Both Canada and the United States were off Friday in 2019 IIHF World Championships action, but there was still plenty of hockey to be played. Slovakia doubled France by a score of 6-3, while Norway beat Austria 5-3. Finland notched a 5-0 shutout victory over Great Britain, while the Czech Republic shut out Italy 8-0.
Slovakia 6, France 3
Slovakia goals: Richard Panik, Maus Suckle, Libor Hudacek, Erik Cernak, Michal Cajkovsky, Ladislav Nagy
France goals: Antonin Manavian, Alexandre Texier, Anthony Rech
Norway 5, Austria 3
Norway goals: Christian Bull, Johannes Johannesen, Alexander Reifenberg, Christian Bull, Christian Bull
Austria goals: Peter Schneider, Konstantin Komarek, Dominique Heinrich
Finland 5, Great Britain 0
Finland goals: Toni Rajala, Atte Ohtamaa, Joel Kiviranta, Kristian Kuusela, Mikko Lehtonen
Great Britain goals: none
Czech Republic 8, Italy 0
Czech Republic: Milan Gulas, Radko Gudas, Michael Frolik, Jan Kovar, Dmitrij Jaskin, Dominik Simon, Dmitrij Jaskin, Michael Frolik
Today’s Games (Saturday)
(*Asterisk denotes game is televised on NHL Network – USA).
6 am: Denmark vs. USA*, Latvia vs. Russia
10 am: Canada vs. Germany*, Italy vs. Norway
2 pm: Great Britain vs. Slovakia, Sweden vs Switzerland*