MOSCOW, Aug 12 The Finnish national ice hockey team defeated the Czech team in a group match stage of the World Youth Championship (under 20), which takes place in Edmonton, Canada. The meeting of group A, which took place in Edmonton, ended with the victory of the Finns in the shootout with a score of 4:3 (1:2, 1:0, 1:1). The winners had goals in regular time by Robi Jarventi (17th minute), Kasper Puutio (24) and Aatu Rätu (51). As part of the Czech team, Jaroslav Chmielarzh (7), Jiri Kulich (12) and Jan Mysak (53) distinguished themselves. for the spread of COVID-19 among the participants of the tournament. Subsequently, the tournament was rescheduled for August 2022. In March, the IIHF announced the suspension of the national teams of Russia and Belarus from all international tournaments due to the situation in Ukraine. The place of the Russian national team at the World Youth Championship was taken by the Latvian team.
