The Canadians in the capital of Latvia, in dramatic circumstances, beat the Slovaks 2:1 in the Group B match of the World Cup. Jack Quinn scored the decisive goal for them in the 8th round of penalties. The Buffalo Sabers player, who converted 3 of 5 penalties in his rookie NHL regular season last season, started his streak today and missed his first attempt, but coach André Tourigny gave him one more opportunity that he did not miss.
Canada itself won the penalty shootout 3-2. Before Quinn, Cody Glass and Michael Carcone struck for her, which finished the 5th round, saving her team from defeat. Richard Pánik and Martin Chromiak scored for Slovakia.
Jake Neighbors gave the Canadians the lead in the 8th minute and Peter Cehlárik equalized in the 17th minute on the power play. They were the only goals in the 65 minutes before the penalty shootout, although the referees awarded 18 penalties to both teams and they had plenty of chances to come up front. The Slovaks played like this for 12 minutes and 38 seconds, turning it into a single goal. Canada had more players on the ice for 14 minutes and 37 seconds, but didn’t take advantage.
Homeland hockey team lost m. two double-doubles lasting a total of 1 minute and 22 seconds, a 5-minute game misconduct opportunity for Libor Hudáček who brutally shoved MacKenzie Weegar, and 2 minutes of overtime at 4 against 3. In the end, however , he won his third tournament victory and led Group B with 8 points.
The Slovaks lost the second of three matches at this year’s World Cup, despite their excellent goalkeeper Samuel Hlavaj saving 41 shots from the field and 4 penalties. They have lost 13 of 17 games played against Canada in the history of World Cup appearances. They only won twice.
Slovakia – Canada 1:2 (1:1, 0:0, 0:0, 0:0, 0:1) Cehlárik (17th) – Neighbors (8th), Quinn (decisive penalty)
Meanwhile, in Tampere, Team USA beat Germany 3-2, turning the tide of the game in the third period. The Americans were down 1:2 after two sets, but the victory was given to them by a duo of colleagues from the Harvard University team. Sean Farrell, 21, equalized and in the 55th minute Matt Coronato scored the winning goal for David Quinn’s side.
Both spent last season with the Harvard Crimson, but the former ended up with the Montreal Canadiens and the latter with the NHL’s Calgary Flames. Ronnie Attard also scored for Team USA.
The American team after 3 games has a full game of points and is currently top of group A. In turn, the Germans have lost all 3 games so far, but so far they have only played against the favourites: Sweden, Finland and the United States. . They lost all those matches by one goal, but didn’t score any of them.
Germany – USA 2:3 (0:0, 2:1, 0:2) Soramies (31st), Schütz (40th) — Attard (26th), Farrell (46th), Coronato (55th)
