Czechs stay perfect with win over Kazakhstan

By Dmitriy Rogovitskiy MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Czech Republic overcame a stellar performance from Kazakhstan goaltender Vitali Kolesnik to secure a 3-1 win at the ice hockey world championships on Friday and tighten their grip on first place in Group A. Kolesnik turned aside 33 of 35 shots but it was not enough to stop a Czech Republic that are undefeated through five games and moved five points up on Russia, which have a game in hand. Tomas Plekanec scored early in the first and third periods fo