Sharks at IIHF World Championship May 12

Last day of round robin play. Top 4 teams in each group advance to quarterfinals (starting Thursday).

CAN (Burns/McLellan) vs AUT; CAN 10-1 ; Burns 2 assists

LAT (Jevpalovs) vs FRA; FRA 3-2 ; Jevpalovs did not play

USA (Smith) vs SVK: USA 5-4 OT ; Smith goal (opened scoring)

CZE (Hertl) vs SUI; CZE 2-1 ; Hertl even

USA and Canada win their respective groups.

Day off on Wednesday.

Quarter Finals schedule for Thursday:

  • 6:15am PT USA (Smith) -SUI (live on NBCSN)
  • 7:15am PT CAN (Burns/McLellan) -BLR (JIP? on NBCSN)
  • 10:15am PT SWE-RUS
  • 1:15pm PT FIN-CZE (Hertl)

(Plus there’s a 2 hour recap game at 8:30pm PT on NBCSN?)

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