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Canada desires to enhance the impression after a horrible ultimate third with Austria, during which they misplaced a five-goal lead. However a tenacious opponent stands in her approach once more. The Norwegians carried out nicely in opposition to the opposite favored groups within the Prague group, and on Tuesday they gained for the primary time after they defeated the Danes 2:0.
The staff led by captain John Tavares should be careful for the artistic pair of Mats Zuccarello and Patrick Thoresen (each 0+4) and the younger shooter Michael Brandsegg-Nygard (2+0).
The favorites historically count on factors from Connor Bedard (5+1), the staff’s finest scorer is one other expertise, Olen Zellweger (0+4). With their contribution, Canada mustn’t repeat final yr’s 2:3 loss after separate raids.
MS 2024
Group A 16/05/2024 20:20
Objectives:
11:50 Tanev (Guhle, McBain)
22:16 Mangiapane (Byram, Oleksiak)
46:37 Cozens
58:30 McCann (Daws)
Objectives:
42:47 Solberg (E. Salsten, Steen)
Assemblies:
Daws (Hofer) – Energy, Parayko, Byram, Oleksiak, Guhle, Severson, Zellweger – Hagel, Dubois, Tavares (C) – Bunting, Cozens, Mangiapane – Guenther, Paul, Bedard – McBain, McCann, Greig – Tanev.
Assemblies:
Haukeland (Arntzen) – Johannesen, Solberg, Hansen, Nørstebø, Krogdahl, Kåsastul, Engebråten – Pettersen, Brandsegg-Nygård, Thoresen (C) – H. Salsten, Martinsen, E. Olsen – Steen, Berg-Paulsen, Vikingstad – T. Olsen, E. Salsten, Rønnild – Vesterheim.
Referee: Kaukokari (FIN), Schrader (GER) – Hynek (CZE), Nikulainen (FIN)
Variety of spectators: 16 418
The reigning Olympic champions suffered their second defeat in 4 matches on the match. The primary one was ready for them within the opening duel by the Czech nationwide staff, which gained over the Finns 1:0 after separate raids.
The Austrians are the favorites after their opening defeat in opposition to Denmark. They misplaced to Switzerland 5:6 with a purpose in weakening till 51 seconds earlier than the top. They bought some extent in opposition to Canada after they tied the sport from 1-6 to 6-6 within the third interval earlier than dropping 6-7 in extra time.
Within the fifteenth match in opposition to Finland, the Austrians gained for the primary time. Thus far in opposition to them, along with 13 defeats, they solely had a 3-3 draw from the World Cup in St. Petersburg in 2000 and a rating of 24-76.
“The sentiments can not even be described. Finland is a wonderful hockey nation and I feel beating them on the World Cup is the very best factor Austrian hockey has completed in a really very long time. We’re very pleased with our staff,” Baumgartner advised reporters after the sport. “I assumed the siren was over, however it wasn’t. Two tenths, that is shut. It could not be tighter.’
The Finns took the lead after three minutes. Iiro Pakarinen gained a duel with Steven Robust on the again publish and Saku Mäenalanen beat David Kickert after his move.
Within the ninth minute, the favourite elevated because of Oliver Kapanen, who hit from a flip from a place between the circles to the left publish. The 20-year-old newcomer to the massive worldwide occasion improved to 6 targets from 4 video games and bought to the highest of the scoring desk of the match.
Steven Robust from Austria fights for the puck with Oliver Kapanen from Finland.
Within the twenty fourth minute, the Austrians had been diminished, after a move from Thomas Raffl, Mario Huber beat Harri Säteri. The Austrians had an opportunity to equalize in two energy performs in fast succession after Kapanen and Juus Riikola had been despatched off.
Within the forty fifth minute, Patrik Puistola’s penalty allowed them to have fun a purpose, however prematurely, because the referees Tobias Björk and Michael Tscherrig didn’t acknowledge Dominic Zwerger’s shot as a consequence of captain Raffl’s place within the purpose space.
The coach of Austria, Roger Bader, took on one other teaching problem and his staff then needed to defend itself in opposition to weakening. Within the fiftieth minute, he already erased the loss with a shot from the blue line underneath the higher publish of defender Thimo Nickl. The Austrians defended themselves when Bernd Wolf was despatched off after which Jusso Riikola might resolve, whose shot was thankfully blocked by the deal with of the Kickert stick. As an alternative, the opponent rejoiced. Baumgartner skated again to the blue line within the offensive zone, and his shot over the display screen went to the left publish behind Säteri.
“Once they scored their first purpose, we could not get again into the sport. That is simply hockey. They did a wonderful job and had been rewarded for it on the finish,” mentioned Finnish captain Mikael Granlund. “We do not underestimate anybody right here. We knew it will be a troublesome recreation. They’re taking part in very nicely within the match,” added Granlund.
MS 2024
Group A 16/05/2024 16:20
Objectives:
2:51 Mäenalanen (Pakarinen, Vittasmäki)
8:06 Kapanen (Riikola, Kaski)
Objectives:
23:36 M. Huber (Raffle, Nissner)
49:51 Nickl (Nissner, M. Huber)
59:59 Baumgartner (Haudum, Ganahl)
Assemblies:
Säteri (Larmi) – Määttä, Lehtonen, Rissanen, Kaski, Saarijärvi, Riikola, Vittasmäki, Mattila – Innala, Puustinen, Granlund (C) – Puljujärvi, Kapanen, Oksanen – Jääskä, Puistola, Hyry – Björninen, Mäenalanen, Pakarinen.
Assemblies:
Kickert (Höneckl) – Nickl, Heinrich, Wolf, Unterweger, Maier, Robust, Zündel, Stapelfeldt – Raffl (C), Nissner, M. Huber – Schneider, Zwerger, Rossi – Ganahl, Haudum, Baumgartner – Rohrer, Thaler, P. Huber.
Referee: Bjork (SWE), Tscherrig (SUI) – Wyonzek (CAN), Zunde (LAT)
Variety of spectators: 15 387
| 1. | Switzerland | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:8 | 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2. | Czechia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15:9 | 9 |
| 3. | You will have | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:9 | 8 |
| 4. | Finland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14:5 | 7 |
| 5. | Austria | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15:20 | 4 |
| 6. | Norway | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8:15 | 3 |
| 7. | Denmark | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:15 | 3 |
| 8. | Nice Britain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2:15 | 0 |
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