2017 IIHF Worlds: Day 8

Forwards Gabriel Landeskog and Carl Soderberg were the only Avalanche players to play on the eighth game day of the 2017 IIHF World Championship.
Sweden – Italy 8:1 (2:0, 1:1, 5:0)
4. Rask (Lindholm), 9. Holm (Nylander, Brodin), 30. Brodin (Holm), 41. Lindholm (Landeskog, Stralman), 51. Omark (Soderberg, Edler), 55. C. Klingberg (Holm, Nylander) – 24. Morini (Scandella, Insam)
The Italians held their own for two periods, but imploded in the final frame, conceding 5 goals and leaving the arena with yet another big loss. Both Gabriel Landeskog and Carl Soderberg recorded an assist each.
Czech Republic – Slovenia 5:1 (3:0, 1:0, 1:1)
3. Repik (Kovar, Cervenka), 9. Horak (Pastrnak, Voracek), 12. Horak (Gudas, Simek), 23. Kempny (Vrana), 48. Cervenka (Kovar) – 45. Verlic (Mursak, Urbas)
Denmark – Germany 3:2 after OT (2:2, 0:0, 0:0, 1:0)
17. Storm (Kristensen, Jakobsen), 17. Poulsen (Christensen), 62. Regin (Ehlers, Jakobsen) – 9. Reimer (Ehliz, D. Seidenberg), 10. Macek (Y. Seidenberg, Kahun)
France – Belarus 4:3 after SO (1:0, 1:2, 1:1, 0:0, 1:0)
13. Treille (T. Da Costa, Raux), 21. Fleury (Roussel, S. Da Costa), 53. Bellemare (S. Da Costa), shootout-winning goal scored by S. Da Costa – 27. Pavlovich (Sharangovich), 38. Sharangovich (Linglet), 42. Kulakov (S. Kostitsyn, Vorobey)
Stats of Avalanche players after the eighth game day (GP, G, A, P):
1. Nathan MacKinnon 4 5 3 8
2. Tyson Barrie 3 2 5 7
3. Mikko Rantanen 4 1 5 6
4. Gabriel Landeskog 5 2 3 5
5. JT Compher 4 1 0 1
6. Carl Soderberg 5 0 1 1
7. Matt Duchene 4 0 0 0
7. Andrei Mironov 4 0 0 0
Calvin Pickard – 0.976 SVS%, 0.5 GAA
Michal Hezely, Slovakia, hezely@eurolanche.com
12/05/2017 - 23:30