Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Championship 2021

[phelps 8,651]

this is the worst Canadian team since the 19th Century, I fear... 

 

by the way, first ever win for "modern" Latvia against Canada...

[hckošice 16,582]

Friday May 21st, 2021 -

Preliminary Round Day 1 RESULTS (GMT +3)

  

Preliminary Round

 

 

Group A
Eastern European Summer Time (GMT +3)

 

ROC 4 - 3 Czech Republic
Period-by-Period: 1-1, 1-1, 2-1
May 21st 2021, h. 16:15, Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

 

Belarus 2 - 5 Slovakia
Period-by-Period: 0-3, 0-0, 2-2
May 21st 2021, h. 20:15, Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

 

Group A Provisional Standing After Day 1

 

Nation	P	W(OTW)	L(OTL)	GF	GA	+/-	Pt.
Slovakia	1	1(0)	0(0)	5	2	+3	3
ROC	1	1(0)	0(0)	4	3	+1	3
Denmark	0	0(0)	0(0)	0	0	0	0
Great Britain	0	0(0)	0(0)	0	0	0	0
Sweden	0	0(0)	0(0)	0	0	0	0
Switzerland	0	0(0)	0(0)	0	0	0	0
Czech Republic	1	0(0)	1(0)	3	4	-1	0
Belarus	1	0(0)	1(0)	2	5	-3	0

Group B
Eastern European Summer Time (GMT +3)

 

Germany 9 - 4 Italy
Period-by-Period: 2-2, 5-0, 2-2
May 21st 2021, h. 16:15, Arena Riga, Riga

 

Canada 0 - 2 Latvia
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 0-1, 0-0
May 21st 2021, h. 20:15, Arena Riga, Riga

 

Group B Provisional Standing After Day 1

 

Nation	P	W(OTW)	L(OTL)	GF	GA	+/-	Pt.
Germany	1	1(0)	0(0)	9	4	+5	3
Latvia	1	1(0)	0(0)	2	0	+2	3
Finland	0	0(0)	0(0)	0	0	0	0
Kazakhstan	0	0(0)	0(0)	0	0	0	0
Norway	0	0(0)	0(0)	0	0	0	0
United States	0	0(0)	0(0)	0	0	0	0
Canada	1	0(0)	1(0)	0	2	-2	0
Italy	1	0(0)	1(0)	4	9	-5	0

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DAY 1 HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

ROC 4 - 3 Czech Republic
Period-by-Period: 1-1, 1-1, 2-1
May 21st 2021, h. 16:15, Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

 

Goals: 5. Burdasov (Morozov, Grigorenko), 36. Shvets-Rogovoi (Kamenev), 46. Barabanov (Voronkov), 60. Grigorenko (Provorov) – 10. Flek (Špaček), 38. Vrána (Kubalík, Hájek), 58. Kubalík (Hronek, Kovář)

 

 

[Topicmaster1010 6,354]

Well, I don't know what to say. Granted, we could probably make 10 teams better than the one we sent to the tournament but Latvia clearly showed they wanted that game and rightfully deserved to win and at the end of the day, this is great for international hockey. Congrats to any Latvians on the forum!

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DAY 1 HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

Germany 9 - 4 Italy
Period-by-Period: 2-2, 5-0, 2-2
May 21st 2021, h. 16:15, Arena Riga, Riga

 

Goals: 16. Kühnhackl (Krämmer), 19. M. Müller (Eisensmid, Loibl), 25. Rieder (Kühnhackl, Krämmer), 28. Tiffels (Eisenschmid, Plachta), 36. Noebbels (J. Müller, Pföderl), 38. Reichel (Seider), 39. Noebbels (Pföderl, Reichel), 43. Plachta (Noebbels, Holzer), 49. Pföderl (Noebbels, Reichel) - 18. Petan (Miceli), 19. Frigo (Magnabosco, Bardaro), 44. Bardaro (Deluca), 45. Frank (Frigo)

 

 

 

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DAY 1 HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

Canada 0 - 2 Latvia
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 0-1, 0-0
May 21st 2021, h. 20:15, Arena Riga, Riga

 

Goals: 20. Indrašis (Kenins, Freibergs), 29. Batna (Kenins)

 

 

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DAY 1 HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

Belarus 2 - 5 Slovakia
Period-by-Period: 0-3, 0-0, 2-2
May 21st 2021, h. 20:15, Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

 

Goals: 54. Stefanovich (S. Kostitsyn), 55. Sharangovich - 4. Pospíšil (Nemec), 10. Cehlárik (Gernát, Studenič), 12. Pospíšil (Rosandič, Krištof), 46. Hrivík (Lantoši, Cehlárik), 60. Cehlárik (Grman)

 

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6 hours ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

Well, I don't know what to say. Granted, we could probably make 10 teams better than the one we sent to the tournament but Latvia clearly showed they wanted that game and rightfully deserved to win and at the end of the day, this is great for international hockey. Congrats to any Latvians on the forum!

Well, It is not all over. The IIHF size rink was always kinda advantage for Euro teams in the opening games against CAN & USA when coming with international hockey inexperienced rosters. that was always the same, + this year CAN did not played any exhibition game on such rink so yeah the covid pandemic also did not help you at all, but even if this roster is arguably very week (in comparison of what CAN can obviously field) they are sill some great level players and once they will be used to this size rink and conditions they may still be medal threats. Remember the tournament is still very long, this was only 1st game.

 

Latvia played great match though + the fact no spectators were allowed helped them to not fall under some extra pressure, but in other hand maybe the opposite I believe would also work on their side, the young Canadians are not used to play in front of such fanatic fans jumping and shouting with drums the whole match

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Saturday May 22nd, 2021 -

Preliminary Round Day 2 Schedule (GMT +3)

  

Preliminary Round

 

LIVESTREAM

 

 

Group A
Eastern European Summer Time (GMT +3)

 

Denmark vs Sweden
Period-by-Period:
May 22nd 2021, h. 12:15, Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

 

Great Britain vs ROC
Period-by-Period:
May 22nd 2021, h. 16:15, Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

 

Czech Republic vs Switzerland
Period-by-Period:
May 22nd 2021, h. 20:15, Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

 

 

Group B
Eastern European Summer Time (GMT +3)

 

Norway vs Germany
Period-by-Period:
May 22nd 2021, h. 12:15, Arena Riga, Riga

 

Finland vs United States
Period-by-Period:
May 22nd 2021, h. 16:15, Arena Riga, Riga

 

Latvia vs Kazakhstan
Period-by-Period:
May 22nd 2021, h. 20:15, Arena Riga, Riga

 

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Anyway, the "incident" with the middle finger of Sharangovich towards our bench will very likely have a  continuation at the disciplinary commission of the tournament.

 

He however already apologized to the Slovak team and also to his own teammate and fans after the match.

 

"In today's match against Slovakia, my frustration resulted in a shameful and irresponsible gesture towards their bench. There is no excuse for this, I feel ashamed.

It doesn't reflect me as a player and a person. As a team captain, I have to be more respectful on and off the ice. Today I failed, I disappointed the team, the coaches and the fans. I will accet responsibilty for my actions, I want to apologize to the Slovak team. I want to learn from this moment and move forward,"