Sunday, April 26, 2009

USA Defeated Latvia 4-2 at the IIHF World Hockey Championship

USA ice hockey team clinched a come-from-back victory over Latvia in a Group C preliminary round match on Saturday in the ongoing IIHF World Hockey Championship. Tournament favorite USA faced stiff competition from Latvia. In fact, USA had to come from back twice during the match with Jack Johnson scoring two equalizing goals. USA coach Ron Wilson is pretty much happy to see his team facing stiff competition from Latvia. He said that it was necessary to face some challenge from Latvia and go through a bit of hardship during the match in what tested the character of USA team. In other matches, Finland defeated Norway 5-0, Czech Republic beat Denmark 5-0 and Sweden thrashed Austria 7-1.


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