US blanks Denmark 5-0 and Czechs beat Switzerland 5-4 on 1st day of ice
hockey worlds
[May 10, 2025]
HERNING, Denmark (AP) — The United States blanked Denmark 5-0 on the
opening day of the ice hockey world championship on Friday.
Matty Beniers led the Americans with two goals, Cutter Gauthier and
Mason Lohrei had a goal and an assist each, and Logan Cooley also scored
in a Group B game played in Herning, Denmark. |
Cutter Gauthier of the USA, top left, scores past Denmark's goalkeeper
Frederik Dichow Nissen during the group B match between Denmark and USA
at the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships in Herning, Denmark, Friday
May 9, 2025. (Vit Simanek/CTK via AP) |
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Michael Kesselring had two assists and
goaltender Joey Daccord recorded a 26-shot shutout.
“Any time a goalie gets a shutout is a team result,” Daccord
said after his debut at the worlds.
Gauthier opened the scoring from the slot with 2:08 left in the
opening period. Cooley doubled the advantage on a power play,
Beniers added on a rebound in the middle period and Lohrei made
it 4-0 from the point midway through the final period. Beniers
one-timed a slap shot for his second with 3:44 remaining.
Sweden delights home crowd
Sweden shut out Slovakia 5-0 to delight the home crowd in
Stockholm in Group A.
Mikael Backlund, Leo Carlsson and Jonas Brodin scored 8:37 apart
in the second part of the opening period to give Sweden a
commanding 3-0 lead.
Elias Lindholm stretched it to 4-0 in the second and Mika
Zibanejad finished it off in the final period.
Backlund and Lindholm added an assist each.
Sweden won the championship when it took place in Stockholm last
time in 2013.
Czechs prevail in OT
Defending champion Czech Republic earlier prevailed in overtime
to beat Switzerland 5-4 in a rematch of last year’s final.
Roman Cervenka scored the winner 2:30 into overtime from the
left circle after David Pastrnak fed him with his second assist
in in Herning.
Czech Lukas Sedlak tied the game at 4-4 on a rebound on a power
play with 3:47 left to force overtime.
Matej Stransky, Filip Zadina and Filip Pyrochta also scored for
the Czechs who beat the Swiss 2-0 in the final last year in
Prague.
Christian Marti, Damien Riat, Sandro Schmid and Sven Andrighetto
scored for Switzerland.
In Stockholm, Finland topped Austria 2-1.
The tournament is the final men’s international test before the
2026 Winter Games in Italy, where NHL players return to the
Olympics after 12 years.
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