With their eighth tournament victory, the USA reached the World Cup semifinals against Germany. On Thursday (May 25th, 2023), the two-time world champion beat the twelve-time title holder Czech Republic 3-0 (1-0, 1-0, 1-0) and thus extended his series.
In the preliminary round, the USA defeated Germany 3-2 in the third game and marched unbeaten to the top of the group. NHL players Matt Coronato (Calgary Flames) and Nick Perbix (Tampa Bay Lightning) and Cutter Gauthier (Boston College) scored against the Czech Republic in Tampere.
Latvia surprises against Sweden
The semi-final against Germany will take place again in Tampere on Saturday (5:20 p.m./live ticker at sportschau.de). The other semi-final (1.20 p.m.), which will also be played in Finland on Saturday, will be played by record world champions Canada and, surprisingly, co-hosts Latvia.
The Canadians beat defending champions Finland 4-1 (1-0, 1-0, 2-1), Latvia beat Sweden 3-1 (1-0, 0-1, 2-0) in Riga and play first Time to reach the final at an ice hockey world championship.
Jack Quinn (Buffalo Sabers), Samuel Blais (St. Louis Blues), Michael Carcone (Arizona Coyotes) and Tyler Toffoli (Calgary Flames) were successful for Canada, while only Teemu Haartkainen scored for Finland in Tampere. Latvia’s acclaimed win came from Dans Lomelis, Schwenninger Wild Wings’ Miks Indrasis and Janis Jaks. Only Timothy Liljegren (Toronto Maple Leafs) scored for Sweden.
