Austria defeated Great Britain 5: 3 (0: 1, 0: 1, 5: 1) in the fight for remaining in the elite division of the Latvian national hockey team in Tampere.
The British took a 2-0 lead in the 22nd minute with Matthew Maiers in the majority and Robert Daud’s goal.
In the 45th minute, Ali Vukovics beat the British goalkeeper Ben Bauns for the first time in the majority, but less than a minute and a half later, Keid Nelson restored the lead to two goals.
However, Austria, not playing convincingly for the British goalkeeper, won by throwing the final puck into the empty opponent’s goal.
Peter Schneider, Thomas Rafl and Benjamin Nisner scored three (1 + 2) points for the winners, while Dominik Heinrich scored the goal.
At the goal, Bernhard Starkbaum fought off 25 British shots.
Nelson (1 + 2) took all three goals in the opponents, but Bauns rebounded 24 out of 28 shots.
It has already been reported that the Czech Republic defeated the United States in this group with 1: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0).
The only goal in the first two periods was scored by Matthew Blimmel, who stood out at the end of the eighth minute after Hinek Zohorn.
The Czech Republic secured a place in the quarterfinals, but Latvia may overtake the US national team.
In Group B, after six games, Finland is in first place with 16 points, followed by Sweden with 15 points, the Czech Republic with 13 points and the United States with ten points. Latvia is behind the top four with eight points, Austria scored seven points in seven battles, followed by Norway with five points in six battles, and one point in seven duel remained with Great Britain.
In the group A game in Helsinki, Canada gave in to Denmark with 2: 3 (0: 2, 1: 0, 1: 1).
Marcus Lauridsen and Peter Regin put the Danes in the minority with a 2-0 lead.
In the 23rd minute, Maxim recovered one goal in Komtu, but in the 53rd minute, Matthias Bau Hansen restored the two-goal victory for the Danes in the majority.
Less than four minutes before the end of the match, Ryan Graves recovered one goal, but the Canadians failed to equalize.
Frederik Storms stood out with two assists, but Sebastian Dam repelled 29 shots.
Chris Dieders kicked off 21 of 24 shots at the Canadian national team.
Previously, Kazakhstan defeated Italy 5: 2 (2: 1, 1: 1, 2: 0) in the fight for a place in the elite division.
In the 12th minute, Kerthis Volks nominated the majority of Kazakhstan, but in the 15th minute, the Italians played with the majority with an accurate 1: 1 shot by Brandon McNellney.
At the end of the period and at the beginning of the second period, Valery Orehov and Alihan Sethov won 3: 1 for Kazakhstan.
After 57 seconds, Diego Kostner regained one goal – 2: 3.
The fate of the game was decided by the infringement of Italian hockey player Dylan di Pern 78 seconds before the second break. He received a 5 + 20 minute rejection for a dangerous game in the opponent’s knee.
The Kazakhs managed to use it only once, scoring a goal for Romanar Starchenko in the 44th minute, but already in the 47th minute, Nikita Mikhailiss achieved the same lineup in the 47th minute.
The victory allowed Kazakhstan to overtake Italy in the table and secure a place in the elite division next year as well.
In the Helsinki group, Switzerland is the leader with 18 points in six dues, Germany with 15 points and Denmark and Canada with 12 points. Slovakia has nine points, France five points, Kazakhstan three points and Italy one point.
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, while the weakest teams in the tournament will leave the strongest division last year, with Slovenia and Hungary in the top 16 next year.
The 2022 World Championships in Finland will run until May 29.
