Canadian Jaret Anderson-Dolan fights in front of the American goal.
Ints Kalnins, Reuters
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After only five minutes of the game, the match ended for the debuting American goalkeeper Stolarz, who apparently injured his leg. His substitute Oettinger had to enter the game unplanned, the USA team “turned” all three goalkeepers right at the start of the tournament.
However, the Kuemper from Canada signed the first goal of the match, and his hesitation was punished by Robertson during the pass behind the goal. The match was balanced in terms of the number of shots, but the Canadians did not create any significant chances. The Americans, on the other hand, decided their win in the second period.
The goal joy of American hockey players in the overseas derby with Canada.
Ints Kalnins, Reuters
At first, in the 22nd minute, Clendening pushed through the shot from the blue line, then Moore scored twice. The Los Angeles striker took advantage of the power play in the 24th minute, then in the 39th minute punished the opponent’s mistake in the pass.
Kuemper took the third period in Hill’s Canadian goal, and his teammates eventually managed to score the first goal of the tournament. In the 52nd minute, Comtois pushed through, but the last word was given to the defender Tennyson.
“It’s a big victory. Whenever a US-Canada match is played, you want to be on the right side. Especially as an American,” Moore said. “The rivalry is always there, no matter what tournament we play in. It’s a hard defeat for us, but we have to knock ourselves forward and look forward tomorrow,” added Canadian Captain Adam Henrique. His team will face the undefeated Germans on Monday.
| Hockey World Championship in Riga – Group B (Arena Riga): |
| Canada – USA 1: 5 (0:1, 0:3, 1:1) |
| Goals and recordings: 52. Comtois (Beaudin) – 8. Robertson (Garland), 22. Clendening (Hellickson), 24. Moore (Robertson), 39. Moore (Garland), 58. Tennyson (Clendening, Labanc). Judges: Schrader (Germany), Sternat – Seewald (both Austria), Obwegeser (Switzerland). Exclusion: 3: 2. Utilization: 0: 1. No spectators. |
| Canada: Kuemper (41. Hill) – Walker, Stecher, Ferraro, Miller, Beaudin, Bernard-Docker, Power, Schneider – Comtois, Henrique, Brown – Hagel, Danforth, Pirri – Paul, Vilardi, Bunting – Perfetti, Anderson-Dolan, Foudy. Trenér: Gerard Gallant. |
| USA: Stolarz (5. Oettinger) – Wolanin, Roy, Jones, Tennyson, Hellickson, Clendening, Wideman – Abdelkader, Blackwell, Labanc – Robinson, Rooney, Chmelevski – Donato, Drury, Thompson – Robertson, Moore, Garland – Boyle. Trenér: Jack Capuano. |
| Table: | ||||||||
| 1. | Germany | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:5 | 6 |
| 2. | Kazakhstan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5:3 | 4 |
| 3. | Latvia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4:3 | 4 |
| 4. | Finland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3:3 | 4 |
| 5. | USA | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6:3 | 3 |
| 6. | Norway | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5:6 | 3 |
| 7. | Canada | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1:7 | 0 |
| 8. | Italy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5:13 | 0 |
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