Finland and Great Britain look for their 1st victory at the World Championships when they meet in Group A play on Sunday.
Finland (0-0-1, 1 point) and Great Britain (0-1-0, 0 points) continue Group A play at Prague Arena in Czechia on Sunday after each lost their 2024 IIHF World Championships opening games. The Finns failed to medal last year afyer winning its fourth world championships gold medal in 2022. The Brits own five medals in the competition, none since a silver medal in 1938. Great Britain’s lone gold medal came two years earlier at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Germany. Finland’s medal county at the worlds is 16, with gold medals in 1995, 2011 and 2019 in addition to its win on home ice two years ago..
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Game Date: May 12, 2024
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Veteran goalie Harri Säteri stopped all 27 shots he faced for Finland on Friday, but the Finns fell 1-0 to host Czechia in a shootout. Säteri, who backstopped Finland to its first Olympic gold medal in 2022, played for Biel HC in Switzerland the last three years. The Finns are captained by center Mikael Granlund of the San Jose Sharks.
Great Britain scored the first and last goals of the game on Saturday. The problem was Canada’s four goals in between in a 4-2 loss in the Brits’ opener. Liam Kirk opened the scoring 7:47 into the game before Canada drew even 30 seconds later. Ben O’Connor got the final tally at 8:49 of the third period. Kirk assisted on that goal.
Denmark, Switzerland and Canada opened Group A with regulation wins, with Czechia earning two points for its shootout victory. Finland’s single point puts it fifth in Group A, ahead of the Brits, Norway and Austria.
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