Record world champion and defending champion Canada continues to rush from victory to victory at the Ice Hockey World Championships in Finland. The team from the ice hockey motherland also defeated Kazakhstan 6:3 (3:2, 1:0, 2:1) on Thursday and took the top spot in preliminary round group A with the maximum haul of twelve points from four games.
The USA also made a big step towards the quarter-finals in Group B. In the 3-0 (0-0, 1-0, 2-0) against the blatant outsider Great Britain, the American NHL pros had a much harder time than expected. After the embarrassing 2-1 defeat by Austria, the twelve-time world champion Czech Republic redeemed itself with a 5-1 (5-0, 0-0, 0-1) win over Latvia.
Canada, who won the World Cup 5-3 against the German national team, were twice behind against the Kazakhs – 0-1 and 1-2. Dylan Cozens was the match winner with three goals for the defending champions, who lead the German group ahead of the Swiss who are tied on points, the DEB selection is third after beating Denmark 1-0. In Group B, Nordic rivals Sweden and Finland are leading ahead of the USA and the Czech Republic.
Canada 6-3 Kazakhstan (3-2, 1-0, 2-1). – Goals: 0:1 Yegor Petukhov (02:25), 1:1 Dylan Cozens (03:45), 1:2 Arkady Shestakov (12:16), 2:2 Drake Batherson (14:18), 3:2 Adam Lowry (17:20), 4:2 Damon Severson (32:14), 4:3 Kirill Sawizki (47:55), 5:3 Dylan Cozens (51:58), 6:3 Dylan Cozens (59:11 ). – Penalty minutes: Canada 12 – Kazakhstan 14. – Spectators: 2299