2023-05-20 16:29:16
The Swiss national ice hockey team is on the way to winning the group at the World Championships in Finland and Latvia. The Confederates won the Group B hit once morest Canada 3-2 (0:0,2:1,1:1) in Riga on Saturday and thus also their fifth game. In Group A, the US team is still flawless following beating Denmark 3-0 (0:0,0:0,3:0). The USA and Finland (Group A) as well as Switzerland, Canada and the Czech Republic (B) are already in the quarter-finals.
Record world champion Canada took the lead through Tyler Toffoli in the power play (30th), Switzerland responded with three goals from Nico Hischier (34th), Dario Simion (38th) and 39-year-old veteran Andres Ambühl (53rd). Last year’s finalist from North America made the connection through Michael Carcone (57th), but the Swiss didn’t let the 14th victory in a World Cup group game in a row be taken away from them. They lead Group B with 15 points ahead of the Czech Republic (13), who beat Norway 2-0 (2-0.0.0.0.0.0) and Canada (11).
The USA have also extended their winning streak. The US team only prevailed once morest Denmark in the final third in Tampere, however, youngster Cutter Gauthier from the Boston College Eagles broke the ban with his third goal of the tournament (50th).
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