Finland Beat Slovakia, to Face USA in Quarter-Final

See how the hockey player ratings are after the Slovakia - Finland match in Group A at the 2025 IIHF World Championship. Who impressed and who disappointed the most?

Finland beat Slovakia, to face USA in quarter-final

Finland scored their sixth victory in the first round of the Ice Hockey World Championship as they beat Slovakia by 2 goals to 1 in Avicii Arena, Stockholm, Sweden on Tuesday. Although all of the three top teams-Canada, Sweden and Finland- in the Group-A finished the preliminary round with six wins and a loss each, Finland placed third as two of their victories came in extra-time. Canada placed top in the group after beating Sweden on Tuesday n…

Finland won six out of seven matches in the World Cup preliminary round.

The Slovak hockey team will not follow up on last year's seventh place at the World Championships in Ostrava. They finished after the group stage at this year's championship. The final result was a heavy 1:5 defeat against Latvia. The performances of our hockey players in Stockholm were not dazzling. However, did the young and inexperienced team of coach Vladimír Országh have anything to offer? And do Slovak fans expect similarly poor championsh…