14:28 GOAL CANADA! The score opens the meeting Dylan Cozens, assisted by Sidney Crosby.
12:00 Celebrini’s collaboration with Crosby could have brought Canada the first goal.
11:00 After hard fights, the mela was torn down. Kristián Pospíšil received a warning from the referee, fortunately he will not be sent off.
09:00 Our selection tries to answer the pressure of Canadians. Hrivík tried it on Greaves from the left side, Adam Sýkora tried his attention again.
07:00 Two key interventions by Samuel Hlavaj!
05:30 Adam Sýkora worked his way in front of Greaves and tried to deliver the puck behind his back. He finished in front of the Canadian goalkeeper even after the subsequent throw-in.
04:00 On the other hand, the young Canadian captain Celebrini also tried Hlavaj.
03:00 Kollar tried to threaten Greaves but missed the far post from close range.
02:00 The Slovaks were not scared of the favorite and so far they are showing a responsible performance.
On Sunday at 8:20 p.m. the Slovaks will start their sixth duel at the championship in Switzerland against Canada, which traditionally has the highest ambitions, in Fribourg’s BCF Arena. The last time the two countries met was last year at the World Cup in Stockholm, in the basic A-group the Slovaks lost smoothly 0:7. Previously, they met each other at the 2024 championship in the quarterfinals in Prague, the overseas players won 6:3.
Canada and Slovakia played a total of 56 matches, the Slovaks won in 23 cases, there were draws four times and the Canadians enjoyed victory in 29 matches. However, the score is relatively balanced 171:175. So far, the last Slovakian victory over this opponent is from the quarter-finals of the World Cup 2012, the Slovaks triumphed 4:3. Watch the match Slovakia – Canada ONLINE with us from 4:20 p.m. on Koktejl.sk!
