The lions’ quarter-final opponent is clear! Thursday evening sees the meeting between Finland and Canada – USA to win the group in Tampere

Canada beat the Czech Republic 3-1 in Riga. Thus, Canada is the runner-up in Group B. The USA beat Sweden in overtime in a heated match and took the victory in Group A.

The quarter-final opponent of the Lions in the men’s hockey world championships has survived. Canada defeated the Czech Republic 3–1 to secure second place in Group B. Consequently, Canada will face third-placed Finland in Group A in the quarterfinals in Tampere on Thursday evening at 8:20 p.m.

Canada dominated the opening set, taking shots on goal 18-4. At the end of the period, Canada got a well-deserved lead. Cody Glass gave a button pass across the field and Peyton Krebs sank a wrist shot past Karel Vejmelkan.

The second batch was the Czech Republic. Already at the beginning of the set, Canada had a substitution error. The Czech got a defender Tomas Dvorak too from own end by sending with a long opening to a superior attack.

Jakub Flek moved to the side in offensive blue To Martin Kaut, who made it through. He digressed by Samuel Montembeault and slid the puck in from the lanes. This is how the Czech Republic rose to 1–1.

The third batch was again Canadian-branded. It took the lead again in 44:09. After the starting pattern of the offensive end, the defender Tyler Myers got up from the blue line and hit the puck in from the edge of Vejmelka.

Odd hit

At the last minute, Canada Lawson Crouse hit the puck in the void. Before that, strange events were seen.

The Czech players could not touch the puck in the offensive zone, as the situation was offside. The Canadians didn’t touch the puck either, but played for time. So the Czech player touched the puck at the end to cause a timeout, but the referees still let the game continue.

Then a towel flew onto the ice from the stands. Still, the game continued, and the goal was allowed after a meeting of the referees.

Czech head coach Kari Jalonen it went really well in the exchange.

USA to win the group

At the time of the match between Canada and the Czech Republic, the match between the USA and Sweden that decided the group win was played in Tampere. Leo Carlsson shot Sweden into a 1–0 lead with a two-man advantage in 9.10. Nick Bonino equalized with superiority in 16:49.

In the opening set, ice was shared for no less than 39 minutes. of the USA Michael Eyssimont received a shower command from a knee tackle. Swedish NHL pack Rasmus Sandin could not continue in the match.

The second set was played at 1:54 p.m., when Conor Garland took the USA into the lead. There was half a minute left in the second period, when he got off the ice a moment earlier Lane Hutson beat 3–1.

The start of Sweden’s three-set was quiet, but at the end of the set, it still managed to get up to par. 18-year-old Leo Carlsson made his second night, and Timothy Liljegren equalized in 57.29.

There was time to play overtime at 1:37, when the USA Dylan Samberg solved the game.

The semi-finals

Below you can see what the playoff schedule looks like now. Latvia can even rise to the third place in Group B by beating Switzerland. The third in Group B will face Sweden. If Latvia and the Czech Republic are tied, Latvia is better based on the win of the head-to-head match.

At the moment, Slovakia is the fourth in Group B, but for Latvia, which is fifth, even a point is enough to move past Slovakia. The winner of group B will face the winner of group A, the USA.

BLOCK B

Canada–Czech Republic 3–1 (1–0, 0–1, 2–0)

19.12 1–0 Krebs (Glass, Hunt)
22.06 1–1 Kaut (Flek, Dvorak)
44.09 2–1 Myers (Quinn, Laughton)
59.24 3–1 Crouse (Laughton)

SECTION A

Sweden–USA and. 3–4 (1–1, 0–2, 2–0)

9.10 1–0 Carlsson (Tömmernes, Lindberg)
16.49 1–1 Bonino (Gauthier, Tynan)
33.54 1–2 Garland (Mazur, Grimaldi)
39.30 1–3 Hutson
54.51 2–3 Carlsson (Berggren, Johansson)
57.29 3–3 Liljegren (Tömmernes, Lindberg)
61.37 3–4 Samberg (Mazur, Tynan)