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2021 IIHF Men’s World Championships: Rieder Scores, Canada Loses

Tobias Rieder scored in Germany’s win, while Canada fell to Latvia

The 2021 IIHF Men’s World Championships kicked off with four games on Friday in Riga, Latvia. Buffalo Sabres forward Tobias Rieder scored in Germany’s decisive 9-4 win over Italy, while defenseman Colin Miller was credited with seven shots on goal and skated a team-high 21:35 in Canada’s 2-0 loss to Latvia.

After the first day of action, here are your Sabres-relevant stats:

Colin Miller (CAN): 1 GP - 0 G - 0 A

Victor Olofsson (SWE): 0 GP - 0 G - 0 A

JJ Peterka (GER): 1 GP - 0 G - 0 A

Lawrence Pilut (SWE): 0 GP - 0 G - 0 A

Tobias Rieder (GER): 1 GP - 1 G - 0 A

Arttu Ruotsalainen (FIN): 0 GP - 0 G - 0 A

Tage Thompson (USA): 0 GP - 0 G - 0 A

Relevant Highlights

Russia 4, Czech Republic 3

Russia goals: Anton Burdasov, Artyom Shvets-Rogovoi, Alexander Barabanov, Mikhail Grigorenko

Czech Republic goals: Jakub Flek, Jakub Vrana

Germany 9, Italy 4

Germany goals: Tom Kuhnhackl, Moritz Muller, Tobias Rieder, Frederik Tiffels, Marcel Noebels (2), Lukas Reichel, Matthias Plachta, Leonhard Pfoderl

Italy goals: Alex Petan, Luca Frigo, Anthony Bardaro, Daniel Frank

Belarus 2, Slovakia 5

Belarus goals: Mikhail Stefanovich, Yegor Sharangovich

Slovakia goals: Kristián Pospíšil (2), Peter Cehlárik (2), Marek Hrivík

Canada 0, Latvia 2

Canada goals: None

Latvia goals: Miks Indrasis, Oskars Batna

Saturday’s Games

5:00 a.m., Denmark vs. Sweden (Live on NHLN) (Victor Olofsson, Lawrence Pilut)

5:00 a.m., Norway vs. Germany (Tobias Rieder, JJ Peterka)

9:00 a.m., Great Britain vs. Russia

9:00 a.m., Finland vs. United States (Live on NHLN) (Arttu Ruotsalainen, Tage Thompson)

1:00 p.m., Czech Republic vs. Switzerland

1:00 p.m., Latvia vs. Kazakhstan

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