The 2015 IIHF World Championship rolled on with four more preliminary round games yesterday. Just one of the tilts involved a member of the Florida Panthers.
Czech Republic 4, Austria 0: Winnipeg’s Ondrej Pavelec stopped all 12 shots to lead the host Czechs to a 4-0 shutout of Austria. Florida forward Jaromir Jagr was held without a point and finished with 4 shots on goal and a +1 rating in 17:55 TOI. The win moved the Czechs into third place in Group A. For more click here
Other Results
USA 1, Denmark 0: The American team bounced back from its loss to Belarus with a 1-0 victory over Denmark. Brock Nelson scored the only goal and Jets prospect Connor Hellebuyck made 21 stops. For more click here
Norway 3, Slovenia 1: Norway scored three power-plays en route to a 3-1 win over winless Slovenia. For more click here
Germany 2, Latvia 1: Matthias Plachta notched the gam-winning goal with 2:25 remaining in regulation to give Germany its second win of the tournament. For more click here
Saturday’s games
France vs. Canada (Ekblad)
Belarus vs. Russia (Kulikov)
Austria vs. Latvia
Finland (Barkov, Jokinen) vs. Slovakia (Kopecky)
Sweden vs. Switzerland
Denmark vs. Norway