The blue-yellows managed to win back three goals in the last five minutes
Ukrainian women’s national ice hockey team made a remarkable comeback against Serbia in the third match World Cup 2024 in Division IIIA – 4:3.
Serbian hockey players won the first period with a score of 2:0, and at the beginning of the second they took the lead with a large score. Valeria Manchak-Jensen quickly managed to score one goal.
In the third period, our opponents restored the status quo and, it seemed, closed the game – 1:4. But the Ukrainians showed an amazing will to win, winning back a triple deficit in the score in the last five minutes. Manchak-Jensen scored a hat-trick, and Daria Tsimirenko made the saving goal.
The game went into overtime, and there the blue-and-yellows managed to score an incredible victory. The winning score was set by the undisputed heroine of the Manchak-Jensen fights.
With eight points, Ukraine ranks second in Division IIIA. In the next match on March 15, the blue-yellows will face the leader – the Romanian national team, which has scored the maximum (9) in three rounds.
Let us remind you that according to the regulations, only the winner of a group of six teams will be promoted to the division for the next season.
- World Cup 2024. Women. Division IIIA
Ukraine — Serbia — 5:4 OT (0:2, 1:1, 3:1, 1:0)
Washers: 0:1 – Vasilievich (Velcek), 0:11, 0:2 – Vukelic (Ivanova), 18:13, 0:3 – Velcek (minor), 22:23, 1:3 – Manchak-Jensen, 24: 41, 1:4 — Vroci (Radovic, Velcek, big), 46:10, 2:4 — Manchak-Jensen (Telegina, big), 56:01, 3:4 — Manchak-Jensen (Telegina), 57 :11, 4:4 – Tsimirenko (Manchak-Jensen, Rozhok), 59:07, 5:4 – Manchak-Jensen, 62:01
Source: Sportarena
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