The WJC preliminary round is over for another year, and the surprises all happened on the last day. While it’s not totally shocking that Finland didn’t really turn up for their game against the USA, which the Americans won 4-1, the Russian defeat of Canada was a big surprise to most of the partisan crowd and most watchers of this tournament.
Russia has, once or twice, saved it for the last day. And Finland has been known to start strong and then fade, too. So maybe this was all more probable than we thought.
Wednesday, January 2 is quarterfinal day, and every team is playing.