On Sunday afternoon, the Swiss national team had a well-deserved 6-0 win against Belarus, which they shared with the selection of Russian players (ROC) and Slovakia after six games (after every five games). Belarus has no chance of reaching the quarter-finals after the defeat as bottom of the group with four points.
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Switzerland set the signs of victory after just 36 seconds when Christoph Bertschy rebounded after a shot by Fabrice Herzog to make it 1-0. In the minutes that followed, the Confederates continued to exert a lot of pressure on the Belarusians’ housing, but missed their chances. It wasn’t until 119 seconds before the end of the third that Joël Vermin ensured the reassuring 2-0 by finishing off Timo Meier steered into the gate.
Switzerland did not let anything burn in the following sections of the game. At the latest after the hits by Sven Andrighetto in the 21st and Gregory Hofmann in the 33rd minute, the decision had been made in their favor. Vermin made the final score in the final third with his second goal of the game just under eight minutes before the end of the game and Herzog after assist from Nico Hischier.
Swiss goalkeeper Leonardo Genoni blocked 20 shots on goal in his second win and first shutout in this tournament. Switzerland fired 42 shots on the case of the Belarusians, who had started with Konstantin Shostak in goal and replaced him after the 0-3 with Alexei Kolosov.
Switzerland will play their last group game against Great Britain on Monday. Belarus will face Russia on Tuesday.
The other games:
Group A
Sweden 3-1 Slovakia
Sweden made another step towards the World Cup quarter-finals with a hard-fought 3-1 win over Slovakia. Especially in the first round, the Slovaks had more play and did not go undeservedly through a goal from Peter Cehlarik (20th) with 1-0. After the first break, the Scandinavians came into play a little better. Marcus Sorensen she rewarded them with the equalizer (31st) shortly after a penalty against the Slovaks had expired. With their leading goal in the final third, the Swedes also benefited from a numerical preponderance on the ice. Victor Olofsson netted in the power play to 2: 1. The final score was Isac Lundestrom per Empty Netter her.
Sweden will face Russia in their last group game on Monday. The next day the Slovaks play their seventh preliminary round against the Czech Republic.
Group B
Italy – Canada 1: 7
Team Canada are under tremendous pressure after losing three of their first five games and being outside of the places to play in the quarter-finals. Against Italy, however, they lived up to their role as favorites and drove a clear 7-1 victory. The man of the game was Andrew Mangiapane with two goals (9th, 35th) and two assists when Maxime Comtois (38th) and Adam Henrique (12.). The other scorers of the maple leaves were Troy Stecher (12th) and Brandon Pirri (56th) to the final score. Cole Perfetti (3rd) opened the Canadian scoring. Angelo Miceli marked the Italians’ goal of honor to make it 1: 4 after half an hour.
Finland – Latvia 3: 2 nV
World champions Finland had a hard-fought 3-2 win against World Cup hosts Latvia after extra time. In the fifth minute of overtime, Anton Lundell scored the winning goal for the Finns, who had already taken the lead twice in regular time. After just 186 seconds Saku Maenalainen (4th) marked the 1-0 for Finland and Iiro Pakarinen brought her 2-1 in the front in the second period. But in each case Martins Dzierkals managed to equalize the score (19th, 54th).
With 15 points Finland extended its group lead to three points against the USA, which still have one more game to play. Latvia is fifth with nine points, tied ahead of Canada and behind the fourth-placed DEB selection, who have one more game up their sleeves.
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