2023-05-20 21:59:27
In a Riga Arena filled with 8,234 spectators almost all committed to their cause (!), the Swiss team fought hard to win a 6th victory in total once morest Canada (3-2) in the context of the World Championship. The successes once morest the team with the maple leaf have certainly now become commonplace since the 1st in a World Cup, dated 2010. Still, the performance of the troop of Patrick Fischer commands respect.
1RE ETOILE: ANDRES AMBÜHL
One might wonder, before the tournament, if the 39-year-old Grison was playing his World Cup too many. The answer is a big no. The absolute record holder for appearances at the World Championship (18 editions since … 2004) quietly scored the winning goal of 3-2, following superb work by Nino Niederreiter. Passer once morest Slovakia, scorer once morest Canada, the stainless striker of HC Davos still skates like a young man of 22 years. Impressive.
2e ETOILE: LEONARDO GENONI
If his first 2 shutouts, once morest Slovenia (7-0) and Kazakhstan (5-0), had not cost him too much energy, the Zurich goalkeeper this time passed his first serious examination in Riga. The Zug goalkeeper stopped 27 of 29 shots, for a save rate of 93.1%. At the end of the game, “Leo” even saved his own by making a few “big saves”. Barring a cataclysm, he should logically once once more keep the Swiss net in the quarter-finals.
3e ETOILE: NICO HISCHIER
The 24-year-old Valaisan might have killed the match in the 55th when the score was 3-1, but his solo unfortunately came to nothing. Nevertheless, the New Jersey striker had relaunched the Swiss actions in the 34th, responding to the opener signed Tyler Toffoli (30th). While Denis Malgin and Kevin Fiala are still struggling to completely find their marks in this “100% NHL” Swiss 1st offensive line, the Devils captain showed off his class once morest the North Americans.
THE FLOP: THE REFEREES
We generally don’t like to speak ill of striped men. But these still weighed negatively on the game by not seeing Joe Veleno’s nasty foul on Nino Niederreiter in the 29th. The Detroit striker struck a nasty kick on the foot of Grison. The kind of gesture to banish ice rinks… Worse, Tobias Bjork and Co. gave 2 minutes of penalty in stride to the Swiss captain, logically angry to have been mistreated in this way by Veleno.
From Riga, Michaël Taillard
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