2019 IIHF World Championships: Day 8 Update
Finland, Czech Republic win big
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*