national team Canada crushed the team France in the last group stage match at the 2022 Ice Hockey World Championship in Finland.
Group A meeting was held in Helsinki and ended with the score 7:1.
For Canada, goals were thrown by Dylan Cozens (13), Maxime Comtua (18), Pierre-Luc Dubois (23, 52), Eric O’Dell (36), Zach Whitecloud (46), Damon Severson (56).
The French scored Anthony Resha (49).
Group A final standings: Switzerland (20), Germany (16), Canada (15), Slovakia (12), Denmark (12), France (5), Kazakhstan (3), Italy (1).
In the parallel match of the last round of the group tournament, the hosts of the championship Finland in Tampere defeated the Czechs. The game of group B ended with the score 3:0.
The Finnish goals were scored by Yoel Armia (10), Sakari Manninen (17, in the majority), Toni Rajala (36).
Group B final standings: Finland (19th), Sweden (18th), Czech Republic (13th), USA (13th), Latvia (8th), Austria (7th), Norway (5th), United Kingdom (1st)
Quarter-finals will play:
- Switzerland – USA
- Germany – Czech Republic
- Canada – Sweden
- Slovakia — Finland
Matches will be played on May 26th.
Italy and Great Britain leave the top division. They will be replaced by Slovenia and Hungary.
