With more effort than expected, Switzerland got their third win in three games at the Ice Hockey World Championships in Finland. After a tough start in German Group A, the Swiss defeated Kazakhstan, who was still pointless at the bottom, 3-2 (0-0, 2-0, 1-2).
Most recently, the Swiss had beaten Denmark 6-0, the team of coach Heinz Ehlers reported back on Tuesday with a 2-1 (1-0, 0-1, 1-0) against outsiders Italy and drew on the German team ( both 6) over.
Denmark is third, the selection of the German Ice Hockey Federation (DEB) fourth. Mathias Bau (42nd) fired the Danes to victory after Alex Petan (40th) equalized the lead of coach son Nikolaj Ehlers (16th).
Valeri Orechov brought the Kazakhs up to 2:3 with a good two minutes remaining, while the Swiss took the narrow lead over time. Denis Malgin (24th), Dario Simion (35th) and Fabrice Herzog (56th) scored for the big favorite.
In Group B, Austria celebrated its first win of the tournament in a 2-1 (0-1, 0-0, 1-0, 0-0, 1-0) win over the Czech Republic after a penalty shoot-out.
Peter Schneider made the decision. Sweden kept their clean sheet with a 6-0 (5-0, 0-0, 1-0) win over Great Britain at the bottom. The Tre Kronor lead the table ahead of Finland (both 9), the USA (5), the Czech Republic (4) and Austria (3).