Host Switzerland got off to an optimal start in the Ice Hockey World Cup. The Swiss beat the Olympic champions and defending champions USA 3-1 (2-0.0-0.1-1) in Zurich on Friday. There was also an opening success for title favorite Canada, who won the match against Sweden 5:3 (2:0,1:3,2:0). Finland also celebrated victories with 3:1 (1:0.0:0.2:1) against Germany and the Czech Republic with 4:1 (2:0.0:0.2:1) against Denmark.
The Swiss presented themselves extremely efficiently against the USA in front of 10,000 fans and only came into slight trouble in one phase of the final third. The Americans competed with a young team with only two players from last year’s world champion team and without a player from the Olympic gold team. Olympic champion Matthew Tkachuk will not arrive until Tuesday because of the birth of his daughter.
Move into the knockout round
37 (38.14%)
Preliminary round exit
51 (52.58%)
descent
9 (9.28%)
Offensive spectacle at Canada – Sweden
In the second game in Austria Group A, the Finns didn’t have any major problems against offensively harmless Germans. The Canada-Sweden game turned into an offensive spectacle. It wasn’t the Canadian stars Macklin Celebrini or Sidney Crosby who shone, but rather the young players on the third and fourth lines, with the 19-year-old Celebrini serving as captain in place of Crosby, twice his age and known as “Captain Canada.”
Viewers saw three completely different thirds. In the first, Canada was superior and took a 2-0 lead, in the second, Sweden deservedly equalized to 3:3, and in the third, the record world champion dominated again.
Source: APA, Pic: Hana
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