USA put five past Britain as Slovakia roll on with victory over Italy

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/hockey/world/world-championship-2026/"]Follow the World Championships with Flashscore.[/a][/p][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/great-britain-C2UJnT9A/usa-GYgp4SO3/?mid=QBNEae7b"]USA show quality against lowly Great Britain despite scare[/a][/h2][p]Midway through the second period against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/great-britain/C2UJnT9A/"]Great Britain[/a], the US team would have been worrying about an embarrassing upset, but a late rally showed their character in a 5-1 win.[/p][p]Things did start well for the reigning champions, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cotter-paul/MRTcNgcG/"]Paul Cotter[/a] netting early, but GB stunned them to level.[/p][p]They took advantage of a power-play to see [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/halbert-nathanael/AanDUqAC/"]Nathanael Halbert[/a] score his first of the tournament and give his side something to celebrate.[/p][p]Parity lasted nine minutes with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/howard-isaac/8EDZynIm/"]Isaac Howard[/a] scoring three minutes before the second break of the game. He would bookend the rest of the scoring, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/olivier-mathieu/QilPNhhG/"]Mathieu Olivier[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/carlile-declan/rVMWggrQ/"]Declan Carlile[/a] also getting in on the act.[/p][embed guid="ac717d0d-6ef5-4011-9785-434f0ee25504" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYOXtTISV6c" social-type="youtube" /][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/slovakia/ruzLVmAN/"]Slovakia[/a] continue good start against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/italy/IqPZXVAb/"]Italy[/a][/h2][p]Slovakia made it two wins from two with a 4-1 victory against Group B's bottom side Italy to keep up their march towards the knockout stages.[/p][p]Yesterday's match winner, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hrivik-marek/n5ogCEOT/"]Marek Hrivik[/a], got the ball rolling in the first period before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kmec-jozef/GMRplalt/"]Jozef Kmec[/a] opened up a two-goal cushion against an Italy side that struggled to get into the contest.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pospisil-kristian/6wjeHPat/"]Kristian Pospisil[/a], another who scored in their previous game against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/norway/nDtCX9uB/"]Norway[/a], continued his hot streak to make it 3-0 at the start of the final period. Italy did pick up a consolation through [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nitz-gabriel/l6Uz6qMR/"]Gabriel Nitz[/a], but [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/okuliar-oliver/SdnRg9M8/"]Oliver Okuilar[/a] was on hand to score a power-play goal and end any hopes of a comeback.[/p][embed guid="41571db7-7e6f-4097-b294-10bcfca0cf1e" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94nP2i5_mt0" social-type="youtube" /][p]Later on Sunday, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/denmark/2mX8FleU/"]Denmark[/a] take on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sweden/vBLjQRXp/"]Sweden[/a] in an all-Scandinavian affair, whilst neighbours Norway look to pick up their first win of the campaign from 20:20 CET against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/slovenia/x2ZOU7PT/"]Slovenia[/a]. [/p]