World Cup hockey-2017: confident of victory, the US and Finland

In Cologne and Paris continues group stage of the world championship on hockey in the top division.

Group A:

Take forward the islanders Brock Nelson led US to a comfortable victory over the Italians. The goalkeeper of Americans Howard scored the easiest victory in his career save total of nine shots on their goal.

Germany due to the heavy victory over Slovakia progressed to the zone playoffs. The hosts of the tournament in regulation time recouped from the account 0:2, and in the penalty shootout the only accurate shot made the Germans the forward Dominik Kahun.

USA — Italy 3:0 (1:0, 2:0, 0:0)

Slovakia — Germany 2:3 in shootout (1:0, 1:2, 0:0, 0:0)

Standings: Latvia – 9, US – 9, Russia – 8, Germany 5, Sweden, Slovakia 4, Denmark – 2, Italy – 1.

Group B:

Finland in the final period due to the incredible aggression (49 shots) pressurized Slovenes, who managed to win the starting period, but in the future, “Suomi” confirmed his class.

Switzerland does not have any problems in the match with Belarus goals, Sappi, Ambühl and Almond reliable game on the last turn reinforced the goalkeeper Genoni (13 saves and a shutout).

Switzerland — Belarus 3:0 (1:0, 1:0, 1:0)

Finland — Slovenia 5:2 (0:1, 2:0, 3:1)

Standings: Canada, Switzerland – 9, Finland 7, Norway 6, France, Czech Republic – 5, Slovenia – 1, Belarus – 0.

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