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 21^st minute but Sweden managed to score three goals by the 55^th 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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