Dhe ice hockey team in Kazakhstan suffered their first defeat at the World Cup in Latvia before they met the German team. As expected, the promoted team lost 3-0 against the USA on Tuesday (0-1, 0-1, 0-1). Previously, the Kazakhs had surprised in Riga with a win against hosts Latvia and caused defending champion Finland to be embarrassed. The underdog achieved both victories after a shootout. For the USA it was the second victory in the preliminary round after a 1: 2 against the Finns and a clear 5: 1 in the prestige duel with Canada.
Finland rehabilitated on Tuesday evening for the embarrassment against Kazakhstan with a 5: 2 (1: 1, 2: 0, 2: 1) against Norway. This means that Germany leads the table in Group B with nine points after three match days, ahead of Latvia, Finland (both 7) and the USA (6).
The team of national coach Toni Söderholm goes into the duel with Kazakhstan on Wednesday (3:15 p.m. / Sport1) with three wins from three games and the self-confidence of the first World Cup success over Canada in 25 years.
In Group A, eleven-time world champions Sweden scored their first victory in the third game on Tuesday – and that impressively. With 7: 0 (2: 0, 2: 0, 3: 0) the Tre Kronors team didn’t leave Switzerland, which has been so convincing up to now, a chance. Slovakia leads the group after three matchdays with nine points ahead of Russia, Switzerland (both 6) and Denmark (5).
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