Finland got here from a aim rebounding from two opening losses on the Girls’s Ice Hockey World Championships with a 4-2 victory over host Czech Republic on Saturday.
Ronja Savolainen has targets and assists, with Elli Suoranta, Julia Schalin and Elisa Holopainen additionally scoring for final yr’s bronze medalist Finland.
1-0, the Finns turned issues round with two targets within the medium time period in a span of lower than three minutes.
Elli Suoranta was equal within the body with a shot from the busy blue line in entrance of Czech goalkeeper Klara Peslarova 6:29, with Savolainen rebounding 2-1 at 2:54.
Schalin and Holopainen added one other two within the third time earlier than Kristyna Kaltounkova scored a second Czech aim within the energy play.
Tereza Vanisova gave the Czechs the lead halfway via the opening interval with an influence play with a slap shot between the pads of Finnish goalkeeper Sanni Ahola.
Each the Finns and Czech have three factors in Group A, with three factors in Canada and the US going through one another on Sunday.
Germany’s first victory
Beforehand, Germany defeated Norway 5-2 of their first victory.
Jule Schiefer, Franciska Feldmeier and Lilli Welcke supported every, whereas Celina Haider and Katarina Obst-Smith scored by Germany to get well from a 5-2 defeat to Sweden in Group B.
Mathea Fischer and Andrea Dalen achieved their targets in Norway. That is the lack of his first two video games after returning to the highest tier event after 27 years of absence.
The staff is cut up into two teams for the spare spherical. All 5 groups in Group A and the highest three groups in Group B are eligible for playoffs.
The 2 underneath Group B, which additionally options Japan and Hungary, have been demoted.
