Hockey World Cup: The defending champions, the Finns, bid farewell, and the Latvians made a surprise appearance in the semi-finals

Ice Hockey World Cup – Canada eliminated the defending champion Finns, Latvia covered the paper form

In the highlight of the day, in the rematch of last year’s World Cup final, the first two thirds of the game were extremely fast-paced and balanced, but while the Canadians scored in both periods, the home team was unable to score. Samuel Montembeault gate. In the final third, the overseas players played with confidence and deservedly won overall.

In the other night’s meeting, the pitch was almost “overturned”, the Swedish team attempted 41 shots on goal, while the Latvians only had 15, but the Scandinavians did not score a goal except for one occasion, so they said goodbye with a 3-1 defeat.

In the semi-finals Canada–United States and Latvia–Germany they organize matches.

Results, quarter finals:

• Latvia-Sweden 3-1 (1-0, 0-1, 2-0)

• Canada-Finland 4-1 (1-0, 1-0, 2-1)

earlier:
USA-Czech Republic 3-0 (1-0, 1-0, 1-0)
Germany-Switzerland 3-1 (1-0, 2-1, 0-0)

(MTI)