Czech national ice hockey team defeated Latvia in the World Championship match

МОСКВА, May 19.The Czech national ice hockey team defeated the Latvian team in the fourth round match of the group stage of the World Championship in Finland. The group B meeting, held in Tampere, ended with a score of 5:1 (5:0, 0:0, 0:1). Ginek Zogorna (5th minute), Roman Cervenka (5th), Michael Spaczek (7th), Tomas Gertl (17th) and David Pastrnak (19th) scored among the winners. Artur Kulda (42) scored the puck for the losing team. Chervenka also scored a productive pass, which allowed him to reach third place in this indicator in major tournaments in the history of the Czech national team. Now he has 37 assists. 36-year-old Cervenka overtook Jakub Voracek (36). The record belongs to Jaromir Jagr (53). The Czech Republic team, which scored 7 points, is fourth in the standings. The Latvian team with 3 points is on the seventh line. In the next match, the Czechs will play with the Norwegians on May 21, and the Latvians will meet with the Austrians the day before. The World Championship will end on May 29. The national teams of Russia and Belarus miss the tournament due to the sanctions of the International Ice Hockey Federation. The place of the Russian team was taken by the French team, the Belarusians were replaced by the Austrians.