Latvia powered into the quarterfinals of the 2026 IIHF World Championship with a convincing 8-1 victory over Hungary in its final preliminary round game. Sandis Vilmanis had two goals and an assist, and Rūdolfs Balcers set a national record with seven goals in a single World Championship.
Norway was clinging to a 3-2 lead as time wound down, but with goalie Nicolaj Henriksen on the bench, the Danes tied it with 1.1 seconds left in the game, but Michael Brandsegg-Nygard scored just 13 seconds into overtime to give Norway a 4-3 win over Denmark.
Germany scored three first-period goals and marched on to a 6-3 win over Great Britain on Monday evening in Zurich. The result, which ends the group stage for each nation, leaves the Germans with 10 points in Group A and a chance to crack the quarter-finals if they receive some help.
Jan Drozg scored twice and Marcel Mahkovec had a four-point as Slovenia secured its place in the top division of the IIHF World Championship with a 5-1 victory over Italy.
Slovenia's Jan Drozg snipes a shot into the top corner from a sharp angle for a nice power play goal against Italy.
Ryan Leonard and Justin Faulk each scored twice, Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and two helpers, and Tommy Novak picked up four assists as the United States dominated Hungary at the World Hockey Championship.
Michael Brandsegg-Nygård found the back of the net twice to help Norway secure a historic victory over Czechia and earn a spot in the quarter-finals at the World Hockey Championship.
Canada's captain Macklin Celebrini comments on what the environment was like playing against Slovakia, scoring his third goal of the tournament, how Jet Greaves played in net for Canada, and what the experience has been like for him being the captain of Team Canada.
Team Canada head coach Misha Donskov shared his assessment of Canada's 5-1 win over Slovakia at the World Hockey Championship on Sunday.
John Tavares talks about what he enjoyed about the atmosphere against Slovakia today, and how Jet Greaves played in net.
Watch the extended highlights of Canada's 5-1 victory against Slovakia in the preliminary round of the World Hockey Championship.
Gabriel Vilardi broke the deadlock with a power play goal early in the third period, and Canada would add three more goals in the frame in a victory over Slovakia at the World Hockey Championship on Sunday. Jet Greaves stopped 31 of 32 shots as Canada improved to 6-0 at the tournament.
Jesse Puljujärvi had a goal and an assist as part of a three-goal second period for Finland, who defeated Austria at the World Hockey Championship on Sunday.
Mark Roe is joined by TSN Hockey analyst Carlo Colaiacovo, who broke down Canada's four-goal third period that was kicked off by a power play goal from Gabriel Vilardi, and the 31-save effort from Jet Greaves in Canada's win over Slovakia at the World Hockey Championship.
Team Canada alternate captain Ryan O'Reilly spoke to TSN's Brit Dort after Canada' 5-1 win against Slovakia at the World Hockey Championship.
Team Canada netminder Jet Greaves spoke to TSN's Brit Dort after his 31-save performance in Canada's win against Slovakia at the World Hockey Championship.
Macklin Celebrini beats Samuel Hlavaj with a precise wrist shot to make it 5-1 Canada.
Evan Bouchard intercepts a pass and goes end-to-end before setting up a shorthanded tap-in goal for Ryan O'Reilly.
John Tavares makes no mistake on a great pass by Ryan O'Reilly to score Canada's third goal of the game.
Gabe Vilardi shows off some nice hand-eye co-ordination by batting a puck out of the air to score a power play goal and make it 2-1 Canada.
Slovakia's Kristian Pospisil scores to tie up the game at one apiece against Canada.
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