Belarus goalie Koval shines in narrow 4-3 SO loss against favoured Russians
QUEBEC - Vitali Koval is an unknown no more at the IIHF World Hockey Championship.The Belarusian netminder shed the "little-known" tag with a 52-save performance in which he nearly carried his upstart Belarus team to victory over a heavily favoured Russian squad before narrowly losing 4-3 in a shootout on Friday.