mo4ch:>Russia claim shootout win over Czechs to clinch World Championship bronze (VIDEO) | Mo4ch News

Russia ensured they left the Ice Hockey World Championship with the consolation of bronze as they earned a shootout win over the Czech Republic after the pair had finished locked at 2-2 following overtime.Russian goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy of the NHL club Tampa Bay Lightning was the shootout hero, saving three attempts while Jakub Vrana also missed his for the Czechs.Nikita Kucherov missed for Russia but captain Ilya Kovalchuk and Nikita Gusev both scored to hand their team the bronze medal and ensure they don’t leave Slovakia empty-handed.  Heading into the game, the Czechs had been battered 5-1 by Canada in their semifinal while Russia were edged out 1-0 by Finland.READ MORE: ‘Accept defeat with honor’: Ovechkin wife hits out after Russia world championship defeatBut the bronze medal game proved a hard-fought affair throughout.    It was Russia who opened the scoring at the Ondrej Nepela Arena in Bratislava through Mikhail Grigorenko 13 minutes into the first period.The Czechs re…