In the US Group B game with Canada 5: 1 (1: 0, 3: 0, 1: 1).
The goal of the victory was scored in the eighth minute of the first period, when Jason Robertson stood out. Two goals by Trevor Moore and one goal by Edam Clendening in the second third allowed the Americans to gain a secure four-goal lead.
The only and so far also the first goal of the Canadian national team in the championship in Riga was scored by Maksims Komtas.
Klendenings closed the game with 1 + 1, but Conors Garlands scored two assists.
Previously, in subgroup B games, Kazakhstan defeated Finland with 2: 1 “bulls”, while Norway defeated Italy with 4: 1.
The leader of the subgroup with six points in two games is Germany, Kazakhstan, Latvia and Finland have scored four points, the United States and Norway have three points, but Canada and Italy have no points yet.
Meanwhile, in the third game of Group A on Sunday, Switzerland defeated Denmark 1: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0). Gate at the expense of Timo Meier.
Reto Bera scored all four shots at the Swiss national team goal, while Sebastian Dams blocked 29 of the 30 broadcasts.
In the first two games of Group A on Sunday, Slovakia beat Britain 2: 1, but later Belarus unexpectedly defeated Sweden 1: 0.
In two games, the team of the Russian Olympic Committee (OKR), Slovakia and Switzerland, have scored six points, Denmark and Belarus have three points, but Sweden, the Czech Republic and Great Britain are in beige.
The 16 teams participating in the tournament are divided into two groups, eight units each, which guarantees seven games for each team in the subgroup competition. After one round of group matches, the four best teams in each subgroup will continue to fight for medals in the quarterfinals, but the weakest teams in the tournament will not leave the elite division this year.
Minsk and Riga had to host the 2021 World Championship this year, however, on January 18, at the IIHF Council meeting, Minsk was deprived of the rights of the organizers of the 2021 World Championship. In February, the IIHF Council voted to approve Riga as the sole organizer of the 2021 World Hockey Championship.
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