Goalie Kristers Gudlevskis shone with 45 saves as Latvia outlasted the United States at the men's World Hockey Championship. Sandis Vilmanis scored two empty-netters and added an assist in the third period as the Americans failed to come back and were jumped by Latvia in the standings.
Patrick Russell scored twice, Mikkel Aagaard picked up four points, and Mads Sogaard recorded a 13-save shutout to lead Denmark past Slovenia for their first win at this year's men's World Hockey Championship.
Denton Mateychuk, Dylan Cozens and Emmitt Finnie all found the back of the net as Canada got goals in each period to take down Slovenia and remain undefeated at the men's World Hockey Championship. Jet Greaves had his shutout bid broken with 1:05 remaining in regulation.
Ville Heinola scored twice and Henri Jokiharju had a goal and an assist as Finland pushed its record to a perfect 5-0 at the men's World Hockey Championship with a comfortable victory over newly promoted Great Britain.
Projected top five pick Ivar Stenberg scored twice and fellow 18-year-old Viggo Bjorck had a pair of assists as Sweden shutout Italy for a much-needed win. The Swedish teen sensations have 10 points (three goals, seven assists)s at the men's World Hockey Championship.
Check out the five best goals and saves from the seventh day of the IIHF Men's World Hockey Championship.
Watch the extended highlights from Canada's 3-1 win over Slovenia which marked their fifth win in as many games at the men's World Hockey Championship.
Team Canada coach Misha Donskov says he challenged his players to play more direct after a lackluster 5-on-5 performance in an OT win over Norway, and is happy with how they responded on Friday. Donskov praises Slovenia's play and discusses how Dylan Cozens and Emmitt Finnie stepped up for Canada in the win.
Darnell Nurse discusses Canada's comfortable 3-1 win over Slovenia on Friday, his assist on Dylan Cozens' goal where his stick broke and the puck slid right into the slot, and his overall experience so far at the men's World Hockey Championship.
Morgan Rielly discusses Canada's 3-1 win over Slovenia on Friday, which keeps the Canadians atop Group B, the growth of the team throughout the tournament, and the special experience of playing with new players at the men's World Hockey Championship.
Dylan Cozens weighs in on Canada's performance in their 3-1 win over Slovenia on Friday, Emmitt Finnie getting back into the lineup and scoring his first career international goal, and the team's message with two games left in the preliminary round.
Emmitt Finnie compliments Slovenia's compete and poise after Canada's 3-1 win on Friday, and discusses how it feels to score his first career goal at the World Hockey Championship and earn Player of the Game honours.
Canada cruised past Slovenia to begin the men's World Hockey Championship with five consecutive wins for the third straight year. TSN Hockey analyst Cameron Gaunce joins Mark Roe to break down the impact Emmitt Finnie and Dylan Cozens had in the win, and if Canada still has a decision to make between the pipes.
Defenceman Leon Gawanke scored a hat trick and Marc Michaelis picked up three assists as Germany rolled to a rout of Hungary for their first win at the 2026 World Hockey Championship.
Rozle Bohinc beats Jet Greaves five-hole to break up Canada's shutout bid with just over a minute remaining.
20-year-old Emmitt Finnie tips in the Morgan Rielly point shot for his first career goal at the men's World Hockey Championship, making it 3-0 Canada over Slovenia in the third period.
Darnell Nurse's stick explodes on the point shot and the puck goes right to Dylan Cozens, and he rips a shot past the Slovenian netminder to give Canada a 2-0 lead in the second period.
Denton Mateychuk opened the scoring for Canada against Slovenia for his second goal of the tournament.
Norway held the lead with under two minutes to go but Ryan O'Reilly would score the game-tying goal to send the game to overtime, where Mark Scheifele capped his hat trick with the quick OT-winner.
Nino Niederreiter scored a pair of goals and Nico Hischier had a goal and an assist as Switzerland dominated Great Britain to improve to a perfect 5-0 at the World Hockey Championship.
Oliver Okuliar scored and added a pair of helpers and Martin Chromiak had a goal and an assist as Slovakia easily beat Denmark to move into second place in Group B.
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