Goaltenders -- Belarus, Sergei Shabanov (39-34), Andrei Mezin (6-4). Russia, Nikolai Khabibulin (23-21).
