Defending champions Canada secured their second win in the second game at the Ice Hockey World Championships in Finland after early problems. The record world champions, who beat Germany 5-3 in the beginning, beat Italy 6-1 (1-1, 3-0, 2-0) in Helsinki on Sunday.
Travis Sanheim (16), Josh Anderson (29), Nicolas Roy (36), Kent Johnson (38), Diosin Mayo (43) and Noah Gregor (55) scored for Canada. Phil Pietroniro (13th) puts the Italians in the lead, who meet the DEB team on Friday (3:20 pm / Sport1 and Magentasport).
In parallel play in Group B, Norway won only 4–3 (1–0, 2–0, 0–3, 0–0) after initially losing 5–0 against Olympic champions Finland in a duel with Great Britain. ) won. 1:0) through.
