MOSCOW, May 28. Canada's hockey players won a strong-willed victory over the Czech Republic in semi-final match of the World Cup and reached the final of the tournament. The meeting in Tampere ended with a score of 6:1 (1:1, 3:0, 2:0) in favor of the reigning world champions. Dylan Cozens (20th and 53rd minutes) scored a double for the winners, goals were also scored by Adam Lauri (28), Kent Johnson (29), Matthew Barzal (32) and Cole Sillinger (44). account of David Krejci (8). He was assisted by 36-year-old striker Roman Chervenka, who is the top scorer in the current tournament. Chervenka has 15 points (4 goals + 11 assists). He is the oldest player in the application of the Czech national team for this World Cup. In the final, the teams of Canada and Finland will play for the third time in a row. Last year, the Canadians won in overtime — 3:2, in 2020 the tournament was not held due to the pandemic, in 2019 the Finns won with a score of 3:1. will take place on May 29th. 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.
