Group B was one of two groups of the 2021 IIHF World Championship. The four best placed teams advanced to the playoff round.[1]
Due to COVID-19 pandemic protocols, the tournament was held in a "bubble" behind closed doors with no spectators. Prior to the beginning of the tournament, and against objections by Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš and Minister of Health, Daniels Pavļuts, the Latvian parliament voted in favour of a notion ordering the government to develop a plan for allowing spectators who are either fully vaccinated or otherwise immune due to recent infection.[2]
Standings[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | United States of America | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | +13 | 18 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Finland | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 17 | |
3 | Germany | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 12 | |
4 | Canada | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 10[lower-alpha 1] | |
5 | Kazakhstan | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 10[lower-alpha 1] | |
6 | Latvia (H) | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 9 | |
7 | Norway | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 21 | −4 | 8 | |
8 | Italy | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 41 | −30 | 0 |
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.
Notes:
Matches[]
All times are local (UTC+3).
Germany vs Italy[]
21 May 2021 16:15 |
Germany | 9–4 (2–2, 5–0, 2–2) |
Italy | Arēna Rīga, Riga |
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Felix Brueckmann | Goalies | Justin Fazio | Referees: Andrew Bruggeman Martin Fraňo | |
Kühnhackl (Krämmer) – 15:56 / M. Müller (Eisenschmid, Loibl) – 18:44 / Rieder (Kühnhackl, Krämmer) – 24:23 / Tiffels (Eisenschmid, Plachta) (PP) – 27:47 / Noebels (J. Müller, Pföderl) – 35:13 / Reichel (Seider) – 37:52 / Noebels (Pföderl, Reichel) – 38:35 / Plachta (Tiffels, Holzer) (SH) – 42:52 / Pföderl (Noebels, Reichel]) – 48:41 | 1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 4–2 / 5–2 / 6–2 / 7–2 / 8–2 / 8–3 / 8–4 / 9–4 | 17:42 – Petan (Miceli) / 18:07 – Frigo (Magnabosco, Bardaro) / 43:22 – Bardaro (Deluca) (PP) / 44:06 – Frank (Frigo) (PP) | ||
29 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||
52 | Shots | 13 |
Canada vs Latvia[]
21 May 2021 20:15 |
Canada | 0–2 (0–1, 0–1, 0–0) |
Latvia | Arēna Rīga, Riga |
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Darcy Kuemper | Goalies | Matīss Kivlenieks | Referees: André Schrader Michael Tscherrig | |
0–1 / 0–2 | 19:58 – Indrašis (Ķēniņš, Freibergs) (PP) / 28:39 – Batņa (Ķēniņš) | |||
8 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
38 | Shots | 17 |
Norway vs Germany[]
22 May 2021 12:15 |
Norway | 1–5 (0–1, 1–3, 0–1) |
Germany | Arēna Rīga, Riga |
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Henrik Haukeland | Goalies | Mathias Niederberger | Referees: Andrew Bruggeman Oliver Gouin | |
Lilleberg (M. Olimb, Haga) – 36:21 | 0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 1–4 / 1–5 | 19:44 – Plachta (M. Müller, Seider) / 23:19 – Gawanke (Brandt, Noebels) (PP) / 26:04 – Pföderl (Reichel, Noebels) / 30:35 – Reichel / 44:41 – Bergmann (Nowak, Krämmer) | ||
16 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||
25 | Shots | 26 |
Finland vs United States[]
22 May 2021 16:15 |
Finland | 2–1 (0–0, 2–1, 0–0) |
United States of America | Arēna Rīga, Riga |
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Juho Olkinuora | Goalies | Cal Petersen | Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Peter Staňo | |
Ohtamaa (Mäenalanen, Anttila) – 26:54 / Pakarinen (Pokka, Määttä) – 35:41 | 1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 | 38:01 – Robertson (Wolanin) (PP) | ||
4 min | Penalties | 2 min | ||
29 | Shots | 30 |
Latvia vs Kazakhstan[]
22 May 2021 20:15 |
Latvia | 2–3 GWS (0–0, 1–1, 1–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1) |
Kazakhstan | Arēna Rīga, Riga |
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Matīss Kivlenieks | Goalies | Nikita Boyarkin | Referees: Mads Frandsen Mikael Nord | |
Dārziņš (Daugaviņš) – 27:44 / Ri. Bukarts (Cibuļskis) – 45:25 | 1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 | 38:59 – Shin (Starchenko, Dietz) (PP) / 45:37 – Blacker (Svedberg, Sagadeyev) | ||
8 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||
14 | Shots | 32 |
Norway vs Italy[]
23 May 2021 12:15 |
Norway | 4–1 (1–0, 2–0, 1–1) |
Italy | Arēna Rīga, Riga |
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Henrik Haukeland | Goalies | Justin Fazio | Referees: Tobias Björk Mads Frandsen | |
Trettenes (Olden, Lesund]) – 10:04 / Rosseli Olsen (M. Olimb, Espeland) (PP) – 25:12 / Trettenes (Olden, Lindström) (PP) – 36:01 / Trettenes (Lesund, Lindström) – 40:59 | 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 4–1 | 51:55 – Frank (Andergassen, Marchetti) | ||
2 min | Penalties | 18 min | ||
39 | Shots | 18 |
Kazakhstan vs Finland[]
23 May 2021 16:15 |
Kazakhstan | 2–1 GWS (0–0, 1–1, 0–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0) |
Finland | Arēna Rīga, Riga |
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Nikita Boyarkin | Goalies | Harri Säteri | Referees: Yevgeni Romasko Maxim Sidorenko | |
Panyukov (Mikhailis) (PP) – 35:56 | 0–1 / 1–1 | 33:24 – Lundell (Lindbohm, Ruohomaa) | ||
4 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||
20 | Shots | 51 |
Canada vs United States[]
23 May 2021 20:15 |
Canada | 1–5 (0–1, 0–3, 1–1) |
United States of America | Arēna Rīga, Riga |
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Darcy Kuemper Adin Hill |
Goalies | Anthony Stolarz Jake Oettinger |
Referees: André Schrader Christoph Sternat | |
Comtois (Beaudin) – 51:35 | 0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 1–4 / 1–5 | 07:42 – Robertson (Garland) / 21:19 – Clendening (Hellickson) / 23:27 – Moore (Robertson) (PP) / 38:20 – Moore (Garland) / 57:06 – Tennyson (Clendening) | ||
6 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||
29 | Shots | 23 |
Latvia vs Italy[]
24 May 2021 16:15 |
Latvia | 3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0) |
Italy | Arēna Rīga, Riga |
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Ivars Punnenovs | Goalies | Justin Fazio | Referees: Andrew Bruggeman Oliver Gouin | |
Karsums (Krastenbergs) – 32:08 / Dārziņš (Džeriņš, Freibergs) – 58:48 / Karsums (EN) – 59:48 | 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 | |||
16 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
44 | Shots | 12 |
Germany vs Canada[]
24 May 2021 20:15 |
Germany | 3–1 (2–1, 0–0, 1–0) |
Canada | Arēna Rīga, Riga |
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Mathias Niederberger | Goalies | Adin Hill | Referees: Roman Gofman Yevgeni Romasko | |
Loibl (Kühnhackl, Rieder) – 10:46 / Plachta (Eisenschmid) – 11:24 / Holzer (Plachta, Noebels) (EN) – 57:59 | 1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1 | 18:19 – Paul (Miller) | ||
28 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
25 | Shots | 40 |
United States vs Kazakhstan[]
25 May 2021 16:15 |
United States of America | 3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0) |
Kazakhstan | Arēna Rīga, Riga |
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Cal Petersen | Goalies | Nikita Boyarkin | Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Robin Šír | |
Clendening (Robertson, Moore) – 06:57 / Moore (Jones) (EA) – 21:33 / Drury (Donato, Tennyson) – 41:58 | 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 | |||
4 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
52 | Shots | 18 |
Finland vs Norway[]
25 May 2021 20:15 |
Finland | 5–2 (1–1, 2–0, 2–1) |
Norway | Arēna Rīga, Riga |
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Juho Olkinuora | Goalies | Henrik Haukeland | Referees: Andrew Bruggeman Martin Fraňo | |
Pakarinen (Ohtamaa, Kaski) – 14:24 / Lundell (Ruotsalainen) – 21:40 / Nousiainen (Sallinen) – 25:54 / Innala (Kontiola, Sund) (PP) – 47:17 / Björninen (Mäenalanen, Koivisto) – 53:25 | 0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 3–2 / 4–2 / 5–2 | 01:30 – M. Olimb (Haga) / 41:13 – Lindström (Trettenes, Olden) | ||
0 min | Penalties | 2 min | ||
26 | Shots | 15 |
Kazakhstan vs Germany[]
26 May 2021 16:15 |
Kazakhstan | 3–2 (0–0, 1–2, 2–0) |
Germany | Arēna Rīga, Riga |
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Nikita Boyarkin | Goalies | Mathias Niederberger | Referees: Andris Ansons Lassi Heikkinen | |
Shin (Stepanenko, Shalapov) – 26:39 / Starchenko (PS) – 40:31 / Akolzin (Maklyukov) – 55:42 | 1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2 | 29:38 – Kühnhackl (Rieder, Holzer) / 34:07 – Eisenschmid (Loibl, Seider) (PP) | ||
8 min | Penalties | 2 min | ||
15 | Shots | 30 |
Canada vs Norway[]
26 May 2021 20:15 |
Canada | 4–2 (2–0, 1–2, 1–0) |
Norway | Arēna Rīga, Riga |
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Darcy Kuemper | Goalies | Henrik Haukeland | Referees: André Schrader Michael Tscherrig | |
Brown (Henrique, Power) – 00:22 / Henrique (Brown, Power) (PP2) – 10:23 / Mangiapane (Brown) – 34:41 / Henrique (Foudy, Kuemper) (SH) – 50:14 | 1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 4–2 | 29:08 – Valkvæ Olsen (Haga) / 30:28 – Rosseli Olsen (Krogdahl, Østby) | ||
8 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||
42 | Shots | 15 |
United States vs Latvia[]
27 May 2021 16:15 |
United States of America | 4–2 (2–2, 2–0, 0–0) |
Latvia | Arēna Rīga, Riga |
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Cal Petersen | Goalies | Matīss Kivlenieks | Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Kristian Vikman | |
Tennyson (Moore, Garland) – 01:06 / Boyle (Labanc, Abdelkader) – 14:46 / Moore (Garland, Robertson) – 31:45 / Beniers (Chmelevski, Boyle) – 33:32 | 1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 4–2 | 05:00 – Indrašis (Dārziņš) (PP2) / 16:45 – Krastenbergs (Batņa, Freibergs) | ||
10 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||
26 | Shots | 19 |
Finland vs Italy[]
27 May 2021 20:15 |
Finland | 3–0 (2–0, 1–0, 0–0) |
Italy | Arēna Rīga, Riga |
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Harri Säteri | Goalies | Justin Fazio | Referees: Mads Frandsen Mikael Nord | |
Sund (Kontiola, Innala) (PP) – 06:50 / Ruotsalainen (Ojamäki) – 08:20 / Sund (Mäenalanen, Koivisto) – 28:33 | 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 | |||
2 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||
36 | Shots | 11 |
Kazakhstan vs Canada[]
28 May 2021 16:15 |
Kazakhstan | 2–4 (0–1, 1–1, 1–2) |
Canada | Arēna Rīga, Riga |
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Andrei Shutov | Goalies | Darcy Kuemper | Referees: Yevgeni Romasko Maxim Sidorenko | |
Mikhailis – 24:30 / Mikhailis (Valk, Savitski) – 41:31 | 0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 2–4 | 06:03 – Mangiapane (Henrique, Brown) (PP) / 21:01 – Henrique (Power, Mangiapane) / 47:40 – Perfetti (Anderson-Dolan) / 59:57 – Brown (Henrique) (EN) | ||
10 min | Penalties | 2 min | ||
28 | Shots | 36 |
Latvia vs Norway[]
28 May 2021 20:15 |
Latvia | 3–4 GWS (2–1, 0–1, 1–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1) |
Norway | Arēna Rīga, Riga |
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Matīss Kivlenieks | Goalies | Henrik Haukeland | Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Peter Staňo | |
Krastenbergs (Rubīns, Ķēniņš) – 11:55 / Ķēniņš (Ābols, Sotnieks) – 17:44 / Rubīns (Balinskis) – 49:42 | 0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 3–3 | 03:50 – Olden (Kåsastul, Trettenes) / 21:08 – K. Olimb (Rosseli Olsen) (SH) / 41:56 – Pettersen (Rosseli Olsen, K. Olimb) | ||
8 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||
24 | Shots | 22 |
Italy vs Kazakhstan[]
29 May 2021 12:15 |
Italy | 3–11 (0–1, 1–2, 2–8) |
Kazakhstan | Arēna Rīga, Riga |
Game reference | ||||
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Justin Fazio Davide Fadani |
Goalies | Nikita Boyarkin | Referees: Roman Gofman Maxim Sidorenko | |
Miceli (Petan, Frank) 24:37 / Hochkofler (Gander) – 41:43 / Petan – 50:59 | 0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 2–4 / 2–5 / 2–6 / 2–7 / 3–7 / 3–8 / 3–9 / 3–10 / 3–11 | 02:12 – Starchenko (Valk, Mikhailis (PP) / 32:31 – Petukhov (Asetov, Stepanenko) / 34:59 – Rymarev (Shin, Blacker) / 41:31 – Mikhailis (Starchenko, Valk) (PP) / 46:12 – Valk (Starchenko, Svedberg) (PP) / 47:01 – Likhotnikov / 49:46 – Likhotnikov (Maklyukov, Shalapov) / 50:59 – Panyukov (Dietz, Starchenko) / 56:07 – Starchenko (Valk) (PP) / 57:44 – Svedberg (Shestakov, Sagadeyev) / 59:52 – Shalapov (Asetov, Likhotnikov) (PP2) | ||
28 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||
24 | Shots | 36 |
Norway vs United States[]
29 May 2021 16:15 |
Norway | 1–2 (0–1, 0–1, 1–0) |
United States of America | Arēna Rīga, Riga |
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Henrik Haukeland | Goalies | Jake Oettinger | Referees: Christoph Sternat Michael Tscherrig | |
K. Olimb (M. Olsen) – 54:27 | 0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 | 10:30 – Garland (Jones, Thompson) (PP) / 27:12 – Thompson (Donato, Roy) | ||
8 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||
23 | Shots | 27 |
Germany vs Finland[]
29 May 2021 20:15 |
Germany | 1–2 (0–1, 1–0, 0–1) |
Finland | Arēna Rīga, Riga |
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Mathias Niederberger | Goalies | Jussi Olkinuora | Referees: Martin Fraňo Robin Šír | |
Holzer (Loibl, Plachta) – 27:58 | 0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 | 06:17 – Lundell (Sund, Innala) (PP) / 51:26 – Ruotsalainen (Lundell) | ||
6 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||
13 | Shots | 26 |
Italy vs Canada[]
30 May 2021 16:15 |
Italy | 1–7 (0–4, 1–2, 0–1) |
Canada | Arēna Rīga, Riga |
Game reference | ||||
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Davide Fadani Justin Fazio |
Goalies | Adin Hill | Referees: Andris Ansons Kristian Vikman | |
Miceli (Pitschieler) – 30:31 | 0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 1–6 / 1–7 | 02:33 – Perfetti (Schneider, Foudy) / 08:04 – Mangiapane (Brown, Henrique) / 11:33 – Stecher (Anderson-Dolan) / 11:56 – Henrique (Mangiapane) / 34:48 – Mangiapane (Brown, Ferraro) / 37:28 – Comtois (Mangiapane, Brown) (PP) / 55:54 – Pirri (Brown, Henrique) | ||
6 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||
14 | Shots | 49 |
Finland vs Latvia[]
30 May 2021 20:15 |
Finland | 3–2 OT (1–1, 1–0, 0–1) (OT: 1–0) |
Latvia | Arena Riga, Riga |
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Harri Säteri | Goalies | Jānis Kalniņš | Referees: Andrew Bruggeman Martin Fraňo | |
Mäenalanen (Anttila, Tiivola) – 03:06 / Pakarinen (Pokka, Innala) – 35:39 / Lundell (Määttä) – 64:56 | 1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2 | 18:39 – Dzierkals / 53:45 – Dzierkals (Dārziņš, Sotnieks) | ||
6 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||
35 | Shots | 37 |
United States vs Germany[]
31 May 2021 16:15 |
United States of America | 2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0) |
Germany | Arēna Rīga, Riga |
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Cal Petersen | Goalies | Felix Brueckmann | Referees: Tobias Björk Mads Frandsen | |
Robertson (Donato, Garland) (PP) – 38:56 / Blackwell (Robinson) (EN) – 59:33 | 1–0 / 2–0 | |||
8 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
15 | Shots | 33 |
Norway vs Kazakhstan[]
31 May 2021 20:15 |
Norway | 3–1 (0–1, 1–0, 2–0) |
Kazakhstan | Arēna Rīga, Riga |
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Henrik Haukeland | Goalies | Nikita Boyarkin | Referees: Martin Fraňo Robin Šír | |
Valkvæ Olsen (Trettenes, Holøs) (PP) – 27:57 / Espeland (Trettenes, Rosseli Olsen) (EA) – 41:08 / M. Olimb (K. Olimb) – 59:00 | 0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 | 16:00 – Shevchenko (Svedberg) | ||
16 min | Penalties | 2 min | ||
27 | Shots | 27 |
Canada vs Finland[]
1 June 2021 12:15 |
Canada | 2–3 GWS (1–0, 1–1, 0–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1) |
Finland | Arēna Rīga, Riga |
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Darcy Kuemper | Goalies | Juho Olkinuora | Referees: Tobias Björk Mikael Nord | |
Pirri (Vilardi, Ferraro) – 01:30 / Comtois (Brown, Mangiapane) (PP) – 28:18 | 1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 | 21:11 – Ruotsalainen / 56:00 – Ruotsalainen (Lundell, Ojamäki) | ||
2 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||
34 | Shots | 32 |
Italy vs United States[]
1 June 2021 16:15 |
Italy | 2–4 (0–3, 1–1, 1–0) |
United States of America | Arēna Rīga, Riga |
Game reference | ||||
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Davide Fadani | Goalies | Jake Oettinger | Referees: Yevgeni Romasko Max Sidorenko | |
Frigo (Trivellato) – 21:01 / Giliati – 46:33 | 0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 2–4 | 06:54 – Labanc (Shea) / 10:33 – Labanc (Beniers, Clendening) / 19:45 – Garland (Robertson, Tennyson) / 29:54 – Garland | ||
4 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||
11 | Shots | 43 |
Germany vs Latvia[]
1 June 2021 20:15 |
Germany | 2–1 (2–0, 0–1, 0–0) |
Latvia | Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 934 |
Game reference | ||||
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Mathias Niederberger | Goalies | Jānis Kalniņš | Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Kristian Vikman | |
Peterka (Seider) – 03:16 / Noebels (Pföderl, Reichel) – 06:40 | 1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 | 25:55 – Ābols (Balinskis) | ||
6 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||
21 | Shots | 24 |
References[]
External links[]
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