Austria reaches playoffs at men's hockey worlds for 1st time since 1994

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Austria reached the men’s satellite hockey title playoffs connected Tuesday for the archetypal clip successful 31 years, routing Latvia 6-1 successful Stockholm

Canada faces Sweden aboriginal Tuesday to find apical spot successful Group A successful Stockholm

The Associated Press

· Posted: May 20, 2025 10:23 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

Austrian guardant  Benjamin Baumgartner celebrates his extremity   with teammates astatine  the squad  seat  during men’s satellite   hockey title  enactment   against Latvia successful  Stockholm, Sweden connected  May 20, 2025.

Austria defeated Latvia 6-1 successful Stockholm connected Tuesday and became the 4th and last squad to beforehand to the quarterfinals from Group A astatine the men’s satellite hockey championship. (Pontus Lundahl/AFP via Getty Images)

Austria reached the men's satellite hockey title playoffs connected Tuesday for the archetypal clip successful 31 years.

Austria defeated Latvia 6-1 successful Stockholm and became the 4th and last squad to beforehand to the quarterfinals from Group A.

Sweden and Canada look each different aboriginal Tuesday for apical spot successful the group. Another qualified team, Finland, plays Slovakia.

Switzerland bushed Kazakhstan 4-1 successful Herning, Denmark, and moved to the apical of Group B earlier aboriginal games.

Kazakhstan was relegated aft 5 years successful the apical division.

Switzerland was 2 points up of the Czech Republic successful second, and the United States third. The U.S. and the Czechs conscionable aboriginal Tuesday.

Also, the victor betwixt Germany and Denmark aboriginal Tuesday volition find the 4th and last squad from Group B to advance.

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