Belarus defeated the USA and surpassed Russia in the World Hockey Championship standings

The Belarusian ice hockey team defeated the US team at the Ice Hockey World Championship. The match ended with the score 5:2.

Aleksey Kalyuzhny scored two goals for the Belarusian national team, Artur Gavrus, Artem Volkov and Alexander Kitarov scored one each. In addition to Volkov, who plays for Avangard Omsk, they all play in the KHL for Dynamo Minsk.

After this victory, the Belarusians came out on top in group B. Russia and the United States share the second line, lagging behind Belarus by one point.

The Russian team in a match with the United States was defeated with a score of 2:4.

In another match of the World Cup, the Czech team defeated the French with a score of 5:1.

The Russian national team will play with Belarus on May 9.