• Tobias Geiser scored the winning goal in the fifth minute of the match. In the second period, Fabrice Herzog and Damien Riat shot accurately in the space of three and a half minutes, but in the third period the majority was used by the first team, who accurately shot Nino Niederreiter. In equal formations, Romains Lefel set the final score of the match – 5:0.
• In the match, the fourth shift of the Swiss turned out to be the most productive – Riats and Herzogs scored 1+1, but Rišar had an effective pass.
• The Swiss national team has defeated Slovenia, Norway and Kazakhstan in the last three matches, keeping clean sheets in all the matches.
• In two of the three games, Switzerland’s goal was guarded by Leonardo Genoni. The goalkeeper of the “Zug” club has dealt with 30 opponents’ shots in two matches in the world championship.
• Slovakian hockey players will face Switzerland, the leader of group B, on Thursday. Kazakhstan will test the Canadians tomorrow night.
Switzerland – Kazakhstan 5:0 (1:0, 2:0, 2:0)
Gate: 4:48 Geyser (Haas, Miranda) 1:0, 27:34 Herzog (Fora, Riat) 2:0, 30:59 Riat (Richard, Herzog) 3:0, 40:44 Niederreiter (Malgin, Kuken) (more .) 4:0, 49:31 Leffel (Zenteler) 5:0.
Shots: 36:13
Penalty minutes: 0:6
Goalkeepers: Leonardo Genoni – Andrej Shutov (from 50:29 Nikita Boyarkin).
B group
| V. | A team | S | U | UP | ZP | Z | Gate | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Switzerland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:0 | 9 |
| 2. | Canada | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:3 | 8 |
| 3. | Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11:7 | 7 |
| 4. | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5:6 | 4 |
| 5. | Norway | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4:7 | 4 |
| 6. | Latvia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5:11 | 2 |
| 7. | Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5:13 | 2 |
| 8. | Slovenia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2:13 | 0 |
Fixtures this week
| The date | Time | Tampere group | Rez. | Riga group | Rez. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.05. | 16.20 | Germany – USA | 2:3 | Slovakia – Canada | 1:2 PM | |
| 20.20 | Finland – Sweden | 1:2 PM | Czech Republic – Latvia | 3:4 P | ||
| 16.05. | 16.20 | Denmark – Austria | 6:2 | Slovenia – Norway | 0:1 | |
| 20.20 | France – Hungary | 2:3 P | Switzerland – Kazakhstan | 5:0 | ||
| 17.05. | 16.20 | USA – Austria | Latvia – Norway | |||
| 20.20 | Finland – France | Canada – Kazakhstan | ||||
| 18.05. | 16.20 | Hungary – Sweden | Czech Republic – Slovenia | |||
| 20.20 | Denmark – Germany | Switzerland – Slovakia | ||||
| 19.05. | 16.20 | Hungary – Finland | Latvia – Slovenia | |||
| 20.20 | Austria – Germany | Kazakhstan – Slovakia | ||||
| 20.05. | 12.20 | USA – Denmark | Norway – Czech Republic | |||
| 16.20 | Austria – Finland | Canada – Switzerland | ||||
| 20.20 | Sweden – France | Kazakhstan – Latvia | ||||
| 21.05. | 16.20 | Germany – Hungary | Slovenia – Slovakia | |||
| 20.20 | USA – France | Czech Republic – Switzerland |
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