Russia and Finland first World Cup quarter-finalists

Russia celebrated its fifth win in its fifth game with a 3-1 win against Latvia in Bratislava and now has its place in the knockout round mathematically fixed. In Kosice, the US team defeated Denmark 7-1, meaning Finland can no longer slip out of the promotion ranks. Latvia went into the first break with a 11-1 lead thanks to a power play goal from Oskras Cibulskis (0th). Russia turned things around in the middle third with goals from Dmitri Orlov (21'), Nikita Gusev (24'/PP) and Nikita Kutscherov (33').

USA with a mandatory victory The USA decided the game against Denmark in the first third. After a double strike by Frank Vatrano (11th) and Alex DeBrincat (12th/PP) within 27 seconds as well as goals from Clayton Keller (15th) and Chris Kreider (19th), the US boys led 4-0.

This means that all favorites are on course for promotion. In Group A in Kosice, in addition to Finland, there are also the USA and Canada before reaching the quarter-finals, in Group B in Bratislava, in addition to Russia, there are also Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Sweden. Germany in the quarterfinals Germany has also finally qualified for the quarter-finals of the Ice Hockey World Cup. Advancement into the knockout round was already certain on Saturday before the fifth of seven preliminary round games against Canada because the USA beat Denmark 7:1 (4:0, 2:1, 1:0) at midday. This means that the Danes can no longer displace the selection of the German Ice Hockey Federation (DEB) from one of the top four places in Group A.

Group A Saturday, January 18.05.2019th, XNUMX:

Denmark – USA 1:7 (0:4,1:2,0:1) Gates: 0:1 Vatrano (10.34), 0:2 DeBrincat (11.03), 0:3 Keller (14.24), 0:4 Kreider (19.49), 1:4 Olesen (24.50), 1:5 DeBrincat (11.55), 1: 6 Larkin (33.17), 1:7 Eichel (11.19)

Canada – Germany 16.15 Great Britain – Slovakia 20.15

1. Finland 5 4 1 +10 17:7 13 2. Germany 4 4 0 +7 12:5 12 3. USA 5 4 1 +13 24:11 11 4. Canada 4 3 1 +10 20:10 9 5. Slovakia 5 2 3 +2 19:17 6 6. Denmark 5 2 3 +1 17:16 5 7. France 5 0 5 -16 11:27 1 8. Great Britain 5 0 5 -27 4:31 0

Group B in Bratislava Saturday, January 18.05.2019th, XNUMX:

Latvia – Russia 1:3 (1:0,0:3,0:0) Gates: 1:0 Cibulskis (10.28), 1:1 Orlov (20.27), 1:2 Gusev (23.50), 1:3 Kucherov (32.40)

Italy – Norway 16.15 Sweden – Switzerland 20.15

1. Russia 5 5 0 +23 26:3 15 2. Switzerland 4 4 0 +18 20:2 12 3. Czech Republic 5 4 1 +16 26:10 12 4. Sweden 4 3 1 +21 28:7 9 5. Latvia 5 2 3 -1 13:14 6 6. Norway 5 1 4 -17 11:28 3 7. Austria 5 0 5 -22 6:28 0 8. Italy 5 0 5 -38 0:38 0

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Russia and Finland first World Cup quarter-finalists

Russia and Finland have been confirmed as the first quarter-finalists of the Ice Hockey World Championships in Slovakia since Saturday afternoon. Germany also indirectly secured its quarter-final ticket.

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