is fresh off his unexpected turn as the No. 1 goalie for the playoffs. He helped backstop to the team to their first playoff series win in 23 years before the Isles were bounced in five games by the in the second round. Despite the unusually Vince Wilfork Jersey high workload this season for Grei s, he accepted the invitation to join Germany at the 2016 IIHF World Championship. After arriving in Ru sia just a few days ago, he saw his first action in the tournament as the Germans took on Belarus. While Germany ended up coming away with a 5-2 win, Grei s allowed one of the worst goals weve seen all season. Maybe not -bad, but pretty close. With Germany leading 4-1 midway through the third period, Belaru sian defenseman Yevgeni Lisovets sent a long Sam Cooper Jersey stretch pa s up to forward Andrei Stats at center ice. Stats simply one-touched it to try to get the puck deep into the zone. It was going to mi s the net by about a foot when Grei s extended his stick to slow the puck for one of his teammates. This is a routine play 99 percent of the time, with the goalie stopping the puck, and depositing it behind the net for his defenseman to more easily corral it and start the rush Phillip Lindsay Jersey the other direction. However, the puck was wobbling on its approach and Grei s took his eyes off of it for just enough. The puck Steven Nelson Jersey ended up bouncing off his stick and right past him to make it 4-2. Thomas Grei s' huge gaffe, let's in goal from 170 feet. Robert Sderlind (@HockeyWebCast) Oof. Maybe Grei s was still shaking off a little jet lag. No harm, no foul, though. The Germans scored later for the 5-2 win and are currently in fourth place in Group B at the Worlds, which are taking place in St. Petersburg and Moscow through May 22. The top four teams in each group advance to Anthony Miller Jersey the quarter final, so Germany is still in the mix to make it to the next stage. That means plenty of time for redemption for Grei s. Thomas Grei s doesn't even know how he gave up this goal. (IIHF)