Hockey: Sweden starts their home championship with a comfortable victory over Slovakia
The local crowd left Avicii Arena in Stockholm satisfied after Sweden received a clear victory on the night of the 2025 Hockey Championship that they were co-awaited with Denmark, as they defeated Slovakia 5-0 in Group A
Victory gets three sorting tops in their group after Finland beat Austria 2-1 In raiser curtains earlier this afternoon.
Sweden – boast of 18 Hockey League national players in their team with 20 men for the match – seemed to take first place from their neighbors, but were made to wait until the 12th minute to break the blockage.
SLOVAKIA failed to clean their area and the ball was overlooked by Elias Lindholm; He found Emil Heineman down the left side, and its passing beyond the goal was perfect for Michael Backlund to cleanse at home.
Last year’s Quarter-Finalists Slovakia were still too long in the first period, but any hope they had to reach the break within the touch distance were destroyed in the last 70 seconds.
Marcus Johansson grabbed the pellet in the blue line and left toward the goal – his goal was saved by patriarch and withdrew Marcus Pettersssonwho had to find the place to find Leo Carlson in space, and Anaheim Ducks‘The man buried number two.
Two became three with just six seconds left – Adam Larsson played the pellet from behind the net in Jonas Brodinwho released a powerful strike from the right arm, just inside the blue line, which was too hot to treat rybar.
However, Vladimir Orszagh’s new side was not caught in the chapter and went out fighting in the second period, however each of their nine blows were held outside Jacob marry.
Once again, Sweden left it up to the last two minutes of the period to do the damage – ERIK GUSTAFSSON It moved to the left side and played a shot on the Lindholm stick, which deviated into the fourth goal of the game.
The Mexican waves rolling around the arena gave evidence to the most passive issue in the third period, in which Slovakia did not record a goal hit until the last minutes.
There was still time for Sweden to add one fifth – and in one style – in the 18th minute; Petterson and Rasmus Anderson worked the ball to Mika ZbanejadAnd New York Ranger once played between his legs as he was leaving the goal, passing powerless rybar.
That placed the cream on the cake In win 5-0 to Sam Hallam’s side, who are looking ready for the challenge of Tomorrow.