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In Group A, Canada cooked up another debacle for their Austrian peers, who they swept off the ice with eleven goals. For the Austrians it is already the third blow in the league and the second defeat in the ratio of 0:11. Their score is in the ominous shape of 0:31.
Finnish ice hockey players beat Latvia 3:0 in Thursday’s Under-20 World Cup match. After their second win, they led Group B with 7 points.
The Americans recovered from their defeat against the Slovaks and defeated the Swiss 5:1 in their third cap. Head coach Ivan Feneš’s wards are currently in 4th place. The Latvians recorded their third defeat in the third game and are in 5th place with one point.
In a duel between two teams that had not lost a single point up to that point, the Swedes defeated the Czech Republic 3:2 after extra time. Ludvig Jansson scored the ‘three crowns’ winning goal and his second of the match in the second minute of extra time after a successful solo drive. The Swedes lead Group A with 8 points, the Czechs are one point behind.
Group A (Halifax):
Austria – Canada 0:11 (0:3, 0:4, 0:4)
Targets: 15. Guenther, 16. Dean, 19. Wright, 23. Roy, 24. Bedard, 26. Allan, 35. Stankoven, 43. Fantilli, 52. Gaucher, 54. Clarke, 59. Hinds
Sweden – Czech Republic 3:2 pp (0:0, 2:1, 0:1 – 1:0)
Goals: 27th and 62nd Jansson, 26th Wagner – 24th Jiříček, 55th Ticháček
Group A table:
1. Sweden 3 2 1 0 0 15:2 8
2. Czechia 3 2 0 1 0 16:5 7
3. Canada 3 2 0 0 1 24:7 6
4. Germany 2 0 0 0 2 2:12 0
5. Austria 3 0 0 0 3 0:31 0
Group B (Monton):
USA – Switzerland 5:1 (1:0, 3:1, 1:0)
Targets: 19. to 37. Snuggerud, 26. Cooley, 39. Boucher, 54. Hughes – 40. Biasca
Latvia – Finland 0:3 (0:1, 0:1, 0:1)
Targets: 5. Nyman, 30. Huuhtanen, 58. Kapanen
Group B table:
1. Finland 3 2 0 1 0 10:5 7
2. USA 3 2 0 0 1 13:9 6
3. Switzerland 3 0 2 0 1 7:9 4
4. SLOVAKIA 2 1 0 0 1 8:8 3
5. Latvia 3 0 0 1 2 4:11 1
