{"id":50672,"date":"2026-05-19T01:17:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T01:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/50672\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T01:17:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T01:17:13","slug":"canada-beats-denmark-and-crosby-tallies-4-assists-at-ice-hockey-worlds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/50672\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada beats Denmark and Crosby tallies 4 assists at ice hockey worlds"},"content":{"rendered":"

FRIBOURG, Switzerland (AP) \u2014 Canada scored five goals in the final period against Denmark and Sidney Crosby<\/a> assisted on four of them in a 5-1 victory at the ice hockey world championship on Monday.<\/p>\n

The Group B game in Fribourg was a rematch of last year\u2019s quarterfinal when Denmark stunned star-studded Canada<\/a> 2-1 and ended its quest for a 29th title.<\/p>\n

This time Canada left it till late to translate its dominance into goals.<\/p>\n

The Canadians needed 28 shots to break the deadlock despite Denmark goalie Nicolaj Henriksen playing his maiden game at the worlds.<\/p>\n

Porter Martone scored the opener 28 seconds into the third period on a cross-goal pass by Crosby to put the favorite ahead.<\/p>\n

Gabriel Vilardi doubled the advantage 3:02 into the frame and Denton Mateychuk buried a rebound 31 seconds later to make it 3-0 after Crosby set him up.<\/p>\n

Ryan O\u2019Reilly and Parker Wotherspoon finished the scoring with a goal each after Crosby found them unmarked in front of the net.<\/p>\n

Teenage captain Macklin Celebrini<\/a> had two assists and Jet Greaves stopped 15 shots.<\/p>\n

Nick Olesen had the lone lone goal for Denmark. <\/p>\n

It was the third straight win for Canada after dispatching Sweden 5-3 and Italy 6-0.<\/p>\n

Canada next plays Norway on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Czechia rebounded from an upset defeat to Slovenia by holding off Sweden 4-3 in Group B for a second win. It was the second loss from three for Sweden, the bronze medalist in the last two years.<\/p>\n

The Czechs jumped to 3-0 in the opening 13 minutes before Sweden scored two power play goals to cut their lead to one. Ji\u0159\u00ed \u010cernoch restored a two-goal advantage in the middle period for the Czechs and Oliver Ekman-Larsson used another power play for Sweden to reduce it to one.<\/p>\n

US down again<\/p>\n

It\u2019s up and down for the defending champion United States<\/a> at the worlds.<\/p>\n

Lenni Hameenaho scored twice and assisted on another one to lead Finland past the U.S. 6-2 for a third straight win in Group A in Zurich.<\/p>\n

The U.S. lost to host Switzerland 3-1 in the opener then defeated Britain 5-1.<\/p>\n

Hameenaho wristed a shot past goalie Joseph Woll after a turnover to put Finland 1-0 up 6:06 into the game.<\/p>\n

The U.S. came back 1:38 later thanks to Matt Coronato\u2019s one-timer.<\/p>\n

Finland then pulled away with four straight goals.<\/p>\n

Patrik Puistola and Aatu Raty scored in the first period followed in the middle period by Hameenaho on a power play and Saku Maenalanen 31 seconds apart.<\/p>\n

That forced the U.S. to pull Woll, who allowed five goals from 10 shots, and send on Devin Cooley.<\/p>\n

Ryan Leonard reduced the deficit with the second U.S. goal in the final period but Anton Lundell completed the victory.<\/p>\n

The U.S. has Germany next on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Host Switzerland also made it three wins from three in the same group with a 6-1 result over winless Germany. Sven Andrighetto scored twice and captain Roman Josi had a goal in his three-point game.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

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