The Latvian national team was defeated by the American team in the group stage match of the 2024 World Hockey Championship and lost its chance to reach the playoffs.
The Group B match ended with the Americans winning with a score of 6:3 (2:0, 1:1, 3:2). Cole Caufield scored twice for the winners, and Zachary Werenski, Matthew Boldy, Braden Tkachuk and Joel Farabee also scored. Renars Krastenberg, Eduards Tralmax and Robert Mamchits scored for the Latvians.
Latvia finished in fifth place in group B with 9 points and lost any chance of catching up with the fourth-placed Slovaks (12 points). Thus, the Slovak team became the last participant in the World Cup qualifiers. The American team scored 16 points and finished second in the group.
In another match of the day, the Canadian team defeated the Czech Republic in overtime – 4:3 (0:0, 0:0, 3:3, 1:0) and won group A. The Canadians won scored a double with Dylan Cozens. , and scored Dawson Mercer and Brandon Hagel once again. Dominik Kubalik, Ondjrej Palat and Roman Cervenka scored for the Czech team.
The Canadians lead Group A with 19 points, the Czechs (16) are second. Switzerland could leapfrog the World Cup hosts in the standings later Tuesday if they beat Finland.
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World Championship. 2024
“Latvia” – “United States” – 3:6 (0:2, 1:1, 2:3)
Goals: Krastenberg, 11:35 p.m. (VIDEO ). Tralmax, 44:44 (VIDEO ). Mamchits, 45h00 (VIDEO ). — Tkachuk, 1:23 (VIDEO ). Werenski, 1:20 p.m. (VIDEO ). Caufield, 22:34 (bol.) (VIDEO ), 48:46 (VIDEO ). Bald, 40:15 (VIDEO ). Farabee, 59:15 (men.) (VIDEO ).
“Canada” – “Czech Republic” – 4:3 OT (0:0, 0:0, 3:3, 1:0)
Goals: Cozens, 41:01 (bol.) (VIDEO ), 63:13 (men.) (VIDEO ). Mercer, 51:01 (VIDEO ). Hagel, 55:42 (VIDEO ). — Koubalik, 49:11 (bol.) (VIDEO ). Palat, 56:56 (bol.) (VIDEO ). Chervenka, 58: 11 (VIDEO ).
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Source : MatchTV
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