American defender Christian Wolanin opens the score of the match for bronze against Germany. Ints Kalnins, Reuters – The best goalkeeper of the tournament, Petersen, perfectly kept the opponent in check, who had already lost to the USA 0: 2 in the group, and even in the second meeting at this year’s championship he did … Read more
The American dream of the finals remains unfulfilled. Canada, which started the World Cup in Riga with three defeats in a row, kept on the winning streak and won Saturday’s overseas derby 4: 2. The country of the cradle of hockey is so sure that it will at least defend silver medals. The Canadian rivals … Read more
Jaromír Jágr (left) and Michal Jordán rejoice at the decisive goal “68” in the quarterfinals of the 2015 World Cup against Finland. Vlastimil Vacek, Right – What did the two mutual quarterfinal matches of the Czech Republic and Finland look like at the World Cup? WC 2010 in Cologne: Czechia – Finland 2: 1 SN … Read more
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. – Switzerland set … Read more
From left Uvis Janis Balinskis from Latvia, Teemu Turunen from Finland, Andris Džerinš from Latvia and Mikael Ruohomaa from Finland. Vít Šimánek, ČTK – “It’s great that we are in the quarterfinals,” praised Finnish star bull Olli Määttä. “Nowadays, we are set up so that when we go to a tournament, we want to win … Read more
The miraculous turn against the Swedes left them in the game, but they still have nothing certain. Therefore, the Czech hockey players intend to take another step towards the quarterfinals at the World Championships in Riga. The fifth opponent of coach Filip Pešán’s charges is the weakest team on paper, the whole of Great Britain, … Read more
Alexey Zayakin The composer, who turned 61 this year, doesn’t look very good. –Igor Nikolaev. Photo: Globallookpress.com – The wife of the composer Igor Nikolaev, singer Yulia Proskuryakova, posted on Instagram a family video in which she, together with her husband and daughter, overcomes the famous “Barefoot Path” in Jurmala. The stars in Latvia have … Read more
Were it not for Jakub Vrána’s goal, the Czechs might have pounded on the Swedish defense in vain. “It was he who broke the whole match,” coach Filip Pešán praised the young shooter. The progress to the quarterfinals is now in the hands of the hockey representatives at the World Championships in Latvia. Riga (from … Read more
Latvians Renars Krastenbergs and American Christian Wolanin. Ints Kalnins, Reuters – American Matt Tennyson (8) is rejoicing after a goal against Latvia. Sergei Grits, ČTK / AP – The Swiss rejoice after the goal against Slovakia. Vasily Fedosenko, Reuters – Slovak goalkeeper Július Hudáček after one of the goals from the Swiss. Vasily Fedosenko, Reuters … Read more
Hockey players of Kazakhstan celebrate, Pavel Akolzin scored a winning goal in the World Cup match in the German net. Vasily Fedosenko, Reuters – “Our goal was to advance to the quarterfinals and given how we play, we are excited about how we are doing. We believed that we would win some matches and we … Read more