There are four days left of the 2025 IIHF World Championship preliminary round, and two teams with Vancouver Canucks players on them currently sit at the top of their respective groups. Yesterday, Filip Hronek and Czechia regained their spot at the top of Group B with a commanding 6–1 win against Hungary. Today, another Canuck and his team took home a win. Keep reading to see how he did today.
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Sweden 4, Slovenia 0
Marcus Pettersson and Team Sweden have been in a tight battle with Team Canada for first in Group A, and today, they retook the position with a 4–0 win against Slovenia. Former Canuck Elias Lindholm led the offence today, scoring three of Sweden’s goals with Pettersson assisting on the second. Sweden lapped Slovenia multiple times in terms of the shots they took — they had 39 to Slovenia's five by the end of the second period, putting up 23 just in the second frame. Pettersson registered one of the team’s 60 total shots in the 17:23 minutes he played.
May 17 Schedule:
- USA vs. Germany: 3:20 am PT
- France vs. Sweden: 7:20 am PT
- Czechia vs. Kazakhstan: 7:20 am PT
Vancouver Canucks At The 2025 IIHF World Championship: May 15
May 15 marks the seventh day of the 2025 IIHF World Championships, which means the preliminary games of the tournament are officially over halfway done. At this moment, all four members of the <a href="https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/vancouver-canucks">Vancouver Canucks</a> are slated to take part in the quarterfinals, though this could still change by the end of May 20. Only one of the four Canucks played today — let’s take a look at how he did.
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