Defending champion Sweden starts the World Cup with a defeat

World champions Sweden couldn't find the right recipe against the well-positioned Czechs. The Czechs took the lead in the second minute through Vrana. In the middle third, the defending champions equalized to make it 2-1 through Hörnqvist immediately after the restart, and Lindblom put the Scandinavians in front in the power play. The Czechs equalized by Kubalik a good 1 minutes before the half-time siren. In the final third, the Czech Republic broke the Swedes' necks: after 3 seconds, the Czech Republic took the lead through Frolik, and 33 minutes before the end, Vrana increased it to 5:4. In the final phase of a game that was heated at times, Kovar scored into the Swedes' empty goal.

After the opening defeat of Canada vs. Finland This is the second surprise of the opening day.

Hosts dominate In the Group A game, the home team clearly won 4-1 against the highly rated US team. The Slovaks took the lead in the 5th minute through Sukel and, despite the USA conceding a goal, didn't have much trouble in the first third. In the middle third, Slovakia closed the bag with two goals, and in the final period Kristof made the final score 1-2 around 4 minutes before the siren. Goalscorer Matus Sukel flying low © APA/afp / JOE KLAMAR

The results : Czech Republic – Sweden 4:2 (1:0, 1:2, 2:0) Gates: 1:0 Vrana (1.55), 1:1 Hörnqvist (20.24), 1:2 Lindblom (23.01), 2:2 Kubalik (36.36), 3:2 Simon (40.33), 4:2 Vrana (55.50)

USA – Slovakia 1:4 (1:1, 0:2, 0:1) Gates: 0:1 Sukel (4.20), 1:1 DeBrincat (12.05), 1:2 Cernak (21.52), 1:3 Tatar (24.58), 1:4 Kristof (55.54)

Group A Friday, January 10.05.2019th, XNUMX: Finland – Canada 3:1 (1:1,0:0,2:0) USA – Slovakia 1:4 (1:1,0:2,0:1)

Saturday, January 11.05.2019th, XNUMX: Denmark – France 12.15 Germany – Great Britain 16.15 Slovakia – Finland 20.15

1. Slovakia 1 1 0 +3 4:1 3 2. Finland 1 1 0 +2 3:1 3 3. Denmark 0 0 0 0 0:0 0 3. France 0 0 0 0 0:0 0 3. Germany 0 0 0 0 0:0 0 3. Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0:0 0 7. Canada 1 0 1 -2 1:3 0 8. USA 1 0 1 -3 1:4 0

Next games: Sunday, January 12.05.2019st, XNUMX: USA – France 12.15 Denmark – Germany 16.15 Great Britain – Canada 20.15

Monday, 13.05.2019/XNUMX/XNUMX: USA – Finland 16.15 Slovakia – Canada 20.15

Tuesday, December 14.05.2019th, XNUMX: Great Britain – Denmark 16.15 Germany – France 20.15

Group B Friday, 10.05.2019/XNUMX/XNUMX Russia – Norway 5:2 (2:0,2:0,1:2) Czech Republic – Sweden 5:2 (1:0,1:2,3:0)

Tabel: 1. Russia 1 1 0 0 0 5:2 3 3 . Czech Republic 1 1 0 0 0 5:2 3 3 3. Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0:0 0 0 . Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 0:0 0 0 . Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0:0 0 0 . Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0:0 0 0 7. Norway 1 0 0 0 1 2:5 -3 0 . Sweden 1 0 0 0 1 2:5 -3 0

Next round: Saturday, 11.05.2019/XNUMX/XNUMX Switzerland – Italy 12.15 Latvia – Austria 16.15 Norway – Czech Republic 20.15

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Defending champion Sweden starts the World Cup with a defeat

The first day of the 83rd Ice Hockey World Championships in Slovakia brought another surprise: defending champion Sweden lost the opening game against the Czech Republic on Friday evening, and the home team gave the USA no chance.

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