2016 IIHF Worlds Summary: Day 6
The summary of the sixth game day of the 2016 IIHF World Championship in Russia.This year’s World Championship continued with four games, with only a single player from the Avalanche organization seeing game action – only Swiss goalie Reto Berra got to play today.
Slovakia – Belarus 2:4 (0:0, 2:0, 0:4)
21. Sekera, 37. Jurco – 43. Gotovets, 49. Gavrus, 55. Stepanov, 58. Linglet
Switzerland – Latvia 5:4 (0:0, 3:3, 2:1)
24. Niederreiter, 27. Niederreiter, 29. G. Hofmann, 46. Andrighetto, 59. Blum – 34. M. Redlihs, 38. M. Redlihs, 39. Kenins, 47. Sirokovs
Surrendering losses in their first two games, the Swiss need to rack up as many points as possible in order to avoid relegation battle. After a scoreless first period, Switzerland scored three goals in the second, but Latvia answered with three goals of their own in the same period. Ultimately, it was the Swiss, who ran away with the win, winning the final period 2:1. Berra made 17 saves.
Finland – Hungary 3:0 (0:0, 1:0, 2:0)
37. Ohtamaa, 50. M. Koivu, 57. Barkov
Forward Mikko Rantanen was only a healthy scratch yet again.
Sweden – Kazakhstan 7:3 (3:1, 3:0, 1:2)
13. Backlund, 16. Klasen, 17. A. Larsson, 25. Nyquist, 29. Nyquist, 31. Wennberg, 55. Nyquist – 20. Boyd, 47. Markelov, 48. Savchenko
Anton Lindholm was left out of Sweden’s lineup.
Avalanche players’ stats after the sixth game day (GP, G, A, P):
1. Matt Duchene Canada 3 2 3 5
2. Andreas Martinsen Norway 3 1 0 1
3. JT Compher USA 3 0 0 0
Calvin Pickard, Canada, .955 % SVS, 1.00 GAA
Reto Berra, Switzerland, .875 % SVS, 2.86 GAA
Michal Hezely, Slovakia, hezely@eurolanche.com
11/05/2016 - 22:30
