On Tuesday, the final matches of the World Ice Hockey Series will be played.
On Monday night, the Lions fell into a great victory over one of the World Cup pre-favorites when it beat Canada at the end of the winning shot by 2-1.
With the victory, Finland ensured that it would be second or third in the A block. The number of possible quarter -finals also decreased, as now the Lion will play either Czech Republic, Switzerland, USA or Canada in the first round.
Finland will face Canada again in the quarter-finals if Denmark wins Germany in the B-block B and Canada won’t win its today’s Swedish match in regular time.
This rarer semi -final round of the blocks would be due to the fact that Sweden and Denmark are hosted by the tournament and cannot meet in the quarter -finals.
In other words, if Sweden wins the A block and Denmark is the fourth in block B, the quarter-finals will be played internally, ie Finland would face Canada.
However, if Germany wins Denmark or Canada wins Sweden in regular time, the Lions’ opponent would normally come from B-block. Then it would be Czech Republic, Switzerland or USA.
Second place in block A still open
The Lions won Canada on Monday night after the winning shot at 2-1. Pasi Suokko / AOP
Today is the last day of the opening match. There are huge stakes in the matches.
The Lions will secure second place in block A if it wins Slovakia in the actual game time and Canada does not get a point in the Swedish match.
Sweden and Canada are fighting for a group victory in the evening’s fight. Canada needs a profit for a group victory in regular time.
Latvia and Austria are fighting for the last quarter-finals in Group A, who will take together today in the match starting at 1:20 pm.
Yesterday, Slovenia secured a 3-1 victory in the A-Series of Ice Hockey. France, in turn, will fall into the B-series next year.
B-Group B
In Group B, there is still a block winner, the last quarter-finals and a fall in the B-series.
The top three in the block are the Czech Republic, Switzerland and the US. Switzerland will meet Kazakhstan today, while the Czech Republic and the US are taking each other.
Denmark and Germany are fighting for the last quarter -finals in a match starting at 9pm.
The B-series drops Kazakhstan unless it gets a point in the Swiss match. However, if it manages to get even a point, the fall is Hungary.
Finland-Slovakia match today at 5:20 pm. Iltalehti follows the match live.