The duel was preceded by a ceremony during which Ambühl received a commemorative jersey. It was his second historic entry into the tournament, as the 38-year-old Davos player outperformed defender and compatriot Mathias Seger in 17th place at the World Championships.
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From the 4th minute, his team had to defend themselves during the five-minute suspension of the San Jose Meier striker, who collided with the Whitecloud guardrail. Judges Heikkinen and Öhlund set the penalty after a video review. The Swiss defended themselves in a long weakness and even had the first two chances after Fory and Moser’s breaks. After pressure from Canada, Genoni grabbed Roy’s shot and Cozens failed. With the end of the power play, Dubois hit the closer bar from the left side.
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The Swiss Andres Ambühl was awarded before the match with Canada, he started as a record holder for the 120th match at his 17th World Cup.Photo: Martin Meissner, CTK / AP
In the middle of the opening part, after Geisser’s shot, the puck pushed behind Thompson Hischier, but according to the video, after the coaching call from Canada, the judges decided that he attacked the Canadian goalkeeper and the goal did not pay. But Dubois went to pity, who attacked the celebrating Meier.
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The Swiss did not use their first power play in the match and collected at 11:52. Johnson bumped the puck with Barzal during the intersection, although he passed behind the goal, but scored for Genoni’s right leg.
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It was settled in 59 seconds. Thompson fired Meier’s shot behind the circles to For, who had already scored. In the 15th minute, Lowry, weakened by Batherson’s penalty, returned lead to the reigning champions, who escaped and overtook Genoni among the concrete. However, Kukan used the continuing numerical advantage in 82 seconds to erase the loss, and in the search for a shooting position, he finally overcame the Canadian goalkeeper from a difficult angle.
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In the 18th minute, Lowry hit the bar and the Canadians got into the lead again at 19:03, when Batherson pushed through from the position between the rings. Nine seconds before the first break it was 3: 3. Malgin won the throw-in and Suter transferred the game to the left circle to Siegenthaler, who overcame Thompson.
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In Anderson’s stay on the bench in the 27th minute, the Swiss took the lead for the first time. Kukan found a cross pass on the right circle of Hischier, who worked the puck and then sent it violently to the nearest pole with his wrist. He could answer from a position between the circles after pressure from Sanheim Canada, but Genoni intervened. Meier fired from the other side. Canada had two options in the 38th minute. Mercer failed first, and Comtois hit the top bar with a great ending with a hockey stick between his legs.
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In the 43rd minute, Hischier solved the renumbering with an individual shot with which the Canadian goalkeeper managed. In a similar situation, with the only difference that this time it was from the left circle, Suter has already succeeded.
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Canada then defended itself against Dubois’ exclusion and could have reduced in the 50th minute, but Batherson did not have an exact line of sight. The team of coach Claude Julien could not reduce even with the exclusion of Fory and Hischier. He added a fuse 119 seconds before the end of the power play to Meier’s empty goal.
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| Hockey World Championship: |
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| Group A (Helsinki): |
| Canada – Switzerland 3: 6 (3: 3, 0: 1, 0: 2) |
| Goals and recordings: 12. K. Johnson (Barzal, Graves), 15. Lowry, 20. Batherson (Barzal) – 13. Fora (Meier, Kurashev), 16. Kukan (Hischier, Corvi), 20. Siegenthaler (P. Suter, Malgin), 27. Hischier (Kukan), 44. P. Suter (Malgin, Simion), 59. Meier. Judges: Heikkinen (FIN), Öhlund (Sweden) – Davis (USA), Špůr (Czech Republic). Penalty: 3: 2, plus Meier (Switzerland) 5 min. Utilization: 0: 1. Attendance: 5676. |
| Kanada: Thompson – Whitecloud, Chabot, Severson, Sanheim, Graves, Holden, Mayo – N. Roy, Dubois, Cozens – J. Anderson, Lowry, Sillinger – Batherson, Barzal, K. Johnson – Comtois, Mercer, Geekie – O’Dell. Trenér: Claude Julien. |
| Švýcarsko: Genoni – Siegenthaler, Kukan, Moser, Fora, Glauser, Geisser, Egli, Marti – Meier, Hischier, Kurashev – P. Suter, Simion, Malgin – Ambühl, Herzog, Corvi – Thürkauf, Bertschy, Scherwey – Riat. Trener: Patrick Fischer. |
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