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Finland defeated Great Britain 8-0 (1-0, 5-0, 2-0) in Group A.
Finland secured victory in the second third, when Oliver Kapanen scored his second goal in the game, and Jese Puljujervi, Jere Innala in the majority, Jūso Rīkola and Olli Māta scored the first.
Kapanen also scored the last goal of the match with a hat-trick, while another goal was scored by Miko Lehtonen.
Mikaels Granlund collected four assists, Puljujervi (1+2) and Ahti Oksanen (0+3) also collected three points each, and Māta (1+1) and Oliver Kaski (0+2) had two.
In goal, Emil Larmi played a “dry” game, saving 14 shots, while on the opposite side of the field, Ben Bauns saved 39 shots.
Slovakia beat Kazakhstan 6:2 (3:0, 1:1, 2:1) in Group B.
The Slovaks laid the foundation for victory already in the first third, with the majority of goals scored by Martin Pospišil, Martin Faško-Rudaš and Matūš Sukel.
Pospíšils ended the game with two goals, but Libor Hudáček, who scored a free kick and assisted twice more, and Lukāš Cingels also scored. Faško-Rudaš, Sukel (both – 1+1) and Šimon Nemets (0+2) scored two points.
Alikhan Omirbekov and Alikhan Osetov scored goals for the Kazakhstan national team, passing twice to Samat Daniyar.
Andrej Shutov saved 22 of 28 shots in the Kazakhstan goal until the 46th minute, but Nikita Boyarkin, who replaced him, managed all 14 shots.
In the subgroup B match in Ostrava, Latvia will meet France at 5:20 p.m. Latvian time, while Sweden will face Poland at 9:20 p.m., the matches will be broadcast live on the LTV7 channel. The matches between Denmark and Canada, Austria and Switzerland will be held in Prague, and these matches will be broadcast live on the “lsm.lv/hokejs” website.
The 16 teams participating in the tournament are divided into two groups, with eight teams each, which guarantees seven games for each team. The top four teams in each group will continue the medal fight in the quarter-finals, while the weaker teams in both groups will leave the stronger division, and next year will be replaced by Hungary and Slovenia in the top 16.
Last year, the Canadians triumphed in the world championships, beating Germany in the decisive match, while Latvia won the bronze medals, defeating the USA national team in overtime.
The World Championship will be held in the Czech cities of Prague and Ostrava until May 26.
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