2022 IIHF World Hockey Championship Day 10 Recap

Day 10 at the 2022 IIHF World Hockey Championship is in the books and the preliminary round is slowly coming to a close.

In the first game of the day in Tampere, Great Britain took on Latvia in what was a fairly entertaining affair. Great Britain led 2-0 and 3-1 at points throughout the game, but got into penalty trouble as the Latvians came back to win the game, 4-3.

Latvian netminder Elvis Merzlikins was pulled after the third goal by Great Britain, but it appears that it may be due to injury. Merzlikins went right to the locker room and did not return, with third goaltender Gustavs Grigals coming onto the bench as the backup.

Latvia's goals: Oskars Batna, Andris Dzerins, Rihard Bukarts, Janis Jaks.
Great Britain's goals: Brett Perlini, Cade Neilson, Lewis Hook.

Meanwhile over in Helsinki, Germany faced Kazakhstan in a back-and-forth contest. Kazakhstan opened the scoring and held a 2-1 lead, but Germany fought back and scored three straight to go up 4-2. The Kazakhs then scored two goals to tie the game at 4-4, but Yasin Ehliz scored the game-winner with over twelve minutes left in the third.

Germany's goals: Daniel Fischbuch, Jonas Muller, Lukas Reichel, Yasin Ehliz, Leonhard Pfoderl.
Kazakhstan's goals: Pavel Akolzin, Roman Starchenko, Nikita Mikhailis, Yegor Petukhov.

The last two games of the day provided a ton of scoring with fifteen goals between the four teams.

Sweden took on Norway in Tampere as William Nylander made his first appearance of the tournament. Nylander made an immediate impact, recording three points as Sweden defeated their Nordic neighbour, 7-1.

Sweden's goals: Lucas Wallmark, William Nylander, Rasmus Asplund (x2), Jacob Peterson (x2), Max Friberg.
Norway's goal: Tobias Fladeby.

In Helsinki, Switzerland looked to keep their perfect record alive as they battled France. The French were up 2-0 after the first period, but Switzerland stormed back, scoring five unanswered goals to win the game 5-2 and improve to 6-0-0-0 on the tournament.

Switzerland's goals: Nico Hischier (x2), Dean Kukan, Andres Ambuhl, Damien Riat.
France's goals: Alexandre Texier, Valentin Claireaux.

Four games are on tap for Monday including two games with relegation implications. The winner of the Italy vs Kazakhstan game will remain in the top group for 2023, while the loser will be relegated to Division 1A for next year. In Group B, the winner of the Austria vs Great Britain game will remain in the top group, while the loser will be relegated. Just as a reminder, Hungary and Slovenia have already been promoted to the top division for next year and will replace the two teams that get relegated.

Monday's schedule
Kazakhstan vs Italy - 9:20 a.m. ET/4:20 p.m. local.
United States vs Czechia - 9:20 a.m. ET/4:20 p.m. local.
Austria vs Great Britain - 1:20 p.m. ET/8:20 p.m. local.
Canada vs Denmark - 1:20 p.m. ET/8:20 p.m. local.

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