
The Canadian team suffered the third failure in three starting matches of the preliminary group stage at the World Hockey Championship in Riga. After the defeats from Latvia and the United States , the best team of the world ranking lost to the Germans.
On Monday, in the group of the group in the ancestors of the hockey, they lost the German national team with a score of 1: 3, twice in the second period failed to realize the majority of "five by three".
Stefan Loybl (11 '), Matthias Plakhta (12') and Corbinian Holzer (58 ') were abandoned among the winners of the washer, and Nick Paul (19') among the losers.
Maple leaves did not score a single point in three starting matches of the World Cup and with two abandoned washers occupy the penultimate, seventh place in group B. Four best teams will be released in the quarterfinals following the circular round.
Previously, Canadians never in history began world championships even in a row in a row. To this day, they were inferior to the Germans only once - in 1996 - and had a 10 -match victorious series in personal meetings against the Bundestim.
In the next round, the Canadian team, which has no points scored, will meet with the Norwegians on May 26.