Finland defeated Norway in the opening match of the home Hockey World Cup

MOSCOW, May 13. The Finnish team defeated the Norwegian team in their opening match on home ice hockey world championship. Group B meeting in Tampere ended with a score of 5:0 (1:0, 2:0, 2:0) in favor of the hosts. The pucks were scored by Harri Pesonen (19th minute), Toni Rajala (32), Hannes Bjorninen (37), Joel Armia (42) and Jere Sallinen (58). match of the tournament outplayed the Latvian team with a score of 4:1. The world championship in Finland will last until May 29. The national teams of Russia and Belarus miss the world championship due to the sanctions of the International Ice Hockey Federation. The place of the Russian team at the tournament in Finland was taken by the French team, and the Belarusians were replaced by the Austrians.