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Finland claims top spot at worlds; Slovakians hurt
- Updated: May 11, 2016
4:07 PM ET
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Finland took the top spot in Group B at the world hockey championships with a 3-0 win over Hungary on Wednesday, while two Slovakian players were taken to hospital.
Even though Hungary has no NHL players and last won a top-level world championship game 78 years ago, it put up fierce resistance, with goaltender Adam Vay making 38 saves in the first two periods to restrict the Finns to a one-goal lead.
Finland’s first goal came when Atte Ohtamaa beat Vay with a wrist shot near the end of the second. Hungary’s defiance ebbed in the third as Mattu Koivu and Aleksander Barkov scored for the Finns.
Canada can retake the top spot from Finland if it beats Germany on Thursday.
Earlier, Slovakia lost one player to a broken leg and another to a chest injury in its team’s 4-2 loss to Belarus.
Defenseman Michal Sersen was stretchered off in …
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