| | Top level | Event type
Ice Hockey, Men – Group B, Match #5
| Date | 10 February 1998 — 14:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Big Hat, Nagano | |
| Referee | Donald Adam |  USA |
| Linesman | Timothy Kotyra | USA |
| Linesman | Kenneth Sartison |  CAN |
| Attendance | 9,688 |
Score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belarus |  BLR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Japan |  JPN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Goals
| Time | Score | Nat | Scorer (assists) | Situation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:36 (1) | 1 – 0 | | Aleh Romanou (Aliaksandr Andriyeuski, Andrei Skabielka) | Equal-handed | |
| 19:02 (1) | 1 – 1 | | Matthew Kabayama (Kiyoshi Fujita, Toshiyuki Sakai) | Power play (1) | |
| 30:32 (2) | 2 – 1 | | Vadzim Bekbulatau (Ihar Matushkin) | Equal-handed | |
| 34:23 (2) | 2 – 2 | | Ryan Kuwabara (Shin Yahata, Akihito Sugisawa) | Power play (1) |
Penalties
| Time | PIM | Nat | Player | Reason | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:19 (1) | 2 | | Akihito Sugisawa | Too many players | |
| 14:22 (1) | 2 | | Steven Tsujiura | Hooking | |
| 17:52 (1) | 2 | | Aliaksandr Zhuryk | Interference | |
| 19:42 (1) | 2 | | Tsutsumi Otomo | Slashing | |
| 25:00 (2) | 2 | | Takayuki Kobori | Holding | |
| 32:52 (2) | 2 | | Aleh Romanou | Slashing | |
| 34:45 (2) | 2 | | Ruslan Salei | Boarding | |
| 35:29 (2) | 2 | | Toshiyuki Sakai | Slashing | |
| 35:29 (2) | 2 | | Aliaksandr Zhuryk | Tripping | |
| 39:29 (2) | 2 | | Kiyoshi Fujita | Tripping | |
| 43:13 (3) | 2 | | Aliaksandr Zhuryk | Unsportsmanlike conduct | |
| 43:13 (3) | 2 | | Toshiyuki Sakai | Unsportsmanlike conduct | |
| 46:34 (3) | 2 | | Viktar Karachun | Slashing | |
| 50:43 (3) | 2 | | Steven Tsujiura | Too many players |
Goalkeepers
| Time | Nat | Player | In/Out |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0:00 (1) | | Aliaksandr Shumidub | Goalkeeper In |
| 0:00 (1) | | Dusty Imoo | Goalkeeper In |
| 60:00 (3) | | Aliaksandr Shumidub | Goalkeeper Out |
| 60:00 (3) | | Dusty Imoo | Goalkeeper Out |
Belarus
| Pos | Nr | Player | Shift | Mins | Goals | Shots | Assists | +/- | PIM | Saves | Save % | GK In | GK Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 9 | Aliaksandr Andriyeuski | 1 | – | 0 | 2 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 11 | Vadzim Bekbulatau | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 55 | Аlex Halcheniuk | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 17 | Aliaksei Kaliuzhny | – | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 10 | Viktar Karachun | – | – | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 13 | Andrei Kavaliou | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 8 | Aliaksei Lozhkin | – | – | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 14 | Vasil Pankou | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 21 | Yauhen Roshchyn | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 16 | Andrei Skabielka | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 29 | Uladzimir Tsyplakou | – | – | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 15 | Aliaksandr Aliakseyev | – | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 7 | Siarhei Yerkovich | – | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 3 | Aleh Khmyl | – | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 6 | Ihar Matushkin | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 5 | Aleh Romanou | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| D | 23 | Ruslan Salei | – | – | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| D | 93 | Siarhei Stas | – | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 25 | Aliaksandr Zhuryk | – | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | – | |||||
| GK | 1 | Aliaksandr Shumidub | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 17 | 89.5% | |||||
| Coach | Anatol Varyvonchyk |
Japan
| Pos | Nr | Player | Shift | Mins | Goals | Shots | Assists | +/- | PIM | Saves | Save % | GK In | GK Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 40 | Kiyoshi Fujita | 1 | – | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 23 | Yuji Iga | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 47 | Matthew Kabayama | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 22 | Makoto Kawahira | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 71 | Ryan Kuwabara | – | – | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 31 | Hiroshi Matsuura | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 13 | Akihito Sugisawa | – | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 15 | Tsutsumi Otomo | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 16 | Toshiyuki Sakai | – | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | – | – | |||||
| F | 24 | Kunihiko Sakurai | – | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 12 | Steven Tsujiura | 1 | – | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 30 | Shin Yahata | – | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 75 | Chris Yule | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 9 | Tatsuki Katayama | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 11 | Yutaka Kawaguchi | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 7 | Takayuki Kobori | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| D | 3 | Atsuo Kudo | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 2 | Hiroyuki Miura | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 36 | Takayuki Miura | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 6 | Takeshi Yamanaka | 1 | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| GK | 70 | Dusty Imoo | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 42 | 95.5% | |||||
| Coach | Björn Kinding |