Also today will play Latvia – Canada and Sweden – Germany
On Friday, May 12, started ice hockey world championship 2023which takes place in Riga (Latvia) and Tampere (Finland).
national team Finland started the title defense with USA. The Americans were stronger than the Finnish team with a score of 4:1.
Slovakia lost in the first match Czech Republic — 2:3. Note that all five goals in the match were scored in the first period.
Also on the first game day will play Latvia – Canada and Sweden – Germany. The beginning is at 20:20 Kyiv time.
The 2023 World Championship will run until May 28. The current world champion is Finland.
Finland – USA – 1:4 (1:0, 0:1, 0:3)
Sweden – Germany – [начало — в 20:20]
Slovakia – Czech – 2:3 (2:3, 0:0, 0:0)
Latvia – Canada – [начало — в 20:20]
Source: Sportarena

I’m Emma Smith, a dedicated journalist and avid storyteller. I have been writing for news websites for the past 5 years, reporting on hockey news and delivering in-depth analysis of the sport. In my current role as Author at Athletistic, I write about hockey events from around the world to keep followers up-to-date with what’s happening in the sport.