Finland picks up 1st win of women’s world hockey championship with victory over ROC | CBC Sports

Susana Tapani and Jenniina Nylund also scored and Michelle Karvinen had two assists. Anni Keisala posted a 13-save shutout.

ROC starter Valeria Merkusheva allowed three goals on nine shots. She was replaced in the first period by Nadezhda Morozova, who made eight saves.

ROC finished the preliminary round in Pool A with a 1-3 record.

Finland faces winless Switzerland (0-3) on Thursday in a game that will determine third place in the pool.

Canada and defending champion United States take their 3-0 records into Thursday’s games against each other.

The quarter-finals are Saturday followed by Monday’s semifinals and the medal games Tuesday.

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The Czech Republic and Germany met later Wednesday in a clash of unbeaten Pool B countries.

Denmark and Hungary, the two promoted teams, also met in search of their first win of the tournament.

The host Finns were the silver medallists in the 2019 world championship in Espoo.

Finland lost the gold-medal game to the U.S. in a 2-1 shootout after beating Canada 4-2 in the semifinal.

Also, the Swiss announced top forward Alina Muller is out for the tournament because of an ankle injury she suffered in the second period of Saturday’s 3-1 loss to Russia.

Muller was the leading scorer in the 2018 Olympic women’s hockey tournament with seven goals and three assists in six games. She was named best forward in that tournament.

Muller didn’t play in Tuesday’s 5-0 loss to Canada.