American points loss in Norway’s group – the Swedes won the summit – Dagsavisen
After two matches, the World Cup host Finland tops the group Norway is part of. They have six points, and the Swedes follow right with the same number.
The USA could have done the same, but on Sunday an American point unexpectedly disappeared in the victory over Austria. Luke Hughes settled in «sudden death». Before that, Kieffer Bellows and Adam Gaudette had equalized to 2-2 in Tampere.
Austria seemed surprisingly to goal after barely 35 minutes of waste.
Later in the evening, the Swedish cheered in the big meeting with the Czech Republic. Three goals in six minutes in the middle period helped lift «Tre Kronor» to a 5-3 victory.
Norway had to settle for victory on penalties when Great Britain was beaten 4-3 in the early match. Petter Thoresen’s team led 3-0, but the lead slipped at the end of the third period. Two points is the Norwegian result so far.
In group A, the table tops Switzerland and Canada with a full pot. The Swiss crushed Denmark 6-0 on Sunday night.
Norway meets Latvia in their next match on Monday.
Men’s Ice Hockey World Cup in Finland Sunday, group stage:
Group B (in Tampere):
Norway – Great Britain 4-3 e.str. (1-0, 2-0, 0-3, 0-0, 1-0), Austria – USA 2-3 ef (1-0, 1-1, 0-1, 0-1), Czech Republic – Sweden 3-5 (1-1, 1-3, 1-1).
Group A (in Helsinki):
Italy – Canada 1-6 (1-1, 0-3, 0-2), France – Kazakhstan 2-1 (0-1, 2-0, 0-0), Denmark – Switzerland 0-6 (0-1 0-4, 0-1).
The top four in each group to the quarterfinals.