The second failures of Canada and Sweden and the historical victory of Kazakhstan over Finland: what will be remembered for the third day of the World Ice Hockey Championship

Sensation from Belarus

The World Championship in Latvia turned out to be rich in sensations.

For example, on Friday, the hosts of the tournament unexpectedly beat Canada - 2: 0.

And on Saturday, the Swedes lost to the Danes - 3: 4.

On Sunday, Tre Krunur faced another fiasco.

This time, Juhan Garpenlev's wards with a minimum score lost to Belarus, which in the first match of the tournament could not impose a fight on Slovakia (2: 5).

The Scandinavians had an overwhelming advantage throughout the meeting and made 32 shots to Danny Taylor's goal, but they could not break it.

Moreover, the naturalized Canadian sometimes made incredible saves, as, for example, at the end of the second period, when he managed to take the puck off the ribbon with a skate.

The Belarusians were not broken by the serious injury of Yevgeny Lisovets in the tenth minute.

After an unsuccessful collision with the board, the defender was carried off the ice on a stretcher, although he showed his partners his thumb.

A little later, the head coach of the team, Mikhail Zakharov, said that the hockey player was in the hospital and there were no details about his condition.

However, even without an important player, the Belarusians snatched the victory.

The only goal at the beginning of the third period was scored by German Nesterov.

He managed to close Mikhail Stefanovich's pass practically from the front line.

Moreover, this goal was the first for the striker in the national team.

And Belarus has beaten Sweden only for the second time in history.

The first victory was recorded in the quarterfinals of the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City.

Thanks to the success, Zakharov's wards are on the verge of falling into the playoff zone of Group A, while the Scandinavians with zero points risk not getting there at all.

50 saves from the goalkeeper of the Kazakhstan national team

Another sensation occurred in the confrontation between Kazakhstan and Finland.

The reigning world champions came out to the game in the rank of a clear favorite, the more they managed to start the tournament with a victory over the Americans.

However, this evening the team of Yukka Yalonen could not do anything with the opponent's goalkeeper Nikita Boyarkin.

If Taylor made 32 saves in a parallel match, then his colleague - exactly 50. He managed to break it only once.

In the middle of the meeting, Anton Lundell, on the second attempt, with a throw from a zero angle, nevertheless beat the goalkeeper already lying on the ice.

But the Kazakhs leveled the score after only two and a half minutes, having realized the first majority in the match.

Another's gate was struck by Kirill Panyukov.

In the final period and overtime, Suomi did everything possible to snatch victory, but could no longer upset Boyarkin, who had caught an incredible courage.

Moreover, Nikita reflected two shots in the shootout shootout.

As a result, a successful attempt by Roman Starchenko brought the team a second victory in a row in the world shootout championship.

Earlier, Yuri Mikhailis' charges were stronger than the hosts of the tournament - 3: 2.

Now they share the second or fourth places in Group B with Finland and Latvia.

Moreover, Kazakhstanis for the first time in history beat Suomi.

Decent resistance from the British

The British team almost supported the trend for unexpected results.

It seemed that after the crushing defeat from Russia, British hockey players would not be able to impose competition on strong Slovakia.

This feeling intensified even more when Marek Grivik opened the scoring already in the 25th second of the match after a gross error of his opponent in his own zone.

By the way, this goal was the fastest in the tournament.

But the British did not pour in and did not miss any more before the break.

And at the very beginning of the second period, they won back.

Moreover, the goal of Julius Gudacek was struck by Liam Kirk, drafted in the NHL, who managed to distinguish himself the day before in a meeting with Russia.

It is curious that Branislav Konrad spent the first 20-minute at the last frontier of the Slovaks, but for unknown reasons he did not go to the second.

However, the units on the scoreboard did not last long.

Already in the 25th minute, Robert Lantoshi again brought the favorite ahead and scored the third point at the World Championship (1 + 2).

However, the Slovaks failed to break through Ben Bones anymore.

The goalkeeper, who looked great in the match against Russia, made 41 saves this time.

Hat-trick of Trettenes

But in the confrontation between Norway and Italy, the struggle did not work.

Both teams started the tournament with major defeats from Germany, and therefore the Scandinavians needed to win in order to join the fight for getting into the playoffs.

As a result, they scored three points with a minimum of effort - 4: 1.

The main hero of the match was the striker Matias Trettenes, who scored a hat-trick.

Moreover, one of the pucks for him was actually thrown by the opponent's defender, from whose skate the projectile flew into the net.

The Italians managed to get away from defeat dry only when the score was 0: 4.

The second goal in the tournament was marked by Daniel Frank, who had previously hit the gate of the German national team.

Lack of intrigue in the North American derby

Canada and the United States met in the main match of the day in the North American derby.

Both teams started the tournament with defeats.

"Maple Leaves", as already mentioned, sensationally lost to Latvia, and the Stars and Stripes failed to cope with Finland - 1: 2.

Thus, both rivals needed a victory.

Unfortunately, the reported confrontation showed that it will be difficult for the team of Gerard Galland to count on a successful result at this tournament.

The Canadians could not compete with their opponent and suffered an absolutely natural major defeat - 1: 5.

The Americans opened an account already at the eighth minute.

Goalkeeper Darcy Kemper made a gross mistake outside his goal and actually presented the puck to the opponent.

As a result, Jason Robertson hit an already empty target.

And at the beginning of the second period, the Canadians finally crumbled, conceding twice in a short period of time.

First, Adam Clendening distinguished himself with a throw from the blue line, and then Trevor Moore converted the majority.

Finally, shortly before the break, the 26-year-old striker scored a double.

After that, Galland decided to change the goalkeeper and instead of Kemper, who had failed the game, released Edin Hill onto the ice.

However, he also failed to win back to zero.

The goalkeeper did not cope with the long-range shot from Matt Tennyson.

And shortly before that, Max Comtois scored the prestige puck.

Thus, the Maple Leaves, after two matches, close the group B standings along with Italy.

The assets of both teams have zero points.

It is unlikely that the fans could imagine such a thing before the start of the tournament.

Switzerland wins with minimum score

Finally, in Group A, after several days of play, a trio of leaders was determined.

The national teams of Russia, Slovakia and Switzerland have six points each.

The Alps in the first match unexpectedly confidently beat the Czech Republic - 5: 2, and on Sunday they celebrated their success in the meeting with the Danes.

Curiously enough, Timo Mayer's single puck in the middle of the first period was enough for them. For him, this goal was already the third in the championship of the planet. In the match with the Czechs, the striker scored a double. At the same time, the Danes practically did not approach other people's gates. In the entire game, they inflicted only four shots and allowed Reto Berra to issue an easy shutout.