17 goals were scored on the first day of the World Championship
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.
Latvia nothing could resist Canada – 0:6. Sweden achieved a minimal victory over Germany — 1:0.
Saturday’s game day, May 13, starts at 12:20 Kyiv time with matches France – Austria and Switzerland – Slovenia.
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 – 1:0 (0:0, 0:0, 1:0)
Slovakia – Czech – 2:3 (2:3, 0:0, 0:0)
Latvia – Canada – 0:6 (0:2, 0:2, 0:2)
Source: Sportarena

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