Russia and Czech Republic make it to semi-finals

All the semifinalists have been defined at the Ice Hockey World Championship in the Czech Republic. USA defeated Switzerland – 3:1, Canada defeated Belarus 9:0, Russia defeated Sweden in a difficult match – 5:3 (2:0, 1:1, 2:2). The scope was 3:0 in the favour of Russians at the 21st minute but Sweden managed to score three goals by the 55th minute. Evgeniy Malkin scored another goal 26 seconds later and Vladimir Tarasenko scored one more goal after that.

The Czech Republic defeated Finland –5:3 (1:1, 2:1, 2:1).

As a result, the semi-finalists are Russia– USA, Canada– Czech Republic.

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