Danish shock in the ice hockey World Cup – inflicted a new sensational loss on Canada
The World Cup bang was the second straight of the Canadian stars. In the previous match, Switzerland became too strong with 6-3. Denmark, for their part, took victory number four in the championship.
The Danes went straight to the throat of Canada in Monday’s match. The opening period was barely half played by Malmö player Markus Lauridsen fixed the lead after the preparation by Matthias Asperup and Morten Poulsen.
With just under five minutes left until the first break, Switzerland pro Peter Regin doubled the lead and made the first period a gloomy experience for Canada.
First time
The second half, on the other hand, was just two minutes when Max Comtois reduced the lead for the Canadians. However, it was never started on a turnaround operation.
In the third period, Mathias Bau Hansen scored the 3-1 goal for Denmark, and then it helped a little that Canada reduced to 3-2 by New Jersey Devils player Ryan Graves and the pressure to equalize the last few minutes of the match .
This is the first time Denmark has beaten Canada in a World Cup context.
The victory may still prove to be insignificant in the battle for the quarter-final places. On Tuesday, the Danes end the initial game against Slovakia. Should there be a loss there, the Slovaks will sneak in front of each other. At the same time, one Danish point is for promotion.
Italy and Britain move down
Canada also has the same number of points as Denmark ahead of the final round, but is expected to beat France in its last match.
Markus Lauridsen was named Denmark’s best player in Monday’s match. Ryan Graves received the Grandmaster Award in the Canadian team.
If there was Danish cheering in Finland on Monday, it was also a heavy day for other nations in Canada. Italy smoked 2-5 for Kazakhstan and can no longer save their place in the A-World Cup. The same goes for Britain after the 3-5 loss to Austria.
(© NTB)