IIHF women's world championship updates: Germany shut out Sweden; Canada, USA play later

🏒🏒🏒 Pool play wraps up Tuesday, and Monday's Day 6 schedule at the IIHF Women's World Championship features the Pool A showdown between the unbeaten USA and unbeaten Canada. Germany and Sweden start the day with a battle for the top spot in Pool B at the Adirondack Bank Center in Utica.

🌞🌙🌘 The 3 p.m. Group A matchup between Switzerland vs. Finland will be played during the solar eclipse.

🎫 The U.S. and Canada are scheduled to play at 7 p.m. and according to the IIHF there are standing-room-only tickets available.

Observer-Dispatch and Times Telegram journalists Jon Rathbun and Daniel DeLoach are there for all the action and will be keeping you up to date throughout the tournament. Reporters Amy Neff Roth, Laura Sitterly and Ellen Mintzer will also be bringing you news and updates during the tournament.

Keep checking back here all day as we update on the games and more as Team USA pursues its 11th tournament championship.

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Finland extends lead to 4-1

Goals scored by Susanna Tapani and Sanni Vanhannen took Finland from a 2-1 lead to 4-1 heading to the third period.

The Vanhannen goal stood up to review and went up on the scoreboard at 4:51 . Jenni Hiirikoski and Nelli Laitinen assisted.

Hiirikoski also assisted on Tapani's goal at 13:58.

Finland is outshooting Switzerland 26-9.

Finland scores early and late in first period, leads Switzerland 2-1

Goals in the first and last minutes of the first period have Finland leading Switzerland 2-1 after 20 minutes in Utica.In between, Switzerland scored its first goal of the 2024 International Ice Hockey Federation Women's World Championship as both teams pursue a first victory in Pool A at the Adirondack Bank Center.

Petri Nieminen scored unassisted 42 seconds into the contest. Tied at 1 with less than two minutes to play, Finland took advantage of at Switzerland and scored again with 7.3 seconds on the clock. Ronja Savolainen tallied the go-ahead goal with assists from Noora Tulus and Jenni Hiirikoski.

Switzerland, which had been shut out by Canada and the United States in its first two games, got a Lara Stalder goal at 14:14. Alessia Baechler and Lara Christen assisted.

Finland has 17 shots to five for Switzerland.

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Germany wins 1-0, remains undefeated

Franziska Feldmeier redirected a teammate's shot past Sweden goalie Emma Soderberg in the third period and Germany remains unbeaten in Pool B with a 1-0 victory in Monday's opening game.

A Sweden penalty had expired moments before, when Celina Haider dropped a pass back to Tabea Botthoff near the right point. Botthoff ripped a shot toward the near post and Feldmeier tipped it past the opposing goalie at 8:06 of the third period.

Germany kept pressure on Sweden until a penalty gave Sweden a final power play opportunity with 2:11 left in the period. Sweden called a timeout and pulled Soderberg, opting to play six-on-four. Germany killed off the penalty and ran the final seconds off the clock by flipping the puck the length of the ice wide of the open net.

Sandra Abstretier made 32 saves in made 32 saves in Germany's second 1-0 shutout of the tournament. Soderberg had 23 saves for Sweden which had a 32-24 shot advantage.

With the win, Germany is now 3-0 with a game Tuesday morning against China to complete pool play. Sweden is done with pool play and now has a 3-1 record.

Switzerland plays Finland next on the undercard for tonight's game between Canada and the United States.

Pool B showdown remains scoreless entering third period

Forty minutes gone and still no score for Sweden and Germany.

Sweden has outshot Germany 25-10 for two periods - 15-6 in the second - and has 24 seconds remaining on its third power play to start the third period. Sweden had been the tournament's most effective power play - 4-for-9 - entering the game.

Sandra Abstreiter, Germany's goaltender, had the tournament's second best save percentage coming in - 95.24% - and has 25 saves through two periods. Emma Soderberg has 10 saves for Sweden.

Sweden, Germany scoreless at first intermission

No score through 20 minutes as Sweden and Germany reach the first intermission of the first game on Day 6 of the IIHF World Women's Championship at the Adirondack Bank Center.

Germany killed a penalty called 39 seconds into the contest and Sweden killed one later in the period. Sweden outshot Germany 10-4 in the period.

Both teams are unbeaten in Pool B and this game likely determines the top knockout round seed for the pool. Three of the five Pool B team advance to the quarterfinals with the five Pool A teams. The three teams in Pool B will match up with the top three in Pool A for Thursday's quarterfinals.

Sweden has three wins and is playing its final game in pool play, Germany has two wins and plays again Tuesday.

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IIHF Women's World Championship schedule on Monday, April 8

11 a.m. — Germany vs. Sweden

3 p.m. — Switzerland vs. Finland

7 p.m. — USA vs. Canada

IIHF Women's World Championship schedule on Tuesday, April 9

11 a.m. — Germany vs. China

3 p.m. — Czechia vs. Switzerland

7 p.m. — Japan vs. Denmark

IIHF Women's World Championship schedule on Thursday, April 11

10 a.m. — Quarterfinal

1:30 p.m. — Quarterfinal

5 p.m. — Quarterfinal

8:30 p.m. — Quarterfinal

IIHF Women's World Championship schedule on Saturday, April 13

11 a.m. — Fifth-place game

3 p.m. — Semifinal

7 p.m. — Semifinal

IIHF Women's World Championship schedule on Sunday, April 14

1 p.m. — Third-place game

5 p.m. — Championship

How to get tickets

Tickets for most of the IIHF Women’s World Championship games are still available and can be purchased by visiting 2024.womensworlds.hockey/tickets or stopping by the Adirondack Bank Center box office.

The marquee pool-play game of the tournament, between USA and Canada at 7 p.m. April 8, is also sold out, as is the gold-medal game, scheduled for 5 p.m. Sunday, April 14.

How to watch the games at home

In the United States, all games will be broadcast on NHL Network, including its streaming service. For international viewers, fans can catch the games on the following networks/streams:

• TSN/RDS (Canada)

• SVT (Sweden)

• Discovery (Finland)

• Czech TV (Czechia)

• Magenta (Germany)

• TBS (Japan)

• Swiss TV (Switzerlan)

This article originally appeared on Observer-Dispatch: IIHF women's world championship scores, updates, schedule for April 8