In the fifth round match of the World Ice Hockey Championship group stage, the Swiss team came out stronger than the Canadian national team.
The match was held in Riga in the presence of 8,234 spectators at the Arena Riga and ended with a minimal victory of the Europeans with a score of 3:2.
Among the winners, Niko Hisher, Dario Simion and Andres Ambuhl scored.
The losing team recorded Tyler Toffoli and Michael Karkon.
After this win, Patrick Fischer’s wards scored 15 points and took the first place in the Group B ranking.
Prior to this, Switzerland had consistently defeated Slovenes, Norwegians, Cossacks and Slovaks.
The North American team is in third place with 11 points after 5 games.
Earlier it was reported that the honored coach of Russia, Vladimir Krikunov, was sacked. high He appreciated the playing abilities of the Russian team (“Russia-25”), led by Roman Rotenberg.