In Ostrava, in subgroup B, in which the Latvian national team also plays, the Slovaks beat the Americans 5:4 (2:0, 2:1, 0:3, 1 :0) in overtime, although they let a three-goal lead slip away in the third period.
In the fourth minute of the game, Miloš Kelemen, making a shot with the odd side of the stick blade, made it 1:0 for the Slovak national team in front of the goal. As the fight continued with quick attacks, in the 12th minute, the Americans made a mistake in defense, which allowed Libor Hudacek to strengthen the leadership of the Slovaks.
The Americans started the second period more actively and in the fifth minute of the third, Matt Boldy got one goal back, but two and a half minutes later, Shimon Nemets made it 3:1 with a shot from the edge. After 104 seconds, Alex Nedelkovic was beaten by Patrick Koch and Trey Augustine entered the goal for the US national team.
In the fifth minute of the third period, Shane Pinto made it 2:4 after Joel Farabee’s pass to the goal. Six minutes and four seconds before the end of normal time, Brady Tkaczak disarmed the opponent and reduced Slovakia’s lead to one goal.
Less than three minutes later, Luke Hughes made a shot after skating into the box to tie the score. In the last minute of extra time, Kelemens won the victory for the Slovaks, who corrected Nemets’ shot in front of the goal.
At 21.20, Germany and Sweden will meet in Ostrava.
The next match for the Latvian national team will be against Kazakhstan on Tuesday.
In Group B in Ostrava, after two rounds, Sweden has six, Slovakia has scored five in three games, Latvia and USA have four points each, Germany has three points and Kazakhstan each, while France and Poland have one point each.
The Finns were better in the Group A match in Prague with a result of 4:1 (2:0, 2:1, 0:0).
In the seventh minute of the game, after Oliver Kaski’s shot, Oliver Kapanen changed the direction of the flight of the puck, which made it 1-0 for the Finnish national team. The Finns strengthened their lead two minutes before the end of the period, when Artu Hiri put his stick to another puck thrown by Kaski.
In the 27th second of the second period, Hiri was the first to return the puck and strengthened the lead of the Finnish national team, but in the middle of the third period, after a mistake by the Norwegians, Kapanen threw the puck into an empty bag. net – 4:0. 73 seconds before the break, Max Krogdahl stopped skating alone against Harri Seter and put the puck into the net, scoring the first goal for the Norwegians.
Hockey players from Finland made three times as many shots – 42:14.
Switzerland and the Czech Republic will meet in Prague at 21:20.
The leader of Group A is Finland, who have collected seven points in three games. Canada and Switzerland have six points in two games, the Czech Republic has collected five points, Denmark – three points, and Austria, Norway and Great Britain have no points.
The 16 teams participating in the tournament are divided into two groups, with eight teams each, guaranteeing seven games for each team. The top four teams in each group will continue the medal fight in the quarter-finals, while the weaker teams in the two groups will leave the stronger division, and next year Hungary and Slovenia will be replace them in the top 16.
Last year, the Canadians triumphed in the world championships, defeating Germany in the deciding game, and Latvia won the bronze medals, defeating the US national team in extra time.
The World Championship will be held in the Czech cities of Prague and Ostrava until May 26.
2024-05-13 18:52:02
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