Finland bounces back with steady win over Slovakia at world juniors
Canada off Tuesday after stunning 5-2 loss to Czechs in tournament opener
Oliver Kapanen and Joakim Kemell both scored and added an assist as Finland downed Slovakia 5-2 on Tuesday at the men's world junior hockey championship.
Jani Nyman also scored in Finland's three-goal second period. Sami Paivarinta and Brad Lambert chipped in as well.
Goalie Jani Lampinen made 22 saves a day after Finland (1-0-1) dropped a stunning 3-2 overtime decision to underdog Switzerland.
Patrik Andrisik started in net for Slovakia, stopping 11-of-15 shots in 33:56 of work. Matej Marinov turned aside 7-of-8 shots in relief.
Later Tuesday, Latvia faced Switzerland in Moncton and the Czech Republic met Austria in Halifax in the day's final game.
Canada was off after opening its tournament Monday with a 5-2 loss to the Czechs.
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Tied 1-1 after one period, Kemell's slapshot from the far edge of the face-off circle 3:34 into the second period sparked Finland's three-goal outburst.
Kapanen scored the eventual winner a little over four minutes later, as he broke in on Slovakia's net, skated behind the goal, and tucked the wraparound to make it 3-1.
Nyman added to that lead at the 13:56 mark of the second. His low snap shot from a nearly identical spot as Kemell's goal made it 4-1 and chased Andrisik from net.
Sweden shuts out Germany
Carl Lindbom stopped all 28 shots he faced as Sweden blanked Germany to stretch the Scandinavian country's shutout streak to two games.
Adam Engstrom scored the only goal of the game in the dying seconds of the first period as Sweden (2-0-0) strengthened its hold on first in Group A.
Nikita Quapp turned aside 43 shots in net for Germany (0-1-0).
Swiss beat Latvians with late goal
Switzerland scored with under two minutes left in regulation time, then outscored Latvia 2-1 in the shootout to post a tough 3-2 victory.
Robin Louis and Rodwin Dionicio scored for Switzerland, while Darels Dukurs and Dans Locmelis responded for Latvia, who were outshot 30-18.
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—@WorldJuniorsSwitzerland now has two wins, opening with a 3-2 overtime win over Finland. Latvia is 0-2 having lost 5-2 to the United States in Monday's opener.
Czech Republic routs Austria
Jiri Kulich scored three goals as the Czech Republic cruised past Austria 9-0 in Halifax.
The Czechs led 3-0 after the first period and took a 7-0 lead into the third. The Czech Republic (2-0-0) knocked off Canada 5-2 on Monday. Austria (0-2-0) lost 11-0 to Sweden on Monday.
Goalie Tomas Suchanek recorded the shutout and had two assists.
