2022 IIHF World Hockey Championship Day 4 Recap

Day 4 at the 2022 IIHF World Hockey Championship saw four very phsical games featuring Canada/Slovakia, Norway/Latvia, Germany/France and Finland/United States.

In the morning games, Canada took on Juraj Slafkovsky, Simon Nemec and Team Slovakia. After a very close first period that ended 1-1, Canada opened the floodgates, scoring four straight goals to take the game 6-1 and improve to 3-0-0-0 on the tournament. Canadian goaltender Logan Thompson made 34 saves on 35 shots to earn his second win of the World Championship.

Canada's goals: Pierre-Luc Dubois (x2), Adam Lowry, Cole Sillinger, Morgan Geekie.
Slovakia's goal: Samuel Takac.

In Tampere, Latvia battled Norway in what turned out to be a very tight game, with the Latvians earning their first victory of the tournament, 3-2. Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Elvis Merzlikins made 34 saves to get the win.


Latvia's goals: Rodrigo Abols, Roberts Bukarts, Nikolajs Jelisejevs.
Norway's goals: Mats Rosseli Olsen, Max Krogdahl.

In the second game of the day in Tampere, Finland defeated the United States in a penalty-filled affair. United States forward Austin Watson was ejected in the second period for a check to the head. Finland scored twice on the five minute major and won the game, 4-1. The United States had 41 penalty minutes, while the Finns had 14.

🇺🇸 Austin Watson is done for the game after this illegal check to the head pic.twitter.com/bsQcQB0nf8— Hockey News Hub (@HockeyNewsHub) May 16, 2022

Finland's goals: Sakari Manninen, Mikael Granlund, Valtteri Filppula, Mikko Lehtonen.
United States' goal: Alex Galchenyuk.

Meanwhile in Helsinki, Germany defeated France in a close game, 3-2. Both teams were deadlocked at 2-2 after the second period, but Leonhard Pfoderl scored the game winning goal just over five minutes into the third. There is some worry for the Germans though. Forward Tim Stutzle left the game in the first period with an injury and did not return.

Tim Stützle is injured and it doesn't look good. Leaves the ice in a heap. pic.twitter.com/T12y3Ge2sS— Everyday Sens (@EverydaySens) May 16, 2022

Germany's goals: Leonhard Pfoderl, Alexander Ehl, Daniel Fischbuch.
France's goals: Alexandre Texier, Hugo Gallet.

Tuesday's schedule
Italy vs Denmark - 9:20 a.m. ET/4:20 p.m. local.
Czechia vs Austria - 9:20 a.m. ET/4:20 p.m. local.
Switzerland vs Kazakhstan - 1:20 p.m. ET/8:20 p.m. local.
Sweden vs Great Britain - 1:20 p.m. ET/8:20 p.m. local.

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