The founders of the fastest game defeated the German national team in the final match of the tournament.
The Canadian ice hockey team won the World Championship in Finland. In the last match, Maple Leaves did not leave a chance for the German team, defeating the opponent 5:2.
At the same time, the match for the founders of the fastest game in the world is very difficult. The Europeans took the lead twice, after two periods the scoreboard showed the numbers 2:2.
However, in the third 20-minute period, the Canadians found their game and put the squeeze on their opponents. Thus, Canada won the world championship for the 28th time, ahead of the non-existent USSR in this indicator (27 titles). But Germany was only able to repeat its highest success, the Germans already achieved the silver medals of the World Cup in 1953. But then there were only three teams.
Ice Hockey World Championship. The final
Canada – Germany 5:2
Washers: 07:44 Peterka (Seider, Muller) – 0:1, 10:47 Blais (Krebs, Neighbors) – 1:1, 33:48 Fischbach (Kastner, Seider) – 1:2, 38:27 Cruz ( Krebs ) ), Vigar) – 2:2, 44:51 Blais (Glass) – 3:2, 51:51 Toffoli – 4:2, 58:07 Lawton (Queen, Cruz) – 5:2
The Latvian national team took third place in the Ice Hockey World Championship. The Baltics, who had never even played in the tournament’s playoffs before, dramatically defeated the US team in the bronze medal match.
Ice Hockey World Championship. Third place match
USA – Latvia 3:4 (in overtime)
Washers: 07:49 Bukartsh (Dzerkals) – 0:1, 09:45 Grimaldi (Perunovich, Björk) – 1:1, 16:09 Yaksh (Bukartsh) – 1:2, 19:03 Grimaldi (Perunovich, Coronato) – 2:2, 46:19 Coronato (Samberg) – 3:2, 54:21 Rubinsh (Lokmelis, Bukartsh) – 3:3, in overtime 01:22 Rubinsh (Daugavinsh, Jaks) – 3:4
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