The first round of the World Hockey Championships ended on Sunday with the
Soviet Union, Sweden, Canada, and the United States all advancing to the
medal round. The results from last weekend:
Friday, 4/26:
At Turku:
Canada 3, Sweden 3 (tie)
Soviet Union 6, Czechoslovakia 2
At Tampere:
Germany 4, United States 4 (tie)
Finland 6, Switzerland 1
Sunday, 4/28:
At Turku:
United States 2, Finland 1
Soviet Union 5, Sweden 5 (tie)
At Tampere:
Switzerland 5, Germany 2
Czechoslovakia 4, Canada 3
Final standings for the first round:
Team W L T Pts. GF GA
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Soviet Union 6 0 1 13 41 16
Sweden 3 0 4 10 30 21
Canada 4 2 1 9 24 20
United States 3 2 2 8 23 28
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Finland 3 3 1 7 22 15
Czechoslovakia 3 4 0 6 19 19
Switzerland 1 6 0 2 13 26
Germany 0 6 1 1 13 40
Some notes on the games involving Team USA last weekend:
Germany 4, United States 4 (tie)
Well, Team USA was probably a little embarrassed about ending up with a
tie against a Germany team that had lost its previous five games by an
average of almost five goals. Anyway, Danton Cole scored twice for the
United States, and Dave Tretowicz recorded a pair of assists. With
about four minutes left in the game and the score tied at 4-4, Cole had
a chance at the game-winner, but his shot flew wide.
United States 2, Finland 1
As I predicted earlier (plug, plug), this game wound up determining
fourth place and a shot at a medal. The first two goals were scored
early in the opening period, as Kevin Miller put Team USA on the board
at the 2:11 mark and Finland's Christian Ruuttu tallied a minute and a
half later. That was all until 11:49 of the third period, when Todd
Krygier (Hartford) scored the game-winner and put the US in the medal
round for the first time in six years.
The medal round takes place this week at Turku, and the schedule is:
Monday, 4/29:
[5] Finland vs. [8] Germany
[6] Czechoslovakia vs. [7] Switzerland
Tuesday, 4/30:
[1] Soviet Union vs. [4] United States
[2] Sweden vs. [3] Canada
Wednesday, 5/1:
Czechoslovakia vs. Germany
Finland vs. Switzerland
Thursday, 5/2:
Sweden vs. United States
Soviet Union vs. Canada
Friday, 5/3:
Switzerland vs. Germany
Finland vs. Czechoslovakia
Saturday, 5/4:
Canada vs. United States
Soviet Union vs. Sweden
Bill Fenwick
Cornell '86
LET'S GO RED!!
"The referee is stopping the fight! I can't believe this!! Whatever happened
to... the kind of ref that would let fighters go at it until one guy was flat
on his back -- out cold."
"They're working in the National Hockey League."
-- "Jump Start"
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