TAMPERE, Finland — The United States needed to battle exhausting to beat Germany 3-2 for a 3rd victory in three video games on the ice hockey world championship on Monday.
Canada needed to dig even deeper to prevail towards Slovakia 2-1 in a shootout.
Matt Coronatto, Sean Farrell and Ronnie Attard every scored for the Americans and T.J. Tynan had two assists at Nokia Arena. Goaltender Casey DeSmith made 30 saves.
Coronatto scored the winner on an influence play with 5:10 to go to finish the rally within the ultimate interval after Farrell tied the rating at 2-2 in the identical body.
After the Germans restricted the U.S. to 4 pictures within the opening interval, Attard broke the scoreless impasse at 5:39 into the center interval.
Germany got here again with Samuel Soramies’ equalizer from a short-handed purpose adopted by Justin Schutz giving them the lead with 5 seconds to go on a breakaway.
In Group A in Riga, Jack Quinn scored the winner for Canada within the eighth spherical of the shootout with a shot excessive into the roof of the web.
Earlier, Jake Neighbours put the Canadians 1-0 forward, capturing in between the pads of goaltender Samuel Hlavaj. Peter Cehlarik tapped within the equalizer from shut vary within the opening interval, and the sport remained scoreless till time beyond regulation.
Canada outshot Slovakia 44-24.
Also in Group A, Sweden beat Finland 4-3 in a shootout at hand the defending champion a second defeat in three video games in Group A.
And Arturs Silovs scored in time beyond regulation for Latvia to down the Czechs 4-3 in Group B.
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