OSTRAVA — Oliver Kapanen and Arttu Hyry scored two each for Finland to ease past Norway 4-1 for their second win in three games in Group A at the Ice Hockey World Championship.
Following his hat trick in the 8-0 rout of Britain, Kapanen tops the goal scoring table with five. Norway remained without a point.
Slovakia, meanwhile, upset the United States 5-4 when Milos Kelemen scored with 1:04 left in overtime. The Americans were handed their second loss in three games.
Libor Hudacek, Simon Nemec and Patrik Koch also scored for the Slovaks and goaltender Samuel Hlavaj stopped 39 shots in Group B in Ostrava, AP reported.
Down 4-1, the Americans made a three-goal comeback within 12:06 of the third period to force overtime. Shane Pinto scored the second for the Americans between the pads of Hlavaj,
Discussion about this post