“A day at the World Cup opened two productive matches”, – WRITE: Sport.ua
The Latvia national team beat Slovakia with a score of 5: 2 in a difficult duel and scored six points after three meetings. The teams issued a bright second period by throwing six washers.
In another match, Germany overcame Norway and is quite unexpectedly leading in a group with 9 points, ahead of the Czech Republic and Switzerland, with 8 and 7 points respectively.
Hockey World Championship
Group a
Slovenia – Latvia 2: 5
Washers: 22:40 Makhkovets – 1: 0, 28:50 Rubins (Andersons) – 1: 1, 32:02 Ravinskis (Trallmax, Yakh) – 1: 2, 32:23 Mirkals (Andersons) – 1: 3, 32:54 Gregory – 2: 3, 33, 33 2: 4, 54:16 Trallmax (Rubins) – 2: 5
Goalkeepers: Gorak – Gudlevskis
Group B
Norway – Germany 2: 5
Washes: 04:51 Ehiliz (Stutzl, Michaelis) – 0: 1, 16:10 Michaelis (Ekhliz, Wagner) – 0: 2, 19:50 Martinsen – 1: 2, 24:56 Stakhovak – 1: 3, 27:00 (Olsen) – 2: 4, 59:43
Goalkeepers: Arntzen – Grubauer