Two goal deficits have become the tournament's favourite score to stage a  
  comeback. Croatia is latest team to overcome a 2-0 score, they beat Estonia  
  5-2.  Having been at the wrong end of a two-goal comeback themselves against  
  Great Brittain, Croatia managed to stage their own comeback. They overcame a  
  shock start against Estonia to remain very much in the medal race.  Ryan  
  Kinasewich had two goals for Croatia while Andrew Murray had a goal and  
  three  
  points.  The game did not start well for Croatia who came off a surprising  
  loss against the Netherlands. The team was unfortunate to see Estonia's  
  first  
  two shots of the game result in a goal.  Six minutes into the game, Andrei  
  Makrov created room for himself and was found by defenseman Michael Mahkwa  
  Auksi. The veteran sniper showed his skill with a perfect shot into the top  
  corner. Croatia responded with a Ryan Kinasewich shot that rang off the  
  iron.  
  Estonia didn't run out of luck yet. Artur Fedoruk's pass in front of net was  
  met by the skate of Igor Jacmenak and deflected into the net tended by Mark  
  Dekanich. It forced coach Don MacLean to already his time-out barely ten  
  minutes into the game.  "I actually felt our guys were playing very well  
  upon  
  that point," confessed MacLean. "We finally stuck to te game plan and the  
  guys  
  were working hard. We conceded two unlucky goals and I felt I needed to  
  call a  
  timeout to have the team settle down and find their focus again."  While the  
  Estonia fans in the stands were already setting up a small party, Croatia  
  did  
  something back when Andy Sertich cleverly pulled back the puck from behind  
  the  
  net giving Ryan Kinasewich an empty net to score in.  A much more determined  
  Croatia side came out of the locker room for the second period and they were  
  able to complete a three goal comeback. First Nathan Perkovich saw his blast  
  from the point flew by Koitmaa followed by a late second period goal by  
  Matija  
  Milicic.  The 3-2 lead was not going to be given away by the Croatians who  
  are  
  now sitting on a bronze medal position and still have possibilities for more  
  if they are to beat Korea tomorrow.  Kinasewich scored his second of the  
  game  
  to turn the game definitely in Croatia's favour, connecting to a Andrew  
  Murray  
  feed from behind the net. Murray concluded the game with an empty net goal.  
  Estonia tried to still get something out of the game, but similarly to  
  previous games this tournament, their hard work did not get rewarded. The  
  team  
  has received positive reviews for their play but also after four games, the  
  team is still pointless. Their fate will be sealed if the Netherlands will  
  manage to get at least a point against great Britain later today, else  
  Estonia  
  can only survive in this group with a win in regular time against the hosts  
  tomorrow.   Croatia is playing for silverware. Currently sitting in third  
  position they can mathemetically still claim gold. In a direct match-up  
  against Korea tomorrow, the team can at least ensure a silver medal, which  
  would be a repeat of last year.  "It should be an interesting game tomorrow,  
  "  
  thinks MacLean. "The final outcome will be determined by which Croatia team  
  we  
  will see on the ice against Korea. If it's the one from the Netherlands game  
  then thumbs down, if it's the one of today then I'm confident we can match  
  Korea."  
    
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