news-item-description">The Czech Republic will host the 2024 Ice Hockey World Championship from May 10 to 26, 2024. The tournament’s host cities are Prague and Ostrava. It is the 87th World Ice Hockey Championship organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).
You could watch the duel Sweden – Poland ONLINE at ŠPORT.sk >>
The duel was controlled throughout by the favorite, defender Erik Karlsson shone in his jersey with two goals and an assist.
The Swedes will play another game in the tournament on Monday from 20.20 against Germany, the Poles will compete against France on Tuesday from 20.20.
Sweden – Poland 5:1 (2:0, 1:0, 2:1)Goals: 4. M. Johansson (Hedman, Karlsson), 7. Raymond (Kempe), 33. Karlsson (Burakovsky, M. Johansson), 55. Burakovsky (Dahlin, Olofsson), 56. Karlsson (Hedman) – 43. Lyszczarczyk .
Referees: Tscherrig (Switzerland), Campbell (Can.) – Wyonzek (Can.), Nikulainen (Fin.), Offense: 2:5 for 2 min., Power plays: 2:0, Weakness: 0:0, 8425 viewers.
Assemblies:
Sweden: Gustavsson – Karlsson, Hedman, Dahlin, Brodin, Heed, Pettersson, Bengtsson – Raymond, Eriksson Ek, Kempe – Burakovsky, Holmberg, M. Johansson – Zetterlund, Lundeström, Olofsson – Froden, L. Johansson, Grundström
Polish: Zabolotny – Kolusz, Wanacki, Kruczek, Wajda, Kostek, Dronia – Wronka, Pasiut, Zygmunt, Bryk, Górny – Michalski, Dziubinski, Macias – Fraszko, Pas, Lyszczarczyk – Krezolek, Walega, Urbanowicz
The Swedes played the role of favorites from the first minutes, often playing with the puck and always threatening the Poles. Marcus Johansson’s goal gave them peace after an unfortunate run by the Polish player, who was followed by Raymond in the 7th minute, when he used Kempe’s pass from the field near the front of the open goal – 2:0.
In the second part, the Poles defended themselves against the Swedish pressure during the waning period, then they did not use the power play and surrendered after that. Swedish captain Karlsson shot past goalkeeper Zabolotný – 3:0.
At the beginning of the third part, after an opponent’s mistake, Lyszczarczyk got the break, he failed at first, but surprised Gustavsson with an effort behind the goal – 3: 1. However, there was no drama, with that the Swedes punished Górný for 2 + 2 minutes with two goals. First, Burakovsky made 4:1 in the 55th minute, and shortly after, Karlsson completed the offensive attack after Hedman’s pass – 5:1.
Post-match vote:
Sweden captain Erik Karlsson in the 2+1 game: “When you say Poland and hockey, it doesn’t always go hand in hand, but they have a good hockey team. They played a good game, made it difficult for us and created good chances. It was fun but also We’re happy we won it and got points for the table.”
Alan Lyszczarczyk, striker, goal scorer of Poland: “Everyone knows what we came here with. We want to stay in this division for next year. We still have important games to play, so we have to make sure we keep going playing like this.”
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